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My best guess is they think the flaw in feudalism is that serfs eventually rebel. So they fire/starve everyone beneath their class, then live in paradise with robot butlers & sex workers. I mean, I don’t think that will work but it’s the only outcome I can imagine based on what they are doing.

I wish I was in Reykjavik tonight and not…South Carolina.

still hasn't figured out what dogs do

Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine

Boom! A good deal of my time spent on the beach at Jökulsárlón is trying to capture waves hitting icebergs, without the iceberg moving (and being blurred). Occasionally it all comes together :) #Iceland

I want to, very gently, pop him in my mouth.

Like, yeah, yeah, you have your Groundwork of the Metaphysics for Morals and What Do We Owe Each Other and Man's Search for Meaning but in the end there's still no greater philosophical analysis of the plight of humanity than this.

“Bellend” is such a good word. Americans really need to adopt it.

DO NOT EAT THE "SOUP"

Also, how does 6-7 fit into the Gamatria/Hebrew numerology? We’ll cover that and more with special guest @devotaj.com on the pod. Will she have intriguing insights, or just tell me to stay in my fucking lane? Download and find out!

Whoa, AI-generated full fash

Had a nightmare that 🧊 was raiding my neighborhood on Thanksgiving Day and I was watching but completely paralyzed. I hope it doesn’t come true.

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VENUS a mini comic about girls night uniting us all 1/2

Do they make codeine cough syrup extra disgusting so people won’t abuse it? gaaaaaaaahhhh

One of the two major U.S. political parties has spent decades — with substantial success — getting millions of people to believe that helping other people is a totalitarian evil.

Sean Charles Dunn’s moment of culinary resistance — he wouldn't be subservient, one could say — has become a symbol of D.C.’s refusal to accept the federal occupation quietly. Earlier today, D.C.'s own "sandwich guy" was found not guilty of the charges against him.

the arc of the moral universe is footlong

That the jury hasn't come back on the sandwich case is making me imagine the world's dumbest version of 12 Angry Men with the one guy who thinks he's guilty

Or, and hear me out, “The Federal Aviation Administration is forcing airlines to cut flights at 40 of the busiest airports so upper middle class people will bitch to their representatives to end the ongoing government shutdown without a deal ensuring that everyone else gets screwed.”

Now I can’t stop saying Hot Pizza Snack. Hot Pizza Snack. Hot. Pizza. Snack.

Russ Douthat being thrown out of polite society onto the sidewalk with a push just slightly harder than necessary; he doesn’t quite fall but he stumble-runs for 3-4 steps. “Watch your step, sir,” the guard murmurs in a slight mid-Atlantic accent.

BREAKING: Scrooge McDuck is requesting government support to help guarantee his money pit is sufficiently deep for him to dive into and swim laps.

Now I can’t stop saying Hot Pizza Snack. Hot Pizza Snack. Hot. Pizza. Snack.

One of these jobs is for a large-headed brainless muppet to engage in pointless spectacle for the entertainment of drunk, braying, red-hatted fans and its masters in Washington, and one of these jobs is Racing President.

i needed cheering up so i drew a potato

Two cyanotype prints I'm donating to the 10 x 10 fundraiser for @pyramidatlantic.bsky.social "Baccante" and "Department of War"

I dunno, seems fake.

This is absolutely playing in my head in the voice of Orson Welles.

Mike Johnson: It’s True. I Am Tuning Out The News Cycle To Focus On Self-Care

Preparing to deal with my (ostensibly liberal) boomer relatives who are going to complain about Zohran Mamdani despite not living in the NYC area for like 50 years.

Oh, and after all the millions of dollars spent on advertising, the harmful policies and all the demagoguery... Stop. Picking. On. Trans. Kids. The Rs lost to me four times in six years. That should've been a hint. But apparently it wasn't, so the voters made their thoughts crystal clear tonight.

I expect to see Schumer's resignation letter on my desk in the morning.

Yay, Virginia! Tits out, tyrants trampled.

whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win

Still one of the bleakest quotes I have ever read, from one of George W Bush’s senior advisers.

😂 No DC jury will convict him.

So many youths are learning about this today

It’s here! It’s here! How cute is this tiny digital camera?

got up to vote bright and early this morning! one of the ballot questions was "should Dick Cheney die?" which i didn't expect. i assumed it was some meaningless non-binding resolution or something, but i ticked yes and the ground started humming

Forgot that punchbowl was some kinda news site so for a few seconds I thought wow that must have been a pretty crazy accident

“That would be…in the butt, Bob?” (I’m so sorry.)

'Tis the time of the year to reshare my six hour still life

we don't yet know what will happen in tomorrow's elections. some will win. others will lose. but freya decided the hollow under a basket's handle is in fact a cat leg holder, and that makes her the real winner in my book