Why is there Nerf® rather than nothing?

tfw when I'm not allowed to see the aurora borealis

The gutting of Teen Vogue, a publication which dared to treat its readers seriously and with respect, is an especially dispiriting day in old media's long, self-destructive forced march to nowhere

Remember the far right handwringing about the "big estrogen" lobby convincing kids to transition? Turns out they were telling on themselves with their accepting money to be fat-phobic.

really, quite bad

I keep saying billionaires who donate to charity are donating their workers' surplus value, but for some reason conservatives don't agree.

Alt text is always great but it is SUPER worth a look here, A+

One of my least rational beliefs is that if you pull off a heist without hurting anyone or getting caught within a day, that's your stuff fair and square.

we are in a self-awareness crisis

early 21st century americans were so modest that they would regularly censor their own feet in video and artistic depictions, and it was considered improper to expose your feet in public — dismissed with cries of "put those grippers away"

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

I've been bedridden for the last 10 months, unable to work as I try to get a surgeon and insurance lined up for my operation to let me work again. If you could send a couple dollars, it'd really help. Time isn't on my side here, and waiting is very expensive. ko-fi.com/fooneturing

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

apparently snakes are woke now

Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X

"We have to prove we aren't violent. We have to be better." Okay show me a single instance in world history when offering no resistance to tyranny led to anything but brutal exploitation and murder.

“fascist government controls media and bans dissent” is a straightforward description of what’s happening in the united states

There should be no forgiveness for Ezra Klein, Gavin Newsom, or anyone else who whitewashed Charlie Kirk's image in the wake of his death. They participated in a cleanup job that is facilitating Kirk's status as a "martyr." They have had a hand in the harm the administration will do in Kirk's name.

One thing I'll say about DC not only canceling Red Hood, but recalling the first issue and refunding stores for buying it, is that you can still get Neil Gaiman's work through them. They still work with Otto Schmidt. Eddie Berganza worked there for years AFTER the formation of a policy that no women

Why isn’t every local news broadcast opening with, “What are the ‘Groypers’, and how do you know the signs of your son is part of the deadly gang?”

Make a band singular: (Crosby XOR Stills) XOR (Nash XOR Young)

The only way you genuinely believe Kirk never harmed anyone is if you're cis, white, and think human rights are an academic exercise.

Kids as young as 10 years old are overclocking and parents have no idea

You have to be congenitally insane for British police to decide that you’re dangerously transphobic.

Even if there were significant numbers of dangerous vaccine side effects—and there aren’t —the frequency would have to be astronomical to outweigh the dangers of COVID, little yet something like fucking polio.

my band's new single heavy sad synthpop b-side is a banger in Spanish seeming.bandcamp.com/album/tomorr...

Thinking about this again

Jesus Savescums

What have I become, my Swedish friend? Everyone I know goes away in the end And you could have it all my empire of pork I will let you down I will make you

the electricity bills were too high and I said "Like, maybe we build a big Dyson sphere around the solar system" obvious solution is obvious

you laugh at the sandwich attack now, but that monsieur could have croqued

Johnny Mnemonic Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been

This simply isn’t true. Ffs.

Tragic: the worst algorithm you know makes a good point

Common leftist positions are actually pragmatic and useful compromises that would nevertheless very tangibly move the needle in favor of improving society. Medicare for All is a huge compromise because medicare is also imperfect and it would be easier still to make healthcare free on arrival/request

If you're curious, the actual article on Superman from Das Schwarze Korps (the official publication of the SS) can be found translated into English here: share.google/yzZZpMVHBRxj...

At the beginning of the study, developers forecasted that they would get sped up by 24%. After actually doing the work, they estimated that they had been sped up by 20%. But it turned out that they were actually slowed down by 19%.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch used to be represented by 3 smiling chefs and is now represented by a piece of cereal who is a cannibal

We're going to boil the oceans because people don't want to put effort into learning and creating things, and because executives want to pay fewer workers and don't care if the output is garbage as long as people buy it. Short-term ass thinking.

I'm usually pretty immune to the idea of cringe, but any variation of "I asked ChatGPT" or "ChatGPT says" is the most cringe fucking shit. Makes me feel massive second-hand embarrassment.

oh yes enjamb me Mommy

kind of obsessed with 2025 pride merch...I'm calling it cowardcore.

Not Antisemitism (according to MAGA): - Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover - Doing a Sieg Hitler salute - Eating dinner with neo-Nazis Antisemitism (according to MAGA): - Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity - Using freedom of speech on campus

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

There’s a really good Sarah Kendzior quote that comes to mind. @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

i hear you saying, wait, does this definition mean that naps are art? the answer: yes. the way i do them, absolutely yes www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...