every fact i learn about siberia during the russian civil war is more and more insane. "one warlord buried 2,000 people alive" "this other warlord filled a torture center with bones" and then you learn about the czech legion

Larry Summers (World Bank/Clinton admin/Harvard president/Obama admin) yukking it up with Jeffrey Epstein about women being dumb and society coming down too hard on perverts makes me wonder how all women are not constantly Becoming The Joker

Said this the last time around but in my late teens i played football with a lad who's friends all called him 'Moses' because he wore sandals once, when he was 9. Still dont know his real name to this day...

I remember this thread from Twitter. I still occasionally say "What news from Stalingrad?" to myself.

important reference material

This reply was my favorite

Went to the dentist wearing a red and white striped jumper. When I got up to leave, a little girl loudly whispered to her mother "Found him!"

Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway. The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"

I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it. All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference. Tanks

I was at a metal clubnight in Manchester wearing this jacket. The Irish guy queuing at the bar next to me loudly says to the barmaid "Nah, Judge Dredd here was ahead of me"

Frankenstein good. It had emotions for my boyfriend and rip some mofo's throat out gore + cute skulls for me. Perfect movie to watch as a couple 😌

Underrepresented Couple Dynamic

What happened when a group of judges went to San Quentin prison.

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Not to get all Sun Tzu on it, but when the enemy is weak and divided amongst itself, you do not relieve the enemy by allowing their partisans into your camp. You drive them closer together, force them into tighter company, and intensify their conflict.

Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this

The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD

She has not walked away from the vicious antisemitism, the gleeful racism, or the thing where she went out of her fucking way to personally harass queer and trans colleagues It really is okay to have some fucking standards.

This is absolutely heartbreaking news. Alice's work was world-changing. It changed me. She was the leader we needed. I have no words to meet the moment. Feels like she always did.

"I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT." If you're in the United States, that is ALL you should EVER say to law enforcement besides asking if you're being detained, and identifying yourself in a stop and ID state.

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

Overheard conversation between my boyfriend and Marcel last night: BF: No, you can't touch my food with your paw. Marcel: Mew. BF: Why? I think you know why.

"my least woke opinion is---" That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania. Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.

Camped out on this hill and dying on it; it's an immediate red flag for me, like "I will walk out of this date right now" red and someday people are gonna be like "I'm sorry, there was an entire porn genre centered around how it's humiliating to get fucked by Black guys and it was just...normal?"

In 1954, the SCOTUS decided Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark opinion famous for its ruling that "separate but equal [is] inherently unequal" and education "is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms." So what happened? Why are schools just as segregated now as in 1954?

The SCOTUS fuckery that neutered Brown v. Board of Education brilliantly explained:

Absolute nonsense. Anyone who lived through the period, or who has studied the period, will know how daft, how dangerously silly, this kind of rot is. If I may, I was there. It was FAR more grey, tough, poor, bigoted, boring, terrifying, violent & frequently flat-out insane than nostalgia insists.

Moonraker isn't *great*, but Drax has some Goldfinger-ish zingers. "James Bond. You appear with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season."

Moonraker has the best character in all of Bond while having one of the more mediocre plots which actually makes it the Bondest Bond film

Think of your favorite celebrity, whether they’re an actor, musician, athlete, whatever. They’re probably pretty well-off, financially. But they are still closer to auctioning off their possessions to cover medical bills than they are to being a billionaire.

This is rape culture. This is why so many people don’t come forward. A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her. She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it. Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:

15-year-olds aren't "barely legal" it is literally illegal to fuck them You know. Because they're children

The jokes about how the internet is "just for cat pictures" kinda bug me, because they trivialize this incredible technological achievement that has changed so many lives Some of us are allergic to cats. Our parasocial relationships with your animals sustain us. We need your cat pictures. Send them

Call of Duty isn't even hiding the fact that loads of its calling cards and other unlockables are AI generated this year. For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...

we don't have a Christmas advert but we *do* have an online shop with mugs, t-shirts and more that will dramatically heighten the rural representation within your personal wardrobe and kitchen cupboards explore: merl-shop.co.uk

I don’t buy Christmas gifts but if you do, here are some cool ideas that also support a museum instead of a billionaire

It’s being reported that Greg Bovino and 250 of his goons will be leaving Chicago. But it’s also being reported that he’ll be back, in larger numbers. But Chicago is a boxer, tired but unbowed. I wrote about how we’ll be ready. dansinker.com/posts/202…

I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast

do you have any games on your phone

getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning

This is a core element of conservative philosophy: If a single "undeserving" person is getting a government benefit, the answer is to take it away from millions.* *Offer does not apply to tax loopholes or any other benefit enjoyed by the wealthy

the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent

Obligatory; youtu.be/CMkYw4dp_NI?...

Who is getting paid to be high as fuck and make up new Oreos? I am available. Goddamn.

oh wow that’s crazy oreos with bits of of oreos. in them Real Bits of Oreos

How did they not call them Oroboreos?

that's so weird like there wasn't a big interest in an inconvenience store

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