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On twitter, I had an underscore in my name. Here, I don’t. Everything else is basically the same
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📍 Carrboro, North Carolina
in a bit of synchronicity, this played on my television at the exact moment I read this post
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
in a bit of synchronicity, this played on my television at the exact moment I read this post
why is this the photo of Michael Shannon that stubhub is using to advertise Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy covering R.E.M.?
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
why is this the photo of Michael Shannon that stubhub is using to advertise Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy covering R.E.M.?
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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We could probably fix a lot of societal problems if cellphones went back to being $12,500
Motorola's early cell phone, the DynaTAC, was $3,995 at launch in 1984. That's $12,500 today.
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
We could probably fix a lot of societal problems if cellphones went back to being $12,500
posting a rambling screed on nextdoor about how McDonald’s has replaced ordering from a person with a touchscreen and then after all that, using an AI-generated image to illustrate it
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
posting a rambling screed on nextdoor about how McDonald’s has replaced ordering from a person with a touchscreen and then after all that, using an AI-generated image to illustrate it
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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If you want to know how the website Cameo is doing, you can pay $500 USD for a custom video from an AI Charlie Kirk. Anyway, sign up for the BP Patreon if you want to chart the rise and fall of Cameo through our 28 (!) bonus episodes on the topic.
Word Up! 28: The $750 Club w/ @jessefarrar.com. JF is here to watch some horrible Cameos from a brutal Austin Powers impersonator, an AI Charlie Kirk, and two old guys who charge way too much for Cameos: Ric Flair and Chevy Chase.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
If you want to know how the website Cameo is doing, you can pay $500 USD for a custom video from an AI Charlie Kirk. Anyway, sign up for the BP Patreon if you want to chart the rise and fall of Cameo through our 28 (!) bonus episodes on the topic.
I don’t know if this is how you’re actually supposed to spell reenters, but if it is, it shouldn’t be that way
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I don’t know if this is how you’re actually supposed to spell reenters, but if it is, it shouldn’t be that way
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i will not. this fruit is hanging so low it is on the ground
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
i will not. this fruit is hanging so low it is on the ground
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On the one hand this is heinous, on the other hand under this logic an enterprising Democratic president can declare tech billionaires to be terrorists who are poisoning the American people with their products
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
On the one hand this is heinous, on the other hand under this logic an enterprising Democratic president can declare tech billionaires to be terrorists who are poisoning the American people with their products
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it's so wild that Indiana Republicans are kinda the first among their own to be calling bullshit. Indiana Republicans believe that life begins in the balls, they're way out there. Generally speaking you can't reason with them. But Indiana is also sorta southern, doesn't wanna be told to get in line
Indiana Senate Republican Greg Walker “said he would have reported the alleged violation to federal authorities “if I thought that there was anyone of integrity in Washington that would follow through on my accusation ..”
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
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@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
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November 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
it's so wild that Indiana Republicans are kinda the first among their own to be calling bullshit. Indiana Republicans believe that life begins in the balls, they're way out there. Generally speaking you can't reason with them. But Indiana is also sorta southern, doesn't wanna be told to get in line
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The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
The Wiggles do not endorse drugs
Spokesman Says The Wiggles Do Not Endorse Drugs Following Unapproved “Ecstasy” TikTok
Over the summer, the Wiggles were sued by former CEO, and the blue Wiggle was accused of financial misconduct. Now, the children’s music group are embroiled in some more controversy following a since-...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Wiggles do not endorse drugs
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Run clubs are basically Santacon only they strike without any warning to ruin a coffee shop before you’re even awake enough to defend yourself
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Run clubs are basically Santacon only they strike without any warning to ruin a coffee shop before you’re even awake enough to defend yourself
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you’ve heard of the “cousin walk.” well, this is the “uncle walk”
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
you’ve heard of the “cousin walk.” well, this is the “uncle walk”
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Bluesky repliers really can manage to be annoying about anything
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Bluesky repliers really can manage to be annoying about anything
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Larry Hama had his finger on the pulse of the last 50 years of American culture when he wrote that Cobra Commander started out as a used car salesman
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Larry Hama had his finger on the pulse of the last 50 years of American culture when he wrote that Cobra Commander started out as a used car salesman
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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not sure what Gen Z has to do with a 43-year-old’s adaptation of a 52-year-old’s novel—and lest you think it’s just the hed, the piece calls Hamnet “mumblecore Shakespeare, conceived for the TikTok generation,” never mind that mumblecore predates TikTok by like 20 years
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
not sure what Gen Z has to do with a 43-year-old’s adaptation of a 52-year-old’s novel—and lest you think it’s just the hed, the piece calls Hamnet “mumblecore Shakespeare, conceived for the TikTok generation,” never mind that mumblecore predates TikTok by like 20 years
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We must defeat AI kitsch by spreading vintage, handcrafted kitsch
November 15, 2024 at 9:45 PM
We must defeat AI kitsch by spreading vintage, handcrafted kitsch