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Nerd-About-Town. Co-Host of The Eurowhat? Podcast. he/him.

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on the latest episode of the podcast: Australia!

we go over:
- who does Australia get to claim as Australian Eurovision acts
- okay, but WHY is Australia in Eurovision
- a sidebar about the Grammy Awards that demonstrates how fun I am at parties

and more! tune in!
🇦🇺 NEW EPISODE 🇦🇺

Australia first competed at #Eurovision when Austria hosted the 60th Edition of the Contest in 2015. As we approach the 70th Edition, let’s explore Australia’s history with the ESC and do a pulse check on how the country is doing in the competition. www.eurowhat.com/283
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But you can't say I didn't warn you right in the subject line! www.todayintabs.com/p/let-s-see-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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I understand that there are a lot of people out there who think they have good intentions and love to take their ideological opponents in good faith because it makes them seem fair and reasonable and I truly cannot overstate how dangerous this is to trans people and how much they should stop
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
ATTN: music producers for The Traitors

one of those slow dramatic covers of the chorus of Goldielocks' "Made Of" would be a great walking-into-Banishment choice

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1FB...
Goldielocks – Made Of (music video) // UMK25
YouTube video by Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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San Pascual Bailon is the patron saint of kitchens and the Eucharist. Occasionally we have a postcard of a retablo with him included in our orders. The very talented artist, James Eddy sent us this amazing modern retablo that freaks me out in the best possible way. I'm so honored!
December 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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some folks will do anything to sound well read except for reading any books
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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I think of this image every thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Sung to the tune of “Tiny Dancer”
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Very easily. Every person in there is miserable and doing an impression of what they think is a cool and self-actualized person looks like. It must feel like being surrounded by ghosts
How is any of this real
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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I would 100% send this out as a Christmas card
when you have had it with these iconoclastic snakes on this consecrated plane
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Thank you science
November 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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me filling in the "traits" box on the character sheet for my half orc rogue
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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some captchas are particularly humiliating

is the fact that I’m searching for “elphaba sex cardigan” not proof enough that I’m not a robot for you, google

do I also have to click on two pictures of a bus
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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I think a big thing I struggle with, and something that is an important thing for people of my generation to attempt to understand, is separating toxic nostalgia from knowledge of the actual ways in which American life has gotten appreciably worse in my lifetime
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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square is giving away the $59 chip reader for free as long as you log in to your account to order it 👁️👄👁️
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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If someone hits him with sugar next they’ll have cookies by the end of the week
November 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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the mac n cheese and the apple crumble in the fridge getting ready for a back-to-back performance tonight
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM