Matthew Hunt
@coneslayer.org
I would have been Philip (my dad’s middle name, and mine). But my cousin Phillip beat me by six months.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Elliott
Elliott
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Erin (if it was a girl)
Erin (if it was a girl)
February 5, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I would have been Philip (my dad’s middle name, and mine). But my cousin Phillip beat me by six months.
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They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.
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i'd only change one thing about olympic curling and it is that a team must complete 2 beers per person by the 7th end, though the team can choose whether how it will be divided, from a 2x4 to an 8x1 "workhorse" beerskip.
February 4, 2026 at 7:23 PM
i'd only change one thing about olympic curling and it is that a team must complete 2 beers per person by the 7th end, though the team can choose whether how it will be divided, from a 2x4 to an 8x1 "workhorse" beerskip.
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resorts casino, atlantic city, new jersey, 1985
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 AM
resorts casino, atlantic city, new jersey, 1985
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has America actually lived up to that founding myth? of course not. good gods we've fucked it up, so hard and so often. but it's that aspirational myth and the dream of getting there that have fueled all the struggles for progress and how we've gotten improvement. run the damn ball
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
has America actually lived up to that founding myth? of course not. good gods we've fucked it up, so hard and so often. but it's that aspirational myth and the dream of getting there that have fueled all the struggles for progress and how we've gotten improvement. run the damn ball
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EBENSBURG: 121 N CENTER ST, EBENSBURG PA 15931-9998
January 31, 2026 at 4:39 PM
EBENSBURG: 121 N CENTER ST, EBENSBURG PA 15931-9998
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The LEGO Pittsburgh idea has surpassed 5500 supporters.
Would love to see it hit 10K and make the cut. I know we’ve got enough people.
Would love to see it hit 10K and make the cut. I know we’ve got enough people.
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The LEGO Pittsburgh idea has surpassed 5500 supporters.
Would love to see it hit 10K and make the cut. I know we’ve got enough people.
Would love to see it hit 10K and make the cut. I know we’ve got enough people.
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This is sort of a throughline in cases of excessive force used by law enforcement. The civilian is supposed to perfectly adhere to some unwritten code of conduct; the armed professional supposedly trained for such situations is only human & must be given lattitude if they succumb to fear and rage.
The administration is insisting that its masked goons are so emotionally stunted that words can launch them into a murderous rage.
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
January 29, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This is sort of a throughline in cases of excessive force used by law enforcement. The civilian is supposed to perfectly adhere to some unwritten code of conduct; the armed professional supposedly trained for such situations is only human & must be given lattitude if they succumb to fear and rage.
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❌ NOTICE Federal US website newly deleted.
https://consumerprotection.gov
Action taken by the nan (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) at or around 2026-01-29 06:23:52.
https://consumerprotection.gov
Action taken by the nan (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) at or around 2026-01-29 06:23:52.
consumerprotection.gov
Federal US website delisted. URL is not valid.
consumerprotection.gov
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
❌ NOTICE Federal US website newly deleted.
https://consumerprotection.gov
Action taken by the nan (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) at or around 2026-01-29 06:23:52.
https://consumerprotection.gov
Action taken by the nan (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) at or around 2026-01-29 06:23:52.
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I also have a camera set up with notifications in the back room at my office. I know it's time to get a hair cut when the alert changes from Person detected to Dog detected.
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I also have a camera set up with notifications in the back room at my office. I know it's time to get a hair cut when the alert changes from Person detected to Dog detected.
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The perfect description of OpenAI's new Prism tool.
This is a chat box where you can try to yell at your paper until it is written.
January 27, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The perfect description of OpenAI's new Prism tool.
I just coughed hard enough to close my Move ring
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I just coughed hard enough to close my Move ring
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Lots of guys with backwards ball caps and truck nutz never gonna listen to Philip Glass again
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Lots of guys with backwards ball caps and truck nutz never gonna listen to Philip Glass again
It really makes you wonder whether blanketing the walls of federal offices with cable news TVs was money well spent.
Duckworth on Senate Republicans: "I gotta be honest with you. When I talk to a few of my colleagues, they had not even seen the videos. It's almost like they put blinders on. They're uneasy."
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
It really makes you wonder whether blanketing the walls of federal offices with cable news TVs was money well spent.
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Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
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Following the Kent State massacre in May 1970, a Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans thought the shootings were justified. The night *before* the killings, Ohio's GOP governor described the student protesters this way: "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America."
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Following the Kent State massacre in May 1970, a Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans thought the shootings were justified. The night *before* the killings, Ohio's GOP governor described the student protesters this way: "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America."
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I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
I thought this was the “Ironic” (30th Anniversary) music video
This is the story the video is from. Great reporting from @pressherald.com.
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring ICE activity in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I thought this was the “Ironic” (30th Anniversary) music video
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I fought in Afghanistan as a Marine.
Danes were in Helmand before Marines were.
43 Danes gave the last full measure of devotion because the U.S. asked and we had been attacked.
I’m ashamed this man is the commander in chief. This isn’t how you treat friends who bled with you.
Danes were in Helmand before Marines were.
43 Danes gave the last full measure of devotion because the U.S. asked and we had been attacked.
I’m ashamed this man is the commander in chief. This isn’t how you treat friends who bled with you.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I fought in Afghanistan as a Marine.
Danes were in Helmand before Marines were.
43 Danes gave the last full measure of devotion because the U.S. asked and we had been attacked.
I’m ashamed this man is the commander in chief. This isn’t how you treat friends who bled with you.
Danes were in Helmand before Marines were.
43 Danes gave the last full measure of devotion because the U.S. asked and we had been attacked.
I’m ashamed this man is the commander in chief. This isn’t how you treat friends who bled with you.
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NATO did not "stay a little back, off the front lines."
Danish, British and Estonian troops served in Helmand, and Canadian forces in Kandahar - the two most dangerous Afghan provinces.
Denmark, UK, Estonia & Canada suffered amongst the highest per‑capita soldier death rates when defending the US.
Danish, British and Estonian troops served in Helmand, and Canadian forces in Kandahar - the two most dangerous Afghan provinces.
Denmark, UK, Estonia & Canada suffered amongst the highest per‑capita soldier death rates when defending the US.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
NATO did not "stay a little back, off the front lines."
Danish, British and Estonian troops served in Helmand, and Canadian forces in Kandahar - the two most dangerous Afghan provinces.
Denmark, UK, Estonia & Canada suffered amongst the highest per‑capita soldier death rates when defending the US.
Danish, British and Estonian troops served in Helmand, and Canadian forces in Kandahar - the two most dangerous Afghan provinces.
Denmark, UK, Estonia & Canada suffered amongst the highest per‑capita soldier death rates when defending the US.
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S: My brain hurts. You answered my question but gave me a million more. And I can't keep track of them all.
Me: And that's science.
S: <dramatically grabbing head> owwww
Me: And that's science.
S: <dramatically grabbing head> owwww
January 22, 2026 at 3:26 PM
S: My brain hurts. You answered my question but gave me a million more. And I can't keep track of them all.
Me: And that's science.
S: <dramatically grabbing head> owwww
Me: And that's science.
S: <dramatically grabbing head> owwww
Star Trek IV: The One with the Whales with Big Naturals
Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals"
January 22, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Star Trek IV: The One with the Whales with Big Naturals
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This gets at one of the biggest problems with American left-of-center political culture: the default to subsidies.
Not only is it simply incorrect, as the thread shows, but it leads to a zero-sum worldview, that for someone to gain, someone has to lose.
Not only is it simply incorrect, as the thread shows, but it leads to a zero-sum worldview, that for someone to gain, someone has to lose.
First: Supply matters. To decarbonize, you need green energy infrastructure. For universal health care, you need a lot of doctors. And you can't buy your way out of supply constraints solely through subsidies. You need subsidy *and* increased supply. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Lessons from YIMBYism: Taking “Abundance” Back to Its Fundamentals
Lessons from YIMBYism examines how supply-side reforms, public investment, and state capacity can make progressive social policy work as intended.
rooseveltinstitute.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:15 PM
This gets at one of the biggest problems with American left-of-center political culture: the default to subsidies.
Not only is it simply incorrect, as the thread shows, but it leads to a zero-sum worldview, that for someone to gain, someone has to lose.
Not only is it simply incorrect, as the thread shows, but it leads to a zero-sum worldview, that for someone to gain, someone has to lose.