Kal ⁉️
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
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Had to draw my girl real quick
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Had to draw my girl real quick
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I forgot how much fun it is to find beautiful fics under 100 kudos - this one is so atmospheric
archiveofourown.org/works/733373...
archiveofourown.org/works/733373...
December 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I forgot how much fun it is to find beautiful fics under 100 kudos - this one is so atmospheric
archiveofourown.org/works/733373...
archiveofourown.org/works/733373...
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Daniel Day Lewis came out of Instagram retirement to show support for Paul Dano. King shit.
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Daniel Day Lewis came out of Instagram retirement to show support for Paul Dano. King shit.
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a *lynching*? huh.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
a *lynching*? huh.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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The media successfully convinced itself all the humorless scolds were on the left, and while we certainly have our share of them, oh, baby, is it not even CLOSE to how many there are on the right.
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The media successfully convinced itself all the humorless scolds were on the left, and while we certainly have our share of them, oh, baby, is it not even CLOSE to how many there are on the right.
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why does everyone in the nuzzi orbit write like this!!
all of these people need an editor, a psychiatrist, and a small circle of trusted friends they can share this sort of beastly idea with over brunch instead of inflicting it on the public.
all of these people need an editor, a psychiatrist, and a small circle of trusted friends they can share this sort of beastly idea with over brunch instead of inflicting it on the public.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
why does everyone in the nuzzi orbit write like this!!
all of these people need an editor, a psychiatrist, and a small circle of trusted friends they can share this sort of beastly idea with over brunch instead of inflicting it on the public.
all of these people need an editor, a psychiatrist, and a small circle of trusted friends they can share this sort of beastly idea with over brunch instead of inflicting it on the public.
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
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Gift link: Netflix’s Sarandos wooed Trump personally ahead of Warner bid
Netflix’s Sarandos Wooed Trump Personally Ahead of Warner Bid
Netflix Inc. co-Chief Executive Officer Ted Sarandos ventured to the White House in mid-November for a meeting with President Donald Trump. Over more than an hour, the two discussed a range of topics,...
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Gift link: Netflix’s Sarandos wooed Trump personally ahead of Warner bid
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Listen, Paul Dano doesn’t need me to stick up for him, but this is just the most absurd conversation to even be having. It has nothing to do with Dano; it’s about the fact that Tarantino apparently not only lacks imagination about women but also lacks much imagination about men.
When Quentin Tarantino insulted Paul Dano, he unleashed the Avengers of Hollywood, including an actual Avenger, who were ready to defend him.
Ben Stiller Calls Paul Dano ‘Brilliant’ After Quentin Tarantino Diss
When Quentin Tarantino insulted Paul Dano, he unleashed the Avengers of Hollywood, including an actual Avenger, who were ready to defend him.
www.vulture.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Listen, Paul Dano doesn’t need me to stick up for him, but this is just the most absurd conversation to even be having. It has nothing to do with Dano; it’s about the fact that Tarantino apparently not only lacks imagination about women but also lacks much imagination about men.
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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the fluffy, smutty epilogue of "an unenviable fate" is on the way! 💌 (cw: allusion to pregnancy)
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
the fluffy, smutty epilogue of "an unenviable fate" is on the way! 💌 (cw: allusion to pregnancy)
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Fill your TL with #Reylo art and discover talented Reylo artists! Reyloartbot RTs & promotes art tagged #reyloart! Help spread the word!
And please check out and follow our spectacular December-featured artist @aestheticforzoe.bsky.social !
And please check out and follow our spectacular December-featured artist @aestheticforzoe.bsky.social !
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Fill your TL with #Reylo art and discover talented Reylo artists! Reyloartbot RTs & promotes art tagged #reyloart! Help spread the word!
And please check out and follow our spectacular December-featured artist @aestheticforzoe.bsky.social !
And please check out and follow our spectacular December-featured artist @aestheticforzoe.bsky.social !
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Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
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the words “watched ‘lawrence of arabia’ on his phone” made me feel violently and physically ill
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
the words “watched ‘lawrence of arabia’ on his phone” made me feel violently and physically ill
Huge news everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazed/jealous/frothing over Denzer's slowburn + characterization here
Ignition
Ch 7
3k | E for eventually
#reylo
Troubled rich boy Ben and genius orphan Rey fall in love to the backdrop of the Challenger Disaster.
CW// underage, angst, poverty, past physical abuse, drug abuse
archiveofourown.org/works/238106...
Ch 7
3k | E for eventually
#reylo
Troubled rich boy Ben and genius orphan Rey fall in love to the backdrop of the Challenger Disaster.
CW// underage, angst, poverty, past physical abuse, drug abuse
archiveofourown.org/works/238106...
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Huge news everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazed/jealous/frothing over Denzer's slowburn + characterization here
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"To die, to sleep;/ To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub," he intones.
"Stop!" The director, Rey, is yelling again. "From the top!" She's young, freckled and frowny with a manically marked-up script.
Ben purses his lips, wondering when he can have his union-mandated break and a smoke.
"Stop!" The director, Rey, is yelling again. "From the top!" She's young, freckled and frowny with a manically marked-up script.
Ben purses his lips, wondering when he can have his union-mandated break and a smoke.
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"To die, to sleep;/ To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub," he intones.
"Stop!" The director, Rey, is yelling again. "From the top!" She's young, freckled and frowny with a manically marked-up script.
Ben purses his lips, wondering when he can have his union-mandated break and a smoke.
"Stop!" The director, Rey, is yelling again. "From the top!" She's young, freckled and frowny with a manically marked-up script.
Ben purses his lips, wondering when he can have his union-mandated break and a smoke.
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COMPLETE: an unenviable fate #reylofic
E | 40k total | chapter 7
from the beginning
💌 regency #reylo au
💌 epistolary meet-ugly
💌 so much banter
💌 marriage of convenience ... or is it?
💌 now with regency sexting *and* a fluffy, smutty epilogue!
E | 40k total | chapter 7
from the beginning
💌 regency #reylo au
💌 epistolary meet-ugly
💌 so much banter
💌 marriage of convenience ... or is it?
💌 now with regency sexting *and* a fluffy, smutty epilogue!
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
COMPLETE: an unenviable fate #reylofic
E | 40k total | chapter 7
from the beginning
💌 regency #reylo au
💌 epistolary meet-ugly
💌 so much banter
💌 marriage of convenience ... or is it?
💌 now with regency sexting *and* a fluffy, smutty epilogue!
E | 40k total | chapter 7
from the beginning
💌 regency #reylo au
💌 epistolary meet-ugly
💌 so much banter
💌 marriage of convenience ... or is it?
💌 now with regency sexting *and* a fluffy, smutty epilogue!
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i hear men have gotten carried away with their penis lies. back in my day an averagely endowed fella would claim 8”, a decent & respectable lie. but my friends in the sex app mines say the penis lie inflation is out of control. one guy was apparently claiming 10” for a subway half-footer at best
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
i hear men have gotten carried away with their penis lies. back in my day an averagely endowed fella would claim 8”, a decent & respectable lie. but my friends in the sex app mines say the penis lie inflation is out of control. one guy was apparently claiming 10” for a subway half-footer at best
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I am so worn down by this trend not least because it’s catching — I have like a #1 Subtext Lover button on my Girl Scout writing sash or whatever but if you sit through too much of this you start to subconsciously feel that that constant re-explanation is how it has to be done.
"The more time a show spends trying to simplify itself for unengaged viewers, the harder it is for anyone to stay engaged."
I'm SO tired of watching streaming dramas where the main characters just constantly explain the plot to each other.
I'm SO tired of watching streaming dramas where the main characters just constantly explain the plot to each other.
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I am so worn down by this trend not least because it’s catching — I have like a #1 Subtext Lover button on my Girl Scout writing sash or whatever but if you sit through too much of this you start to subconsciously feel that that constant re-explanation is how it has to be done.
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To be fair, Django was actually pretty great.
TikTok video by Zach Woods
www.tiktok.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...