Rod Hilton
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Rod Hilton
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· Nov 10
It's me, the guy from the screenshot about Elon's cars and rockets
Remember then this loser got told he wasn't allowed to enter a detention center and instead of doing anything about it posted on social media?
He just became the only Colorado Democrat to vote against the articles of impeachment against Trump.
clerk.house.gov/Votes/202532...
He just became the only Colorado Democrat to vote against the articles of impeachment against Trump.
clerk.house.gov/Votes/202532...
December 12, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Remember then this loser got told he wasn't allowed to enter a detention center and instead of doing anything about it posted on social media?
He just became the only Colorado Democrat to vote against the articles of impeachment against Trump.
clerk.house.gov/Votes/202532...
He just became the only Colorado Democrat to vote against the articles of impeachment against Trump.
clerk.house.gov/Votes/202532...
I can't wait for my grandkids to play this
First trailer for 'Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic'
• Single-player game
• KOTOR director Casey Hudson is returning
• Single-player game
• KOTOR director Casey Hudson is returning
December 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I can't wait for my grandkids to play this
Yeah, looks like it's following Woman of Tomorrow pretty closely for the most part. Can't go wrong with that, easily the Supergirl comic that got me interested in the character. Ruthye seems a bit younger than I expected but that will probably help the on-screen dynamic. Good stuff.
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Yeah, looks like it's following Woman of Tomorrow pretty closely for the most part. Can't go wrong with that, easily the Supergirl comic that got me interested in the character. Ruthye seems a bit younger than I expected but that will probably help the on-screen dynamic. Good stuff.
I had some tests failing and didn't feel like debugging it so I told claude code to figure it out and make suggestions.
It suggested disabling the test.
It suggested disabling the test.
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I had some tests failing and didn't feel like debugging it so I told claude code to figure it out and make suggestions.
It suggested disabling the test.
It suggested disabling the test.
The other weekend, I switched my server components from a floor rack to a new wall rack. But while I had the hinged front open, the hinge slipped out, and I was stuck holding 500+lbs of equipment that I couldn't drop and couldn't lift.
My wife ran to the neighbor's house to ask for help...
My wife ran to the neighbor's house to ask for help...
December 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The other weekend, I switched my server components from a floor rack to a new wall rack. But while I had the hinged front open, the hinge slipped out, and I was stuck holding 500+lbs of equipment that I couldn't drop and couldn't lift.
My wife ran to the neighbor's house to ask for help...
My wife ran to the neighbor's house to ask for help...
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ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Okay I take this back, I've seen promotional clips (presumably, the best parts to attract viewers) and it appears being on SNL completely broke Sarah's brain.
It's like Sweet Dee got her own comedy special. Unless this is some absurdist Heideckeresque parody of bad standup, oof.
It's like Sweet Dee got her own comedy special. Unless this is some absurdist Heideckeresque parody of bad standup, oof.
It's been kind of depressing watch Sarah Sherman join SNL and just be watered down more and more and more until she's basically just playing the "voice of reason lady" in every sketch.
Nice to know she's still got an outlet to be weird as all fuck.
www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
Nice to know she's still got an outlet to be weird as all fuck.
www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
Sarah Sherman Is Grosser Than You Think
The comedian is chafing against playing a pretty girl in a wig on “S.N.L.” In her new HBO special, “Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh,” the focus is body horror.
www.newyorker.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Okay I take this back, I've seen promotional clips (presumably, the best parts to attract viewers) and it appears being on SNL completely broke Sarah's brain.
It's like Sweet Dee got her own comedy special. Unless this is some absurdist Heideckeresque parody of bad standup, oof.
It's like Sweet Dee got her own comedy special. Unless this is some absurdist Heideckeresque parody of bad standup, oof.
The only thing that keeps me going is that, despite Trump's win nationally, I am not truly surrounded by his supporters. His administration and its policies remain deeply unpopular.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/10/d...
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/10/d...
Democrat Rob Long wins big in Florida House race, defeating MAGA Republican
Democrat Rob Long is the newest member of the Florida House of Representatives, after winning an overwhelming victory over a MAGA Republican in a Palm Beach County special election.
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The only thing that keeps me going is that, despite Trump's win nationally, I am not truly surrounded by his supporters. His administration and its policies remain deeply unpopular.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/10/d...
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/10/d...
If I buy enough book-reading devices I'll eventually read books again
December 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If I buy enough book-reading devices I'll eventually read books again
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Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
(psst: they know these guys aren't drug smugglers - they were killing witnesses)
BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
(psst: they know these guys aren't drug smugglers - they were killing witnesses)
It's a sign of a healthy democracy that the president wants to intervene on this merger approval to ensure that a major news network is moved to a media conglomerate that will be more favorable to him, right?
The mounting battle to purchase one of Hollywood’s biggest prizes — Warner Bros. Discovery — has captured President Donald Trump’s attention as he sees his own interests entwined in the transaction and appears poised to try to influence its outcome.
Battle over future of Warner Bros. Discovery captures Trump’s attention | CNN Politics
The mounting battle to purchase one of Hollywood’s biggest prizes — Warner Bros. Discovery — has captured President Donald Trump’s attention as he sees his own interests entwined in the transaction an...
www.cnn.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It's a sign of a healthy democracy that the president wants to intervene on this merger approval to ensure that a major news network is moved to a media conglomerate that will be more favorable to him, right?
My wife keeps buying different packs of mini white christmas lights, bringing them home, and asking me to check them only to have to tell her that they flicker, something that apparently only I can see and she can't.
We're on the fourth pack now and she thinks I'm certifiably insane.
We're on the fourth pack now and she thinks I'm certifiably insane.
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
My wife keeps buying different packs of mini white christmas lights, bringing them home, and asking me to check them only to have to tell her that they flicker, something that apparently only I can see and she can't.
We're on the fourth pack now and she thinks I'm certifiably insane.
We're on the fourth pack now and she thinks I'm certifiably insane.
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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.
Absolutely wild to go on television and announce to the world you are less intellectually capable of performing a task that EVERYONE who preceded you genetically and most people watching all successfully did.
You're the CEO of OpenAI and you're comfortable telling all of us we're better than you.
You're the CEO of OpenAI and you're comfortable telling all of us we're better than you.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Absolutely wild to go on television and announce to the world you are less intellectually capable of performing a task that EVERYONE who preceded you genetically and most people watching all successfully did.
You're the CEO of OpenAI and you're comfortable telling all of us we're better than you.
You're the CEO of OpenAI and you're comfortable telling all of us we're better than you.
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Claiming that Waymo is widening the lead on Tesla’s robotaxis is making a mistaken assumption that Tesla is even in the race.
This is vaporware versus a product with millions of monthly rides. Tesla is as much in this race as I’m in the race for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
This is vaporware versus a product with millions of monthly rides. Tesla is as much in this race as I’m in the race for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Waymo crosses 450,000 weekly paid rides as Alphabet robotaxi unit widens lead on Tesla
This year, Waymo debuted on freeways in three cities, and started autonomous driving in cities including Miami, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando.
www.cnbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Claiming that Waymo is widening the lead on Tesla’s robotaxis is making a mistaken assumption that Tesla is even in the race.
This is vaporware versus a product with millions of monthly rides. Tesla is as much in this race as I’m in the race for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
This is vaporware versus a product with millions of monthly rides. Tesla is as much in this race as I’m in the race for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Quentin Tarantino essentially assured that "Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair" would be the best version by not merely splitting the film, but by inserting the two worst scenes of the entire thing precisely between entries.
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Quentin Tarantino essentially assured that "Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair" would be the best version by not merely splitting the film, but by inserting the two worst scenes of the entire thing precisely between entries.
I like Jasmine Crockett so much and it absolutely sucks she got redistricted out of her seat - I really hope we see more of her after she loses this.
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/j...
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/j...
Jasmine Crockett announces campaign for Texas Democratic Senate primary – watch live
Rep. Jasmine Crockett filed paperwork to run for U.S. Senate just hours before the state's deadline — and hours after fellow Democrat Colin Allred dropped out.
www.cbsnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I like Jasmine Crockett so much and it absolutely sucks she got redistricted out of her seat - I really hope we see more of her after she loses this.
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/j...
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/j...
No better way to get people to dress up and stop wearing comfortable clothes on airplanes than having them work out before flights.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
No better way to get people to dress up and stop wearing comfortable clothes on airplanes than having them work out before flights.
It's been kind of depressing watch Sarah Sherman join SNL and just be watered down more and more and more until she's basically just playing the "voice of reason lady" in every sketch.
Nice to know she's still got an outlet to be weird as all fuck.
www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
Nice to know she's still got an outlet to be weird as all fuck.
www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
Sarah Sherman Is Grosser Than You Think
The comedian is chafing against playing a pretty girl in a wig on “S.N.L.” In her new HBO special, “Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh,” the focus is body horror.
www.newyorker.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's been kind of depressing watch Sarah Sherman join SNL and just be watered down more and more and more until she's basically just playing the "voice of reason lady" in every sketch.
Nice to know she's still got an outlet to be weird as all fuck.
www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
Nice to know she's still got an outlet to be weird as all fuck.
www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
Sending Christmas gifts to a different address is really fun because Amazon employs a unique algorithm for determining your default shipping address whereby it just silently changes it whenever the fuck it's decided you've sent enough gifts there.
Hope my mom likes a pack of light bulbs I guess
Hope my mom likes a pack of light bulbs I guess
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Sending Christmas gifts to a different address is really fun because Amazon employs a unique algorithm for determining your default shipping address whereby it just silently changes it whenever the fuck it's decided you've sent enough gifts there.
Hope my mom likes a pack of light bulbs I guess
Hope my mom likes a pack of light bulbs I guess
Can I just say "Marjorie Traitor Greene" is a full-fledged banger of a nickname, no lie. He fully ruins it with this green grass turning brown thing, it's so forced.
December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Can I just say "Marjorie Traitor Greene" is a full-fledged banger of a nickname, no lie. He fully ruins it with this green grass turning brown thing, it's so forced.
I started leaning into the 6-7 thing to annoy my children into abandoning it and now I like it
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I started leaning into the 6-7 thing to annoy my children into abandoning it and now I like it
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Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
