Rousseau's Basilisk
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charismatic megafauna of prehistoric Bushwick
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The time for choosing our own adventure is over, the time for having our adventure thrust upon us is now begun.
There should be a tv comedy that is just filmed with motion smoothing as the default.
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
There should be a tv comedy that is just filmed with motion smoothing as the default.
Say what you will about fairness but I think the decision to make Frank Drebin the head ref for all of USA's matches is going to make the World Cup the entertainment event of 2026.
December 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Say what you will about fairness but I think the decision to make Frank Drebin the head ref for all of USA's matches is going to make the World Cup the entertainment event of 2026.
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Hydrogen??? 👎👎
Calgary to Banff rail proponents submit plan for federal major project status calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hydrogen??? 👎👎
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Safety
Oʻahu has experienced 75 traffic fatalities (as compared to 43 in 2024). None of these would’ve happened if we designed our cities around people instead of moving cars as fast as possible. Car centric design forces *everyone* to drive, whether they should be driving or not. 6/🧵
Oʻahu has experienced 75 traffic fatalities (as compared to 43 in 2024). None of these would’ve happened if we designed our cities around people instead of moving cars as fast as possible. Car centric design forces *everyone* to drive, whether they should be driving or not. 6/🧵
Why It Costs So Much To Own A Car In Hawaii
High gas prices and registration fees make it expensive to own a car in Hawaii and that makes it even harder to afford to live here.
www.civilbeat.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Safety
Oʻahu has experienced 75 traffic fatalities (as compared to 43 in 2024). None of these would’ve happened if we designed our cities around people instead of moving cars as fast as possible. Car centric design forces *everyone* to drive, whether they should be driving or not. 6/🧵
Oʻahu has experienced 75 traffic fatalities (as compared to 43 in 2024). None of these would’ve happened if we designed our cities around people instead of moving cars as fast as possible. Car centric design forces *everyone* to drive, whether they should be driving or not. 6/🧵
I'm sorry where my resume says I'm articulate it means I have joints.
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm sorry where my resume says I'm articulate it means I have joints.
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my least sympathetic take is if you agree to ride in one of these fucking things you deserve the trauma when it inevitably runs over an animal, or person
A Waymo just killed a dog too.
The passenger said “the traumatic incident happened as he, his wife and children were returning home from a tree lighting event.”
The passenger said “the traumatic incident happened as he, his wife and children were returning home from a tree lighting event.”
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
my least sympathetic take is if you agree to ride in one of these fucking things you deserve the trauma when it inevitably runs over an animal, or person
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In the final movement of Mahllagher's Sixth Symphony the percussionist smashes a large watermelon.
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
In the final movement of Mahllagher's Sixth Symphony the percussionist smashes a large watermelon.
Music video director: I created black hole sun face in my music video as a cautionary tale
Rich people: at long last we all have black hole sun face from the classic music video Don't Get Black Hole Sun Face
Rich people: at long last we all have black hole sun face from the classic music video Don't Get Black Hole Sun Face
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Music video director: I created black hole sun face in my music video as a cautionary tale
Rich people: at long last we all have black hole sun face from the classic music video Don't Get Black Hole Sun Face
Rich people: at long last we all have black hole sun face from the classic music video Don't Get Black Hole Sun Face
Apostate would be a lovely name for a side dish.
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Apostate would be a lovely name for a side dish.
I should be able to buy loosies of lettuce. Put a couple heads over in one corner and let us (ha!) peel a few leaves off and pay for those. You can even make the $/lb a little higher I don't care I just want to make a couple of sandwiches.
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I should be able to buy loosies of lettuce. Put a couple heads over in one corner and let us (ha!) peel a few leaves off and pay for those. You can even make the $/lb a little higher I don't care I just want to make a couple of sandwiches.
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Havana syndrome? My havana syndrome is the next five weeks my corner store is playing Simply Havana Wonderful Christmastime on repeat
November 21, 2023 at 5:40 PM
Havana syndrome? My havana syndrome is the next five weeks my corner store is playing Simply Havana Wonderful Christmastime on repeat
My doctor giving me my lab results
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
My doctor giving me my lab results
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I’ve played a lot of simcity but I didn’t know you could go pro
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I’ve played a lot of simcity but I didn’t know you could go pro
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we were better off when people bowled leagues together. imagine, a regularly time every week to see your friends and chat, meet new people, and not think about much besides your score.
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 8:46 AM
we were better off when people bowled leagues together. imagine, a regularly time every week to see your friends and chat, meet new people, and not think about much besides your score.
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Lossthedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see
Marlow Moss, Composition in Black and White Number 4, 1949
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135948
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135948
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Lossthedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see
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the holy mountain and star wars are essentially variants on the same story and yet only one of them has a cinematic universe
the moving image is an abomination. cinema is an art for freaks and sorcerers. the decline of the american independent movie theater is a direct result of attempts to normalize that which can not and should not be normalized.
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
the holy mountain and star wars are essentially variants on the same story and yet only one of them has a cinematic universe
Current solo holiday vibe: is this radio dj single?
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Current solo holiday vibe: is this radio dj single?
You can't believe it's butter. I can't believe I ate the whole thing. We are not the same.
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
You can't believe it's butter. I can't believe I ate the whole thing. We are not the same.
Last person on earth to see kpop demon hunters because I waited for a theatrical screening so let me be the final word on it: it ruled.
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Last person on earth to see kpop demon hunters because I waited for a theatrical screening so let me be the final word on it: it ruled.
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Imagining an intensely cursed alt-history timeline where the Axis powers won the war and people are by now using the term "Volkx" to try to be more intersectional
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Imagining an intensely cursed alt-history timeline where the Axis powers won the war and people are by now using the term "Volkx" to try to be more intersectional
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YOJIMBO (dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1961)
July 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
YOJIMBO (dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1961)
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learning a lot today
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
learning a lot today