Ross Thompson (50ᵗʰ anniversary edition)
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Landry rushed to clarify he isn't resigning as governor of Louisiana and this will be, like, his side gig I guess. The state constitution explicitly bans state officeholders from simultaneously holding any federal office.
Trump says he’s appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as “special envoy” to Greenland.
Landry has previously expressed support for Trump’s plan to invade Greenland.
Landry has previously expressed support for Trump’s plan to invade Greenland.
December 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Landry rushed to clarify he isn't resigning as governor of Louisiana and this will be, like, his side gig I guess. The state constitution explicitly bans state officeholders from simultaneously holding any federal office.
There was a serial killer of children back in the 60s in Britain named Myra Hindley. She was jailed in 1987, and every Home Secretary after that made a point of publicly announcing that she would *definitely* die in jail. She was not a popular person.
My hot take is that ANY movie series that garners this range of positive to negative opinions is doing something interesting whether people like the movies or not.
The worst sin a movie can do is inspire NO OPINION about it.
The worst sin a movie can do is inspire NO OPINION about it.
The truth:
1. Some people just generally don't like the Avatar movies and that's ok
2. Some people love the Avatar movies (like me) and that's ok.
3. There are people who can't accept that people can like/dislike different things from their opinion and that's just yawn.
1. Some people just generally don't like the Avatar movies and that's ok
2. Some people love the Avatar movies (like me) and that's ok.
3. There are people who can't accept that people can like/dislike different things from their opinion and that's just yawn.
December 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There was a serial killer of children back in the 60s in Britain named Myra Hindley. She was jailed in 1987, and every Home Secretary after that made a point of publicly announcing that she would *definitely* die in jail. She was not a popular person.
We have a word for "blurring the lines between business and government" and it's fascism.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
How President Trump reshaped capitalism in 2025
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We have a word for "blurring the lines between business and government" and it's fascism.
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if this was me at a public event mourning my spouse who was violently murdered my kids would either have me committed or never speak to me again
December 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
if this was me at a public event mourning my spouse who was violently murdered my kids would either have me committed or never speak to me again
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I can *100% assure you* that if this report found that trans people & "wokeness" tanked the Harris campaign, the DNC would release it in a heartbeat
BREAKING: The Democratic National Committee will NOT release its long-awaited autopsy on Trump's 2024 win. The report is completed but Dem leaders decided it could distract from their winning streak, so it will remain secret. Not good.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I can *100% assure you* that if this report found that trans people & "wokeness" tanked the Harris campaign, the DNC would release it in a heartbeat
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Specifying that they're being forced to "waste resources" protecting incumbents is INCREDIBLY telling re: how stuck they are in their thinking: a primary that produces a new, exciting, motivating candidate is worth WAY MORE than anything your campaign funds can do for your "check-the-box" incumbent!
Sorry guys. If you had actually been “our own” instead of getting friendly with our enemies trying to kill our neighbors and our families, maybe you wouldn’t be getting attacked now, food for thought.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line | CNN Politics
When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Specifying that they're being forced to "waste resources" protecting incumbents is INCREDIBLY telling re: how stuck they are in their thinking: a primary that produces a new, exciting, motivating candidate is worth WAY MORE than anything your campaign funds can do for your "check-the-box" incumbent!
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First time I got COVID in '22 it nerfed my mental arithmetic for months. I entirely lost the ability to add single digit numbers for 3 weeks. I'm *still* far slower than I used to be. Brain fog lingers, and I expect the prevalence of sub-clinical long COVID with CNS involvement is very high.
December 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
First time I got COVID in '22 it nerfed my mental arithmetic for months. I entirely lost the ability to add single digit numbers for 3 weeks. I'm *still* far slower than I used to be. Brain fog lingers, and I expect the prevalence of sub-clinical long COVID with CNS involvement is very high.
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They're scared because there's actually never been a better time for it; the Republicans have never been more unpopular.
A ham sandwich could beat some of these guys.
A ham sandwich could beat some of these guys.
CNN: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line | CNN Politics
When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
They're scared because there's actually never been a better time for it; the Republicans have never been more unpopular.
A ham sandwich could beat some of these guys.
A ham sandwich could beat some of these guys.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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What is striking here, of course, is that no one was apologizing for being white at any point, outside of some very unusual academic hothouse environments.
What the experience as 'apologizing for being white' is actually just 'accommodating non-white people living as full citizens and equals.'
What the experience as 'apologizing for being white' is actually just 'accommodating non-white people living as full citizens and equals.'
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
What is striking here, of course, is that no one was apologizing for being white at any point, outside of some very unusual academic hothouse environments.
What the experience as 'apologizing for being white' is actually just 'accommodating non-white people living as full citizens and equals.'
What the experience as 'apologizing for being white' is actually just 'accommodating non-white people living as full citizens and equals.'
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i just need to make sure everybody knows
that the word for “appetizer” in german is “before meal”
and the word for “dessert” is “after meal”
that the word for “appetizer” in german is “before meal”
and the word for “dessert” is “after meal”
December 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
i just need to make sure everybody knows
that the word for “appetizer” in german is “before meal”
and the word for “dessert” is “after meal”
that the word for “appetizer” in german is “before meal”
and the word for “dessert” is “after meal”
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Sorry guys. If you had actually been “our own” instead of getting friendly with our enemies trying to kill our neighbors and our families, maybe you wouldn’t be getting attacked now, food for thought.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line | CNN Politics
When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Sorry guys. If you had actually been “our own” instead of getting friendly with our enemies trying to kill our neighbors and our families, maybe you wouldn’t be getting attacked now, food for thought.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
I have discovered a fun bug in my package tracking app's mapping tool.
Now that there's a second Cincinnati event, it's completely dropped the Memphis > Cincinnati > Ft Meyers leg and is just showing it as Memphis > Ft Meyers.
Now that there's a second Cincinnati event, it's completely dropped the Memphis > Cincinnati > Ft Meyers leg and is just showing it as Memphis > Ft Meyers.
December 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I have discovered a fun bug in my package tracking app's mapping tool.
Now that there's a second Cincinnati event, it's completely dropped the Memphis > Cincinnati > Ft Meyers leg and is just showing it as Memphis > Ft Meyers.
Now that there's a second Cincinnati event, it's completely dropped the Memphis > Cincinnati > Ft Meyers leg and is just showing it as Memphis > Ft Meyers.
Thread.
I would like to articulate one of the BIGGEST misconceptions about cat breed genetics by talking about the NEBELUNG!
An extremely rare breed with only SIX(6) in the whole US, and no breeders, yet one that thousands of folk online are convinced they own.
Your cat is NOT any breed, and that's okay.
An extremely rare breed with only SIX(6) in the whole US, and no breeders, yet one that thousands of folk online are convinced they own.
Your cat is NOT any breed, and that's okay.
December 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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JD Vance married an Indian woman back when it was important for Republican politicians to show they're Not That Racist, and now the winds have shifted and he's trying to swap her for a blonde.
POV: Your spouse is neither white nor Christian but you need the support of people who demand both.
December 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
JD Vance married an Indian woman back when it was important for Republican politicians to show they're Not That Racist, and now the winds have shifted and he's trying to swap her for a blonde.
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It will never be not funny to me that the dumbest liberals were JD and Elon fans for years.
December 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It will never be not funny to me that the dumbest liberals were JD and Elon fans for years.
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very well-written story but honestly this is the thing that i got stuck on
i grew up in this era, where serious corporate malfeasance killed companies
oh you killed a bunch of people? dead.
oh you’re a giant fraud actually? dead.
this current era is like ??? whatevs just keep chuggin
i grew up in this era, where serious corporate malfeasance killed companies
oh you killed a bunch of people? dead.
oh you’re a giant fraud actually? dead.
this current era is like ??? whatevs just keep chuggin
December 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
very well-written story but honestly this is the thing that i got stuck on
i grew up in this era, where serious corporate malfeasance killed companies
oh you killed a bunch of people? dead.
oh you’re a giant fraud actually? dead.
this current era is like ??? whatevs just keep chuggin
i grew up in this era, where serious corporate malfeasance killed companies
oh you killed a bunch of people? dead.
oh you’re a giant fraud actually? dead.
this current era is like ??? whatevs just keep chuggin
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they should keep passing laws like this, that enshrine trump lies and promises. this is THE SIX HUNDRED PERCENT DRUG PRICE REDUCTION ACT, please sign here mister president
December 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
they should keep passing laws like this, that enshrine trump lies and promises. this is THE SIX HUNDRED PERCENT DRUG PRICE REDUCTION ACT, please sign here mister president
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Anyone want to lay odds on which Christian denominations are "unacceptable and serious"?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week ordered sweeping changes to the U.S. military's chaplain corps, with a plan to simplify a system that he said has become too focused on "new age" concepts.
Hegseth to overhaul chaplain corps, toss ‘unacceptable and unserious’ Army spiritual fitness guide
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered sweeping changes to the U.S. military’s chaplain corps.
www.stripes.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Anyone want to lay odds on which Christian denominations are "unacceptable and serious"?
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incredible thread
shut down waymo and jail the higher ups is a pretty mild response
shut down waymo and jail the higher ups is a pretty mild response
Failed Waymo robot blocking emergency services during a widespread emergency:
Grant St at Sacramento, heart of Chinatown, San Francisco
I've been warning about this scenario for ~7 yrs. Safety drivers fix this in seconds. SFPD will prob have to drive this out of the way.
OP:tiktok.joolyana
Grant St at Sacramento, heart of Chinatown, San Francisco
I've been warning about this scenario for ~7 yrs. Safety drivers fix this in seconds. SFPD will prob have to drive this out of the way.
OP:tiktok.joolyana
December 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
incredible thread
shut down waymo and jail the higher ups is a pretty mild response
shut down waymo and jail the higher ups is a pretty mild response
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My write up about ligatures and this broken joke from 2020: glennf.medium.com/dont-coffin-...
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My write up about ligatures and this broken joke from 2020: glennf.medium.com/dont-coffin-...
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I know it doesn't speak to the finest part of my soul but seeing fake internet boxer Jake Paul face the first actual non-retired boxer of his career and get the piss beat out of him is deeply healing on some level.
December 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I know it doesn't speak to the finest part of my soul but seeing fake internet boxer Jake Paul face the first actual non-retired boxer of his career and get the piss beat out of him is deeply healing on some level.
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What a shameful question.
First, it is not what Congress "asked for." It is what a federal statute REQUIRES.
Second, WTF does "spirit but not intent" even mean?
CBS bent a knee and paid Trump, it has a new owner who wants to please Trump, and sadly this is the result.
First, it is not what Congress "asked for." It is what a federal statute REQUIRES.
Second, WTF does "spirit but not intent" even mean?
CBS bent a knee and paid Trump, it has a new owner who wants to please Trump, and sadly this is the result.
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What a shameful question.
First, it is not what Congress "asked for." It is what a federal statute REQUIRES.
Second, WTF does "spirit but not intent" even mean?
CBS bent a knee and paid Trump, it has a new owner who wants to please Trump, and sadly this is the result.
First, it is not what Congress "asked for." It is what a federal statute REQUIRES.
Second, WTF does "spirit but not intent" even mean?
CBS bent a knee and paid Trump, it has a new owner who wants to please Trump, and sadly this is the result.
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And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.