CW. Lawrence
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There is something darkly funny about Europeans getting mad at Trump for short-selling their Middle Eastern imperialism in Afghanistan.
January 23, 2026 at 9:20 PM
There is something darkly funny about Europeans getting mad at Trump for short-selling their Middle Eastern imperialism in Afghanistan.
The French are taking this in good, friendly stride. A few weeks back, the Onion made a joke about the British, and you’d have thought the kingdom ran out of Blanded Jelly-Mush.
Entire French Populace Moved To Tears By Cartoon Of Robot Holding Flower https://theonion.com/entire-french-populace-moved-to-tears-by-cartoon-of-robot-holding-flower/
January 23, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The French are taking this in good, friendly stride. A few weeks back, the Onion made a joke about the British, and you’d have thought the kingdom ran out of Blanded Jelly-Mush.
Grouchy Star Trek fans will tell you Older Trek is infinitely better than New Trek and they point out an episode,
and it’s two guys in silly monster-costumes saying dumb shit like “I narfled the garthok in the Siege of Doop-Doop” as if were goddamn Shakespeare.
and it’s two guys in silly monster-costumes saying dumb shit like “I narfled the garthok in the Siege of Doop-Doop” as if were goddamn Shakespeare.
January 22, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Grouchy Star Trek fans will tell you Older Trek is infinitely better than New Trek and they point out an episode,
and it’s two guys in silly monster-costumes saying dumb shit like “I narfled the garthok in the Siege of Doop-Doop” as if were goddamn Shakespeare.
and it’s two guys in silly monster-costumes saying dumb shit like “I narfled the garthok in the Siege of Doop-Doop” as if were goddamn Shakespeare.
I’m gonna be that rare BlueSky person who goes “good for them!
…who the fuck are they? I’m not about to pretend like I know who they are without Googling.”
…who the fuck are they? I’m not about to pretend like I know who they are without Googling.”
The Martha Graham Dance Company is just the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year. n.pr/4b98UXi
Here's who's canceled their Kennedy Center performances since Trump took over
The Seattle Children's Theatre is the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year.
n.pr
January 22, 2026 at 4:31 AM
I’m gonna be that rare BlueSky person who goes “good for them!
…who the fuck are they? I’m not about to pretend like I know who they are without Googling.”
…who the fuck are they? I’m not about to pretend like I know who they are without Googling.”
I dunno, they were super-chill with helping America pillage the Middle East over the previous 25 years.
I don't think it's hypocritical for Europeans to be mad at America for trying to start world war 3
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I dunno, they were super-chill with helping America pillage the Middle East over the previous 25 years.
It’s weird seeing Europeans go “we helped America invade the Middle East!” as if this was ever a good thing.
Y’all saw financial and imperial opportunity and took it without a second thought.
Y’all are *still* extremely islamophobic to all the refugees *you* helped displace.
Y’all saw financial and imperial opportunity and took it without a second thought.
Y’all are *still* extremely islamophobic to all the refugees *you* helped displace.
January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
It’s weird seeing Europeans go “we helped America invade the Middle East!” as if this was ever a good thing.
Y’all saw financial and imperial opportunity and took it without a second thought.
Y’all are *still* extremely islamophobic to all the refugees *you* helped displace.
Y’all saw financial and imperial opportunity and took it without a second thought.
Y’all are *still* extremely islamophobic to all the refugees *you* helped displace.
“You didn’t give me the Nobel Peace Prize, so I just might wage war” is something else.
January 19, 2026 at 5:55 AM
“You didn’t give me the Nobel Peace Prize, so I just might wage war” is something else.
They’ve certainly accepted far worse movies with less of a cultural/artistic footprint
January 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
They’ve certainly accepted far worse movies with less of a cultural/artistic footprint
Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.
January 14, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.
One of the most frustrating things I learned last year is that pretty much all of those “read 54 books in a year” types are being extremely disingenuous. Yeah they’re reading that number of books, but it’s mostly stuff like graphic novels and YA garbo.
January 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
One of the most frustrating things I learned last year is that pretty much all of those “read 54 books in a year” types are being extremely disingenuous. Yeah they’re reading that number of books, but it’s mostly stuff like graphic novels and YA garbo.
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cannot emphasize enough how indie/selfpub authors are out here doing storytelling that publishers refuse to publish and fascists hate
(not all,we're a diverse lot with a gross subset that's AI content creators not writers)
you want to disrupt the status quo?
Find (& support) the artists doing it.
(not all,we're a diverse lot with a gross subset that's AI content creators not writers)
you want to disrupt the status quo?
Find (& support) the artists doing it.
Profiles in cowardice from the publishing industry.
Myself and many other queer independent authors are out there putting our work into the world whether publishers have the good sense and guts to or not.
Support indie & self-published queer authors.
Myself and many other queer independent authors are out there putting our work into the world whether publishers have the good sense and guts to or not.
Support indie & self-published queer authors.
Depressing news reported at @lgbtqnation.com:
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/publ...
#kidlit #queerkidlit #lgbtq #booksky
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/publ...
#kidlit #queerkidlit #lgbtq #booksky
January 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
cannot emphasize enough how indie/selfpub authors are out here doing storytelling that publishers refuse to publish and fascists hate
(not all,we're a diverse lot with a gross subset that's AI content creators not writers)
you want to disrupt the status quo?
Find (& support) the artists doing it.
(not all,we're a diverse lot with a gross subset that's AI content creators not writers)
you want to disrupt the status quo?
Find (& support) the artists doing it.
Darkstalkers is such a weird series. If all you know of it is the fan art, you’d think it’s this sexy gothic horror thing. The reality is that it’s an absurdly silly game.
January 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Darkstalkers is such a weird series. If all you know of it is the fan art, you’d think it’s this sexy gothic horror thing. The reality is that it’s an absurdly silly game.
Half the comments in this are sad fatties who are just mad they’re being told science.
New research shows exercise is as effective as medication at reducing symptoms of depression. And you don't need to run a marathon to see benefits. So how much is enough?
Exercise is as effective as medication in treating depression, study finds
New research shows exercise is as effective as medication at reducing symptoms of depression. And you don't need to run a marathon to see benefits. So how much is enough?
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Half the comments in this are sad fatties who are just mad they’re being told science.
A big reason most people aren’t having kids is because they can’t afford it. Like always, the problem is capitalism.
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in. n.pr/3NH3yso
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
A big reason most people aren’t having kids is because they can’t afford it. Like always, the problem is capitalism.
Today’s fun “whelp, guess I gotta look this up” #writing experience:
Colostomy bags!
How they work!
Detailed, horrifying pictures of what *everything* looks like!
All in service to a shitheel of a tertiary character that deserves to die but will, in fact, not!
Colostomy bags!
How they work!
Detailed, horrifying pictures of what *everything* looks like!
All in service to a shitheel of a tertiary character that deserves to die but will, in fact, not!
January 11, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Today’s fun “whelp, guess I gotta look this up” #writing experience:
Colostomy bags!
How they work!
Detailed, horrifying pictures of what *everything* looks like!
All in service to a shitheel of a tertiary character that deserves to die but will, in fact, not!
Colostomy bags!
How they work!
Detailed, horrifying pictures of what *everything* looks like!
All in service to a shitheel of a tertiary character that deserves to die but will, in fact, not!
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surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational
When I think back to my time playing FFXIV, the bigggest thing I remember is all the teens and twenty-something’s glomming every conceivable sexual orientation onto every single character and getting very mad when other people didn’t agree.
January 7, 2026 at 6:58 PM
When I think back to my time playing FFXIV, the bigggest thing I remember is all the teens and twenty-something’s glomming every conceivable sexual orientation onto every single character and getting very mad when other people didn’t agree.
Comments section goldmine. The Onion makes years of tired “America fat/stupid/violent” jokes and it’s fine. They make one tired “British food bad” joke and the Brits get almost as fired up as they would if they ate a single jalapeño seed.
British Teen Returning From Semester In U.S. Regales Friends With Tale Of Food That Tastes Good https://theonion.com/british-teen-returning-from-semester-in-u-s-regales-friends-with-tale-of-food-that-tastes-good/
January 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Comments section goldmine. The Onion makes years of tired “America fat/stupid/violent” jokes and it’s fine. They make one tired “British food bad” joke and the Brits get almost as fired up as they would if they ate a single jalapeño seed.
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[most viscerally personally unpleasant person you've ever met] i'm going to lead a mass movement of the workers
September 1, 2023 at 1:23 PM
[most viscerally personally unpleasant person you've ever met] i'm going to lead a mass movement of the workers
BlueSky is mostly people who used to cyberbully on Twitter and then got mad that only the Nazis can do it over there now, but BlueSky ain’t ready for that conversation.
truly shocked that some people thought there was ever a chance of making this place non-toxic. did you not hang out on Twitter prior to Musk? this kind of platform is fundamentally poisoned, as is all social media and nearly every kind of online community
January 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
BlueSky is mostly people who used to cyberbully on Twitter and then got mad that only the Nazis can do it over there now, but BlueSky ain’t ready for that conversation.
I love how every time the news devotes five minutes of their 24/7 Epstein coverage to literally anything else, these dipshits go “I GUESS WE ALL FORGOT ABOUT EPSTEIN”
Grown-ass adults who don’t realize the rest of us have object permanence, too.
Grown-ass adults who don’t realize the rest of us have object permanence, too.
Full credit for taking Epstein, Aspirin, and healthcare costs off the front page.
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I love how every time the news devotes five minutes of their 24/7 Epstein coverage to literally anything else, these dipshits go “I GUESS WE ALL FORGOT ABOUT EPSTEIN”
Grown-ass adults who don’t realize the rest of us have object permanence, too.
Grown-ass adults who don’t realize the rest of us have object permanence, too.
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Let's not forget, millions of Americans voted for Trump. They are our fellow citizens. So regardless of where we stand politically, it is imperative to reach out and tell each and every one of them that they are stupid fucking assholes.
January 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Let's not forget, millions of Americans voted for Trump. They are our fellow citizens. So regardless of where we stand politically, it is imperative to reach out and tell each and every one of them that they are stupid fucking assholes.
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It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize