Darrell R
@darrellsr.bsky.social
If you’ve wondered what it would be like to have a donkey’s ass strapped to the mouth of our POTUS, now you know.
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you’ve wondered what it would be like to have a donkey’s ass strapped to the mouth of our POTUS, now you know.
He looks so, so stupid. 😆 Christ we’re idiots.
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
He looks so, so stupid. 😆 Christ we’re idiots.
Who knew font choice could become a sign of resistance.
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Who knew font choice could become a sign of resistance.
One day I'd love to hear about how our top-notch privacy-invading national intelligence organizations managed to miss Trump's ties to Russia and why whatever little they did about it didn't work.
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
One day I'd love to hear about how our top-notch privacy-invading national intelligence organizations managed to miss Trump's ties to Russia and why whatever little they did about it didn't work.
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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I don’t know, I still randomly trip out over the fact that the President told states to specifically gerrymander for him. And they did.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I don’t know, I still randomly trip out over the fact that the President told states to specifically gerrymander for him. And they did.
A disheartening reality is US educators at all levels need to approach students in their classes as if some of them may be "Hitler Youth"--that is, looking to cause the end of your career for political reasons despite whatever effort you put into educating yourself or them.
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A disheartening reality is US educators at all levels need to approach students in their classes as if some of them may be "Hitler Youth"--that is, looking to cause the end of your career for political reasons despite whatever effort you put into educating yourself or them.
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"Rich kids are gaming disability accommodations to gain an unfair advantage" is actually very different from "America has an extra-time-on-tests problem" — and the author hasn't proved that either! Rich kids might just be more likely to be diagnosed.
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"Rich kids are gaming disability accommodations to gain an unfair advantage" is actually very different from "America has an extra-time-on-tests problem" — and the author hasn't proved that either! Rich kids might just be more likely to be diagnosed.
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How the myth that stress causes cancer was reinforced:
"A 1991 book by Eysenck, for instance, claimed psychosocial factors like stress and personality type were six times as predictive of cancer and heart disease as smoking, cholesterol levels or blood pressure."
retractionwatch.com/2025/12/03/n...
"A 1991 book by Eysenck, for instance, claimed psychosocial factors like stress and personality type were six times as predictive of cancer and heart disease as smoking, cholesterol levels or blood pressure."
retractionwatch.com/2025/12/03/n...
Number of ‘unsafe’ publications by psychologist Hans Eysenck could be ‘high and far reaching’
Hans Eysenck A “high and far reaching” number of papers and books by Hans Eysenck could be “unsafe,” according to an updated statement from King’s College London, where the psychologist was a profe…
retractionwatch.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
How the myth that stress causes cancer was reinforced:
"A 1991 book by Eysenck, for instance, claimed psychosocial factors like stress and personality type were six times as predictive of cancer and heart disease as smoking, cholesterol levels or blood pressure."
retractionwatch.com/2025/12/03/n...
"A 1991 book by Eysenck, for instance, claimed psychosocial factors like stress and personality type were six times as predictive of cancer and heart disease as smoking, cholesterol levels or blood pressure."
retractionwatch.com/2025/12/03/n...
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I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
defector.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
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Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs www.nbcnews.com/business/busin…
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs www.nbcnews.com/business/busin…
I’ve decided to drink whiskey every night to forestall colds. I got this idea from a novel and have no idea if it’s scientific and do not care.
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I’ve decided to drink whiskey every night to forestall colds. I got this idea from a novel and have no idea if it’s scientific and do not care.
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I’m driving through rural Texas, prime insane right wing billboard territory and I just saw a billboard that said “no healthcare for the peasants but a ballroom for the king”
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I’m driving through rural Texas, prime insane right wing billboard territory and I just saw a billboard that said “no healthcare for the peasants but a ballroom for the king”
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
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It remains not only so shameful and such a profound betrayal but also just so EMBARRASSING that universities are signing things that are like:
"Men" and "Women" are defined the way President Buttface said in his Big Fancy Statement.
Signed,
The Leader of an Actual Institution of Higher Education
"Men" and "Women" are defined the way President Buttface said in his Big Fancy Statement.
Signed,
The Leader of an Actual Institution of Higher Education
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It remains not only so shameful and such a profound betrayal but also just so EMBARRASSING that universities are signing things that are like:
"Men" and "Women" are defined the way President Buttface said in his Big Fancy Statement.
Signed,
The Leader of an Actual Institution of Higher Education
"Men" and "Women" are defined the way President Buttface said in his Big Fancy Statement.
Signed,
The Leader of an Actual Institution of Higher Education
Lovely essay on the NYT
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Lovely essay on the NYT
Republicans voting for Democrats: We created a King but maybe that’s bad??? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Republicans voting for Democrats: We created a King but maybe that’s bad??? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
It’s now a patriotic move to buy tech from non-American companies. Or at least not the Big Six.
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It’s now a patriotic move to buy tech from non-American companies. Or at least not the Big Six.
We keep learning the same lessons, again and again. // “A buzzy school promised to transform education. Parents say their children suffered. - WIRED” www.wired.com/story/ai-teach…
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
We keep learning the same lessons, again and again. // “A buzzy school promised to transform education. Parents say their children suffered. - WIRED” www.wired.com/story/ai-teach…
Curious to see how right he is // pluralistic.net/2025/10/29/wor…
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Curious to see how right he is // pluralistic.net/2025/10/29/wor…
The other unrealistic problem with The Diplomat is the political folks involved appear to care about America's image
October 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The other unrealistic problem with The Diplomat is the political folks involved appear to care about America's image
Trying The Diplomat but it's dated in episode 1 of season 1. The whole White House is there.
October 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Trying The Diplomat but it's dated in episode 1 of season 1. The whole White House is there.