Cynicism & Candied Apples
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Extreme-part-time TTRPG content author, unfinished novelist, ADHD, Dyscalculia, she/her, Curséd of the Egg Gods, Kobold of Many Images. I do not speak Welsh, even if I claim that I do.
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The CDC is lying about vaccines. 🎁 defector.com/vaccines-do-...
Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism, No Matter What The CDC Website Now Says | Defector
On Nov. 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—a name that feels increasingly misleading, given Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s track record of sowing outbreaks of infectious diseases—quietly…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Where did everyone first hear or learn about Trump as a person?
I only knew him from Bloom County cartoons in the compilation books my parents owned that were published before I was born.
I thought he was a fake person, just a character that existed in the comic to lampoon rich assholes.
I only knew him from Bloom County cartoons in the compilation books my parents owned that were published before I was born.
I thought he was a fake person, just a character that existed in the comic to lampoon rich assholes.
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Where did everyone first hear or learn about Trump as a person?
I only knew him from Bloom County cartoons in the compilation books my parents owned that were published before I was born.
I thought he was a fake person, just a character that existed in the comic to lampoon rich assholes.
I only knew him from Bloom County cartoons in the compilation books my parents owned that were published before I was born.
I thought he was a fake person, just a character that existed in the comic to lampoon rich assholes.
Trump, heart eyes at Mamdani: There's a place for us...
Mamdani: We can agree that we both love New York and want it to be more affordable...
T: Somewhere a place for us...
M: ...and that New York is a place that needs lower cost food, and robust public transportation
Mamdani: We can agree that we both love New York and want it to be more affordable...
T: Somewhere a place for us...
M: ...and that New York is a place that needs lower cost food, and robust public transportation
Boy did democrats get lucky that the dumbest thing they’ve done in a long time was so completely blotted out by Trump acting like Maria from West Side Story
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Trump, heart eyes at Mamdani: There's a place for us...
Mamdani: We can agree that we both love New York and want it to be more affordable...
T: Somewhere a place for us...
M: ...and that New York is a place that needs lower cost food, and robust public transportation
Mamdani: We can agree that we both love New York and want it to be more affordable...
T: Somewhere a place for us...
M: ...and that New York is a place that needs lower cost food, and robust public transportation
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Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
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We had to briefly sidebar during a work call this week when it came up that the youngest hires didn’t know that Y2K was a technological/historical scare; they thought it was purely a term for a specific retro aesthetic.
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We had to briefly sidebar during a work call this week when it came up that the youngest hires didn’t know that Y2K was a technological/historical scare; they thought it was purely a term for a specific retro aesthetic.
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ever see the '73 belmont with secretariat? the one where he won by 31 lengths, where he was so vastly better than the field that calling it a "race" did not actually describe what happened? this is the charisma equivalent of that
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ever see the '73 belmont with secretariat? the one where he won by 31 lengths, where he was so vastly better than the field that calling it a "race" did not actually describe what happened? this is the charisma equivalent of that
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for days we got the "Showdown with Socialism" buildup only to get the payoff of Trump essentially saying "wow this socialist guy fuckin rules. I, on the other hand, am a fascist". what a country. what an era
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
for days we got the "Showdown with Socialism" buildup only to get the payoff of Trump essentially saying "wow this socialist guy fuckin rules. I, on the other hand, am a fascist". what a country. what an era
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Defense Contractor Lobbyists Are Trying To Kill Army ‘Right To Repair’ Reforms With A Bunch Of Lies And Bullshit
So we've noted repeatedly how there's a real push afoot to implement statewide "right to repair" laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to…
So we've noted repeatedly how there's a real push afoot to implement statewide "right to repair" laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to…
Defense Contractor Lobbyists Are Trying To Kill Army ‘Right To Repair’ Reforms With A Bunch Of Lies And Bullshit
So we've noted repeatedly how there's a real push afoot to implement statewide "right to repair" laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to repair the technology you own. Unfortunately, while all fifty states have at least flirted with the idea, only Massachusetts, New York, Minnesota, Colorado, California, and Oregon, and Washington have actually passed laws.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Defense Contractor Lobbyists Are Trying To Kill Army ‘Right To Repair’ Reforms With A Bunch Of Lies And Bullshit
So we've noted repeatedly how there's a real push afoot to implement statewide "right to repair" laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to…
So we've noted repeatedly how there's a real push afoot to implement statewide "right to repair" laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to…
I'm friends with the monster
That's under my bed
But carbon monoxide
Will just make you dead
That's under my bed
But carbon monoxide
Will just make you dead
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'm friends with the monster
That's under my bed
But carbon monoxide
Will just make you dead
That's under my bed
But carbon monoxide
Will just make you dead
I keep warning activists about this, but they never listen, they're too wrapped up in their own egos and their obsession with wanting to be in "groups" to feel special, just stop it, you're putting everyone at risk.
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
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November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Status report, "Obscure #StarTrek #Novel Stories", "Stuff That Happens To Book Covers" division: This post just popped up on my Tumblr dash. Let me tell you a story... www.tumblr.com/dduane/77793...
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What a lot of people don't always realize is that, due to work pressures (or the way things just work at some publishers),…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Status report, "Obscure #StarTrek #Novel Stories", "Stuff That Happens To Book Covers" division: This post just popped up on my Tumblr dash. Let me tell you a story... www.tumblr.com/dduane/77793...
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Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
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Dairy, whiskey, wine and steel: American industries weigh in on trade pact review (Business)
Dairy, whiskey, wine and steel: American industries weigh in on trade pact review - Business News
American industries ranging from whiskey makers and Wisconsin dairy producers to steel and automobile associations are weighing in on the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Dairy, whiskey, wine and steel: American industries weigh in on trade pact review (Business)
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genuinely hilarious that a Senator posted yesterday about how insider trading in Congress is bad and within 24 hours Congress got together to declare they will never accept socialism
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
genuinely hilarious that a Senator posted yesterday about how insider trading in Congress is bad and within 24 hours Congress got together to declare they will never accept socialism
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the trick with hanging out with ppl with adhd is that you gotta make them laugh, they'll forget when you told it and they'll forget everything else but they'll remember the joke and they'll remember you for giving it to them
hard to maintain friendships with game developers because all these motherfuckers have ADHD and forget you exist when you're out of sight (it's me i'm these guys)
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
the trick with hanging out with ppl with adhd is that you gotta make them laugh, they'll forget when you told it and they'll forget everything else but they'll remember the joke and they'll remember you for giving it to them
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the key to overcoming imposter syndrome lies not in understanding that you're better than this but in accepting that everyone else is worse than this
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
the key to overcoming imposter syndrome lies not in understanding that you're better than this but in accepting that everyone else is worse than this
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We have to turn impostor syndrome into a pill and give it to every prominent person in this country. They should constantly be worrying that they're stupid
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We have to turn impostor syndrome into a pill and give it to every prominent person in this country. They should constantly be worrying that they're stupid
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imagine having so little work you can spend half a day yelling about how you're against a thing nobody even asked you for
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
imagine having so little work you can spend half a day yelling about how you're against a thing nobody even asked you for
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In a stunning and lightning-fast reversal of policy, the U.S. Coast Guard late Thursday said the swastika and noose were indeed hate symbols that are prohibited and have no place in the military branch.
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In a stunning and lightning-fast reversal of policy, the U.S. Coast Guard late Thursday said the swastika and noose were indeed hate symbols that are prohibited and have no place in the military branch.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
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[Aaron Burr - singing and dancing]
I would like to be in the room.
Mr. Burr, for the last time, you must remain behind the safety glass.
I would like to be in the room.
Mr. Burr, for the last time, you must remain behind the safety glass.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
[Aaron Burr - singing and dancing]
I would like to be in the room.
Mr. Burr, for the last time, you must remain behind the safety glass.
I would like to be in the room.
Mr. Burr, for the last time, you must remain behind the safety glass.
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Put Safety on the Menu: Consumer Product Safety Commission Offers Safe Cooking Tips for a Joyful Holiday Season
Put Safety on the Menu: Consumer Product Safety Commission Offers Safe Cooking Tips for a Joyful Holiday Season
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November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
More holiday cooking safety tips: www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/New...