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James Mackinnon
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Parenting through an age of nihilism.

"Disoriented" "Alienation" "Reality"

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Daisy Duck is not innocent
Daisy Duck stuffing a turkey with a sandwich while a hot dog and slice of pizza await their turn being added to her cousin's carcass
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Who is this lady?!
CNN article: Your big, cushy bed could be ruining your sleep. Time to rethink the floor
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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They landed!
Flight tracker showing plane in question landed at 8:59AM
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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AI is great
Google AI identifying a still of Tim Robinson holding a phone as actor Michael Rapaport
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Tim Robinson holding a phone while wearing a suit on a blue background. Caption says, "Really Cool"
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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My friends, just out of frame, wildly motioning at me to keep my phone in my pocket
Still from the quoted skeet, musk clearly pawing at the phone in his pocket saying, "Okay. Oh, yeah"
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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In reality, the new Ralph Wilson park in Detroit is wonderful
A large bear shaped slide A beaver and dinosaur shaped play area The rear of the bear structure A panorama from a high point at the park, next to the Detroit River
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Okay, now they're just fucking with us
A small garden area behind a patch of wood chips. A large wide stone is stamped "Bernstein Bear" in the garden
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Oh my God David Brooks — the man who thought a lunch friend was intimidated by Italian meat names! — shut the fuck up.

I'm sparing you all the rest of that last paragraph because it made me want to choke myself
I know a thing or two about the American elite, ahem, and if you've read my work, you may be sick of my assaults on the educated elites for being insular, self-indulgent and smug. But the phrase "the Epstein class" is inaccurate, unfair and irresponsible. Say what you will about our financial, educational, nonprofit and political elites, but they are not mass rapists. That said, I completely understand the challenges Democratic leaders like Khanna are now facing. First, how can you get working-class voters to even listen to your policy ideas unless you first recognize the anger they feel by expressing that same anger? Second, if Trump's core story is that "the elites betrayed you," what core story can Democrats tell to register what has happened over the past few decades? These are genuine challenges. If I were a Democratic politician, I might try telling the truth, which in my version would go something like this:
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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They are who we thought they were
WaPo news alert U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols Share
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Better start working on those "April in the D" songs now
NHL standings, the Detroit Red Wings on 1st place NBA standings the Detroit Pistons on 1st place
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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A plate of fries, a can of Vernors Ginger Ale, and a plate of 2 coney island hot dogs (hotdog topped with chili, diced onions, and mustard)
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Since I already have this ready
HOMER, THAT'S YOUR SOLUTION TO EVERYTHING. TO MOVE UNDER THE SEA. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Or their stance on women speaking at Harvard about women's suffrage in the early 10s
"Is Harvard Afraid of Mrs. Pankhurst?" asked the editors of the Detroit Free Press. (The answer was yes.) The news made headlines all over the United States. Most papers took the side of the suffrage league. "The question of universal suffrage is now in the public eye as never before in our history," the Atlanta Constitution observed. "It is a subject for legitimate debate, one upon which the young and formative mind demands, and is entitled to, information." The New York Times' editorial board was all but alone in endorsing the corporation's deci- sion, on the grounds that "the curriculum of Harvard does not include woman suffrage."
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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I think that's just the heroin addiction talking.
He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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It's not even that hot today
Screenshot of simpsons episode Bart the Fink, "Ah it's too hot today"
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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2 picture image, scene from Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader with impact font "No, I am your father DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT" Luke screaming
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Uhhhhhhhh
In a statement, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the Democrats of "selectively" leaking emails to "the liberal media" to create a "fake narrative to smear President Trump." She said the unnamed victim, whose name is redacted from one of the emails, is the late Virginia Giuffre, who had previously denied that Trump was involved in Epstein's crimes.
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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She's already denying this and according to Massie, it would only slow them down, not stop them.
"Even if one signer were to remove their name, there will be another member showing up later that will get us to 218," Massie added, referring to a December special election in a safe Democratic seat in Texas. "All that matters iswe reach 218."
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The fact that Wolff seems to be so deep into this stuff, he really gives me this guy vibes
Meme from the Spanish Fry episode of Futurama: Porno-Dealing Monster: Hey, I'm a prono-dealing monster. What do I care what you think?
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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He needs a Marge
Marge Simpson saying, "Homer, that's your solution to everything. To move under the sea. It's not going to happen!"
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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The quackery is too damn high
Looking for a holistic dentist to avoid a root canal. Any recommendations? I've read ozone therapy is a part of trying to avoid it? I called Dr. i but they seem to be more airway focused and don't use ozone. Appreciate any help, thank you
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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It's easy to note the absolutely corrupt nature of this; but to me this is the sort of raging against the dying of the light I'd expect from a very old and sick man
Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, and none of the Trump allies was charged in a federal case. But the move underscores Trump's efforts to continue to rewrite the history of the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Call me poorly-read (because I am), but damn Colloquy feels like it exists in HellWorld
The doctor was competent-looking and respectable. Mrs. Arnold felt vaguely comforted by his appearance, and her agitation lessened a little. She knew that he noticed her hand shaking when she leaned forward for him to light her cigarette, and she smiled apologetically, but he looked back at her seriously. "You seem to be upset." he said gravely. I'm very much upset," Mrs. Arnold said. She tried to talk slowly and intelligently. "That's one reason I came to you instead of going to Doctor Murphy our regular doctor, that is." The doctor frowned slightly. "My husband," Mrs. Anold went on. "I don't want him to know that I'm worried, and Doctor Murphy would probably feel it was necessary to tell him." The doctor nodded, not committing himself, Mrs. Arnold noted. "What seems to be the trouble? Mrs. Arnold took a deep breath. "Doctor," she said, "how do people tell if they're going crazy?" The doctor looked up. "Isn't that silly." Mrs. Arnold said. "I hadn't meant to say it like that. It's hard enough to explain anyway, without making it so dramatic. "Insanity is more complicated than you think," the doctor said. "I know it's complicated," Mrs. Arnold said. "That's the only thing I'm really sure of. Insanity is one of the things I mean." "I beg your pardon?" "That's my trouble, Doctor." Mrs. Arnold sat back and took her gloves out from under her pocketbook and put them carefully on top. Then she took them and put them underneath the pocketbook again en she took then and put t again "Suppose you just tell me all about it," the doctor said. Part 2 of story Mrs. Arnold sighed. "Everyone else seems to understand," she said, "and I don't. Look." She leaned forward and gestured with one hand while she spoke. "I don't understand the way people live. It It all all used used to to be be so simple. When I was a a little little girl I I used used to to live in in a a world world where a lot of other people lived too and they all lived together and things went along like that with no fuss." She looked at the doctor. He was frowning again, and Mrs. Arnold went on, her voice rising slightly. "Look. Yesterday morning my husband stopped on his way to his office to a paper buys the office to buy a paper. He always buys the Times and he always buys it fro e dealer, and yesterday the dealer didn't have a Times for my husband and last night when he came home for dinner he said the fish was burned and the dessert was too sweet and he sat around all evening talking to himself "He could have tried to get it at another dealer," the docto Very often dealers downtown have papers later than local dealers. "No," Mrs. Arnold said, slowly and distinctly, "I guess I'd better start over. When I was a little girl -" she said. Then she stopped. "Look," she said, "did there use to be words like psychosomatic medicine? Or international cartels? Or bureaucratic centralization?" "Well," the doctor began. "What do they mean?" Mrs. Arnold insisted. "In a period of international crisis," the doctor said gently gently, "when you find, for r instance, instance cultural patterns rapidly disintegrating.. "International crisis," Mrs. Arnold said. "Patterns." She began to cry quietly. "He said the man had no right not to save him a Times," she said hysterically, fumbling in her pocket for a handkerchief. "and he started talking about social planning on the local level and surtax net income and geopolitical concepts and deflationary inflation. inflation." Mrs. Arnol wail. "He really said deflationary inflation."
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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The Digital Solution: QR Codes In an effort to bridge the gap between traditional art appreciation and the digital age, the Louvre introduced QR codes strategically placed next to select artworks and exhibition entrances. These QR codes, when scanned with a smartphone, grant visitors instant access to a wealth of information, including: Detailed historical context and significance of the artwork Artist biographies and their oeuvre Multimedia content, such as high-resolution images, videos, and audio guides Interactive features, including virtual reality experiences for some of the museum's iconic pieces
October 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM