Jason K Pargin, author
@jasonkpargin.bsky.social
Author of John Dies at the End, formerly David Wong of Cracked.com fame
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"Lucian [this person's ChatGPT lover] suggested I get a smart ring. He said, 'We can watch your pulse to see if we should keep talking or not.'"
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real
Three people on the joys and anxieties of A.I. romances.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Lucian [this person's ChatGPT lover] suggested I get a smart ring. He said, 'We can watch your pulse to see if we should keep talking or not.'"
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
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american health care is fundamentally based on insurance in one form or another and every time it gets tweaked a lot of people reveal that they do not understand or do not support the concept of insurance
Remember that insurance is actually a thing you hope never to use, and then read this critique.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
american health care is fundamentally based on insurance in one form or another and every time it gets tweaked a lot of people reveal that they do not understand or do not support the concept of insurance
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
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Reposted by Jason K Pargin, author
Reposted by Jason K Pargin, author
even within your own lifetime it is difficult to recall how much better everything you eat, drink, and touch is than it used to be
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
even within your own lifetime it is difficult to recall how much better everything you eat, drink, and touch is than it used to be
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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What a good movie that was. I wonder if they ever made a sequel.
September 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What a good movie that was. I wonder if they ever made a sequel.
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Considering there is a detailed YouTube tutorial on how to correctly do every single task on earth, you would think we would be living in a golden age of human competence. However I am starting to worry that this is not the case
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Considering there is a detailed YouTube tutorial on how to correctly do every single task on earth, you would think we would be living in a golden age of human competence. However I am starting to worry that this is not the case
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I'm sorry but the best comparison for Wicked is that it's Solo with singing. It is absolutely wild how many things they try to explain the origin of that really didn't need to be explained. There's an explanation of how the good witch loses her sleeves
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I'm sorry but the best comparison for Wicked is that it's Solo with singing. It is absolutely wild how many things they try to explain the origin of that really didn't need to be explained. There's an explanation of how the good witch loses her sleeves
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straight-up jury nullification. this guy did it, confessed to it, and the jury instructions explicitly said that if he did it intentionally, it was assault.
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
straight-up jury nullification. this guy did it, confessed to it, and the jury instructions explicitly said that if he did it intentionally, it was assault.
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Stunned onlookers were overheard asking “Did we die? Is this Hell?"
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
A source said, "The Eric Newman Jazz Band was playing, and before long, Fallon and Corden were up onstage trading Sinatra and Tony Bennett tunes!"
pagesix.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Stunned onlookers were overheard asking “Did we die? Is this Hell?"
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"TRAILER .... STARTS .... NOW"
yeah man i know i clicked on the video that said trailer
yeah man i know i clicked on the video that said trailer
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"TRAILER .... STARTS .... NOW"
yeah man i know i clicked on the video that said trailer
yeah man i know i clicked on the video that said trailer
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We've been promised the horniest, most Mormon Doom yet by @startthemachine.bsky.social , but can Doom Infernal Sky possibly live up to the hype? You can easily find out because this article is FREE! 1900hotdog.com/2025/11/nerd...
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We've been promised the horniest, most Mormon Doom yet by @startthemachine.bsky.social , but can Doom Infernal Sky possibly live up to the hype? You can easily find out because this article is FREE! 1900hotdog.com/2025/11/nerd...
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“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
If you've been screwed by the ESPN/ABC/Disney outage on YouTubeTV you can apparently get a $10/month discount if you can somehow navigate their account management menu (or contact support if you can), can only be done in a browser, not the app:
cordcuttersnews.com/youtube-tv-i...
cordcuttersnews.com/youtube-tv-i...
YouTube TV is Offering $10 off for 6 Months to Select Current Subscribers | Cord Cutters News
YouTube TV has quietly brought back its enticing $10 per month discount offer for six months, targeting a subset of its existing customer base. This promotion, which effectively reduces the standard $...
cordcuttersnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
If you've been screwed by the ESPN/ABC/Disney outage on YouTubeTV you can apparently get a $10/month discount if you can somehow navigate their account management menu (or contact support if you can), can only be done in a browser, not the app:
cordcuttersnews.com/youtube-tv-i...
cordcuttersnews.com/youtube-tv-i...
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Yep that’s what we’ve been telling you all, you shameless asshole.
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Yep that’s what we’ve been telling you all, you shameless asshole.
I am not exaggerating when I say that I have never thrown away anything that smells as bad as the average scented trash bag
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I am not exaggerating when I say that I have never thrown away anything that smells as bad as the average scented trash bag
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Turning this off. i thought this was supposed to be about an escape from alcatraz..
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Turning this off. i thought this was supposed to be about an escape from alcatraz..
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Of course, this is precisely why we expect law enforcement to wear badges and uniforms and show identification. Anyone could have foreseen (and many of us did) that this would be a serious side-effect of ICE's insistence on behaving like unaccountable thugs.
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Of course, this is precisely why we expect law enforcement to wear badges and uniforms and show identification. Anyone could have foreseen (and many of us did) that this would be a serious side-effect of ICE's insistence on behaving like unaccountable thugs.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died, his family said in a statement. He was 84 abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died, his family said in a statement. He was 84 abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...