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Jon Phillips
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Historian of evolutionary biology and scientific racism who has somehow turned into a historian of the physical sciences. Expect lots of cat pictures and general miscellany. Baltimore.
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Yeah, this seems legit
In our inaugural volume, we present a featured article titled "Exploring the Relative Nature of Gravity", ", showcasing empirical experiments that unveil a deviation from the conventional understanding of gravity. This article is only accessible to the government and military personnel of the United States and Canada. To obtain it, kindly submit a DoD SAFE Drop-off Request via email to support@atomi-q.com.
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Guess it's time to start looking for alternatives to Venmo
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November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Screenshot of a tweet from Naomi Wolf reading "No! No!!"
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Driving into work in DC this morning, was not expecting to see KSA flags flying outside the Waldorf Astoria
The front of the Waldorf Astoria in Washington DC with 5 flags out front: The Waldorf Astoria flag in the center, two Kingdom of Saudi Arabia flags flanking it, and two US flags on the outside
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Extremely normal anecdote in an email from renowned scientist Bob Trivers to his friend Jeffrey Epstein, a "financial/mathematical mind of exceptional quality"
Screenshot of part of an email from Trivers to Epstein. Text reads "one final anecdote on Trans met a very attractive 42 year old woman in New Orleans, married, 4 children, thoroughly heterosexual-no all best, in haste bob HOUSE OVERSICHT 020661 L-J"
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Bob Trivers jump scare in the Epstein emails
Email from Robert Trivers to Jeffrey Epstein: "HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029498 From: Robert Trivers Sent: 4/11/2018 2:18:04 AM To: Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]; Gordon Getty _david haig Subject: Trump set to dine with law professor Alan Dershowitz ; Norman Finkelstein Importance: High My God that Jewish Nazi is joining to join our Narcissistic Psychopath for dinner-how appropriate https://www.cnn.com/20 18/04/1 0/politics/donald-trump-alan-dershowitz/index.html HOUSE OVERSIGHT 029498"
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Good morning from New Orleans
View of New Orleans from a 15th floor window. There's a brick apartment building across the street with a rooftop pool, and a palm tree-lined street stretching out towards the horizon
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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A man praying, saying "JESUS, I SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AND I WANT THAT FOR ME."
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Not loving this new TSA signage
TSA sign asking people to "self-deport." Text reads: "Deport with CBP Home Leave on Your Own Terms aim a Free Flight and $1,000 r EACH Member of Your Family you're in the U.S. without legal status, now is ne time to leave. You may be eligible to leave he country voluntarily through the CBP Home Mobile App and receive: • Financial Assistance: Receive a $1,000 exit bonus per person, in addition te free flights for you and all your accompanying family members Home • Control Over Your Departure: Return home as a regular traveler on a commercial flight. • Forgiveness of Fines for Failure to Depart: Receive forgiveness of any civil immigration fines for failure to depart after a final order of removal or a voluntary departure order. If you do not self-deport, ICE will continue to prioritize your removal This can include prosecution, detention, fines, and removal App Store GET IT ON Google Play Visit dhs.gov/cbphome for more information Download the app on Apple or Ваноть в о and oner"
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Screenshot of a skeet from me reading "Ok, with aurora in Texas, my Carrington Event posting suddenly seems less silly"
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Andreesen: There is so much alpha in books from 1870 to 1930, it's unreal.

Me: Holy shit! There's so much alpha in Upton Sinclair?

A: LOL no...no not those books

Me: So...Mark Twain?

A: Haha no not those books either

Me: Which books, exactly?

A: Oh, you know the ones
Screen shot of a tweet from Marc Andreesen saying "There is so much alpha in books from 1870 to 1930, it's unreal." and Elon Musk replying "For maximum alpha, complete with fighting for princesses, the lliad. Penguin audiobook at 1.25X speed is best. It was meant to be a spoken, not written, story."
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Screenshot of the Democratic National Convention as depicted in The Simpsons. A man stands in front of a crowd of people waving signs. Above are banners reading "WE CAN'T GOVERN!" and "WE HATE LIFE AND OURSELVES"
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Zohran Mamdani-style campaign poster that reads "I would do anything for love but I won't do that"
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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A screencap of Q from Star Trek TNG wearing an old fashioned military uniform with medals, grimacing oddly. There's a speech bubble coming out of his mouth that makes it look like he's saying the quoted post
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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What is this, an Enterprise for ants? This spaceship needs to be at least... three times bigger than this!
The Lego Enterprise-D resting on a plinth with the crew minifigs in front of it, in some sort of home-office-looking space
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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IT'S HAPPENING
The Scorsese "Absolute Cinema" meme, but it says "Maximum Baseball"
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Ernie Clement giddily sliding into home with his right arm extended and left leg kicking up and out like he's dancing
November 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Scorsese "Absolute Cinema" meme except it says "Absolute Baseball"
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Me, when I am made supreme dictator, to the billionaires
Ian McKellen as Gandalf, looking kindly and concerned, saying "I am not trying to rob you. I'm trying to help you."
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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TMNT logo but it says "MAD INFECTIOUS RHESUS MONKEYS"
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Blep
A cocker spaniel standing on hardwood floors, with her tongue blepping her nose
October 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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I'm honestly still not 100% sure how you're supposed to tell if a given collection of right angles is specifically a Nazi swastika.
Screenshot of a Matt Yglesias tweet saying "I'm honestly still not 100% sure how you're supposed to tell if a given skull insignia is specifically a Nazi skull."
October 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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The "this is fine" meme featuring a dog in a little hat sitting at a table with a coffee in front of them while the building is on fire
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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What did he know?
Linus Van Pelt from Peanuts standing in a pumpkin patch with his blanket, holding a sign that reads "welcome great pumpkin"
October 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Dear old dad's only claim to fame
^ Activities Tea Party Nation is listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and is the only Tea Party-related group to be noted as such. [24]
October 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM