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Jessed for Success
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Anyone know how to safely clean burnt crouton residue out of the cavity below an oven’s bottom panel?
Bottom panel of Jess’s oven Jess’s oven with the bottom panel removed, revealing giant black stains on a metal plate.
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Rama at the beginning of the Kishkindha Kanda when Sugriva tells him about Vali
John Mulaney “Hey, do you want me to kill that guy for you?”
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Look where Shugen's sword is pointing in this official HP S2 promo art. Big if intentional
Hell's Paradise season 2 promo artwork. Rien is in the background in blue shadow, with the rest of the cast in orange light in the foreground. RIght to left, the artwork depicts Yuzuriha, Gabimaru, Sagiri, Shugen, Chobe, Toma, Shion, Gantetsusai, Nurugai, Mei, and Fuchi. Shugen is in the middle with his sword pointed leftwards through Nurugai and ending with its point on Fuchi's lower stomach, also called the "tanden" and origin point of tao in the series.
December 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Studio Ghibli is great at this
Chihiro and No-face on the train in Spirited Away. Seiji and Shizuku on the bike at the end of Whisper of the Heart Sophie on a tram in Howl’s Moving Castle The train scene from Castle in the Sky
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Order up
Minecraft Steve Sonnet O man of blocks and pixels, Minecraft Steve! You’ve captured hearts from game to film to Smash Before this year, who ever would believe Your box office would rake in so much cash? At first we said “What ugly sheep design,” When Jack Black got announced, we only laughed, But now it’s you who says, “The last laugh’s mine And first we mine… then, secondly… we craft.” Much ink and popcorn has been spilt for you Swinging your pickaxe as the Creepers crawl, Endless, elaborate worlds we’ve built for you, So stand proud at your height of two blocks tall. You may be one man, angular and blocky, But all the world will know of CHICKEN JOCKEYYYYYYYYYYY
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Great prompt, this was a delight to write
Anatole Petersburg Sonnet The note that once was written as a joke, Placeholder of a tired dramaturg, Is elevated to a masterstroke: “Next day Anatole left for Petersburg.” That dizzy height, exciting and surreal That flourishingly sends off Anatole— Yes, none have seen the likes of Lucas Steele A powerhouse who’s perfect for the role. C sharp is, as Rach knows, the coolest key, Kuragin’s perfect closer, hold and scene: Now there’s no other way we’d have it be: On Anatole’s C-sharp, we are quite keen. It’s no small wonder Comet fans all dote On Anatole’s “for Petersburg” high note.
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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1. Abacus seeds

Only reason I didn’t start this thread sooner is because of how long it took me to find taro yams. But yeah, this is a Hakka Chinese New Year dish made of taro and tapioca starch shaped like abacus beads! Mine didn’t hold their shape well but were yummy

6/10, would make again
Chopped taro in Jess’s steamer pot. Taro and tapioca dough shaped into the abacus seed dumplings Jess holding an abacus seed from its cold-water bath after it got boiled. It has lost its shape and kinda looks like a clump of porridge. Fried abacus seeds on a stove with sesame seeds and green onion. They taste kinda like mashed potatoes if you’re curious
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Jess tries every Notable Dumpling in alphabetical order, the thread, the myth, the saga🧵/gen
Wikipedia “List of Dumplings” article. First line of it says “This is a list of notable dumplings.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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(*Slow clap*)
Internet search for "Is the EOIR under ICE," clearly meant to find out whether the EOIR is part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The AI overview, misunderstanding the question, answers that the Executive Office of Immigration Review is operational and is not trapped beneath sheets of literal ice.
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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An email in Jess's inbox that says "So you think you can prompt"? It has an AI "Summarize" button next to the subject line, and the email itself is an advertisement for Lexis Protege's new Prompt Suggestions feature that will write AI prompts for the user so they don't need to have a single skill, not even the skill of asking AI to do research for them. Cici "Omg you people cant do anything" meme
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Muppet Yaoi
Crappy MS Paint drawing of Gonzo and Rizzo as Hot Yaoi Base
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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18. Not you, Nurugai. You're an angel and we're delighted to have you here
Tumblr post: "Found family but they're all absolutely horrendous people"
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Republicans at my local PA polling place are co-opting “No Kings” rhetoric to trick people into voting out Democrats from the state Supreme Court 🙄

Anyway, fellow Pennsylvanians, vote YES to retain!!
Sign at a polling place and with a crossed out crown that says “NO JUDICIAL KINGS” accompanied by another sign saying “Vote no retention for Donohue, Dougherty, Wecht, Dubow, Wojcik”
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Still not over the fact he canonically cheated on his wife to "practice" betraying her in the Holy Grail War 😭
"Kiritsugu sees his sexual relationship with Maiya as a rehearsal before this betrayal, a form of self-abuse to steal his nerves while walking down this path."
October 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Best day of my legal career
Instructions for making an objection: "1. Listen, 2. Be timely, 3. Say "Objection" loud enough to be heard, 4. State the grounds, 5. Be calm, succinct, professional, 6. Make sure you get a ruling
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Dave Malloy’s “Solo” lyrics from the musical Octet: “I feel my body stretched between two cliffs / One side is fantasy, the other reality / I feel my fingers start to lose their grip/ and I can’t hold on”
October 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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This is the Alice Paul Center's official statement on the Demolition of the East Wing. Thought I'd share:
STATEMENT ON THE DEMOLITION OF THE WHITE HOUSE EAST WING Today, as news spreads of the demolition of the East Wing of the White House, we at the Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice are deeply shaken. The East Wing has long held symbolic meaning. Beginning in 1942 it housed the Office of the First Lady, a space that reflected women’s growing visibility in the nation’s public life. The act of tearing it down is not merely the loss of architecture, but a profound erasure of a space tied to women’s leadership and civic presence. The symbolism is not lost on us. It was at the White House gates, on this very ground, that Alice Paul and members of the National Woman’s Party first protested in 1917, peacefully demanding the right to vote. Their courage transformed the course of our democracy. At the Alice Paul Center, we have always understood the power of place. The physical spaces where women fought for change connect us across generations. Paulsdale, Alice Paul’s childhood home and now our headquarters, is one of only 3.8% of all National Historic Landmarks dedicated to a woman. We have been at the forefront of preserving women’s history not as nostalgia but as a call to action. The tangible places of resistance and leadership that remain can inspire all of us to keep marching toward justice. The demolition of any space that has held women’s history is a loss to all of us. Yet we remain steadfast in our mission to protect, interpret, and elevate the stories and sites that define the ongoing struggle for equality. As walls fall, we will continue to build bridges between past and future, between memory and movement. The foundation of gender justice cannot be bulldozed. In solidarity, The Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Hell’s Paradise Chapter 107 Good Ending:
Close-up on a panel of Shija from Hell’s Paradise scrubbing the floor. The panel is from a side story in chapter 59.5
October 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Don’t make me tap the sign (Jessica DeFino):
Substack screenshot: “I want to note the difference between beauty culture and gender-affirming healthcare here, since the two are often cited interchangeably but are not the same. For the trans community, gender-affirming modification is associated with positive mental health outcomes. It’s almost as if liberation from culturally-conditioned gender norms (the conflation of gender and sex, the feminine obligation to perform standardized beauty) is good for you!!
October 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Maya Fey speech bubble
October 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Zohran Mamdani right now
October 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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The miracle never happen meme
October 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Who’s ready for Ace Attorney 7 to get announced tonight at the Capcom showcase
Twitter screenshot: “Unlike you jaded pessimists I still have the ability to feel optimistic about something even after a lifetime of disappointment. And you know why? Because I’m stupid”
October 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Hell’s Paradise Manga screenshot on Tenza going “Heck yeah!”
October 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM