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the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I think this is unfair to turkey. turkey is good but hard to cook well because it is so damn big. turkey *parts* are great but lack the esthetic appeal of a centerpiece bird.
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
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maturing is learning that neither a new planner nor any new productivity software will solve all your problems
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
maturing is learning that neither a new planner nor any new productivity software will solve all your problems
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marked safe from lead poisoning via protein powder. optimum whey forever
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
marked safe from lead poisoning via protein powder. optimum whey forever
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*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What
October 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What
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I absolutely refuse to take part in a politics where you are expected to lie for the greater good, where facts and evidence and reality play no part. I think that kind of shameless public lying, total disregard for the truth, is how we got where we are today. I think it’s death for liberalism.
September 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I absolutely refuse to take part in a politics where you are expected to lie for the greater good, where facts and evidence and reality play no part. I think that kind of shameless public lying, total disregard for the truth, is how we got where we are today. I think it’s death for liberalism.
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Why on earth is anyone here *complaining* about an organization paying liberal influencers.
Do we just hate winning or something?
Do we just hate winning or something?
Last week, WIRED reported on project that used dark money to fund liberal influencers and contractually prohibited them from disclosing the funding. That was bad enough, but now one involved creator, David Packman, is trying to silence critics with libel threats skepchick.org/2025/09/popu...
Popular Liberal YouTuber Takes Dark Money & Becomes Libel Bully
Transcript: In the past year, there have been a few notable bombshells revealing the dark money that funds online discourse. In September of last year, a federal indictment revealed that rightwing …
skepchick.org
September 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Why on earth is anyone here *complaining* about an organization paying liberal influencers.
Do we just hate winning or something?
Do we just hate winning or something?
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I think we are in a quantum superposition between democracy and competitive authoritarianism. The 2026 midterms will collapse the wave function: we'll look into the box and see whether the cat is dead or alive.
August 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I think we are in a quantum superposition between democracy and competitive authoritarianism. The 2026 midterms will collapse the wave function: we'll look into the box and see whether the cat is dead or alive.
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His great contribution to law: Calvinball
Happy birthday to Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes! Born on July 5, 1958.
July 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
His great contribution to law: Calvinball
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theory: fresh, good cantaloupe > fresh, good honey dew. BUT the old, mid cantaloupe in fruit salad < old, mid honeydew in fruit salad
August 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
theory: fresh, good cantaloupe > fresh, good honey dew. BUT the old, mid cantaloupe in fruit salad < old, mid honeydew in fruit salad
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I am a *lawyer who practices federal law.* Several times a week I see a headline that makes me think "there's no way the President can do that, right?" and I look into it and it turns out that maybe he can because Congress ceded some of its power in the What's the Worst That Could Happen Act of 1983
May 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I am a *lawyer who practices federal law.* Several times a week I see a headline that makes me think "there's no way the President can do that, right?" and I look into it and it turns out that maybe he can because Congress ceded some of its power in the What's the Worst That Could Happen Act of 1983
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Dems should lean into sneering cosmopolitan elitism imo
it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season
August 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Dems should lean into sneering cosmopolitan elitism imo
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I am quoted here so let me be totally clear on my take: Jonathan Greenblatt has made a calculated choice to aid the consolidation of authoritarian power by the MAGA movement in exchange for the suppression of criticism of Israel. And the consequences for American Jews will be devastating.
I spoke with 40+ sources for a look inside the Anti-Defamation League. Here’s some of what I found.
ADL’s gentle response to Elon Musk’s infamous salute was partially driven by his support of Israel. To ADL, that indicated he didn’t have “antisemitic tendencies.” (1/x)
nymag.com/intelligence...
ADL’s gentle response to Elon Musk’s infamous salute was partially driven by his support of Israel. To ADL, that indicated he didn’t have “antisemitic tendencies.” (1/x)
nymag.com/intelligence...
August 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I am quoted here so let me be totally clear on my take: Jonathan Greenblatt has made a calculated choice to aid the consolidation of authoritarian power by the MAGA movement in exchange for the suppression of criticism of Israel. And the consequences for American Jews will be devastating.
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I think the fascism debate would be more easily resolved if the no-fascism team were more open to considering misogyny as a component of fascism
August 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I think the fascism debate would be more easily resolved if the no-fascism team were more open to considering misogyny as a component of fascism
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“If you put your kids in daycare you’re a decadent career woman disobeying the word of god” vs “if you put your kids in daycare you’re an evil girlboss exploiting the care labor of the working class.”
July 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“If you put your kids in daycare you’re a decadent career woman disobeying the word of god” vs “if you put your kids in daycare you’re an evil girlboss exploiting the care labor of the working class.”
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Need a word for the set of millennial white women influencers advocating trad wife lifestyles from the left. The rhetoric is not about religious command and “submission,” but about anti-capitalism and “community.” But the prescription is the same: women out of the public sphere and in the home.
July 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Need a word for the set of millennial white women influencers advocating trad wife lifestyles from the left. The rhetoric is not about religious command and “submission,” but about anti-capitalism and “community.” But the prescription is the same: women out of the public sphere and in the home.
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"who was president in 2020" remains the most difficult question in the world for a sizable chunk of americans, professional commentators included
The mainstream/centrist punditocracy seems to exist in an alternate universe around discussing protests where 1) BLM happened while Joe Biden was President and 2) it resulted in an electoral wipeout for Dems
June 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"who was president in 2020" remains the most difficult question in the world for a sizable chunk of americans, professional commentators included
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Maybe they should just rename law school “thinking things through school.”
The Socratic method™️ has a lot of problems, but one thing it does teach is that when you take a position in response to one question you are locking yourself in on your answers to a lot of other questions.
The Socratic method™️ has a lot of problems, but one thing it does teach is that when you take a position in response to one question you are locking yourself in on your answers to a lot of other questions.
June 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Maybe they should just rename law school “thinking things through school.”
The Socratic method™️ has a lot of problems, but one thing it does teach is that when you take a position in response to one question you are locking yourself in on your answers to a lot of other questions.
The Socratic method™️ has a lot of problems, but one thing it does teach is that when you take a position in response to one question you are locking yourself in on your answers to a lot of other questions.
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On the plus side, society is going to become thermostatically so much woke after this...
we'll call it woke 2
we'll call it woke 2
May 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
On the plus side, society is going to become thermostatically so much woke after this...
we'll call it woke 2
we'll call it woke 2
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One way that anti-feminism has been conceptually collapsed into a stand-in for all other political grievances is through the feminization of the state, which is cast as a scolding mommy for doing things like requiring milk pasteurization.
he goes on and on about the “feminization” of society and a “maternal surveillance system” and it’s like, are you mad your mom told you to clean your room once?
May 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
One way that anti-feminism has been conceptually collapsed into a stand-in for all other political grievances is through the feminization of the state, which is cast as a scolding mommy for doing things like requiring milk pasteurization.
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can't normalize without normies. make your peace with this now
Building a mass movement (instead of a subculture) will require a lot of cringe, so get comfortable with it
April 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
can't normalize without normies. make your peace with this now
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Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
April 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
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the american constitution does not deal in minutiae. it speaks in generalities with the aim of establishing a limited government of enumerated powers. it is an analytical mistake to treat textual ambiguities as license to ignore that intent or the stated intent of specific provisions. (3)
April 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
the american constitution does not deal in minutiae. it speaks in generalities with the aim of establishing a limited government of enumerated powers. it is an analytical mistake to treat textual ambiguities as license to ignore that intent or the stated intent of specific provisions. (3)