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Was it one of these?
Round metal spark plug gauge tool with a round hole that could be attached to a key ring. The edge of the tool has a tapered edge and a measurement index showing varying thicknesses from .020 inches to .100 inches
November 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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At #nokings Santa Ana CA

"The Rebels Were Right! No Emperors"
No kings protest in Santa Ana CA Star Wars Storm Trooper holding a sign that says "The Rebels Were Right! No Emperors"
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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a nice green frog hand puppet to hold my ABOLISH ICE sign for #nokings this Saturday.

(its a silicone oven mitt from Daiso)
Green frog face silicone oven mitt pot holder from Daiso
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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This robe is ridiculous
Official photograph of King Charles, Prince William, and Prince George in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace on Coronation Day. Charles is holding the crown jewel that looks like a bottle of Chambord raspberry liqueur, a scepter, and it wearing an ornate crown. But most hilariously he is wearing a giant purple robe which spills onto the floor in front of him. The robe is much longer than Charles is tall. It is purple with gold trim and the gold trim has white fur trim with black spot but not as many spots as a dalmatian so I guess he's not quiet as bad as Cruella de Vil. The robe still looks ridiculous though.
October 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Blue JAWS wine from a store display
Clear glass wine bottles in a wood crate in a store display. The bottles says "JAWS" in the style of the Jaws movie. The wine is a clear blue color. Through the glass and the blue wine you can see the Jaws shark, it looks lile he is swimming through the wine for an attack.
September 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Mimas Has A Posse

3.75x10²²g -208C

Made many moons ago by @pongusikya.bsky.social
High contrast B&W image of Saturn's moon Mimas. The caption reads "Mimas Has A Posse" and "3.75x10²²g - 208C"
August 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Treat immigrants with love, decency, and respect. Create immigration policies with love, decency, and respect. It is the best way.

No more consultant focus group adjustments to the cruelty dial.
tweet by @dril turning a big dial taht says "Racism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right
July 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Took a picture of a fire helicopter and got a bird in the same shot. Laguna Beach fire. #LagunaBeach
Photo of fire helicopter and a bird flying above. The sky is blue and cloudless. There is an eve of a roof on the right side and some palm fronds on the left side.
July 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Whenever Michael Tracey surfaces from his lair, everyone always mentions the time Maxine Waters beat him up.

But for me, the funniest Tracey story is his hard-hitting investigation into Kurt Eichenwald's socks.
Screenshot from a Michael Tracey twitter post dated April 14 2017. There is a photo of some socks in the closet at Kurt Eichenwald's house. Captions read "Kurt's socks: for sale" and "Available at the Kurt Eichenwald liquidation sale was a bunch of... Kurt Eichenwald-related merchandise" Screenshot from series of tweets dated April 14 2017. Kurt Eichenwald: "Those aren't my socks.", Tracey: "Whose are they?!", Eichenwald: "I dunno. But I don't own any of those colors. Someone else in the family.", Deleted tweet: "This Tweet is unavailable", Eichenwald: "Actually, I showed the photo to my wife and apparantly they are my old hiking socks from when we used to hike in a Canadian mountian.", Tracey: "Eureka!" Screenshot of a Kurt Eichenwald tweet dated April 25, 2019. Kuet Eichenwald: " Every time I see Michael Tracey, all I can think about is that he snuck into my house during an estate sale, creeped into my bedroom closet, took photos of my socks, and posted the pictures on the internet. Bizarre dude."
June 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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There is a cop on the roof of the movie theater across the street from the #nokings protest in Laguna Beach.
No kings protest in Laguna Beach. Picture of the movie theater. There is a single cop on the roof.
June 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Screenshot of NYT block message: You have been blocked from The New York Times because we suspect that you're a robot. Why am I seeing this? There are a few possibilities: You are browsing and clicking much faster than is typical of a human being Something is preventing Javascript from working on your computer There is a bot with the same IP address as you Having trouble? ID: 82216835-c911-91ab-bc20-188f762bd492
June 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Banned from Startpage. "Your connection has been suspended."

Error page asked if using screen-scraping, TOR, proxy, VPN, etc. Using none of those, just regular manual browsing.

LibreWolf browser, but a privacy-focused search engine should allow a privacy-focused browser.

Why @startpage.com ?
Banned from Startpage error message. It has the Startpage logo in the top left corner, then the following message: Your connection has been suspended. Thank you for your feedback! Please wait while we review the information you provided in order to connect you to Startpage. During this time Startpage search results might not be available to you. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
May 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Febo - thisbis all I can think of when trying to imagine Netherlands style BBQ
Interior of a Febo restaurant in the Netherlands. The food is dispensed from an automat-style vending wall with windows in the doors containing foid items. Above the automat wall dispensers there are posters with pictures of burgers, fries, and deep fried krokets
May 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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They're made out of meat.
Diner scene. Two men are sitting at a table at a diner. Through the window it is night outside. The man on the left is wearing a red fez and a red marching band style coat, it has gold trim stripes, and a gold -colored shoulder decoration. The man on the right is wearing a dark suit, white shirt with dark tie. He has a cigarette in his mouth.
May 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Pope John Paul II bottle-opener key chain.

Purchased at The Vatican 1999. Shop run by Nuns, located on the roof of Saint Peter's Basilica.
Front side of a bottle-opener key chain. It features an embedded stamped metal portrait of Pope John Paul II. Above the Pope there is a spring-loaded clip for attaching the key chain to a belt loop. Below the Pope there is a key ring. Back side of a bottle-opener key chain. On the back side you can see the bottle opener feature, and that it is stamped "MADE IN ITALY"
May 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Another famous dril tweet becomes real (almost)
Legendary tweet by Dril: another day volunteering a the betsy ross museum. everyone keeps asking me if they can fuck the flag. buddy, they won't even let me fuck it
April 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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This site has a list of Canadian-made mustards. Although all the options appear to be fancy gourmet spicy and dijon types.

madeincanadadirectory.ca/mustard-made...

Another option might be Coleman's English Mustard. Spicier than yellow mustard, but at least it's not a dijon.
Photo of a jar of Coleman's English Mustard
April 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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a book he should read instead
Photo of Gavin Newsom reading a book, but the book has been replaced using photoshop with "Steal This Book" by Abbie Hoffman.
March 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Do we get livable wages? Public transit? Bike Lanes? Healthcare?!! Plentiful high-density (single stair!) housing near transit hubs?
Danish flag with modified version of California flag inset in the top left corner.
February 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Danish flag with modified version of California flag inset in the top left corner.
February 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Do we get livable wages? Public transit? Bike Lanes? Healthcare?!! Plentiful high-density (single stair!) housing near transit hubs? The Danes will be greeted as liberators.
Danish flag with modified version of California flag inset in the top left corner.
February 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Do we get livable wages? Public transit? Bike Lanes? Healthcare?!! Plentiful high-density (single stair!) housing near transit hubs?
Danish flag with modified version of California flag inset in the top left corner.
February 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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I feel like losing the 3.5mm headphone jack on phones is a big contributing factor to this behavior.

Now instead of $10 for wired headphones, people need to spend $150 for wireless models that are easily lost or stolen and need to be recharged. So some people just use the speaker.
Close up photo of a smartphone with a 3.5mm headphone jack. A plug and cable is close to the phone and looks like it is about to be plugged in.
December 29, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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Luigi Mangoine perp walk photo. The police and background are in high contrast B&W, while Luigi is in full color. A glowing renaissance painting style halo with an ornate pattern radiates around Luigi's head.
December 27, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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Photo of a small framed painting of a two-headed cow. The cow is embalmed and mounted as a museum exhibit. There is an exhibit sign by the cow that reads "Mr Shipley took this calf to Clovis N. Mex and had it embalmed to preserve until he could have it mounted"
December 11, 2024 at 11:21 AM