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The 19th century is pretty rough on Qing China. We're going to need to set things up a bit before we start knocking the dominoes down...
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The 19th century is pretty rough on Qing China. We're going to need to set things up a bit before we start knocking the dominoes down...
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quite possibly the most irresponsible use of the term "gave away" ever published
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
quite possibly the most irresponsible use of the term "gave away" ever published
I tell ya, I get no respect! No respect at all!
You stop 8 wars... do they call you Donald the Peacemaker? No!
You close the borders... do that call you Donald the Defender? No!
You cut regulations... do they call you Donald the Deregulator? No!
... but you blow Bubba *one* time on a dare...
You stop 8 wars... do they call you Donald the Peacemaker? No!
You close the borders... do that call you Donald the Defender? No!
You cut regulations... do they call you Donald the Deregulator? No!
... but you blow Bubba *one* time on a dare...
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I tell ya, I get no respect! No respect at all!
You stop 8 wars... do they call you Donald the Peacemaker? No!
You close the borders... do that call you Donald the Defender? No!
You cut regulations... do they call you Donald the Deregulator? No!
... but you blow Bubba *one* time on a dare...
You stop 8 wars... do they call you Donald the Peacemaker? No!
You close the borders... do that call you Donald the Defender? No!
You cut regulations... do they call you Donald the Deregulator? No!
... but you blow Bubba *one* time on a dare...
How are they so comically bad at this?
How does one walk through a field and step on every single rake?
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
How does one walk through a field and step on every single rake?
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
Texas redistricting ruling upends candidates’ plans for 2026
Republicans who were planning to run for newly gerrymandered districts may have to reassess, while Democrats who were drawn out of their seats could suddenly have a path back to Congress.
www.texastribune.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
How are they so comically bad at this?
How does one walk through a field and step on every single rake?
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
How does one walk through a field and step on every single rake?
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
Look, even the strictest & most devout of Confucian mourning periods tapped-out at the 3-year mark, & that was for one's own parents.
For a wife? 1 year.
I'm saying Gui's put his life - & his late wife - on ice for 7 years at this point.
He can date.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
For a wife? 1 year.
I'm saying Gui's put his life - & his late wife - on ice for 7 years at this point.
He can date.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Man who froze deceased wife sparks debate for dating new partner
Gui Junmin froze his dead spouse as a sign of his devotion - but it's now emerged he is dating again.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Look, even the strictest & most devout of Confucian mourning periods tapped-out at the 3-year mark, & that was for one's own parents.
For a wife? 1 year.
I'm saying Gui's put his life - & his late wife - on ice for 7 years at this point.
He can date.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
For a wife? 1 year.
I'm saying Gui's put his life - & his late wife - on ice for 7 years at this point.
He can date.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"refrain from making personality-commentary about the president"
OK, great, Mr. Chairman. But that has nothing to do with his dogshit personality. Him being a convicted felonious criminal is a matter of legal fact.
OK, great, Mr. Chairman. But that has nothing to do with his dogshit personality. Him being a convicted felonious criminal is a matter of legal fact.
Clyde: Point of order. You may not call the President of the United States a felon
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"refrain from making personality-commentary about the president"
OK, great, Mr. Chairman. But that has nothing to do with his dogshit personality. Him being a convicted felonious criminal is a matter of legal fact.
OK, great, Mr. Chairman. But that has nothing to do with his dogshit personality. Him being a convicted felonious criminal is a matter of legal fact.
Breaking: Bill Maher publicly executes self in front of live studio audience...
bill maher with one of the craziest flop jokes i've ever seen in my life
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Breaking: Bill Maher publicly executes self in front of live studio audience...
Every time he does this mafia don shit or calls some reporter “piggy,” I really hope someone - just once - would just punch him in the fucking mouth. Glassjaw that motherfucker. Make him drink McSoup for a few months.
Not a jury on the planet would convict.
Not a jury on the planet would convict.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Every time he does this mafia don shit or calls some reporter “piggy,” I really hope someone - just once - would just punch him in the fucking mouth. Glassjaw that motherfucker. Make him drink McSoup for a few months.
Not a jury on the planet would convict.
Not a jury on the planet would convict.
Of course it was some unwashed Maj. Toht-looking mfer who would be the 1 & ONLY "No" vote in the House to release the files.
Nice going, Clay Higgins. You really do stand apart.
Nice going, Clay Higgins. You really do stand apart.
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Of course it was some unwashed Maj. Toht-looking mfer who would be the 1 & ONLY "No" vote in the House to release the files.
Nice going, Clay Higgins. You really do stand apart.
Nice going, Clay Higgins. You really do stand apart.
"I'm very proud of the job Ed Gein's done. What he's done is incredible in terms of leatherworking & carpentry."
Trump: I’m very proud of the job he’s done. What he’s done is incredible in terms of human rights.
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"I'm very proud of the job Ed Gein's done. What he's done is incredible in terms of leatherworking & carpentry."
[MBS]: "Mr. President, not to cut you off at the knees here, but please let me take a stab at answering the Khashoggi question..."
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
[MBS]: "Mr. President, not to cut you off at the knees here, but please let me take a stab at answering the Khashoggi question..."
That barbarians refused to understand enlightened culture...
Definitely not just because it was the 500th time they'd heard the songs sung poorly www.bbc.com/news/article...
Singing of KPop Demon Hunters songs banned at school in Poole
The head teacher tells parents references to demons can feel "deeply uncomfortable" to Christians.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
That barbarians refused to understand enlightened culture...
For how universally-acknowledge it is to be either well-deserving of being wrapped in newspaper - or, at best brought in from somewhere else altogether - my oh my, it's still interesting to see how knicker-twisted the UK gets about the honor of its thoroughly north atlantic fare
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For how universally-acknowledge it is to be either well-deserving of being wrapped in newspaper - or, at best brought in from somewhere else altogether - my oh my, it's still interesting to see how knicker-twisted the UK gets about the honor of its thoroughly north atlantic fare
lmao, didn't think this would be the one that hit the nerve - but there it was...
Why do they need so many tire shops for just one town?
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
lmao, didn't think this would be the one that hit the nerve - but there it was...
Gothmono.
Only you can truly rikai-suru my pain-kurushimi, Marilyn Manson-san...
Only you can truly rikai-suru my pain-kurushimi, Marilyn Manson-san...
Part 176 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE
A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Gothmono.
Only you can truly rikai-suru my pain-kurushimi, Marilyn Manson-san...
Only you can truly rikai-suru my pain-kurushimi, Marilyn Manson-san...
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Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
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The White House is objectively and demonstrably pro-sex trafficking
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The White House is objectively and demonstrably pro-sex trafficking
man, the Era of Reefer Madness was wild...
This instruction would be an arch-T-Day party-foul these days
This instruction would be an arch-T-Day party-foul these days
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
man, the Era of Reefer Madness was wild...
This instruction would be an arch-T-Day party-foul these days
This instruction would be an arch-T-Day party-foul these days
Yeah, that tracks
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Yeah, that tracks
There are days when I regret burning-out of teaching
... I came by that burn-out very, very honestly, albeit...
But fun little factoids like this always really help me shore up any leaky embankments in my decision-making
... I came by that burn-out very, very honestly, albeit...
But fun little factoids like this always really help me shore up any leaky embankments in my decision-making
Visualizing Musk's absurd Tesla pay package:
"On average, Musk will make $3 billion more per year than the 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined."
"On average, Musk will make $3 billion more per year than the 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined."
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
See how Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s new payment package compares with other occupations in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
There are days when I regret burning-out of teaching
... I came by that burn-out very, very honestly, albeit...
But fun little factoids like this always really help me shore up any leaky embankments in my decision-making
... I came by that burn-out very, very honestly, albeit...
But fun little factoids like this always really help me shore up any leaky embankments in my decision-making
Oof, widespread airline cancellations is rough... Still not burning their own Toyotas, but not great.
I'll go ahead and adjust my ongoing CN-JP Diplomacy ranking, from the former:
🐺🐺□□□ - 2/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Carl Zha's Body-Count"
to now:
🐺🐺🐺□□ - 3/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Liu Xiaoming's Feet Vids"
I'll go ahead and adjust my ongoing CN-JP Diplomacy ranking, from the former:
🐺🐺□□□ - 2/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Carl Zha's Body-Count"
to now:
🐺🐺🐺□□ - 3/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Liu Xiaoming's Feet Vids"
Chinese travellers estimated to have cancelled 500,000 flights to Japan amid rising tensions – The Guardian: ‘Chinese outlet Jimu news reported that Sichuan airlines had cancelled all flights between Chengdu and Sapporo from January until late March’
Chinese travellers estimated to have cancelled 500,000 flights to Japan amid rising tensions
Diplomatic dispute over Japan’s stance on Taiwan continues to rumble after Senae Takaichi’s comments
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Oof, widespread airline cancellations is rough... Still not burning their own Toyotas, but not great.
I'll go ahead and adjust my ongoing CN-JP Diplomacy ranking, from the former:
🐺🐺□□□ - 2/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Carl Zha's Body-Count"
to now:
🐺🐺🐺□□ - 3/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Liu Xiaoming's Feet Vids"
I'll go ahead and adjust my ongoing CN-JP Diplomacy ranking, from the former:
🐺🐺□□□ - 2/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Carl Zha's Body-Count"
to now:
🐺🐺🐺□□ - 3/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Liu Xiaoming's Feet Vids"
no but for real tho
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
no but for real tho
You want Scandal Guys? Chinese history's got Scandal Guys...
Meet Yingzong (朱祁镇, Zhu Qizhen), the 5th & 7th *or* 6th & 8th emperor of the Ming Dynasty [r. 1435-49, 57-64 CE].
You can probably already see that this is something of a tangled mess already. That's not going to improve...
1/17
Meet Yingzong (朱祁镇, Zhu Qizhen), the 5th & 7th *or* 6th & 8th emperor of the Ming Dynasty [r. 1435-49, 57-64 CE].
You can probably already see that this is something of a tangled mess already. That's not going to improve...
1/17
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
You want Scandal Guys? Chinese history's got Scandal Guys...
Meet Yingzong (朱祁镇, Zhu Qizhen), the 5th & 7th *or* 6th & 8th emperor of the Ming Dynasty [r. 1435-49, 57-64 CE].
You can probably already see that this is something of a tangled mess already. That's not going to improve...
1/17
Meet Yingzong (朱祁镇, Zhu Qizhen), the 5th & 7th *or* 6th & 8th emperor of the Ming Dynasty [r. 1435-49, 57-64 CE].
You can probably already see that this is something of a tangled mess already. That's not going to improve...
1/17
Bret motherfucking “Bedbug” Stephens
Somehow, it’s always the fucking bedbug
Somehow, it’s always the fucking bedbug
There is no batshit far-right idea that the NYT's "reasonable" conservatives will not launder into polite discourse.
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Bret motherfucking “Bedbug” Stephens
Somehow, it’s always the fucking bedbug
Somehow, it’s always the fucking bedbug
