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"'Twas like taking bread to the top of the world!"
1973: This commercial, featuring a young bread deliverer, captured the hearts of many a pedal-pumper who has struggled up a steep hill.
Happy #BicycleBirthday to the director of this and other great films, Ridley Scott!
Born November 30, 1937
1973: This commercial, featuring a young bread deliverer, captured the hearts of many a pedal-pumper who has struggled up a steep hill.
Happy #BicycleBirthday to the director of this and other great films, Ridley Scott!
Born November 30, 1937
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"'Twas like taking bread to the top of the world!"
1973: This commercial, featuring a young bread deliverer, captured the hearts of many a pedal-pumper who has struggled up a steep hill.
Happy #BicycleBirthday to the director of this and other great films, Ridley Scott!
Born November 30, 1937
1973: This commercial, featuring a young bread deliverer, captured the hearts of many a pedal-pumper who has struggled up a steep hill.
Happy #BicycleBirthday to the director of this and other great films, Ridley Scott!
Born November 30, 1937
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I once had an argument with my dad about a capital gains tax, he was complaining about how it would affect him. I told him to go look at his microwave and I asked if it was dirty. He said yes and I told him to shut up it doesn’t effect you.
May 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I once had an argument with my dad about a capital gains tax, he was complaining about how it would affect him. I told him to go look at his microwave and I asked if it was dirty. He said yes and I told him to shut up it doesn’t effect you.
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Sincere question. Are his teeth in??
This tired, deeply-damaged man is so needy. He has to have references to him being president on his hat, on his shirt, and on a golf-framed placard next to his overcooked cheeseburger he's almost too-out-of-it to eat.
November 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Sincere question. Are his teeth in??
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how to bbq ribs on warp core
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
how to bbq ribs on warp core
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We used to be a country with grand ambitions
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We used to be a country with grand ambitions
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rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
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Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
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Another direct hit for Hagueseth.
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Another direct hit for Hagueseth.
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Q: Why did Donald Trump bury Ivana on one of his golf courses?
A: So he could still cheat on her.
A: So he could still cheat on her.
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Q: Why did Donald Trump bury Ivana on one of his golf courses?
A: So he could still cheat on her.
A: So he could still cheat on her.
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The uninsured rate of 6% in West Virginia will “creep back up to 18-20% over the next couple of years” if the subsidies lapse.”
www.ft.com/content/beec...
A man “who paid $18 a month for the cheapest insurance plan this year will have to fork out $1,041 a month for it next year”
www.ft.com/content/beec...
A man “who paid $18 a month for the cheapest insurance plan this year will have to fork out $1,041 a month for it next year”
‘A full-blown crisis’: Americans brace for a surge in healthcare costs
West Virginia is at the epicentre of a looming disaster over rising insurance premiums as affordability concerns soar
www.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The uninsured rate of 6% in West Virginia will “creep back up to 18-20% over the next couple of years” if the subsidies lapse.”
www.ft.com/content/beec...
A man “who paid $18 a month for the cheapest insurance plan this year will have to fork out $1,041 a month for it next year”
www.ft.com/content/beec...
A man “who paid $18 a month for the cheapest insurance plan this year will have to fork out $1,041 a month for it next year”
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You can still find property level climate risk scores on Redfin
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You can still find property level climate risk scores on Redfin
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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There were really three sides to the question: my side, your side, and the right side
Who said this in 1894: Arthur Brisbane? Wray Hunt? Dorothy Maddox?
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Who said this in 1894: Arthur Brisbane? Wray Hunt? Dorothy Maddox?
quoteinvestigator.com/2025/11/30/r...
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
There were really three sides to the question: my side, your side, and the right side
Who said this in 1894: Arthur Brisbane? Wray Hunt? Dorothy Maddox?
quoteinvestigator.com/2025/11/30/r...
Who said this in 1894: Arthur Brisbane? Wray Hunt? Dorothy Maddox?
quoteinvestigator.com/2025/11/30/r...
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Weirdly, this is all part of a 50-year-long plan to get their parents back together
The identical twin brother of MAGA Texas Rep. Troy Nehls is hoping to replace his brother in Congress after Nehls announced his retirement on Saturday.
MAGA Rep. Tries to Hand Seat to Literally Identical Successor
Trever Nehls is hoping to replace his brother, Texas Rep. Troy Nehls, in Congress.
trib.al
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Weirdly, this is all part of a 50-year-long plan to get their parents back together
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Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Cool
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Staggering to think of how easily Manchin could've prevented this!
I remember Joe Manchin being absolutely effusive that the Inflation Reduction Act would bring millions of dollars to create jobs for renewable energy in West Virginia.... now Trump is killing these opportunities.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Staggering to think of how easily Manchin could've prevented this!
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Roger Stone & Matt Schlapp were banging on the doors in Miami to stop the vote count (The Brooks Brothers Riot).
Meanwhile, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were on W's legal team drafting the legal arguments to make sure those votes in Florida never counted.
Meanwhile, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were on W's legal team drafting the legal arguments to make sure those votes in Florida never counted.
literally the same people who also stole an election!! real two-for-one accepting-the-indefensible thing there
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Roger Stone & Matt Schlapp were banging on the doors in Miami to stop the vote count (The Brooks Brothers Riot).
Meanwhile, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were on W's legal team drafting the legal arguments to make sure those votes in Florida never counted.
Meanwhile, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were on W's legal team drafting the legal arguments to make sure those votes in Florida never counted.
The Legendary Christine Perfect
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Legendary Christine Perfect
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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People who think its easy to disobey an order in the military live in a make believe world. We cant even report military sexual assaults without retaliation. I dont see how anyone can refuse an order, they have to be brave af and accepting of a beating and incarceration or worse.
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
People who think its easy to disobey an order in the military live in a make believe world. We cant even report military sexual assaults without retaliation. I dont see how anyone can refuse an order, they have to be brave af and accepting of a beating and incarceration or worse.
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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This is fantastic. Ford says no new bike lanes that remove traffic lanes, so the City says, OK, fine, we won't remove lanes, we'll just narrow them. So brilliant. I hope they find more ways to maliciously comply. We love a workaround!
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
Toronto proposes over 20 km of new bike lanes, bypassing provincial veto
The city plans to skirt the Ford government’s bike lane ban by narrowing the width of roads to squeeze in bike lanes, rather than removing car lanes
www.torontotoday.ca
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This is fantastic. Ford says no new bike lanes that remove traffic lanes, so the City says, OK, fine, we won't remove lanes, we'll just narrow them. So brilliant. I hope they find more ways to maliciously comply. We love a workaround!
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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Happy St. Andrew’s Day! This statue of St. Andrew is carved in oak, and dates to around 1500. Now part of the collections at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. 📸 My own. #StAndrewsDay
November 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Happy St. Andrew’s Day! This statue of St. Andrew is carved in oak, and dates to around 1500. Now part of the collections at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. 📸 My own. #StAndrewsDay
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Can't believe we've gone and done what even the Tories couldn't bring themselves to do, for no electoral benefit whatsoever.
Utterly ridiculous policy making done by utterly ridiculous people.
Utterly ridiculous policy making done by utterly ridiculous people.
Revised net migration projection based on yesterday’s data, the new ILR policy and an expected gradual decline in dependant numbers (Currently dependant applications are double main applicant applications for work visas but this won’t last).
Yes it is negative in 2026. Roughly -110,000 to -10,000.
Yes it is negative in 2026. Roughly -110,000 to -10,000.
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Can't believe we've gone and done what even the Tories couldn't bring themselves to do, for no electoral benefit whatsoever.
Utterly ridiculous policy making done by utterly ridiculous people.
Utterly ridiculous policy making done by utterly ridiculous people.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.