The Riverdale Understander
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Some of you on here
May 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Some of you on here
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I've seen enough: that's a perfect bug 🧑⚖️
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoc...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoc...
May 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I've seen enough: that's a perfect bug 🧑⚖️
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoc...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoc...
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For anyone interested in the anti-trans movement in the UK, here's a thread of all my investigative work on the topic. 🧵
Starting with Bayswater Part 1: How the Tories let abusive anti-trans parents dictate education policy
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
Starting with Bayswater Part 1: How the Tories let abusive anti-trans parents dictate education policy
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
May 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
For anyone interested in the anti-trans movement in the UK, here's a thread of all my investigative work on the topic. 🧵
Starting with Bayswater Part 1: How the Tories let abusive anti-trans parents dictate education policy
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
Starting with Bayswater Part 1: How the Tories let abusive anti-trans parents dictate education policy
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
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this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite
March 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite
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-agar -agonification is the scientific term, yes
April 28, 2026 at 12:47 PM
-agar -agonification is the scientific term, yes
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Good worked example of how substack’s roach motel works in practice, and why I don’t begrudge people who won’t move their businesses but do advise people against building new ones on the platform
This continues to be a hugely expensive problem for me. And it's all down to a major lie at the heart of Substack's promise that writers on Substack can leave and take their subscriber list with them at any time.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read)
What follows is a minor modern horror story.
substack.com
April 26, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Good worked example of how substack’s roach motel works in practice, and why I don’t begrudge people who won’t move their businesses but do advise people against building new ones on the platform
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going to bed is low key goated when being sleepy is the vibe
February 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM
going to bed is low key goated when being sleepy is the vibe
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Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.
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“Gooners!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — decrypt the harddrive! — here, here! — it is the lewding of his illustrated wife!”
July 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“Gooners!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — decrypt the harddrive! — here, here! — it is the lewding of his illustrated wife!”
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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the worst part about being in the psychic community is getting invited to so many predestination weddings
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
the worst part about being in the psychic community is getting invited to so many predestination weddings
My haters become pupaters when I emerge from the chrysalis of success
October 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My haters become pupaters when I emerge from the chrysalis of success
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Ethics and morality aside: these NYT journalist are just *bad writers*
This is bad writing, using more words than necessary
And they are doing it in order to avoid to telling the truth
This is bad writing, using more words than necessary
And they are doing it in order to avoid to telling the truth
August 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ethics and morality aside: these NYT journalist are just *bad writers*
This is bad writing, using more words than necessary
And they are doing it in order to avoid to telling the truth
This is bad writing, using more words than necessary
And they are doing it in order to avoid to telling the truth
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June 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The adamant elite refusal to call bullshit is a big part of How We Got Here.
The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
August 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The adamant elite refusal to call bullshit is a big part of How We Got Here.
The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
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I have just seen my third news item with people saying "well sure crime is way down but if you tell people who are scared of crime that fact, you'll alienate them" and this can only be some sort of society wide, generational failing.
August 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I have just seen my third news item with people saying "well sure crime is way down but if you tell people who are scared of crime that fact, you'll alienate them" and this can only be some sort of society wide, generational failing.
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Rowling's 24/7 commitment to being an absolute nightmare ghoul is sort of extraordinary. She has every option in the world for how to spend her life and she commits herself entirely to hatred and self-righteous mean-spiritedness; some are more effective at evil but nobody puts in the hours like her.
August 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Rowling's 24/7 commitment to being an absolute nightmare ghoul is sort of extraordinary. She has every option in the world for how to spend her life and she commits herself entirely to hatred and self-righteous mean-spiritedness; some are more effective at evil but nobody puts in the hours like her.
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World Athletics says that "The SRY gene is a reliable proxy for determining biological sex." The guy who literally discovered the gene and has spent the last 35 years researching it says they're wrong. theconversation.com/world-athlet...
World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990
World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.
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August 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
World Athletics says that "The SRY gene is a reliable proxy for determining biological sex." The guy who literally discovered the gene and has spent the last 35 years researching it says they're wrong. theconversation.com/world-athlet...
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Gonna be contrarian and say she lost because Joe Biden refused to step down until well into normal campaign time; because Joe Biden facilitated an expensive and unpopular genocide; and because DNC consultants are wildly incompetent.
I don’t buy that a Black woman isn’t electable, actually
I don’t buy that a Black woman isn’t electable, actually
In my heart, I believe that Kamala lost bc she’s a Black woman. The campaign made some grievous errors, but a white male candidate would have survived. I think about that about once every hour these days. All of this hell visited on us, it’s bc of that original sin.
August 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Gonna be contrarian and say she lost because Joe Biden refused to step down until well into normal campaign time; because Joe Biden facilitated an expensive and unpopular genocide; and because DNC consultants are wildly incompetent.
I don’t buy that a Black woman isn’t electable, actually
I don’t buy that a Black woman isn’t electable, actually
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the problem with letting democrats backslide their support of trans rights whether it be trans in sports or using bathrooms is we’ve seen “compromise” in the UK labor party. they gave into “reasonable” TERF demands and it destroyed the labor party and all rights for trans people
August 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the problem with letting democrats backslide their support of trans rights whether it be trans in sports or using bathrooms is we’ve seen “compromise” in the UK labor party. they gave into “reasonable” TERF demands and it destroyed the labor party and all rights for trans people
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also, the utterly circular reasoning about police and crime in the media drives me nuts. crime went down? must be the cops, give them more money. crime went up? need more money for cops
July 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
also, the utterly circular reasoning about police and crime in the media drives me nuts. crime went down? must be the cops, give them more money. crime went up? need more money for cops
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I can't believe this is relevant now
July 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I can't believe this is relevant now