Primer Gray
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According to the people who work at the Grant Cottage Historical Site on Mount McGregor, NY (the place where Grant spent his last weeks writing his memoirs and then died), Grant was mostly fine with this change for the most "boy" reason imaginable: he was never keen that his initials spelled "HUG".
March 16, 2024 at 8:20 PM
According to the people who work at the Grant Cottage Historical Site on Mount McGregor, NY (the place where Grant spent his last weeks writing his memoirs and then died), Grant was mostly fine with this change for the most "boy" reason imaginable: he was never keen that his initials spelled "HUG".
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![Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreih526pxolmi4pgqdcdu435uhkrrldhpwq6rrsnk4hfs6dskbe5r7e)
September 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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You guys realize that this YouTube channel almost certainly exists so that Trump can watch himself on the screen and feel super important and very cool whenever he wants to, right?
@aelkus.bsky.social writers getting out of control
@aelkus.bsky.social writers getting out of control
September 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
You guys realize that this YouTube channel almost certainly exists so that Trump can watch himself on the screen and feel super important and very cool whenever he wants to, right?
@aelkus.bsky.social writers getting out of control
@aelkus.bsky.social writers getting out of control
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All prose composed since 2009 has striven to reach the heights achieved here and fallen well short.
September 22, 2026 at 3:10 PM
All prose composed since 2009 has striven to reach the heights achieved here and fallen well short.
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I have great news for anyone worried that "Trump TV" is some kind of North Korean state-sponsored TV:
Trumpers are too fucking lazy to do slick propaganda. Instead, they threw together an unwatchable automated feed of old Trump speeches & press conferences.
www.youtube.com/live/A4gNgHf...
Trumpers are too fucking lazy to do slick propaganda. Instead, they threw together an unwatchable automated feed of old Trump speeches & press conferences.
www.youtube.com/live/A4gNgHf...
TRUMP TV: The Essentials Station
YouTube video by The White House
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I have great news for anyone worried that "Trump TV" is some kind of North Korean state-sponsored TV:
Trumpers are too fucking lazy to do slick propaganda. Instead, they threw together an unwatchable automated feed of old Trump speeches & press conferences.
www.youtube.com/live/A4gNgHf...
Trumpers are too fucking lazy to do slick propaganda. Instead, they threw together an unwatchable automated feed of old Trump speeches & press conferences.
www.youtube.com/live/A4gNgHf...
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The Changeling is glorious for the twists and turns it takes and the general moroseness of it all and I'd highly recommend it to anyone. You also get George C. Scott being George C. Scott!
Movie recommendation for tonight, The Changeling
I recommended a particularly mean and nasty movie last night, so tonight I'm suggesting something relatively bloodless, but it's one of the best haunted house movies I've ever seen, it's brooding and the central mystery is deeply compelling.
I recommended a particularly mean and nasty movie last night, so tonight I'm suggesting something relatively bloodless, but it's one of the best haunted house movies I've ever seen, it's brooding and the central mystery is deeply compelling.
September 20, 2026 at 10:54 PM
The Changeling is glorious for the twists and turns it takes and the general moroseness of it all and I'd highly recommend it to anyone. You also get George C. Scott being George C. Scott!
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In my opinion Democrats get nothing nothing NOTHING by betraying trans people. They hurt themselves with a good deal of their committed voter base, and still don’t get the Republican votes they are so fucking obsessed with winning over. Lose-lose!
People hate voting for squishy moral cowards!!
People hate voting for squishy moral cowards!!
September 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
In my opinion Democrats get nothing nothing NOTHING by betraying trans people. They hurt themselves with a good deal of their committed voter base, and still don’t get the Republican votes they are so fucking obsessed with winning over. Lose-lose!
People hate voting for squishy moral cowards!!
People hate voting for squishy moral cowards!!
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first day working as an intern at the department of chemtrails and my boss assigned me this new project where i sail to the edge of the world and he said i will fall off but will probably be fine??? kind of a weird thing to say lol
September 18, 2026 at 2:57 AM
first day working as an intern at the department of chemtrails and my boss assigned me this new project where i sail to the edge of the world and he said i will fall off but will probably be fine??? kind of a weird thing to say lol
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The entire article is fantastic, but the writer's definition of a trad wife is *chef's kiss* perfection.
"Those are conservative women who dress like the women in The Sound of Music, but without the opposition to the Anschluss."
"Those are conservative women who dress like the women in The Sound of Music, but without the opposition to the Anschluss."
FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them
FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them
ICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would "appeal" to them.
gizmodo.com
September 19, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The entire article is fantastic, but the writer's definition of a trad wife is *chef's kiss* perfection.
"Those are conservative women who dress like the women in The Sound of Music, but without the opposition to the Anschluss."
"Those are conservative women who dress like the women in The Sound of Music, but without the opposition to the Anschluss."
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The Muppets have to put on a show to save the Kennedy Center. There you go, Disney, that's your premise.
the president has finally revealed his true form: a 1980s preppie villain determined to tear down the rec center
September 18, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The Muppets have to put on a show to save the Kennedy Center. There you go, Disney, that's your premise.
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"My department has also dispatched three of our finest schooners to explore the part of our maps that say 'here be dragons.' We vow to get to the bottom of this mystery."
September 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
"My department has also dispatched three of our finest schooners to explore the part of our maps that say 'here be dragons.' We vow to get to the bottom of this mystery."
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Like, right now?
September 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Like, right now?
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA WAT
September 17, 2026 at 9:48 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA WAT
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Mel Blanc screams are like Greek fire, we lost the technology to make sounds like this
September 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Mel Blanc screams are like Greek fire, we lost the technology to make sounds like this
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Excuse me what
seeing a lot of "the Zizians aren't THAT powerful" responses and ... gang I'm shocked people don't know about LessWrong/Eliezer Yudkowsky/Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. The Zizians are a tiny offshoot of a much larger harry potter fanfic cult with huge influence in Silicon Valley.
The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:
September 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Excuse me what
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This is an older piece, but one of the first elements known of Final Fantasy XV before it came out was that the main character, Noctis, could feed stray cats.
September 10, 2026 at 10:32 PM
This is an older piece, but one of the first elements known of Final Fantasy XV before it came out was that the main character, Noctis, could feed stray cats.
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Milwaukee Madison Minneapolis--we are playing multiple nights in your towns in a month! The other half of the shows are sold out. Warn your enemies. Tell your friends. We need your help getting the word out! tmbg dot calm for deets and seats.
September 9, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Milwaukee Madison Minneapolis--we are playing multiple nights in your towns in a month! The other half of the shows are sold out. Warn your enemies. Tell your friends. We need your help getting the word out! tmbg dot calm for deets and seats.
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Republicans think it's "normal" to back a Senate candidate who was indicted for securities fraud, was impeached by members of his own party, was accused of bribery by his own aides and was sued by his wife for divorce "on biblical grounds" after a long-running affair.
RNC Chair Joe Gruters on why he thinks Ken Paxton will win: "People want normal"
September 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Republicans think it's "normal" to back a Senate candidate who was indicted for securities fraud, was impeached by members of his own party, was accused of bribery by his own aides and was sued by his wife for divorce "on biblical grounds" after a long-running affair.
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Extremely important story. Predictive policing is a euphemistic way of saying DHS is doing pre-crime, because of its improper access to your data. As @jakelaperruque.bsky.social says here, this takes a sledgehammer to the concept of probable cause of the commission of a crime. It can’t be reformed.
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
www.404media.co
September 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Extremely important story. Predictive policing is a euphemistic way of saying DHS is doing pre-crime, because of its improper access to your data. As @jakelaperruque.bsky.social says here, this takes a sledgehammer to the concept of probable cause of the commission of a crime. It can’t be reformed.
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The proto-Effin’ Birds was my Tumblr “Swear Trek”. It opened a lot of doors for me and I wouldn’t be where I am today without it. I don’t have plans to revive it (one daily comic is enough work), just wanted to thank it for getting me here on this 60th anniversary of Star Trek.
September 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The proto-Effin’ Birds was my Tumblr “Swear Trek”. It opened a lot of doors for me and I wouldn’t be where I am today without it. I don’t have plans to revive it (one daily comic is enough work), just wanted to thank it for getting me here on this 60th anniversary of Star Trek.
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I’m saving this to watch every few hours on a really bad day when I’ll need it.
September 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I’m saving this to watch every few hours on a really bad day when I’ll need it.
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Have you heard about the Confederate Les Misérables translation?
The evil Confederate translation of Les Misérables: "We've omitted parts Hugo meant only for French readers, like the sentences condemning slavery."
Victor Hugo: "I wrote my classic novel 'Do Not Oppress People' for literally every person and country in the world."
Victor Hugo: "I wrote my classic novel 'Do Not Oppress People' for literally every person and country in the world."
![Text reading:
words in the original French. Hugo explained his ambitions for the novel to his Italian publisher:[24]
I don't know whether it will be read by everyone, but it is meant for everyone. It addresses England as well as Spain, Italy as well as France, Germany as well as Ireland, the republics that harbour slaves as well as empires that have serfs. Social problems go beyond frontiers. Humankind's wounds, those huge sores that litter the world, do not stop at the blue and red lines drawn on maps. Wherever men go in ignorance or despair, wherever women sell themselves for bread, wherever children lack a book to learn from or a warm hearth, Les Misérables knocks at the door and says: "open up, I am here for you".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z2w5kftc6zwztcbw6qkpmgvk/bafkreieal2vcaiihghyhb5sgwhagnwmnprzcr2wmpj3rpmi5feot7skmvq)
September 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Have you heard about the Confederate Les Misérables translation?
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worth tying this into the political economy of the slave south as well. from roughly the 1820s onwards, slavery became enormously lucrative in ways that had never been seen before. slave traders became millionaires. large planters had tremendous purchasing power. just huge amounts of wealth.
Antebellum politics is fascinating, the South kept getting policy concessions and whipped themselves up into a paranoid rage anyway, essentially because they couldn't stand being culturally judged for having slaves
September 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
worth tying this into the political economy of the slave south as well. from roughly the 1820s onwards, slavery became enormously lucrative in ways that had never been seen before. slave traders became millionaires. large planters had tremendous purchasing power. just huge amounts of wealth.