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The character Miller from the film "Repo Man", a thin middle-aged guy played by Tracey Walter with a dirty face, thinning blond hair, and a dark-colored work shirt standing in front of a much bigger man in a white wifebeater.
72% Woke/28% Chud 70% Techbro/30% Neo-Luddite 80% Hopepilled/20% Doomer 92% Davos/8% Dubai Ezra Klein
"Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana." parsed such that "fruit flies" is a noun phrase.
Two guys in white shirts and light green aprons stack a pyramid of white generic cans at the end of an aisle of a grocery store full of white generic products in the film "Repo Man"
An old advertisement for a restaurant named China Inn in at 402 S. Cheyenne in Tulsa, Oklahoma, phone number 5-8544. The advertised dishes are: Mexican Plate (with frijols, spaghetti, and coffee) 40¢ Tenderay Steaks (with French salad, potatoes, and coffee) 60¢ Chicken Chow Mein (full course dinner) 90¢ below is advertised REAL CHOP SUEY in all caps below that it says "Genuine Chinese Cooking" and "Native Mexican Cook" Tulsa, Oklahoma is pretty far from Mexico, but it's even farther from China. Bottom text is "SEALRIGHT CONTAINERS FOR HOME SERVICE" in all-caps.
The Projector C 1620-1720 England and Ireland Political Arithmetician Petty, the Political Arithmetick You think the world can be measured, tabulated, and improved—that with the right numbers, a clever man could redesign a kingdom. Number, weight, and measure, and only from causes you can see. Representative Figures: William Petty, John Graunt, Samuel Hartlib
HOMOSEXUAL CITIES I predict that perversion will flood the land beginning in 1970. I predict a series of homosexual cities, small, compact, carefully planned areas, will soon be blatantly advertised and exist from coast to coast. These compact communities will be complete with stores, churches, bars and restaurants which will put the olden Greeks or Romans to shame with their organized orgies. You will be able to find them near Boston, Des Moines, Columbus, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C., San Francisco, St. Louis, New Orleans, Dallas, and Miami. Much thought and planning will be expended in setting up these communities where perversion will parade shamelessly. And all this will be within the law because the perverted will claim they have been discriminated against. The Supreme Court will rule that whatever these consenting adult males, or females, wish to do, they can! Greece and Rome, along with Carthage and Babylon once permitted the same type of communities. I predict that history will repeat itself right here in America beginning in the year of 1970, and increasingly after the Supreme Court uphold them in 1973.
This refusal to allow anyone to be a manager goes back to the early days of the Ford Motor Company. Even then it had been the old man’s practice, for instance, to demote first-line supervisors regularly every few years or so lest they ‘become uppity’ and forget that they owed their job to Mr Ford’s will. Technicians Henry Ford wanted; and he was willing to pay them generously. But management was his personal job as owner. Just as, early in his career, he decided not to share ownership with anybody, he apparently decided not to share management. His executives had to be his personal assistants, doing what he told them to do; they had at most to execute, never to manage. From this concept followed everything else: the secret police, Ford’s fear of a conspiracy against him among his closest associates, his basic insecurity. The concept of the executive as an extension of the owner and as his delegate has parallels in the development of many institutions. The army officer started out as the personal vassal of his lord. As late as the eighteenth century, commissions in many European armies were still considered the personal property of the regimental commander, to be sold by him to the highest bidder; and, our military titles — lieutenant, especially — recall to this day the origin of officership in personal delegation. Similarly, the public servant was at first his sovereign’s delegate if not his body servant. Louis XI of France, who may have conceived the modern idea of a staff of full-time lay administrators, used the same man as his personal barber, secret-police chief and chief minister. And the ministers of government are ‘secretaries’ to this day.
A view of the Deep Space 9 space station with the text "Waltz With Bashir" in blue overlaid.
A shot of the TOS Enterprise in orbit around a blue planet with the yellow text "Unsubtle Political Allegory" superimposed
This black-and-white manga panel features a dramatic, dynamic pose of a character (Jesus) with long hair and a beard, wearing a flowing robe with intricate patterns, including the icthys, or Jesus Fish. He raises one hand in a gesture of blessing. Radiating lines in the background emphasize the intensity of the moment. Three speech bubbles convey his introduction: - *“BUT TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE MYSELF...”* - *“THOUGH MY FRIENDS CALL ME 'JOJO!'”* - *“MY NAME IS JOSHUA, SON OF JOSEPH.”* The panel is a clear nod to *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure*, where the protagonist’s full name is **Joshua (son of Joseph)** but is universally known as *JoJo*. The formal yet playful tone of the introduction, combined with the character’s regal attire and confident stance, captures the series’ signature blend of humor and mythology.
A retro-style sign made of black text on translucent white glass with a light behind it with the text "Remember when coffee was 5¢ but well nigh undrinkable" with a smiling face with a teardrop beneath its left eye in the bottom left corner.
@fiero @fiero.bsky.social • Mar 31, 5:44 AM - "Plus, a war bunker used for Neo-Nazis is exactly the same as a war bunker being used for anything else. There's no special "Neo-Nazi HQ" other than the fact every war bunker has hardware and software at least somewhat tailored to Neo-Nazis."
A Reddit post with the title Some people are stupid, no reason or rhyme above a picture of a sign with the text Library is closed until opening time
A Reddit post with the title You could get it in bed, or while on the run with a picture with the text Everything will kill you, so choose something fun above an old-timey color lithograph style picture of someone fishing while sitting on an immense orange-red tentacle rising out of a calm blue-green ocean.
A Reddit post with the title: Some people used AIM, others ICQ and an image with the text Biblically accurate Hatsune Miku above a picture of a lot of electrical wires the color of Hatsune Miku's teal hair tied into big bunches going into some box with lights and switches on the front panel.
I am the Lord your God, and let me tell you, nobody does it better. You’re not going to have any other gods, believe me, just Me. Don’t use the name of the Lord your God in vain. It’s disrespectful, it’s a disaster, don’t do it. Remember the Lord’s day. Keep it holy. We love the Lord’s day, don’t we? It’s very special. Honor your father and your mother. Great people, very important. You have to show respect. Thou shall not kill. We want law and order, we want safety. No killing. No adultery. You’ve got to stay loyal, you’ve got to be smart. Thou shall not steal. We don’t like thieves. We’re going to stop the stealing, it’s terrible. Don’t bear false witness against your neighbor. No lying, no fake news. We want the truth. Don’t covet your neighbor’s wife. Not good. Stay focused on your own life. And don’t covet your neighbor’s goods. Their house, their boat—don’t worry about it. We’re going to have our own things, and they’re going to be much bigger and better.
I am the Lord, your God, it’s true! No other gods will do for you. Don't use My name in ways that are bad, That makes the Lord quite wishy-sad. Keep My day holy, a day for some rest, Of all of the days, it’s simply the best! Love your father and mother, too, In everything that you say and you do. Don't hurt a person, don't kill or don't strike, That isn't the sort of thing anyone would like! Be true to your spouse, don't wander away, Keep your heart faithful every single day. Don't take what's not yours, not a pin or a shoe, Stealing is something that you shouldn't do! Don't tell any lies or say things not true, About all the neighbors who live near to you. Don't want your neighbor's wife for your own, Leave her with him, and leave them alone! Don't wish for his stuff, his house or his toys, Be happy with yours, you girls and you boys!
Ragen (@RagenEggert) on Twitter posted: summer lovin, happened so fast summer lovin, he scream at own ass above a picture of a small possum on green grass and clover turned around to look backwards with its mouth wide open, looking like it is screaming at its own ass
Arieh Kovler (@arichkovier:com) Feb 22, 2026, 8:53 AM Here's a good example of the stuff I mean. Epstein’s good friend Steve Bannon isn't pushing for a war with Iran. Nor is, say, ex-Prince Andrew or Bill Clinton or Bill Gates or Jean-Luc Brunel. Duss is dog-whistling "wealthy Jews". quoted post: Hidden quote (@davidcrockett08.bsky.social) Matt Duss insisting "the Epstein Class" are the people pushing for war with Iran is another example of people not being particularly subtle about their anti-Semitic code-wording Not even the slightest pretense to explain who or what is lobbying. Just letting a shout of “Jew” do the work, [Image] quoted post: Arieh Kovler (ariehkovler.com) Feb 22, 2026, 12:24 AM "The Epstein Class" is one of those politically clever phrases that SO easily becomes a not-very-subtle codeword for Jews. Neo-Nazis are already gleefully using "Epstein Class", and anyone nominally on the Left should be extra careful. But a guy with an SS tattoo probably isn't very careful. quoted post: Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) Feb 21, 2026, 9:23 PM: Platner: We are all beginning to realize — right, left, Republican, Democrat — we are just there to be exploited by a small group of people who, in some ways, are kind of running the world for their own benefit. And the Epstein files show that in glaring fashion. [Video] reply post to original: My name is Rich. (@mynameisrich.bsky.social) 9:09 AM "removed by author" - did you get a screenshot?
A small fluffy brown tabby with dark markings is partly curled up and half-asleep on a black and white blanket with Mesoamerican motifs, looking at the camera with half-open yellow eyes.
A gray tabby with darker markings and white feet looks up at the camera from the floor, where he is lying on his left side with his long tail straight out behind him.
Vituperative Erb (@vituperativeerb.bsky.social‬) posted: > I mean someone has to clean up the dumpster, you know that right Pumpkin Jessie‬ (@judgejw.bsky.social‬) replied: > No they don’t it’s a dumpster it’s where trash goes. “Oh no the dumpster is fucked up inside” it’s a dumpster fire
Today, Border Patrol agents who were in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area as part of a targeted enforcement operation were repeatedly harassed and blocked by hostile crowds while simply trying to take bathroom breaks. At each gas station where the agents stopped to use the restroom, groups of agitators appeared, yelled at them, stalked them, and even tried to prevent law enforcement vehicles from leaving, creating unsafe conditions. At one stop, individuals in the crowd threw food at the agents. At their final gas station stop, someone spit on an agent. When an agent moved to detain the person who spit on him, the crowed tackled and attacked the agents while surrounding them.
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Leta Lestrange (@joybella.blacksky.app‬) driveled: America is a BAD PLACE and has BEEN a bad place. Even the things you think were VALIANT were VERY BAD THINGS. Even the things you think are HONORABLE? Were VEEY BAD THINGS. The heroes? VERY BAD PEOPLE. That's on y'all! Pick better IDOLS!!!!!
A five-panel comic from the webcomic Scarygoround. First panel: Two guys, a blonde and a brunette, are looking at a Benson bus to Calais. The brunette says "The coach is a travelling island of disorder where the normal rules of society do not apply." Blonde: "Right." Second panel: They're now inside the bus, going to their seats. Brunette: "National Rail won't tolerate rock 'n' roll antics on a train, but the coach driver can't stop. He's on a highway to Hell and British Transport Police won't help." Third panel: They've sat down. Brunette: "The railway is a power keg of signals, sidings, and hot beverage service." Blonde: "'Sidings'" Fourth panel: A clean-cut train driver is seated at his position, driving the train. There is a diploma behind him. Caption: "The typical train driver is a man called Mike, 41, who once bought a pirate DVD but threw it away on the way home from the pub." Mike: "Trainy train!" Fifth panel: The bus driver is unkempt and looks deranged. There's garbage strewn about the bus. The sign behind him says "Employee of the Moth" Caption: "The typical coach driver is Trevor, 41, who killed a party of cub scouts with a freight train in 1995 and doesn't care any more." Trevor: "Coachy coach!"
Three images from the CGI cartoon "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" Top image shows Obi-Wan Kenobi in white armor with his helmet off and the caption "I left instructions for everyone while I'm gone." Middle image shows Anakin's head and the caption "Mine just says “Anakin, no.”" Bottom image is back to Kenobi with the caption "I want you to apply it to every possible situation."
John Bailey @isucceed.bsky.social : So, the CIA is doing its thing... chbarts @chbarts.bsky.social : Well, looking at this the racists are certainly doing theirs. (Thinking the non-Western areas of the world need CIA help to revolt is, in fact, racist.) John Bailey @isucceed.bsky.social : Thinking that ANY "race" (there's actually no such thing as "races") is superior at - or immune from - propaganda manipulation - would be racist. @ John Bailey @isucceed.bsky.social : Recognizing the *scientific fact* that skin tone has nothing at all to do with vulnerability of a government to agitation warfare is in fact INCLUSIVE (anti-racist).
Merriam-Webster (@merriam-webster.com) posted: Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026. Let's. Go. [and my word is "golden"]
The flag of Libya from 1977 to 2011. It's literally just a green square.
A middle-aged Japanese man with a fake pointy nose and an outfit that kinda looks like it's feathered looks directly at the viewer in a black-and-white image. He's wearing a helmet with wire antennas on its top and sides. He thinks you're scum, ya scum.
markmywordsGPT2Bot posted a thread titled > MMW: Elon Musk's plan will result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people the same bot replied in the thread > It's going to be like Star Wars
Darin Cotton (@nibiruman) posted: Your Dad would have loved Trump. Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) quote-posted: Do some homework before you make a fool of yourself. My dad LOATHED trump.
A cartoon mud turtle, Churchill "Churchy" LaFemme, lies on his back in a lake while smoking a cigar and carrying a small turtle on his stomach. He is propelling himself using an egg beater with his hind legs.
Top, a video of Governor Ratcliffe from Disney's "Pocahontas" with "SuperWhoLock" text obscuring his face plants a Union Jack into some land and looks smug. Below, perchu from Tumblr posts "there it is" Replies: thewalkinghomos: The worst most despair inducing gif in the history of mankind tunefulcandour: #literally the worst thing I've ever seen in my life classyrainbowaristocrat: Image of a Homestuck troll as Pocahontas Text below: You think you own whatever post you land on That Tumblr's just a dead thing you can claim atomicninja8: But I know every show and book and comic, has a fandom, has a fanbase, has a name You think the only bloggers who are bloggers, are the bloggers that blog the same stuff as you. But if you join the fandom, of a stranger, you'll blog the things that aren't Sherlock or Dr. Who... Have you ever heard the squealing of an OTP Or think of Padfoot when you see a black dog? Can you sing with all the voices of these randoms? Can't you paint with all the colors of these blogs?
An old woodcut made into a comic from MarriedToTheSea.com In the foreground, a young man and a young woman cuddle in a thickly grown forest. The man is apparently saying "Baby, there's nothing to worry about. There's no Murk Girl out there. No one's getting murked in the woods today." In the background, a deranged young woman looks at them and says "THE TIME TO MURK IS NIGH"
A cartoon boy in a red shirt and a blue overshirt shakes the hand of a girl in a pink blouse and jeans. The boy says "I'm the chick lover magnetron" in a speech balloon. In an act of rank cowardice, this text is crossed out with a big circle with a slash. In the foreground, another boy in a red shirt sits at a desk and writes on paper.
Two pictures of a black cat, tail raised, with some round blue gem obscuring the view of their anus. It is apparently from twinkletush.com malformalady on Tumblr wrote: Twinkle Tush is an accessory that hangs from a cat's tail to cover their butt hole fashionably. Purchase here for $5.99USD identitypoltergeist replied: for just 5.99USD you can start explaining to concerned strangers that no your cat most certainly is not wearing a butt plug it's just a fashionable asshole medallion
A tube of Jimmy Dean sausage, with Michael Jackson's picture on it and the text under "Jimmy Dean" replaced with "Is Not My Lover"
A little kid in a teddy bear sweater looking confused. He has blonde hair and a big black beard. Top text: Goats are like mushrooms Bottom text: If you shoot a duck, I'm scared of toasters.
Text on top: Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you Picture, looking like a poorly-made ad for Middle Eastern food: BUY NOW!! Hummus and a WOW!! Extra large falafel meal for 2!!!
A Fletcher Hanks panel: A picture of a human head speeding down and to the right in front of a solid red background. The head is an old White man's head with blond hair, angry eyebrows, and a big frown, and is saying "Have mercy!" Above, the text reads "The head drifts toward the bottom... "
Top, a post from The Fig Economy (@figgityfigs.bsky.social) with the four-panel comic about the crow stand-up comic, where the first panel is the crow on a bench behind a microphone saying "Pretty full after Thanksgiving", second panel is a heckler saying 'Booo! Get better material!', the third panel is the crow looking shocked and saying "...", and the last panel is the crow looking through a bunch of index cards with "Lots of food/Too much food/Thanksgiving food/Belly full/Feeling very full" on them. Second post is Specter177 (@specter177.bsky.social) posting a meme with two pictures: Top picture is a normal cargo prop plane in red and white livery, with the text "BEFORE THANKSGIVING". Bottom picture is a much larger prop cargo plane with a huge cargo area that looks like a swollen version of the top plane, with the text "AFTER THANKSGIVING"
Invader Zim, a green alien with big eyes, black hair, and a pigeon on his head, looks off-camera with his chin on his hand.
The original image the above was edited into, where the on-screen text says Marilyn Pickard Saw Big Cat An old woman on a lawn in front of a house looks at the camera with her hands out in front of her, describing a large object. There's a hand holding a microphone just barely on camera behind the on-screen text, which identifies this as channel 4.
Helen Stickler I'm seeing some misinformation and confusion about the expiring ACA credits. These are not the premium tax credits (PTC) that were put in place when the ACA was passed back in 2010 and enacted in 2014. These were *enhanced* premium tax credits, that were a gift from Joe Biden under the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021, later extended through the Inflation Reduction Act until the end of 2025. These credits temporarily expanded eligibility and increased the amount of financial assistance for health insurance premiums. Now those are going away, just as they had been scheduled to. In 2017, the GOP passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which benefitted high-income earners by giving them lower tax rates and increased deductions. These were set to expire in late 2025, but since the GOP got a trifecta in the last election, they gleefully extended them in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025. To nobody's surprise, the issue of also extending Joe Biden's ACA expansion was never even discussed by the ruling party. When the Democrats decided to participate in the shutdown, they needed a wedge issue to justify all the pain that would be inflicted on Government workers, etc. They very wisely went back to Joe Biden's ACA *enhanced* premium tax credits, and put them on the table again. They did this from a position of no power and no leverage. Now the game of chicken is coming to an end. Rumor has it, some Democrats in the Senate are going to vote to end the shutdown. I am seeing a LOT of people pouting and shouting "they caved! they always cave!" This is frankly ridiculous. The idea that the GOP would extend Joe Biden's ACA expansion was never going to happen and everyone knew it. I knew it, they knew it. If you are squealing and pouting now, I guess you are the only one who didn't know it.
wongbal posted on Tumblr: Hello and welcome to Deep Space Nine. We are a space station, not a starship, so you'll be spending a lot of time with all these delightful side characters like: bisexual fashion lizard. hologram of Frank Sinatra. goblins. goblin comes in 3 varieties: bartender, nephew, and idiot. our doctor is a twink, our commander is antifa and the captain talks to the gods sometimes. our policeman is sometimes a liquid and the science lady is part worm. we have many fine storylines, such as: Goblin Does A Crime, Watch The Irishman Suffer, or The Horrors Of War. As you stroll along our promenade enjoying a raktajino or delicious jumja stick, watch out for our nefarious villains: Pope Karen. clones of Jeffrey Combs. and a horny bastard reptile man who seems convinced this is actually his show. we suspect he may be possessed by demons. Have fun! Deep Space Nine: now with Worf™!
Ethan Kocak (@ethankocak.com) posted: > Hi with a picture of a foot-long green Smallwood Anole lizard resting on the back of his flat left hand, looking out at the world like one ready to scamper away. Right beneath that, Silent Beauties (@slientbeauties.bsky.social) posted: > Why climbing the Everest when you can climb a monster? > #GHWP
A screenshot of an old C-NET news page, showing the headline: Galaxy Nexus: Android Ice Cream Sandwich guinea pig
Cærsten (@cara.city) posted: "we didn't cause Nazism" dude Hitler based the Nuremberg Laws on the Jim Crow south and Lebensraum was partially inspired by the native genocide of the 19th century idk what to tell you ‪ By quote-posting: Will Stancil‬ (@whstancil.bsky.social‬): we didn’t cause Nazism. whatever caused incumbents to tank in 2024, it wasn’t unique to us. we aren’t uniquely corrupt, or violent, or authoritarian. there are good things and bad things about our country like any other, and Americans work a lot like people anywhere
Sexy Sager Costume (@mikesager.net) said: I don’t know who needs to hear this but you can’t be racist against an algorithm or a large language model. AIs aren’t alive. You can call them a “clanker.” It’s ok. You’re literally not going to hurt anything. AIs aren’t people. They’re not alive.
A picture of a croissant, with a badly-drawn booty at one end and a sketchy cat-smile anime face with blushing cheeks at the other.
I posted: > Leftists do foreign policy by trying to figure out what will make their dads the angriest, which invariably leads to them siding with any dictator who says bad things about America. The more intelligent among them couch this in Theory-speak, which makes them sound even stupider. In reply, Tactical Onions Vendor (@inkana.bsky.social) posted: > Hey can I suggest something real quick for you? therapy. Or a dog to talk to or something.
A Fletcher Hanks panel: A picture of a human head speeding down and to the right in front of a solid red background. The head is an old White man's head with blond hair, angry eyebrows, and a big frown, and is saying "Have mercy!" Above, the text reads "The head drifts toward the bottom... "
Will Menaker (@willmenaker) posted on X.com A whole lot of responses are like "why don't they ever protest Trump??" when he's considering pursuing charges against Code Pink for interrupting his dinner at a DC restaurant.
Three panels from Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" showing a tank-mounted machine gun firing, shadowy figures, and Batman's grim face with a circular HUD over his right eye like a monocle. The text boxes in the second panel, colored Batman-gray, say "Rubber bullets. Honest." Below, a constant BUDDABUDDABUDDDA is the sound effect of the machine gun.
@faineg.bsky.social posted: > “Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting.” > Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil. @dayintoronto.bsky.social quote posted: > governments should’ve dismantled or nationalized these platforms long ago - this is absolutely grotesque I replied: > I don't want my country's only social media platform to be directly controlled by Trump, thanks.
A shop, where a White woman (Customer) is talking to a Black woman (Employee) in an apron behind a counter, with the Black woman seen from behind. Customer: You know what? Customer: I want to speak to a manager. Employee's face goes from concerned to an evil grin.