Cuddles_the_destroyer

@cuddlessmash.bsky.social

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Rarely posts, often replies, always thonks.

Image of Cameron's post this is a reply to, but the image of the post is a blank white box (as it failed to load)
These days, the social democracies of Europe are luring Americans. Their governments have eased visa rules and passed tax codes that let U.S. citizens experience Europe on American-style tax rates. > The bargain: The U.S. has larger salaries, mobile talent and millions of citizens craving a better life. Europe needs such workers—and their income—to prop up a pension system so top-heavy that French retirees now outearn working age adults, according to the Luxembourg Income Study, a research agency. European salaries are constrained by high taxes and low growth. Retailers, restaurants and real-estate agents want foreign clientele. < In return, Europe offers inexpensive healthcare, walkable cities dotted with sidewalk bistros and co-working spaces where English has displaced the local tongue. Housing in many cities remains comparatively cheap and plentiful. Schools are affordable, safe and, excluding universities, generally higher-rated than America’s.
Calvin and Hobbes comic on slang. Calvin: "Hey Dad, know what I found out? The meaning of words isn't a fixed thing! Any word can mean anything!" Calvin: "By giving words new meanings, ordinary english can become an exclusionary code! Two generations can be divided by the same language!" Calvin: "To that end, I'll be inventing new definitions for common words, so we'll be unable to communicate" Calvin: "Don't you think that's totally spam? It's lubricated. Well, I'm phasing." Calvin's Dad: "Marvy. Fab. Far out."
Chart from The Argument: Do you Support or Oppose abolishing ICE? Strong/Somewhat support 48% Strong/Somewhat oppose 45% Not Sure 7% Conducted Jan 26-27, Margin of error of 2.7%
it's Anime Gold Ship
Calvin and Hobbes Strip about slang.
"What Virtue is your pursuit?" "Wait, I'm supposed to have the power here" "You have spoken enough. What is your virtue?" "Cynicism" "How disillusioned" "It has freed me from the fear of disappointment" "It has freed you from nothing. You are freed from hope and happiness and nothing more."
What if there had been universal turnout? If everyone had voted, trump's margin would have increased to 51.1% to 48.9%. This is because, for the first time since 2008, non-voters prefered the republican candidate over the democrat.
Chart showing republican voting share by generation from 2008 to 2024. Of note is the millenial line which initially peaked in 2012, fell in 2016 and 2020, then snapped back upwards significantly in 2024.
Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame, a Vtuber from Hololive, looking shocked and holding a phone
Image of Mr rogers in a window styled to look more like the sickos guy in the window saying "yes...ha ha ha...yes!"
Inglorious Basterds 3 finger meme.
In a November 1941 letter to Roosevelt, Soviet Premier Josef Stalin wrote: “Your decision, Mr. President, to give the Soviet Union an interest-free credit of $1 billion in the form of materiel supplies and raw materials has been accepted by the Soviet government with heartfelt gratitude as urgent aid to the Soviet Union in its enormous and difficult fight against the common enemy — bloodthirsty Hitlerism.” Two soldiers shaking hands over stack of aerial bombs with "to Hitler" written on them in English and Russian (© Sovfoto/Universal Images Group/Getty Images) Sergeant Anthony Gioia, left, a waist gunner in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, shakes hands with a Red Army soldier in 1944. (© Sovfoto/Universal Images Group/Getty Images) At a dinner toast with Allied leaders during the Tehran Conference in December 1943, Stalin added: “The United States … is a country of machines. Without the use of those machines through Lend-Lease, we would lose this war.” Nikita Khrushchev, who led the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, agreed with Stalin’s assessment. In his memoirs, Khrushchev described how Stalin stressed the value of Lend-Lease aid: “He stated bluntly that if the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war.”
Imports from the USSR As A Percentage Of Total German Overseas Imports: February 1940 - June 1941
Post from Twitter user pennipotentum stating: "Chinese international student in my class was telling me about how his evangelical dad in Beijing believes that Trump was chosen by god to win the election, but that this victory is part of a larger divine plan to destroy the united states"
Steam EULA, highlighting the following phrase: "In the event of termination, you must destroy all copies of the Software Product and all of its component parts including any Software Product stored on the hard disk of any computer"
Chart showing the average vote share of various political ideology groups across european countries. Of note is the fact that the "hard right" group has the same vote share in 2025 (24%) as they did in the 1930s and 1940s, and are on par with conservative and social democrat parties, a first since the start of the chart.
On Tuesday, she held a series of one-on-one meetings to discuss the mayor’s fate with New York City officials and leaders, including City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. Some, like the Rev. Al Sharpton and U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks of Queens, urged her to hold off on acting until a federal judge decided whether to formally dismiss the case. By Thursday, the governor had made up her mind and declined to remove Adams for now, while instead pushing for greater state oversight.
User Gurodigital says: "Lol over 20 scientific papers now feature the nonsensical term 'vegetative electron microscopy,' all because an AI misinterpreted a 1959 article merging vegetative and electron microscopy from separate columns"
Jacob Rosas says: "Sorry for Japan Guys" Chinese Poster 1 says: "they deserve it" Chinese Poster 2 says: "You don't have to repent for anti-human fascism. On the contrary we still think that you have lost too few nuclear weapons." Chinese Poster 3 (peach) says: "sorry for what?" Chinese poster 4 says: "no sorry" Chinese poster 5 says: "don't say sorry, dropping atomic bombs is the right thing to do"
Instagram post from AOC wherein she asked people who voted for Trump and her to give rationale. Responses include but are not limited to: "It's real simple...trump and you care for the working class" "Wanted Change so I went with trump and blue for the rest of the ballot to put some brakes" "Voted Trump but I like you and Bernie, I don't trust either party establishment politicians" "He speaks of war as something that is bad. Democrats became the party that supports war. "Dems do better job at the local level but are terrible at the macro level" "the responses you got make me want to barf"
Image Showing a Tweet of Epic Rap Battles' Presidential Rap Battles. It notes that historically the losing candidate is on the right side of the youtube thumbnail, while also noting the rapper who goes second represents the winning candidate. The four thumbnails are, listing candidates from left to right and listing the thumbnails from top left to bottom right, Trump vs Harris, Biden vs Trump, Trump vs Clinton, and Obama vs Romney. Tweet is by @Universal_Robin on Twitter, AKA Public Universal Friend.
The original opening to Warhammer 40k books and the opening to Warhammer 40k books from the 9th edition/Indomitus version to now.