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essayist, cat dad, Bills fan, dive bar connoisseur. he/him.

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I’m glad that I went down to a beautiful essay!

14.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Right??? Meanwhile I’m like, I grew up in a small town where I constantly had to smell pig shit all over the place. Is that better?????

14.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think we have a fundamental disagreement about what’s more important.

I’d rather people not go to prison for something that shouldn’t be illegal.

You’d rather send people to prison for using a relatively harmless drugβ€”less harmless than alcohol, for exampleβ€”because you don’t want to smell it.

14.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

…define β€œshit hole.”

Pretty sure most people would rather live in Seattle, Portland, NYC, Minneapolis, or one of the other cities with legal weed than any of the ones without it.

14.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

……..what exactly is your point

14.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Or just don’t live in a city lol

14.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Like, seriously. You’re gonna smell shit in a city. There are other people around. Pick your poison. I’d rather pot smoke than 85% of the other options.

14.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What if I told you that smelling weed doesn’t hurt you

14.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

what's cute about this story is that they have no idea how the internet works. my dudebros in doge, it is too late.

14.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a city. I’d rather smell weed than hot human shit and garbage.

14.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Define β€œproblem”

14.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m down by 5 with two hours left! 😬😬😬

14.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just over 8 hours left and we’re still neck and neckβ€”don’t forget to vote!

14.03.2026 07:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wrong it’s β€œBritish quote mark-la”

14.03.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty sure this was an official one in the campaign’s online store.

14.03.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Love that guy.

14.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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March Sadness 90s Edition A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)

I’m up against Hootie & the Blowfish AND @kjmoulton.bsky.social???

Go read & vote! marchxness.com#/2ndround-ho...

13.03.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Respectfully, eat shit. Those kids were expelled, arrested, and targeted relentlessly by their school administrations with the specific goal of preventing further protest. Eighteen year old kids were held down and maced by campus security, hit point blank with tear gas canisters by riot cops.

12.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 5157 πŸ” 1049 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 30

Honestly, I am absolutely disgusted by academics suggesting that AI can do the reading and writing for you. At a certain point, what you're bragging about is fraud. And in a broader sense, what you're contributing to is the erosion of knowledge and the destruction of trust in academic publishing.

10.03.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 965 πŸ” 285 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 11

Every time I see something that’s supposedly β€œLynchian” that doesn’t have room in its dreamy/nightmarish haze for something absurd or hilarious I feel like I got kinda ripped off, ngl

10.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

No, but I would like to (burn every data center involved)

10.03.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I might be more willing to use AI if the the AI enthusiasts didn’t talk so much like

-people recruiting for a religious cult
-frat boys at my first college party trying to get me to drink the mysterious dark liquid from the red solo cup they just handed me
-19th century snake oil salesmen

10.03.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 190 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

When you support indie booksellers and bookstores, you are supporting human curation, the exercise of judgment and taste, the storefronts that make cities interesting. You make it possible for writers and readers outside the mainstream to be found again. You support real people who love literature.

10.03.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

in his defense ayn rand’s books *are* pretty old

10.03.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Reading old books" how dumb do you think we are Marc

09.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 721 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 3

I’m bad at math! And time zones!

10.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A little over 12 hours left to voteβ€”consider casting yours for β€œLinger” by The Cranberries!

09.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Man, if you only knew how often my friends say that exact thing…

09.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58

08.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 39587 πŸ” 6997 πŸ’¬ 449 πŸ“Œ 177

Iran's government is more hardline, its people are poorer and more isolated, the region's on fire, and the global economy feels like its about to go into shock

If you want to know why people wanted to avoid war with Iran for so long, you're finding out in real time

09.03.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 5221 πŸ” 1013 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 30