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@desistundhalt

Accidental Motivational Speaker, Amateur Surgeon, Annoyingly Optimistic For a Cynic. He/Him

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Based on how we all learned of her existence what she brings to the table is a willingness to give up, blame everyone but herself for her failures, and then try to leverage her notoriety into a higher profile position.

11.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Because they write nice contribution checks

11.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œthis just proves MJ would average 50 in today’s NBA!” my friend if you dropped Michael Jordan into the 2026 NBA his career would last exactly one day after he found out about FanDuel

11.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 2753 πŸ” 412 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 15

Like his police chief, he's only a hard-nosed tough guy when dealing with people who cannot possibly harm him in return

11.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a dog is sitting on a couch next to a woman who is holding a cell phone . ALT: a dog is sitting on a couch next to a woman who is holding a cell phone .

That's..... that's the winner. There's no point to playing beyond this point.

11.03.2026 05:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for putting this together, Mr. Brauer

10.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

While still somehow racking up 5 Million Dollars in overtime! What were they doing to justify that if they were not intervening when people called and told them they were being harassed, abused, and threatened by ICE?

10.03.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Pec Flex is for friendly politicians who are graciously accepting the chief's answers.

10.03.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe ONE mushroom will fit in there.

09.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Get that boy another one!

09.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It makes our mayor feel strong

09.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You've been around long enough to know why.

09.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is! This is a movie tie-in game.

Driven was a movie starring and produced by Stallone about.... well, it's a Stallone movie so it's like all the others but this time the backdrop is open-wheel racing. It does not, however, take place in post-apocalyptic Chicago.

Just regular Chicago. A little.

09.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So fashion-forward, too!

08.03.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A young barmaid behind the bar at the famous French nightclub Folies-Bergère is staring forward in a bored, introspective way.  Behind her is a mirror which reflects the lively scene.  At the top left you see the green shoes of a trapeze artists.  More importantly, at right you see the back of the barmaid, and see that she is face to a man who leans close and seems to be requesting something.

This is Manet's famous painting "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bar_at_the_Folies-Berg%C3%A8re

A young barmaid behind the bar at the famous French nightclub Folies-Bergère is staring forward in a bored, introspective way. Behind her is a mirror which reflects the lively scene. At the top left you see the green shoes of a trapeze artists. More importantly, at right you see the back of the barmaid, and see that she is face to a man who leans close and seems to be requesting something. This is Manet's famous painting "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bar_at_the_Folies-Berg%C3%A8re

The perspective looks all wrong. You're staring straight at this barmaid, but her reflection in the mirror is way off to right. Even worse, her reflection is facing a guy who doesn't appear in the main view!

But in 2000, a researcher showed this perspective is actually possible!

(1/n)

08.03.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 163 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 8

I guarantee he belonged to a cult - no one who has ever invited me to their church early on hasn't.

08.03.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think they actually produce anything in Minnetonka, it's just where the money goes home at night to sleep; like Luxembourg but with better justification for having naval laws.

08.03.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is adorable

08.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hope it brought him a lot of joy.

08.03.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think they might have better luck spending two thousand dollars holding a press conference where they detail who made the key decisions to collaborate with the Trump administration, how and when they were fired, and explaining what would stop that from happening again.

06.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 7685 πŸ” 1647 πŸ’¬ 208 πŸ“Œ 53
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I wish this quote wasn’t still so relevant

06.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 1045 πŸ” 420 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 20

I agree with every word

05.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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YOU ASKED FOR THIS!

Downfall. Kristi Noem Edition:

06.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 1882 πŸ” 638 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 132

Why would a sleep paralysis demon close its eyes?

06.03.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Your efforts are appreciated

06.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lost Recipes | Defector In 1991, Spin magazine took the Compton rap collective N.W.A out to eat for a profile at the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan. The white author presents gangsta rap as a cynical enterprise, no different ...

This is so real.

It’s about hip-hop, about capitalism, about the way that marginal cultures are erased, and about a million other things, all integrated into a cohesive thing, and it’s why I keep being a loyal DEFECTOR subscriber.

05.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday!

May your ankle be healed and your finances restored.

05.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Windows 14 rumored to have a free trial with no limit on playtime all the way up to level 70, including the award winning expansions "Heavensward" and "Stormblood," sources say.

05.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 6417 πŸ” 2441 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 20

And that's the exact issue: they don't see themselves as part of a whole but as individuals beholden to no one for whom service is to be performed.

They would be mortified if someone came up to them hacking, coughing, and leaking but never consider that is what they inflict on others near them.

05.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Men used to dress like men in this country

04.03.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0