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I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment.

Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off.

The 25th is never happening.

12.03.2026 11:27 👍 35423 🔁 8401 💬 1372 📌 520
A woman in a mask
Headline:
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
Story from Jerk Wingley and Terramin Defishunsee

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A woman in a mask Headline: Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask? Story from Jerk Wingley and Terramin Defishunsee Photo from Adobe

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

12.03.2026 19:54 👍 9184 🔁 3288 💬 83 📌 151

Telling my cat “You’re so smart and so strong and brave” even though I know it’s not true because you gotta just gas ‘em up sometimes.

11.03.2026 00:03 👍 2176 🔁 134 💬 88 📌 6

Apart from the moral repugnance, this is so revealing of how ignorant conservatives are about poverty. Poor people have to think about money ALL THE TIME. They worry constantly about what everything costs, how to substitute one purchase for another, what bill can be put off until payday, etc.

11.03.2026 15:16 👍 3053 🔁 697 💬 162 📌 26

I really wish that the people who voted for Trump because they did not see all this coming would take the next logical step to "what did the people who *did* see it coming do differently?" and switch up their information sources.

Continuing to vote without doing so is citizenship malpractice.

10.03.2026 21:49 👍 503 🔁 107 💬 20 📌 7

I would've loved Canto Bight in a Rose&Finn miniseries. I thought it messed with the flow of a movie that had some brilliant themes and scenes, but struggled with serious pacing and focus issues.

11.03.2026 17:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's looking increasingly like these guys thought that if they could wreak more death and destruction than the other side then they would be respected as strong powerful men and they would "win" and that would make them big important heroes. Very possibly they had no rationale deeper than that.

11.03.2026 01:57 👍 12618 🔁 2170 💬 7 📌 233

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’

‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’

‘Hello’ is not related to either.

Goodbye.

10.03.2026 16:17 👍 6457 🔁 1186 💬 239 📌 155

Also once again pointing out that Sun Tzu was writing "War For Dummies" cause he was dealing with a bunch of nepo baby nobles playing general and he didn't want them to forget things like "FEED YOUR MEN!"
People who think "Art of War" is some deep treatise of great wisdom are, by definition, idiots.

10.03.2026 13:44 👍 28 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice

09.03.2026 08:34 👍 11746 🔁 2797 💬 67 📌 82

"Fight Club" is one of a number of works that I think it's 100% fine to enjoy and appreciate, but if I hear that it's someone's FAVORITE I quickly start evaluating which nearby windows I might survive leaping out of. "Ender's Game" is also high on that list.

08.03.2026 04:08 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

08.03.2026 03:12 👍 17101 🔁 3391 💬 202 📌 119

This is a rare perfect cue to share one of my favorite clips from an underappreciated gem of public television: Julia Child regretfully incinerating a diamond, for science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ-m...

08.03.2026 03:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's giving vibes of "Lair of the White Worm", except unironically; and I'm surprised to find myself sincerely here for it.

08.03.2026 03:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
K's Choice - Killing Dragons (choir version - live at the AB)
K's Choice - Killing Dragons (choir version - live at the AB) YouTube video by K's Choice Official

Breaks my heart how many musicians devote their lives to amazing work only to be dismissed as "one hit wonders". Related: this epic yet intimate bit of emotional wizardry is hovering below 400 likes, 30+ years after aforementioned hit and 7 years after posting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj9h...

08.03.2026 03:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I'm Afraid of Americans
I'm Afraid of Americans YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 8: A Song That Feels Ahead Of Its Time

'I'm Afraid Of Americans' - David Bowie

Dismissed as overwrought satire at the time. Sounds on the f**king nose now.

youtu.be/5UDkRpqO-b0?...

07.03.2026 23:22 👍 289 🔁 41 💬 18 📌 6

"At the end of the round your are six seconds older"
AGH WHERE IS THE OFF SWITCH ON MY BRAIN

07.03.2026 17:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

"Now be patient, let them live"
"...will someone roll initiative."

07.03.2026 17:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Coffee, straight out of my nose.

06.03.2026 19:28 👍 11199 🔁 2065 💬 304 📌 198

Running for Congress on a platform of sneaking into Polymarket HQ and unplugging all their stuff. Overflow crowds at a local Knights of Columbus hall roar with delight as I promise to pour Florida's Natural Grapefruit Juice (with pulp) into the USB-C port of every computer in the damn place.

06.03.2026 16:33 👍 3563 🔁 443 💬 72 📌 9

Ow.

05.03.2026 06:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

When Bluesky was down today I went back to Twitter and was punched in the face by the stench of abandoned aquarium. Milo Yiannopoulos, who I honestly thought was dead, stanning Hillary Clinton. Dem flaks earnestly retweeting Nick Fuentes. It’s time to cordon off anyone left and introduce alligators.

04.03.2026 01:07 👍 9932 🔁 969 💬 326 📌 56

I like the “we’ve been at war with iran for 40 years” talking point because by implication surviving members of the reagan bush natsec team should be tried for treason

03.03.2026 20:10 👍 2010 🔁 282 💬 40 📌 19
03.03.2026 02:41 👍 1385 🔁 255 💬 18 📌 4

in retrospect most of the country is a vampire squid relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money

02.03.2026 20:25 👍 1422 🔁 172 💬 27 📌 3

Mom, come pick me up, the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.

02.03.2026 16:46 👍 2418 🔁 512 💬 29 📌 14

Raytheon Executive: I know you’re skeptical about buying American again. But hear me out. The MIM-104 Patriot is the only surface to air missile system with a proven track record of success against the US Air Force.

Danish Defense Minister: Continue.

02.03.2026 14:43 👍 5846 🔁 1295 💬 53 📌 39

It's a very simple metric: any joke *I* personally do not get/appreciate is bad, cliquish, and clear evidence of fascism. Not sure why so many people struggle with this...

02.03.2026 19:41 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Quote from Washington Times editorial board

"[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Quote from Washington Times editorial board "[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

02.03.2026 11:57 👍 43920 🔁 6870 💬 4760 📌 1829

Ok, but... if they don't know what it is, how do they know you told them the truth? Is it a well-known fact that malicious actors cannot lie when asked to identify their electronics, bound as they are by the dark contracts they have forged with eldritch entities of book-learnin' and stuff?

02.03.2026 04:37 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0