Ken Jennings

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Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of 100 PLACES TO SEE AFTER YOU DIE (bit.ly/3kLgJKO) and a bunch of other stuff. OMNIBUS co-founder (patreon.com/omnibusproject).

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the 80s had a high density of celebrities whose authenticity was hard to figure out, as a kid. like, was Mr. T a real guy? he was like that in shows/movies but also in interviews? or pee wee, elvira, max headroom, various wrestlers. even alf was on celebrity squares. it was a confusing time.

In overseas ads for Charmin, Mr. Whipple went by his European name, Penstemon Whipple-anus.

Charley Harper what is this orange guy, i will take my answer off the air

It’s a great day for using Spelling Bee to make up names for ad-supported streaming services. Just take a few minutes. They all work!

Not really liking what I’m learning about myself lately.

(Forrest Gump guy voice)

Tag yourself, I’m Fat Bongo

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Twin Peaks: Donna leaving her sister’s room through the window.

Me at the Pavement show

Responding to my kid’s prom photos by texting “What a fine-looking group of young Americans,” just as I’m sure Nixon would.

It's clear that Cookie Monster is not a native English speaker and I for one would love to hear him speaking fluently in his first language sometimes.

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what's great is how multilayered a success this is. It won't win a single conservative voter and it greatly demoralizes a huge number of liberal voters, all while being morally indefensible and a treaty violation.

President Biden announced an executive order on Tuesday to essentially block asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, a major shift in how the U.S. has historically handled claims for protection. Here’s how it will work.

How Biden’s Asylum Order Workswww.nytimes.com The president issued an executive order that essentially blocks asylum claims at the southern border, a major shift in how the United States has handled claims for protection.

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Man, the week of Memorial Day is ROUGH for that family

We are truly living in a Golden Age for movies with complete sentences as titles! My top five: 1. I Saw the TV Glow 2. They Cloned Tyrone 3. Evil Does Not Exist 4. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World 5. Love Lies Bleeding

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RIP the Gaza aid pier. It didn't last long, it didn't accomplish anything, and it was always just a PR stunt to pull attention away from the government's support of a genocide, but at least it cost more money than the federal government spends on addiction treatment programs

US Gaza aid pier knocked out of action by heavy seas

US Gaza aid pier knocked out of action by heavy seaswww.bbc.com It is unclear when the US military's floating pier off Gaza's coast will resume operations.

Just learned there’s a word specifically for a fat horse.

Goal: be married this long.

Currently watching “11 Body Problem” on streaming.

Just a terrible idea to name your boat this

who will buy 10,000 words from me about the changes to the lyrics of the Fall Guy theme song to make it less horny

I had to say gen alpha slang on Jeopardy! this week and it is not going over well at home.

There were many years when I thought we would never know what Matt Damon looks like in the Arthur universe, but I was dead wrong.

I’m a Messi eater

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At least the Kent State kids didn’t owe $200k to the college shooting at them.

We progressed from "students are apprentice learners" to "students are customers" to "students are enemies of the state" pretty quickly

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As uncommon as it is for incarcerated people to make endorsements, Sirhan Sirhan has the chance to do the funniest goddamn thing in the history of politics right now

This is his latest post lol

UPDATE: We can confirm that Mount St. Helens is not erupting at this hour.

Just got back from your grandma’s house

Yeah I love NFTs, Netherlandish/Flemish Tableware

I am witnessing an exciting new frontier in “airport sales guy having loud phone convo in public”: “airport sales guy having loud SPEAKERphone convo in public”!

WHAT is the Code of Harry? WHERE was New Netherland? WHO is Bevo XV? WHY haven’t you tried the new weeekend “Kennections” quiz yet? www.mentalfloss.com/posts/ken-je...