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People think that history is about telling stories, but narrative is just the form that our arguments take. Almost every history book ever written was intended to prove someone else was wrong: by inadvertent or deliberate omission, misunderstanding, failure to consider, and *sometimes* new sources.

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I have changed my mind about the world. David Ignatow

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AI company: we trained this dog to talk. It doesn’t actually understand language, but it kinda sounds like it’s having a conversation by mimicking the sound of human speech. CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders

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there should be a gold metal in uniforms and it should go to Mongolia

This summer I will be supporting the Mongolian Olympic team because this is their uniform and it is a thousand times better than anything Nike has ever made.

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Like a harbinger of doom, Liz Truss has arrived at the RNC.

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i love the phrase "something or other." the idea of "something" being too specific. i cant commit to it being something

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unbelievable context

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Michael Tae Sweeney

I think honestly a key to Trump's popularity. He inverted the theatrical aspect from one where the Meet The Press class were in on the joke and the conservative voters were the rubes, to one where the conservative chuds were in on the joke and the DC crowd were the rubes bsky.app/profile/rinc...

this is also why Trump broke the DC press so much, because as much as he was clearly our most pro wrestling president his version of kayfabe was clearly very different from agreed-upon elite DC kayfabe and they kept trying to put him in the latter box instead

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This is actually a great test for finding out whether you're stupid

this is the most low budget only on amazon prime ass concept for a horror movie I've ever heard

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"As someone who knows a little something about getting shot and just generally wearing out my welcome,"

CNN reporting that 50 Cent may make an appearance during the Republican National Convention

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a new life awaits you in the offline colonies

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Sascha Stronach, preorder The Sunforge now

Of myself, I have only this to say: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Please pass it along. Best, Etherwind.

Turin Brakes - Ether Songdocs.google.com “Have you ever read Crime and Punishment? Dostoevsky? It’s not an easy read. It’s about guilt and redemption. And I think, were your husband to turn himself in, read this book, and reflect on his crim...

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in 2013 I saw a man get a 100,000 hour probation on the SomethingAwful forums and today I saw him come off probation and immediately pick up the same argument, quoting a reply from 2013, absolute next-level hater, I can't even imagine, my man is the Count of Monte Posters

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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.

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I assure you, no one is psychologically strong enough to overcome repeated exposure to propaganda messages. Even if you reject them personally they become a heuristic for how you think other people think.

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They banned the book not because it contains any obscene content, but because it espouses a negative view of book bans.

Book about book bans banned by Florida school boardwww.theguardian.com Ban This Book by Alan Gratz banned in Indian River county after opposition from parents linked to Moms for Liberty

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universities: we bought all new software to do the same thing you already do now with ease. It completely sucks and cost us 13 million dollars.

Shout out to next-door's kid who I overheard bellowing "Girly!? I'm not girly! I like dinosaurs, doggies, wrestling, murder, poisonous snakes..." Fifth-wave feminism is going to be wild.