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THIS IS THE WORLD CHARLIE KIRK WANTED
About a week ago, Charlie Kirk died. He was shot from a range of about 140 yards by, as far as prosecutors know, a Mauser Model 98, .30-06 caliber bolt-action rifle with a mounted scope. According to text messages between the suspect, Tyler James Robinson, and his romantic partner slash…
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YOU’RE NOT GETTING A HOTEL IN SPACE
Some time in the middle of last year, news started circulating about a new “space hotel” called Voyager Station. As usual, the reporting on this so-called space hotel was completely credulous. I scrolled through three pages of Google results for “voyager space hotel” and found not a single article attempting…
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LET’S TALK ABOUT “BREAD AND CIRCUSES”
If you’re as perpetually online as I am, you’ve probably run across the phrase “bread and circuses” before, usually in the form of sports-hating edgelords posting memes like this: Sometimes the phrase above is attributed to Juvenal, the ancient Roman satirical poet who supposedly said this. Well, it’s Thanksgiving, the…
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WHAT THE FUCK IS PROCESSED FOOD?
This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a while, but it’s come up again recently in light of walking worm habitat Robert Kennedy Jr. being nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which is like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse if…
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THERE IS NO WORST-CASE SCENARIO
Well, here we are again. Eight years ago, I told you that no one cares that you’re sad. That you needed to contribute to non-profits and journalism in order to fight what Donald Trump was about to do. Then, four years after that, Joe Biden won more votes than anyone…
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BREAKING DOWN THE STUPIDEST CHRISTMAS AD ON TV
I don’t watch a lot of TV with ads. Either I stream stuff or I pirate it. Except for live sports. I watch a lot of live sports, and the cool thing about that is that when a company pays for an ad spot during sports, they get their fucking…
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DON’T GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT NUCLEAR FUSION
In the last few weeks, there have been a ton of headlines about a “breakthrough” in nuclear fusion technology, with some writers breathlessly hailing this as a cure for climate change and pollution. In theory, it can be. In reality, this breakthrough is checking the first box of many, many,…
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IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER A FETUS IS A PERSON
Housekeeping update since it’s been a million years since I’ve written anything: I own a house now and there’s a baby on the way. I’m like a fully formed grownup. This will likely do wonders for my busy schedule. Anyway. The reason I’m writing this particular post is in response…
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WHY THE FLIKR PORTABLE FIREPLACE IS A STUPID IDEA
It’s essentially a concrete cup that you put flammable liquid in, then light on fire inside the comfort of your own living room. If that sounds like a terrible idea, you’re right!
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