in the Québécois version of King of the Hill (“Henri pis sa gang”), Boomhauer is named Papineau and sounds like this
joyeux noel
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UXR, former MechE, current dispenser of hot takes. I believe in the you that believes in me. Bi, butch. They/them. ICE delenda est.
i will never be nostalgic about the past because my current quality of life is only due to medical advances of the past 5 years, everyone who wants to retvrn can eat a dick
Broke: The populism of the unwashed masses Woke: The populism of the unwashed asses
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 21h agoOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
I found out that my friends grandfather was able to avoid the WW2 draft by telling them he was an engineer working on a military project and it was a pogo stick with a gun mounted on it and they bought it. There are actual designs and plans of the thing. I'm going to write the hell out of this story
Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…
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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterdayToday, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
forget vimes boots theory, it's summer, we're doing vimes booty shorts theory.
Ya’ll!! Mohenjo Daro was JUST LIKE THAT Bratz-doll-ass civilisation, respect
Kate Compton@galaxykate.bsky.social · 2d agoWait did i show yall the worlds best cow painting?
Wait did i show yall the worlds best cow painting?
Kate Compton@galaxykate.bsky.social · 2d agoIm here to be encouraging and post cool historical ceramics
"we're all young so we don't have wives to stab us yet, so this song is about cows" highlights of saskatchewan community radio
women will look at the concept of infinity and go 'would' (laudatory)
matt demon@ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt’s hilarious to me that dudes are like “I need to be roided out and 6’3’’ for women to want me” when in my experience most women want to fuck astarion baldur’s gate or that Tim Curry oil slick guy from fern gully
Well, this is going to be a death knell for the arts and humanities, not to mention social workers and clergy.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
I keep posting this but watch the whole thing beginning to end, truly psychotic on a level even I wasn’t quite prepped for
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d agoTrump: I was disappointed with Jeanine Pirro. Really disappointed with Jeanine Pirro. She folded like an umbrella. And people get away with things. It’s a disgrace.
this is wildly invasive! nobody should be looking at your junk to determine if you're allowed to play softball or whatever!
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
Downplay a book or movie Minor Baronet of the Rings
Nick (derogatory) ✨@slothropsmap.bsky.social · 3d agoDownplay a book or movie To the Buoy
Haitian TPS holders walk out with a fitted ankle monitors after mandatory ICE office check in at Blue Ash Ohio facility. After Supreme Court decision to terminal Temporary Protective Status, many Haitian community members received notices to appear at the location.
This is going to make my MAGA Cincinnati relatives so mad and I love that for them.
Harvey J. Miller@mobileharv.bsky.social · 3d agoCincinnati has developed a Climate Migration Readiness Plan to absorb as many as 525,000 newcomers by 2050. It calls for building much denser housing, expanding public transit and decreasing the city’s reliance on fossil fuels.
“Ah! poor fellow! he’ll have to die now,” ejaculated the Long Island sailor.
(Describing a classic abusive relationship dynamic) now does that sound plausible to you, that my bitch wife would do that
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
“If this was true, I would be in jail” is not a real profession of innocence; it is a brag about how strenuously the state protects the male right of private sphere violence against women and children.
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3d agoThose who believe things like this are working hard at not understanding the finite options available to someone whose abuser has not been prosecuted, found guilty, etc. by the law. And how rarely those things happen to abusers, esp. high-status white male abusers.
if you gave a lady who was the historical model for a trad wife a time machine and five grand buddy they are OUT of there
New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
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never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.