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the space race may be the funniest point in history period and i'll stand by that. the US is like "yes whoever gets into space first will prove once and for all that our economic model is superior and that we are, in general, the superior country of superior and smarter people." then the soviets just went and did it and the US freaked out and needed to cover their ass so were like "WE MEAN THE MOON, WE MEAN THE FIRST TO LAND ON THE MOON."

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Don't, you'll lose your law internship!

don't move. i'm coming over to chew on you

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i was at a coffee shop in some random town once waiting on my drink. i was the only person there until someone walked in and walked up to the register and they said something crazy like "don't fuck up my order this time, bitch" and i was sooooooo exhausted i stepped forward and i was just like [firm angry mom voice] "no. no. hey. you need to leave right now." and the barista and the customer both turned to me in abject shock and the barista started laughing and the customer looked horrified like they hadn't seen me when they came in and they said "i'm so sorry oh my god I work here. we're friends. i was just messing with them."

and i was like OH! that's a relief.

the barista was still laughing and they said "you were really about to fight for me. i love that." I said was in food service long enough that i'm always ready to fight a customer at any moment. i would have gone for blood. i would've used my teeth.

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Happy Feast of St. Peter & St. Paul! I'm sure they'd love sharing a day

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ph. Danko Maksimovic - Marseille, France (2025)

Film: Kodak Ultramax 400

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Square Bloom

quilt by Jo Wollschlaeger

2nd place in American Patchwork & Quilting Transparency Quilting Challenge, QuiltCon 2025

this challenge focused on the illusion of transparency in quilting.

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Just to clarify, there's a bill that would STOP credit card companies from controlling who's allowed to spend money on porn or "risque" (read: queer) content. If you don't think big business should be able to tell you what to spend your own damn money on, call your senators and reps to let them know! It's the Fair Access to Banking Act, H.R.987 in the House, S.410 in the Senate.

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the choctaw vampire hunters in sinners, photographed by eli joshua adé, smpsp.

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it's bad

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Remnants of the British Black Panther’s Lost Legacy

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next gen stealth just dropped

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Don't forget a video completely unrelated to the thing on the page auto-playing at full volume!

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Honestly, it reminds me a great deal of the wild west internet of the late 90s/early 2000s. Back then, popup ads would actually *spawn new browser windows*, which would not infrequently themselves then spawn additional popup windows. And if they wanted to be really sneaky, they could hide the popup window *behind* your main browser window, where you might not notice it until your computer is lagging from so many open browser windows.

Luckily modern browsers have gotten very strict about not allowing any new-window popups, even ones you intended to open, unless you mark the site as trusted and all that.

Adblock browser extensions have also been a great help, but I fear the golden age of adblock is fading. I'm seeing more and more adblock services that require a paid subscription and/or encourage (or outright force) you to accept limited ads. And some browsers, particularly Chrome (owned by Google, the king of advertising) have started removing the few remaining adblock extensions from their extension catalog for not playing ball with allowing limited ads.

using a website in 2025 simulator

>Accept All Cookies close >Allow notifications? close >Allow site to access your location? close >Sign up for 10% off! close >Click here to chat with a representative close >Please fill out a short survey close

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*flirting with an older man* when i was born you had already attempted suicide once

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If i may ask, why has your kid had a lawyer since birth?

Honestly, because I had unprotected sex with one

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