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"[subject.] You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."

–Obi-Wan Kenobi

Fill in the subject of your choosing.

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”I wish Harris well, partly because I sincerely believe that my tween daughter — and possibly our guinea pig — would be a better president than the megalomaniacal, incurious, unqualified lout who is the alternative.”

John McWhorter

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/opinion/black-joy-race-harris-oprah.html

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The Gävlebock edition.

THIS IS FINE.

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Arthouse Muppets

Art by Bruce McCorkindale

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Dec 4, AI-generated advent calendar.

The prompt was to generate a "set of Christmas-themed images, clearly labeled in capital letters as an aid to someone learning English."

Full interactive advent calendar

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Now i want one too.

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This looks really cool, actually. Time for a refresher!

Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way way opened to it?

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The Political Cartoons of Herblock.

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It’s not quite as bad here, but still, today the lights, which turn on automatically 15 minutes before sunset, went on at 3pm today. An unhappy milestone every year.

glad to know people will still be experiencing this video for the first time this daylight savings

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Joe, looking at the popcorn scattered on the outdoor balcony two days after the party: ”I really thought the tits would have taken care of that by now.”

Jennifer: ”The patriarchy in a nutshell.”

Joe: ...

Joe: ”I meant the birds.”

Jennifer: ”Not really better.”

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Happy national day from one of Sweden's newest citizens! Here's a gallery of pictures from the little ceremony for new citizens that was held at the castle this morning.

It was a good ceremony – four speeches, none of them too long, three of them memorable, and one in which the speaker almost got a little verklämp.

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Glad national dag från en av landet nyaste medborgare (det är jag)!

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@roomthily

Excuse me while I crack up because Lidl has now jumped onto Swedengate and created ads that says "Stroganoff for everyone. Even for the friend in your room".

[Rough Translation: Did you also have to wait in your friends room while they had dinner with their family? At ours, the money will last so everyone can join. That is Lidl]

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@traakigogik in partic for the truth about Pratchett

David Jenkins, creator of smash hit and cultural phenomenon Our Flag Means Death, everybody.

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