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Just got the weirdest postcard. What do you think it means??

The rapture is not in the Bible.

The rapture is not present in Christianity before the 19th century.

The rapture makes for dangerous theology and foreign policy.

The rapture needs to become a resoundingly opposed sentiment.

31 years ago today, Mr. Burns’ film was booed by everyone at the Springfield Film Festival, except Hans Moleman, who was saying “Boo-urns.”

#TheSimpsons episode “A Star is Burns” first aired March 5, 1995.

Take this as your sign that YOU too can fight back against ICE. Everyone has a part to play when it comes to resistance!

"why did you become a writer" because no one gave a shit about my special interests growing up. now i make them everyone else's problem. next question

"you need to learn how to use gAI or you'll get left behind!"

counterpoint!

the absolute fastest way to render yourself unemployable is to build your skillset around a tool that does your thinking for you, that everyone has access to, and that one company can change or take away at any time

Last year, the Lilo & Stitch remake and the Zootopia sequel both grossed over a billion dollars, while Elio, literally the only original movie released under the Disney banner last year, flopped.

GO SEE HOPPERS, people! If Hoppers flops too, Disney might never make another original movie again.

Dolly Parton is what every billionaire should be: not a billionaire because she gives too much money away.

To understand what's happening in Iran today, you have to know about the history of Western intervention in the country.

In the early 1900s, the British secured oil rights in the country until 1993, where they only agreed to pay Iran 16% of the total profits.

This was seen as an unfair deal. 🧵

I started crying during when the non binary character sang” May I am not a girl not yet a woman” in & Juilet 🥹🥹❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by,
He call’d them untaught knaves, unmannerly

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

Got a “do better, Bill” reply to this for using the word dumb. Since I already had this person muted, they graduated to blocked. Congratulations, here’s your diploma, you are now free from my offensive adjectives.

Couldn't have said it better myself. I literally read this in my attempt at a Paul Winchell impression.

Dr. Seuss would be so proud.

The world is a really scary place at the moment. Whatever it is that brings you some peace of mind or helps give you some respite, from it whether it's video games, anime, films, art, creating something - Do it unapologetically. Don't let anybody take your joy!

The King is mad

It is actually offensive to our object permanence to have this administration say they are going to war to defend protesters and human dignity

85 YOUNG GIRLS WERE MURDERED!!!!

Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

The details in this story are shocking, and I hope people will spend some time with it, despite the *gestures* EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENING. Some of these details have been previously reported. Other big ones have not.

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I mean, part of me is still sore at Vox Lux, but part of me does want to see where they're going with this pop-idol-as-religion vibes.

I'm not entirely sure that "one very bad man" and "roughly 85 schoolgirls" balances out in the karma books.

Not the same guy, you brick-brained clown. The one who came to power in 1979 died 10 years later in ‘89.

I want to point out the whole "this war is justified because the nation is lead by an evil man" is literally just the same justification used for the Iraq War.

Its the same playbook. Over and over again.

The squirrels of Central Park

The squirrels of Central Park

We do not talk about The Green Knight near enough.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

What "it's a distraction" people fundamentally need to understand about fascism is that fascism's entire mode of operation is diverting popular anger/anxiety/despair into channels of violence against the Other (both internal and external).

It's not flailing, it's the whole strategy.

May I with right and conscience make this claim?

I know this is like ten million on the things wrong with the whole business, but seriously, THAT'S what they're calling it? We really are being run by the stupidest frat in the world.

Post something from the ‘70s