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“we accept bitcoin” with miller’s twist soft pretzel sign in the background

“we accept bitcoin” with miller’s twist soft pretzel sign in the background

a strong belief i formulated recently is that if the amish soft pretzel place can accept bitcoin it can be open on sundays. you have left tradition so far behind by accepting bitcoin just open up on sundays it‘s fine.

08.03.2026 03:58 👍 60 🔁 5 💬 5 📌 0

I know why those two people were cast (so rhetorical question incoming), but why were those two people cast? Nothing remotely 18th-century about them. No costumes and wigs can disguise that these two people probably have favorite Mario Kart characters.

08.03.2026 04:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There were some young women behind us who were sobbing by the end. "I can't breathe," one of them said. Honestly, good for them (assuming they can all breathe now).

08.03.2026 03:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I have returned from having my heights wuthered.

08.03.2026 03:39 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

08.03.2026 03:12 👍 7706 🔁 1847 💬 105 📌 67

I Want to Watch a Kenneth Anger Movie with Tyrese Maxey

07.03.2026 23:04 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Oh jeez

07.03.2026 22:29 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

we used to have Steve Jobs, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, Mike Pensions, Gary Literacy, Pete Socialsafetynet,

07.03.2026 19:48 👍 2708 🔁 403 💬 47 📌 13

That’s what mine looks like too today. 😢

07.03.2026 20:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A color portrait of American actor Chevy Chase, pictured here at the height of his commercial popularity following the National Lampoon Vacation movies. Chase’s career hit a low point shortly afterward, including several flops and the short-lived Chevy Chase talk show on late night TV. It was during this time that Chase began studying hermetic philosophy with particular attention to Paracelsus’s 16th century treatise, Astronomia magna. Paracelsus prefigured modern notions of astral projection, writing that “my spirit, without the help of my body, and through an ardent will alone, and without a sword, can stab and wound others. It is possible that I can bring the spirit of my adversary into an image and then fold him up or lame him at my pleasure.” Chase underlined this passage—no matter it was a rare first edition manuscript—several times, scribbling a note in the margin that read simply, “Murray.”

A color portrait of American actor Chevy Chase, pictured here at the height of his commercial popularity following the National Lampoon Vacation movies. Chase’s career hit a low point shortly afterward, including several flops and the short-lived Chevy Chase talk show on late night TV. It was during this time that Chase began studying hermetic philosophy with particular attention to Paracelsus’s 16th century treatise, Astronomia magna. Paracelsus prefigured modern notions of astral projection, writing that “my spirit, without the help of my body, and through an ardent will alone, and without a sword, can stab and wound others. It is possible that I can bring the spirit of my adversary into an image and then fold him up or lame him at my pleasure.” Chase underlined this passage—no matter it was a rare first edition manuscript—several times, scribbling a note in the margin that read simply, “Murray.”

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07.03.2026 20:17 👍 34 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 2

You draft kids out of high school and they never learn the art of drinking strong coffee smh

07.03.2026 20:38 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is a great way to celebrate, but an espresso shot should not visibly stagger an Italian like it’s 120-proof whiskey imo.

07.03.2026 20:35 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

No one’s convictions have moved an inch since the last time, but surely your near-enemies will be made to understand their complicity in sin this time.

07.03.2026 18:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I feel like it’s been two or three weeks since our last round of election recriminations, so we were definitely due.

07.03.2026 18:45 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
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07.03.2026 15:05 👍 1036 🔁 452 💬 31 📌 29

I’m trying to figure out if anyone on the internet has previously coined “narciterrorism” and “narciterrorist” in a non-typo sort of way.

07.03.2026 17:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Eero Saarinen in 1947:

07.03.2026 16:04 👍 109 🔁 22 💬 1 📌 2

New home remodeling goal just dropped.

07.03.2026 17:12 👍 28 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

Every time a different one of these a-holes opens their mouth I have to change my Worst Living Person rankings.

07.03.2026 00:14 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm an opera fan and I sure as hell didn't vote for him!

06.03.2026 21:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#LastFourWatched

06.03.2026 21:14 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

FACE-DOWN INTO A FOUR-WAY (Cattet & Forzani, 2026)

06.03.2026 20:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m sure the president will throw the floor open to like, war stuff, or to see if Tim Tebow has any ideas about lowering gas prices.

06.03.2026 20:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In Maine that might be enough.

06.03.2026 20:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I actually take him at his word that he’s not a Nazi and that at this point in his life he’s anti-fascist. But he’s shown over and over that his judgment is bad and he’s getting caught in an obvious lie. Character has to matter.

06.03.2026 20:30 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If she came on as a senior war advisor or whatever I'd be like, okay, well, at least they hired an adult for once.

06.03.2026 20:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

SHRINKYDINK

06.03.2026 20:00 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

VELOURPANTS

06.03.2026 19:45 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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9 New and Upcoming Books With Philly Connections Add these new works by local authors to your spring reading list.

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