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Eric Linus Kaplan

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Podcast "Terrifying Questions and How not to be Terrified by Them" -- book"Does Santa Exist?" -- tv shows-- Flight of the Conchords, Futurama, Big Bang Theory, Malcom in the Middle, Krapopolis &c.! blog ericlinuskaplan.wordpress.com He/Him

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I like the charismatic adventurers in cool costumes

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also -- it's cretinous

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One of my favorite things about Ramadan is its emphasis on giving and empathy for others.

In what's become a 7 year old tradition, every day of Ramadan, I'll be spotlighting a single charity or cause--some international, some US-based.

Follow along with #30Days30Causes & send recommendations too!

18.02.2026 20:43 👍 73 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 1

I couldn't finish it -- the MC made me feel uncomfortable

04.03.2026 01:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

now that is an explanation i can understand

04.03.2026 01:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

wasn't mastodon a thing too?

03.03.2026 01:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

sorry doc

02.03.2026 20:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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AI is like 1000 Donuts App I find it interestig to use AI although I think it’s bad for me. It’s unreliable, and it gets my thinking and creating muscles weak, and it doesn’t actually provide anything worth…

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02.03.2026 14:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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sometimes bad people write good books

01.03.2026 08:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

an old animal that is a wreck but its lovability shines through

28.02.2026 16:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

they catch a guilty conscience napping

28.02.2026 16:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Riley and Gresham are the only people to discover laws in the human sciecnes

28.02.2026 03:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sometimes A Compassionate Re-Frame Compounds an Error in Judgment Time was if I would go on a two day trip I would carry with me fifteen books. It made my luggage heavy and annoyed my travel companion. I was led to the reflection — even if every moment of m…

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27.02.2026 14:18 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

thanks!

27.02.2026 13:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

nailed it

27.02.2026 13:34 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

i couldn't find him on google

27.02.2026 04:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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If I were Warner Bros., I would simply be good enough at business to not have to sell myself.

27.02.2026 03:32 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

does the indigenous voice have an effect on AZ lit? like the Yaquis? How about the Mexican and Mexico

Profundo?

27.02.2026 03:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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27.02.2026 03:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Arizona lit?

27.02.2026 03:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

what's done is never final. history reminds us that the end of one era marks the beginning of another.

27.02.2026 01:50 👍 45 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0

it will suck so bad

27.02.2026 02:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

so yes, you can transform a CBS or a CNN into right-wing slop, and yes that will have an impact, but it is also true that americans will have access to a large universe of other information AND they will continue to build new venues for telling stories about the world and sharing their views…

27.02.2026 00:10 👍 3380 🔁 334 💬 25 📌 0

they look like them!

27.02.2026 02:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

was she dating Dudley Moore?

27.02.2026 02:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

who is Liza? Minelli?

27.02.2026 00:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

just wish people could evaluate it AS A FILM without dragging politics into it!
(this is a joke)

26.02.2026 22:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

AYN!

26.02.2026 21:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0