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I was recently asked to contribute to a chapbook of limericks, which should be out next year. Here’s my offering, with apologies to Wendy Cope.
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YCSE is a fantasy movie about making a beautiful woman watch your favorite comedy skits
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ah man
Just in: Sacramento Kings guard Ben Simmons is believed to have sustained a torn Achilles tendon at practice Sunday, sources tell ESPN. A suspected season-ending injury for Simmons after rejuvenated and impressive training camp and preseason performances.
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yes, it's a particular portrait of silicon valley delusion, and one done in a way not really seen before. shows how captivating it can be despite its open manipulativeness and deceit
the conceit of the holmes doc perfectly encapsulates a very specific genre of tech brainrot. two people who have so thoroughly bought into their own narrative that they genuinely believe they can force it upon the the world if given enough time, despite all the evidence otherwise
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you can see everything also best theatrical experience since uncut gems. packed house at the americana, felt like the super bowl
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ohh the "can" in "you can see everything" is the same as the "can" in the description of what the theranos machine can do
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nathan fielder's made me viscerally uneasy ever since i first saw nathan for you but finally gotta hand it to him, you can see everything is phenomenal
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so many people are at war with their body in a dull purposeless way where it's obvious they forgot long ago why they were fighting or what victory would even look like
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leaving seattle was such a bad idea that now when the nba wants to return it has zero leverage so silver has to halfheartedly gesture towards mexico city in an attempt to squeeze some more out of the only serious bidder espn.com/nba/story/_/id/5019…
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correct i look in the mirror and see jamaican dancehall legend wayne wonder
not a new idea but i think a profile picture doesn’t just change how people perceive you online but it also changes how you perceive yourself. some people perceive themselves as kirkified AOC with a hijab
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Digger not a perfect movie but I’m kinda embarrassed at how much it swung my opinion of Tom Cruise, realizing I didn’t think of him as fully human before watching it
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in grad school i went to three anne carson lectures in four days and by the last day my notes were completely unintelligible, just ecstatic scrawling at oblique angles all across the page. very happy for her
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i had a work-study job processing gifts in the library which for a few weeks in spring 2019 was entirely devoted to reading her stuff in a windowless room in the basement when i should've been unpacking books
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guessing his political orientation is a good snap test of your instincts wrt latam politics
The mayorship of a small district in central Peru has been won by a candidate named Hitler Mussolini
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“hitler mussolini simeon flores” in rural huánuco is as obviously a leftist as “besuited soul patched white latino named gaspar” is obviously a right-winger
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Nathan retweeted
[jay-z voice] i'm liable to go read anne/ take your pick/ sexton, boyer, carson, antigonick
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Jacobo Borges, Meeting with Red Circle or Circle of Lunatics, 1973
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bringing a root beer to the gym
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Nathan retweeted
Karla, elementos de seguridad realizaron inspección en el vagón R.3677, detectando la caja mencionada. Gracias por el comentario.
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trea turner has 7 years/$190 million remaining on his contract lmao
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