Carlos Querol

Fork and spoon operator in Sector 13. Onion Peeler.

Also: Firmware and software developer.

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[Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 @KellyScaletta]

When people say that immigrants should adopt "our" culture. They ARE our culture.

Rock and roll, jazz, country, blues, and most of our music was derived from "Call and response," which came from Africa.

Irving Berlin, who wrote the song "God Bless America," was born in Russia.

Our food comes from Europe and all over the world. Apple pie comes from Holland. Burgers and hot dogs come from Germany. Pizza comes from Italy. Barbecue and most "southern food" came from slaves.

Sitcoms are derived from vaudeville, which was brought by the Irish and many other immigrants. Hollywood and Broadway are what they are because of Eastern European Jews.

Sports? Baseball was inspired by cricket. American football came from rugby. Basketball was invented by a Canadian.

Our railroads were built by the Chinese, Mexicans, freed American slaves, the Irish, and other immigrants.

The New York City skyline was largely built by Italian immigrants.

Science? Einstein and Tesla were immigrants. Andrew Grove, who we owe for the semiconductor, came from Hungary. Sergey Brin, from Russia, cofounded Google.

Levi Strauss, from Germany, gave us denim. Jonas Salk, whose parents were immigrants, gave us the polio vaccine. Ukraine's Selma Waksin developed the first treatment for tuberculosis.

More recently, Katalin Karikó helped develop mRNA vaccines.

John Shalikashvili, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came from Poland.

And you know something about every wave of immigrants? There were people then, just like now, who complained they would never assimilate.

American culture isn't something immigrants assimilate TO; it is the assimilation OF immigration.

[daily zen @dailyzen]

"To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man's-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again."

— Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart

[Jane of the North @JaneotN]

A fire rainbow. Happy Pride.

[Atheist Girl @iamAtheistGirl]

@ChristIsComing5 so if you don’t sin jesus died for nothing!
make it count!

[Boston Smalls @smalls2672]

From 2020 to 2025 abortions are up 21%. In 2020 there was 930,160. There were 1,126,000 abortions performed last year. 2024 there was 1,124,000. Despite the pro life movement getting everything they want by overturning Roe, abortions are up.

To me, If the pro life movement wants less abortions the path is clear. You have to have pro life policies and not be just pro fetus. Paid family leave, child tax credits, universal day care, access to birth control etc.

When families and mothers have options and support ppl are less inclined to get abortions because they have help and options.

We have to invest in our citizens.

The pro life movement has been an utter and complete failure. Not only when it comes to decreasing abortions but by also creating a giant divide in society as one group of people thinks it's ok to take the rights from others. Turning our women into second class citizens and essentially just property of the state. Take the Adriana Smith situation in Georgia that happened last year as an example of that. Just horrific.

And it's not even like the pro life movement is even rational. Some states don't even allow exceptions for like rape and incest (you sick fucks) and Texas even has bounty laws. Which is a law that allows private citizens to sue anyone who aids or abets an abortion. Talk about freedom huh? Some shitbag Karen pretending to love Jesus prying into people's personal lives for a payout. Absolute lunacy.

The pro life movement is the absolute worst.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

You reduce crime by eliminating poverty. You reduce crime with universal healthcare, public housing, livable wages, and free college. You reduce violence by creating happy, healthy communities that aren’t constantly fighting over basic needs and material resources.

[Queen Chimerazilla ☭🐾 @Qveen_Potato]

Yeah pretty much

[TheFrenchie @ML3democrats]

Obama faced 11 documented assassination attempts during his presidency.

He never mentioned them publicly.

No fundraising emails.

No rallies.

No “they’re trying to silence me” speeches.

He just… governed.

Meanwhile, Trump turns every security incident into a merch opportunity, a rallying cry, and a donation link.

One man saw threats as part of the job.
The other sees them as content.

That tells you everything about their character.

[Patrick Heizer @PatrickHeizer]

Every Democrat since Carter has decreased the federal deficit.

Every Republican since Eisenhower has increased the federal deficit.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Religious people will describe heaven as a classless, stateless, moneyless society with no private property, no suffering, and everyone’s needs met, then turn around and call communism evil. It will never stop being funny.

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

BRO I’M FUCKING DEAD

[Mooses Felix 🇺🇸 @MoosesFelix]

Jeep is going full comedy chaos with the 2026 Grand Wagoneer—and it's working.

Marketing seems to be taking a turn. Would you look at Grand Wagoneer now. I wouldn't don't need something like that, but I remember the marketing

The first ad racked up millions of views; this follow-up is already running during March Madness and blowing up on social.

Stellantis CMO & CEO of FIAT Olivier Francois and Jeep CEO Bob Broderdorf teamed up with comedian Iliza Shlesinger to turn product features into punchlines, making the ad feel more like content than a commercial.

[Nicki 🫧🪷 @nickimoraa]

Jesus wasn’t crucified by atheists. He was executed by religious leaders in league with the state to protect their power.

I hope this rings a bell this Good Friday.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

During the recent kerfuffle over whether people should be socially shamed for wearing pajamas at Costco, someone on here suggested that I was supporting the decline of social standards because I think it's perfectly fine to wear whatever you want to a giant warehouse that sells $1.50 hot dogs.

The idea that dress was better in the past is treated as such an obvious truth that few people question it, even those who share my preference for contemporary life. But I would pose another view: although the emergence of fast fashion is certainly bad, and there's a terrible environmental cost from the waste now caused by the fashion industry, dress is better today than in the past.

Just look at these photos recently posted by Scott Schuman, the photographer behind the famous fashion site The Sartorialist. These images are from his recent trip to Paris. Scott often posts themed sets like this — images of stylish people in Milan, Hong Kong, New York City, and so forth.

I disagree with the idea of dress respectability on moral grounds. You should treat everyone with respect, regardless of what they're wearing. But as a matter of aesthetics, it's good that society has eased some of the Victorian handwringing around what people wear in public.

Look at the diversity of aesthetics showcased here, from just one recent trip to Paris (and notably, only focused on menswear, not even getting into womenswear). On first glance, there are some themes here that could describe the fashion Robert Frank captured in his book The Americans, shot just after the Second World War. Here we see men wearing military-inspired clothing (e.g., bombers and trenches) and tailoring (e.g., houndstooth tweed and a boldly checked raglan overcoat).

But we also see fashions that prob wouldn't have made it onto the streets in 1950, such as the patchwork boro jacket or the double-breasted with unusual pattern and button placement (look at that button-and-cloth corsage!).

It's unimaginable today, but in the first half of the 20th century, a man could be sent home from work for wearing the wrong color shirt. For white-collar professionals, even in cosmopolitan cities, the standard office uniform consisted of a dark worsted suit worn with a white-collared shirt, a dark silk tie, and a pair of dark leather shoes. The phrase "no brown in town" refers to the British cultural practice of only wearing black leather shoes in certain professions when doing business in London. Brown was the countryside. If you flouted these rules, people would whisper behind your back about how you're a bad person (e.g., dumb, uncultured, rude, etc).

That social system seems terribly toxic to me. But even as a matter of aesthetics, how great is it that the second man in the second slide can show up at many offices today wearing a brown houndstooth tweed jacket with a jaunty little neckerchief?

The world is aesthetically better today than it was 100 years ago. Yes, there are lots of people who are badly dressed. This is fine, as not everyone cares about aesthetics. But if you do care about aesthetics, you enjoy greater freedom today and thus can express yourself through a wider range of aesthetics. If you let people wear pajamas to Costco, you can wear any of the outfits below and more.

And if you open your mind to other aesthetics, I think you will find that many people on the street today are stylish, even if they're wearing something that you would not personally wear yourself.

IG thesartorialist

[The Scientific Lens @LensScientific]

Neat: you can solve a maze… by tearing it apart.

If there is no path, everything is stuck together so it will not tear.

If there is a path, that route is the weakest part, so when you pull it, the maze rips open right along the answer.

[Kid Riles @kid_riles]

Good morning.

Donald Trump has been President for 2% of America’s history.

He is responsible for 25% of our National debt.

Have a great day✌️

[Gnome Depot @gnomedepot]

DM: You enter the lair of the evil necromancer. In the dimly lit room you see a table.

Ranger: I investigate the table.

DM: Roll an investigation check DC8.

Ranger: 14 plus my modifiers for 18.

DM: You see 6 skeletons seated at the table with the necromancer sitting at the head of the table behind a…

Wizard: I cast fireball!

Ranger: Hold on! At least let him finish the description.

DM: Thank you. The necromancer is behind a small screen with a large stack of books and a large pile of dice. On the table is lead miniatures and what appears to be a map.

Ranger: Can I make out what is written on the books?

DM: it says in common G U R P S.

Ranger: Go ahead and cast fireball, Wizard. They are obviously lawful evil.

Wizard: Finally… FIREBALL!

[PUNS @ThePunnyWorld]

The U.S. should add 3 more states.

Because 53 is a prime number.
Then they can truly be one nation, indivisible.