Murder is Bad Sep 16
pirate wires #148 // on accusations of "fanning the flames" after accurately describing reality, and an earnest appeal to the center left: we must reassert a strong taboo against violence — together
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Hot Girl Wears Denim, Fourth Reich Imminent
a hot girl on a billboard triggers world war three — backlash against "the nazi," counter-backlash against the woke lunatics, and why, in 2025, must everything always mean something that it doesn't?
Kat Rosenfield
Jul 30, 2025
The most controversial ad of 2025 begins with actress Sydney Sweeney, wearing a denim jacket and with her blonde hair tumbling loose over her shoulders. She's gazing directly into the camera with a faint smile. "My body's composition is determined by my genes," she says, as the camera begins to pan downward — revealing that Sweeney's body is composed of, conservatively, 150% breasts. Then comes the gentle correction: "Hey, eyes up here," she scolds, even as the smile lingers, still visible behind the campaign tagline that materializes in the foreground. It reads:
SYDNEY SWEENEY HAS GREAT JEANS.
Murder is Bad
We Have to Look: The Reactions to Charlie Kirk's AssassinationSep 11
a catalog of the justifications and celebratory reactions to the murder of charlie kirk
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Buc-ee's and The Infinite American SpiritAug 27
how a gas station megachain with palatial bathrooms, beef jerky walls, and neverending merchandise became a cultish American spectacle
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