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Asia Heros - NOT

Olga Reporting Live from Pyongyang

I was preparing a BLOTT about reliable, informative news sources that will help you get the big picture on Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. This is a pretty big task, but as I was digging into Jake Broe, he had such an incredible story that I wanted to focus on this rabbit hole. The background […]

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Asia Europe Heros - NOT

Special:Random – Workers’ Paradise

While doing some WLBOTT Special:Random research, look what randomly came up: Note that there are some glaring omissions, including but not limited to Putin, Stalin, Lenin, etc. The list from the Soviet era is noticeably thin: serial killers were bad PR for the Workers’ Paradise, and there have been movies and documentaries about how the […]

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Food Heros - NOT Late Stage Capitalism Music Texas Work-Life Balance

Not Haiku, and WLBOTT Predicts

In the year 2525, if academic scholars are still alive, WLBOTT predicts that the movie Office Space will be required viewing for all students studying the collapse of western civilization. Today we will limit our exploration of this movie to the sound track of the closing credits, “Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee”: Note that in this YouTube […]

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DPOMLATMIR Heros - NOT Late Stage Capitalism Work-Life Balance

Vortex of Immorality

[ed. note: “Vortex of Immorality” is a quote from Mark Dixon, referring to Unilever’s corporate behavior.] Today WLBOTT presents the first DPOMLATMIR[1] award. [1] DPOMLATMIR – Don’t Pee On My Leg And Tell Me Its Raining This is in response to an opinion piece by Catherine Bennett in yesterday’s Guardian. Ms. Bennett…. So…. Unilever, maker […]

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Heros Heros - NOT South America

Fed Up and the Rains of Bolivia

So… Jose Avila was running a little short of cash after moving into a new apartment, and decided to make his own furniture. Out of old FedEx boxes. Very cool, right? Very WLBOTT-worthy, so he uploaded pix of his furniture to his web site. The good folks at FedEx were having none of that. They […]

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Food Heros - NOT Sticking It To The Man

#Girther Movement

Where do I begin? This is almost too easy. That being said, 215lb stretches credulity, and WLBOTT considered selected it’s own slate of weighters and submitting our own results to the Library of Congress. However, the 215 number makes Sally the Intern the winner, and she was counting on the prize money to purchase ramen […]

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Food Heros - NOT Vanity WLBOTT Corporate

The Founders “Weigh In”

He-who-must-not-be-named will be photographed, fingerprinted, and, of most interest to the Elders of WLBOTT, weighed. We have a betting pool going. Prizes TBD. Price Is Right rules do not apply. Current positions: The Official Line We placed our guesses before the official line was established, and I’m surprised how close we all came:

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America Current Events Heros - NOT

So, What’s New?

Oh, not much…. I must admit, we’re a bit jealous. WLBOTT (currently) has under a dozen unindicted co-conspirators.

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Current Events Existential Angst Heros - NOT

Simple Solutions to Complex Problems

At WLBOTT, we like simple solutions to complex problems. Today, we will make the world a better place by simply getting rid of psychopaths in positions of power. [ed. note: conversation with chatGPT, edited for space, full conversation below] Q: Let’s talk about science fiction. I’ve read several books, set in the future, where society […]