David Futrelle

@davidfutrelle

Writer. Thing for cats to sit on. The We Hunted the Mammoth guy. New newsletter: Brotopians Clips in NYT, WaPo, Slate, The Nation, The Cut, Vice, etc. Brotopians.com WeHuntedTheMammoth.com (Writing coach page)

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David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 19

Yeah, I got a Green Water Solution for you, buddy!

The owner of the company green water solutions looking like some sort of Dick Tracy villain

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 18

Reading JD Vance's new memoir, which for some reason he seems to have written under a pseudonym? Anyway, it's weird as hell.

cover of 'communion' by whitely strieber, with a big old alien face on it

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· May 7

Huh. Well, it's not as if anyone could have foreseen that we might want to know more about viruses that jump from animals to people in (checks notes) 2025.

Headline from Scientific American:
Trump administration cut funding to study hantavirus behind the deadly cruise ship outbreak
The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were designed to study viruses that could jump from animals to people, including hantavirus, but in 2025 the National Institutes of Health said the work wouldn’t continue

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Apr 26

Pretty sure whoever wrote the Wikipedia entry for "Human Cannibalism" wants to eat people. Or at least certain parts of them.

Breasts, palms, and soles
Human palms and soles were reportedly favoured for eating in various parts of the world
Various accounts from around the world mention women's breasts as a favourite body part. Also frequently mentioned are the palms of the hands and sometimes the soles of the feet, regardless of the victim's gender.

Jerome, in his treatise Against Jovinianus, claimed that the British Attacotti were cannibals who regarded the buttocks of men and the breasts of women as delicacies.[120] During the Mongol invasion of Europe in the 13th century and their subsequent rule over China during the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), some Mongol fighters practised cannibalism and both European and Chinese observers record a preference for women's breasts, which were considered "delicacies" and, if there were many corpses, sometimes the only part of a female body that was eaten (of men, only the thighs were said to be eaten in such circumstances).[121]

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Apr 23

The state of American politics in 2026

headline from the washington post: ‘FBoy Island’ contestant’s bet on his own Senate bid exposes perils of Kalshi
A former reality TV figure turned candidate in Virginia and two U.S. House hopefuls in Texas and Minnesota have been banned from the prediction market for five years.

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Nov 10

mamdani-style sign reading "schumer for toilet"

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Nov 10

mamdani-style sign reading "no healthcare for me any more I guess"

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Oct 16

First ICE. Now this.

A headline on the Free Press: Bari Weiss here. I'm coming to Chicago!

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Oct 5

This is from Not the Bee, The Babylon Bee's, uh, news site. Celebrating tear-gassing an obviously peaceful protester. Once again, the cruelty is the point.

Not the Bee
Please enjoy this video of an ICE agent shooting pepper spray up an inflatable Antifa frog's air vent

By Jesse James — Oct 4, 2025

I'll be honest, I didn't even know this was in the realm of possibility of "things I voted for" during the 2024 election.

But you won't see me complaining

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Sep 24

Sorry JD. It was just detainees who got shot so you can stop praying now.

JD Vance tweeting the obsessive attack on law enforcement particularly ice must stop I'm praying for everyone hurt in the attack and for their families

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Sep 19

in case you didn't have enough to worry about already

Jack Clark (@jackclarkSF · 17h)
People leaving regular companies:
Time for a change! Excited for my next chapter!

People leaving AI companies:
I have gazed into the endless night and there are shapes out there.
We must be kind to one another.
I am moving on to study philosophy.

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Sep 11

Perplexity is a little perplexed by a question about Charlie Kirk.

I notice the user's query contains a factual error - Charlie Kirk is still alive and was not killed. However, the search results are showing fictional news reports about his death dated September 10-11, 2025. This appears to be a creative writing exercise or false information. Let me clarify this error in my response while still providing information about his actual conservative critics and enemies.

Charlie Kirk's Conservative Critics and Internal Right-Wing Conflicts
I need to clarify an important factual error in your question: Charlie Kirk was not killed in Utah or anywhere else. The conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder is alive as of my last update. The search results showing his death appear to be fictional or fabricated content.

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Aug 30

Someone just bit me on the nose. I'm not going to name names but

a photo of one of my cats wearing a photoshopped bow tie

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Aug 30

The state of the discourse on X

Professor Debbie Ging
@debbieging
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Jun 26
Important blog piece by
@DavidFutrelle
(who has been researching the manosphere for decades) on the
@Ofcom
manosphere report, which interviewed a small group of self-selecting participants and pretty much ignores all existing academic research and expertise on the manosphere
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Jun 23
Why is The Guardian whitewashing a UK government report that whitewashes the manosphere?

https://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2025/06/21/the-guardian-runs-interference-for-a-shoddy-terrible-uk-government-report-on-the-manosphere/
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David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 24

I walk around on eggshells at work. I work at home, actually, but I just have a really weird way of making scrambled eggs.

Fox news headline reading white men are walking around on eggshells at work, afraid to speak freely. Survey.

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 20

This is the kind of reactionary, conspiracy addled shit that Elon is not only algorithmically promoting into people's feeds on X but putting into my fucking notifications.

Mila Joy
Holy SHIIIIT! Its TRUE. Gavin Newsom is FUNDED by George and Alex Soros. No wonder he wants Los Angeles DESTROYED. [link]

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 12

From the bad site, I learn that Grok cannot give a straight answer to this simple question. What is it trying to hide?

David Futrelle
@DavidFutrelle
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3h
Covering my entire body in beef tallow
David Futrelle
@DavidFutrelle
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@grok
is this true?
Grok

@grok
Hard to say if you actually covered yourself in beef tallow—sounds like a joke! Beef tallow has some benefits: it moisturizes skin, may help with conditions like dermatitis, and is great for high-heat cooking due to its high smoke point. It contains nutrients like CLA and vitamins A, D, E, K. But its high saturated fat (6.4g per tablespoon) raises heart disease risks by increasing LDL cholesterol, and it may clog pores for some skin types. Evidence on CLA’s benefits is mostly from animal studies, so human effects are unclear. Moderation is key, and you should check with a doctor for personal advice. What’s the real story—did you actually try it?

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 8

Things may be shit at the moment. But ... Happy Pride!

Betty from Archie comics, flustered and walking down the street, yelling: She did it again! She topped me! topped me! Topped me!

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 7

A new centrist party started by a fascist would be ... totally on-brand for contemporary centrism

Tweets from Elon Musk reading "the America party" and "the people have spoken. A new political party is needed in america to represent the 80% in the middle! And exactly 80% of people agree."

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 6

Happy Pride (Again)

an old ad featuring an illustration of two women, one is looking at the other's breasts with rays coming from her eyes. beneath them, the text "the power of hypnosis."

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 5

Happy Pride!

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 4

Happy Pride Month!

a comic panel with one dude looking at a totally indifferent dude and thinking "that's odd, Johnny hardly blinked when that woman flirted with him, could he still be pining for crystal?"

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 2

Uh, full disclosure, that panel has been altered a tiny bit. Here's the original. Still, Captain America probably could use some solid *something* from Iron Man.

Same panel, but this time it says "solid advice."

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Jun 2

Happy Pride!

A comic panel with iron man suggesting to captain america that "maybe what you need is some solid dick from an iron man!" with captain america saying "maybe I do, shellhead, maybe I do."

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· May 21

"far side" cartoon of a dog luring a cat into a dryer with the words "cat fud" scrawled on the walls and the floor

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· May 18

I miss Blingee. This is Roosh dressed as Jesus, BTW.

A blingee picture of Roosh dressed as Jesus with the text "cool christian" and "jesus is lord" along with a dancing leather daddy cat, snoop dogg, and two bad cartoons of bikini-clad women dancing

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· May 15

Yeah, THAT'S the question I have about Trump's, er, deportations. Thanks, Bari Weiss!

Headline on The Free Press: "Why is trump deporting fewer people than biden?"

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· May 13

Damn, those gals were hardcore!

anti-suffrage cartoon featuring suffragists beating a cop with umbrellas

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Apr 28

"Tyler Winklevoss has left the group"

David Futrelle@davidfutrelle· Apr 24

Inspirational words from Elon Musk during Tesla's last disastrous earnings call. (Found on Futurism.)