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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · 6d

“Brian Eno Was practicing Oblique Strategies in Exactly the Right Way”

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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Sep 10

From the guy who gave us “The Soup Nazi”

www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

Jerry Seinfeld compares ‘Free Palestine’ movement to KKK in surprise Duke appearance

“By saying Free Palestine, you’re not admitting what you really think,” Seinfeld said. “Compared to the Ku Klux Klan I’m actually thinking the Klan is actually a little better here because they can co...

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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · May 1

How it started
vs
How it’s going

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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Apr 8

MitchcConnell: ally of the proletariat

Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Apr 4

It’s going to be real test of the Trump cult as these boat parade admirals watch the price of bilge pumps soar by 72%

Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Apr 4

I guess—and I never thought I’d see it—we’re in a post-It’s-the-economy-stupid world

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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Feb 26

News? @nytimes.com, you reviewed a musical about this statistic in 1988!

Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Feb 4

Missed that last season where Ted Lasso takes over El Salvador

Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Jan 20

According to Jill Lepore, this is the most plastic-surgeried inauguration.

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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Jan 20

Haydn's team just sent a cease & desist order to the inauguration committee

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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Jan 19

“The Zone of Interest” was not the Oscar winner I expected to sell theme park rights

Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Jan 16

His two best movies!

Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Jan 7

He really must have hated A Complete Unknown

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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Dec 12

On the bright side, no one’s bowling alone anymore

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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Nov 21

Count on Susan Collins to make Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal over statutory rape allegations sound like he was first off the boat at Normandy

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · Nov 15

People literally just wanted eggs to be cheaper and they're going to get Attorney General Humbert Humbert plus the return of polio.

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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Nov 13

A true people’s hero

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/t...

What Is ‘Skiplagging?’ Meet the Man Unearthing Cheap Travel Hacks.

Aktarer Zaman is the founder of a controversial website that unearths airfare hacks, most notably skipping the last leg of a flight for a cheaper price.

www.nytimes.com

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · Nov 12

Advertisements for AI make it painfully obvious that they realize that having spent billions to develop it, they desperately need to come up with something to do with it.

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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Nov 6

Kamala had one chance to win: if at every rally she read verbatim the Project 2025 paragraph about outlawing all pornography. She’d have run the board.

Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Oct 25

Truly is the end, final times

Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Oct 10

Additionally, 41 in 1907 is like 104 in 2024 years

Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Oct 10

Han Kang is 53–I dispute this blatant editorializing

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Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Oct 10

That goddamned vaccine strikes again

www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/u...

Ethel Kennedy, Passionate Supporter of the Family Legacy, Dies at 96

She never remarried after the assassination of her husband, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and she devoted herself to working on behalf of the causes he had championed.

www.nytimes.com

Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Sep 26

“Whomst amongst us has not accepted a free upgrade when offered?” -- Eric Adams's attorney

“Is extra legroom illegal now?” -- Also Eric Adams's attorney

Gary Morris @garymmorris.bsky.social · Sep 26

Perfect moment for a massive Trump boat parade in the Gulf.