Felonious Monk
@alexqgb.bsky.social
This all goes back to the death of Reader
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Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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The basic idea: You have a boat (or boats) full of guys. You pull up next to another boat full of guys and tell your guys to stab those guys.
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The basic idea: You have a boat (or boats) full of guys. You pull up next to another boat full of guys and tell your guys to stab those guys.
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I estimate that this will keep me entertained for several hundred hours
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I estimate that this will keep me entertained for several hundred hours
Me vs. the 'news'
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Me vs. the 'news'
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Reading OATHBREAKERS by @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social, about the Frankish Civil Wars of the 800s and, whelp…
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Reading OATHBREAKERS by @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social, about the Frankish Civil Wars of the 800s and, whelp…
well.
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
well.
Rubio is the most consistently dead-eyed member of the crew
"A true peace must reduce the likelihood that the aggressor will resume or expand its violence; it cannot strengthen his hand while weakening the victim’s." lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK
A Letter from Clausewitz to Secretary Rubio
Channeling the author of ‘On War’ on the U.S. pursuit of peace in Ukraine.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Rubio is the most consistently dead-eyed member of the crew
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Academics need to tell families and friends, especially at holidays, that there are forbidden questions:
How's that book coming?
Oh, you are still working on that book?
Does it usually take that long?
How much money will you make?
How's that book coming?
Oh, you are still working on that book?
Does it usually take that long?
How much money will you make?
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Academics need to tell families and friends, especially at holidays, that there are forbidden questions:
How's that book coming?
Oh, you are still working on that book?
Does it usually take that long?
How much money will you make?
How's that book coming?
Oh, you are still working on that book?
Does it usually take that long?
How much money will you make?
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i like how the one example we have of mass scale homeschooling was the pandemic and it was a complete disaster that burnt out every parent on earth and resulted in half a generation being socially and intellectually stunted forever
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
i like how the one example we have of mass scale homeschooling was the pandemic and it was a complete disaster that burnt out every parent on earth and resulted in half a generation being socially and intellectually stunted forever
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the 'critics from his left' are fucking insane people
NEW: Can Mamdani really win on Israel and Palestine? With critics from his left wondering if he’s a closet Zionist, and critics on his right still pushing him to condemn a phrase he’s never used, Mamdani’s detractors may be playing into each other’s hands theintercept.com/2025/10/16/z...
Zohran Mamdani Has Pushed the Liberal Consensus on Palestine. The Left Isn’t Satisfied.
The debate over Mamdani's candidacy highlights the ongoing identity crisis within the Democratic Party as he seeks to toe the line on Israel.
theintercept.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
the 'critics from his left' are fucking insane people
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
you log on, you see a post like this, you...decide to close the tab.
not, it must be said, what is typically meant by "catch and kill a bear"
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
you log on, you see a post like this, you...decide to close the tab.
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I may have just found my instrument, y’all.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I may have just found my instrument, y’all.
Twitchiness intensifies hoodline.com/2025/11/feds...
Feds Enter Cherryland Elementary Seeking Student Records; Hayward Community Is Still Shaken.
DHS investigators visited Cherryland Elementary with a subpoena; Hayward leaders and advocates say the visit raised alarm.
hoodline.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Twitchiness intensifies hoodline.com/2025/11/feds...
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This mailer being sent out in #NY17 is WILD.
All of the wording about Mike Lawler is technically accurate, but hoo-boy the design choices here are something to behold.
Definitely zoom in and read for yourself.
Image courtesy of @timmyfacciola.bsky.social on X.
All of the wording about Mike Lawler is technically accurate, but hoo-boy the design choices here are something to behold.
Definitely zoom in and read for yourself.
Image courtesy of @timmyfacciola.bsky.social on X.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This mailer being sent out in #NY17 is WILD.
All of the wording about Mike Lawler is technically accurate, but hoo-boy the design choices here are something to behold.
Definitely zoom in and read for yourself.
Image courtesy of @timmyfacciola.bsky.social on X.
All of the wording about Mike Lawler is technically accurate, but hoo-boy the design choices here are something to behold.
Definitely zoom in and read for yourself.
Image courtesy of @timmyfacciola.bsky.social on X.
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as so often, the explanation is probably 'animals feel emotions that are similar to ours, and when we disregard the evidence to avoid 'anthromorphism' it's fundamentally ideological, not scientific'
this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
Why Won’t Nora The Leopard Seal Abandon Her Dead Pups? | Defector
In the fall of 2021, Renato Borras-Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was on a research expedition to a glacial f...
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
as so often, the explanation is probably 'animals feel emotions that are similar to ours, and when we disregard the evidence to avoid 'anthromorphism' it's fundamentally ideological, not scientific'
I’ve got your kitchen table issues right here
Taxpayers have shelled out nearly $71 million for Trump's golf hobby since he retook office — and he's on track to exceed an eye-popping figure
Second-Term Tab For Trump’s Golf Hobby Tops $70 Million, On Track To Exceed $300 Million
The total would double the $151.5 million taxpayers shelled out for him to play golf during his first term.
www.huffpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I’ve got your kitchen table issues right here
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there is no comprehensive list of dangerous criminal undocumented migrants. nor are there many of them in the country at all. “mass deportations” are by definition gonna be almost exclusively peaceful immigrants and sweep up LPRs, people on visas, these are the easy people to locate!
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
there is no comprehensive list of dangerous criminal undocumented migrants. nor are there many of them in the country at all. “mass deportations” are by definition gonna be almost exclusively peaceful immigrants and sweep up LPRs, people on visas, these are the easy people to locate!
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Tesla's EU sales were down 48.5% in October, and are down 30% in a year-to-date when EV sales are up 26%.
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Tesla's EU sales were down 48.5% in October, and are down 30% in a year-to-date when EV sales are up 26%.
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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"Skandalakis moves to drop the case against Griftopoulos, Judge Korruptides agrees"
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Skandalakis moves to drop the case against Griftopoulos, Judge Korruptides agrees"
I’m willing to suspend opposition to capital punishment if we can make governing pronouncements like “we need to turn the page” and “it’s time to move on” an act of treason.
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I’m willing to suspend opposition to capital punishment if we can make governing pronouncements like “we need to turn the page” and “it’s time to move on” an act of treason.