bessoid
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Looking into all the things I didn’t have time for before I retired.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Vernon put his hand lightly on his shoulder, the forgiving touch.”
From “Amsterdam” by Ian McEwan - loved his latest (“What We Can Know”), so decided to reread his Booker Prize winner.
“Vernon put his hand lightly on his shoulder, the forgiving touch.”
From “Amsterdam” by Ian McEwan - loved his latest (“What We Can Know”), so decided to reread his Booker Prize winner.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.”
From “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder, because I love bedtime reading that makes me grind my teeth all night.
“When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.”
From “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder, because I love bedtime reading that makes me grind my teeth all night.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“I always end up with skinned knuckles and a few choice words.”
From “Weaving Hand Towels Simply: 43 Designs for 4 and 8-Shaft Looms”
“I always end up with skinned knuckles and a few choice words.”
From “Weaving Hand Towels Simply: 43 Designs for 4 and 8-Shaft Looms”
January 21, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Vernon put his hand lightly on his shoulder, the forgiving touch.”
From “Amsterdam” by Ian McEwan - loved his latest (“What We Can Know”), so decided to reread his Booker Prize winner.
“Vernon put his hand lightly on his shoulder, the forgiving touch.”
From “Amsterdam” by Ian McEwan - loved his latest (“What We Can Know”), so decided to reread his Booker Prize winner.
@musicologyduck.bsky.social
Here’s another one.
Here’s another one.
Tomorrow, I’m traveling to Minnesota to join fellow House Democrats for a field hearing to hear directly from those on the ground who are impacted by the chaos and violence created by Trump’s mass deportation machine.
January 15, 2026 at 11:30 PM
@musicologyduck.bsky.social
Here’s another one.
Here’s another one.
Hot take - Bruce Springsteen is Jackson Browne produced by Phil Spector.
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Hot take - Bruce Springsteen is Jackson Browne produced by Phil Spector.
So, for anybody out there who’s read Thomas Pynchon’s latest, “Shadow Ticket.” I feel a lot of the motorcycle oriented bit of the last bit of the book resonated with his feelings about the death of his close friend, Richard Fariña, to whom he dedicated Gravity’s Rainbow.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
So, for anybody out there who’s read Thomas Pynchon’s latest, “Shadow Ticket.” I feel a lot of the motorcycle oriented bit of the last bit of the book resonated with his feelings about the death of his close friend, Richard Fariña, to whom he dedicated Gravity’s Rainbow.
Finished Death by Lightning - equal parts great and devastating. Logical follow up? Listened to Sondheim’s Assassins. Verdict - same.
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Finished Death by Lightning - equal parts great and devastating. Logical follow up? Listened to Sondheim’s Assassins. Verdict - same.
Looks like @alexwinter.com as the grandmother from Hell in Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey.
Portrait of Grandmother Doña Josefa Zejalvo https://www.wikiart.org/en/remedios-varo/portrait-of-grandmother-do-a-josefa-zejalvo-1926
September 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Looks like @alexwinter.com as the grandmother from Hell in Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey.
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Portrait of Grandmother Doña Josefa Zejalvo https://www.wikiart.org/en/remedios-varo/portrait-of-grandmother-do-a-josefa-zejalvo-1926
September 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Portrait of Grandmother Doña Josefa Zejalvo https://www.wikiart.org/en/remedios-varo/portrait-of-grandmother-do-a-josefa-zejalvo-1926
Slightly diminish a book
The Middle Aged Man and the Sea
The Middle Aged Man and the Sea
Slightly diminish a book
A Large Quantity of Jest
A Large Quantity of Jest
September 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Slightly diminish a book
The Middle Aged Man and the Sea
The Middle Aged Man and the Sea
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
September 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
Wasn’t Elian Gonzalez during Clinton’s presidency (with Janet Reno head of DOJ), thus before DHS was created?
I think he was reunited with his father *in the U.S.* at one point, but he didn’t leave the country until the asylum/legal process was exhausted
And I have no idea if the Secretary of Homeland Security relied on 279(b)(1)(H) at any point during all of that
And I have no idea if the Secretary of Homeland Security relied on 279(b)(1)(H) at any point during all of that
September 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Wasn’t Elian Gonzalez during Clinton’s presidency (with Janet Reno head of DOJ), thus before DHS was created?
I just want to relive the night in 1974 when I got high with a bunch of my friends and played poker and listened to the Mahavishnu Orchestra for the first time.
August 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I just want to relive the night in 1974 when I got high with a bunch of my friends and played poker and listened to the Mahavishnu Orchestra for the first time.
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. “All composed things are like a dream, a phantom, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning. That is how to meditate on them, that is how to observe them.”
August 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. “All composed things are like a dream, a phantom, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning. That is how to meditate on them, that is how to observe them.”
Fountains of Wayne- pretty, pretty, pretty good.
August 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Fountains of Wayne- pretty, pretty, pretty good.
Best atheist anthems:
Dear God - XTC
God’s Song - Randy Newman
God Isn’t Real - Robbie Fulks
Imagine - John Lennon
Dear God - XTC
God’s Song - Randy Newman
God Isn’t Real - Robbie Fulks
Imagine - John Lennon
August 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Best atheist anthems:
Dear God - XTC
God’s Song - Randy Newman
God Isn’t Real - Robbie Fulks
Imagine - John Lennon
Dear God - XTC
God’s Song - Randy Newman
God Isn’t Real - Robbie Fulks
Imagine - John Lennon
“Totalitarian” was just lying there.
uh everything everywhere all at once is a “maximalist” movie
trump’s administration is fascist
just say it
trump’s administration is fascist
just say it
Euphemism Watch. As in watch the @nytimes.com twist itself into knots to avoid saying “authoritarian.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
August 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“Totalitarian” was just lying there.
This is pretty wild. I don’t think we really need AI to tell us that Trump has a habit of suing his enemies.
New filing: "Trump v. Murdoch (Trump sues WSJ over Epstein article)"
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Download PDF | View Full Case
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August 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is pretty wild. I don’t think we really need AI to tell us that Trump has a habit of suing his enemies.
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It's up, its out. I covered a hell of a lot. There are a few things I didn't end up having the space or the brain functioning left to cover. But I'm gonna crash now. See y'all in 6 hours. Promote the piece in my absence.
www.crisesnotes.com/our2025lehma...
www.crisesnotes.com/our2025lehma...
104% China Tariffs Came into Effect at Midnight. We Instantly Entered this Crisis’s “Lehman Brothers” Moment
READERS NOTE: I'm not going to cover this piece asking for Subscriptions. If you get the importance of this moment, you'll get the importance of what I've done this week, and the past two months or so...
www.crisesnotes.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's up, its out. I covered a hell of a lot. There are a few things I didn't end up having the space or the brain functioning left to cover. But I'm gonna crash now. See y'all in 6 hours. Promote the piece in my absence.
www.crisesnotes.com/our2025lehma...
www.crisesnotes.com/our2025lehma...
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Please share to fight censorship:
Democracy Dies in Bezos
The latest in anticipatory obedience.
www.borowitzreport.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Please share to fight censorship:
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100
I voted for him both times.
I voted for him both times.
December 30, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100
I voted for him both times.
I voted for him both times.
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THE GODFATHER PART II was released 50 years ago today 🍿🎬
December 20, 2024 at 4:08 PM
THE GODFATHER PART II was released 50 years ago today 🍿🎬
Hoo, boy! Lotta bots out tonight!
November 20, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Hoo, boy! Lotta bots out tonight!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,943,893!
September 17, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,943,893!
Does anybody else think it was kind of tone deaf for them to use “Rockin’ in the Free World” as the walk-off music after Walz’s speech last night? Kind of a “Don’t know what ‘Born in the USA’ is about? - hold my beer” moment.
August 22, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Does anybody else think it was kind of tone deaf for them to use “Rockin’ in the Free World” as the walk-off music after Walz’s speech last night? Kind of a “Don’t know what ‘Born in the USA’ is about? - hold my beer” moment.
An Entire British Sunday Roast Rolled Inside a Yorkshire Pudding That’s Folded Like a Burrito laughingsquid.com/sunday-roast...
An Entire British Sunday Roast Rolled Inside a Yorkshire Pudding That's Folded Like a Burrito
When in London, HungryHugh found a tasty way to enjoy an entire Sunday roast at once in the form of the Yorkshire Burrito.
laughingsquid.com
July 28, 2024 at 7:57 PM