Chris Labarthe
@chrislabarthe.bsky.social
Thing namer. Word writer. Creative director. Dad. Husband. Goofball. All opinions are mine—but, really, c'mon, they should be yours as well.
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This is the only herb I acknowledge at Thanksgiving
two men standing in front of a door with the words as god is my witness on the bottom
ALT: two men standing in front of a door with the words as god is my witness on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is the only herb I acknowledge at Thanksgiving
1. Begin the Begin
2. Finest Worksong
3. Feeling Gravitys Pull
4. Radio Free Europe
5. (tie) Wolves, Lower / What's the Frequency, Kenneth? / Discoverer / Harborcoat
2. Finest Worksong
3. Feeling Gravitys Pull
4. Radio Free Europe
5. (tie) Wolves, Lower / What's the Frequency, Kenneth? / Discoverer / Harborcoat
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
1. Begin the Begin
2. Finest Worksong
3. Feeling Gravitys Pull
4. Radio Free Europe
5. (tie) Wolves, Lower / What's the Frequency, Kenneth? / Discoverer / Harborcoat
2. Finest Worksong
3. Feeling Gravitys Pull
4. Radio Free Europe
5. (tie) Wolves, Lower / What's the Frequency, Kenneth? / Discoverer / Harborcoat
Wowee. New favorite American novel: THE PASTE-POT MAN by Edwin Lanham. Lanham was pals with Bob McAlmon and Kay Boyle in Paris in the 1920s (was briefly married to Boyle's sister!) and became a modestly successful mystery/crime writer and screenwriter. TPPM a late-life roman a clef.
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Wowee. New favorite American novel: THE PASTE-POT MAN by Edwin Lanham. Lanham was pals with Bob McAlmon and Kay Boyle in Paris in the 1920s (was briefly married to Boyle's sister!) and became a modestly successful mystery/crime writer and screenwriter. TPPM a late-life roman a clef.
Damn, what a cast!
Obscure Brit comedy of the day: 1998'sWHAT RATS WON'T DO never made it to the U.S., but it has cool cast: Natascha McElhone (RONIN, SOLARIS TRUMAN SHOW), James Frain, Samantha Bond (Ms. Moneypenny), Peter Capaldi & Charles Dance star! Directed by Alastair Reid.
m.ok.ru/video/313128...
m.ok.ru/video/313128...
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Damn, what a cast!
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I just donated to Aftyn Behn, imo your dollars go far in a low turnout special like this, and this is a great time to help them get what they need to close. Throw her a few bucks if you’re inclined, and if you know anyone who lives in Nashville/Central TN, give them a friendly reminder to vote!
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just donated to Aftyn Behn, imo your dollars go far in a low turnout special like this, and this is a great time to help them get what they need to close. Throw her a few bucks if you’re inclined, and if you know anyone who lives in Nashville/Central TN, give them a friendly reminder to vote!
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Emerson finds TN-7 basically ~tied ahead of Tuesday election, with Trump underwater in a district he won by 22.
A winnable race for Dems.
If R’s lose this race their ability to control the House *this year* is a real issue.
Link to donate to Dem Aftyn Behn here: secure.actblue.com/donate/aftyn...
A winnable race for Dems.
If R’s lose this race their ability to control the House *this year* is a real issue.
Link to donate to Dem Aftyn Behn here: secure.actblue.com/donate/aftyn...
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Emerson finds TN-7 basically ~tied ahead of Tuesday election, with Trump underwater in a district he won by 22.
A winnable race for Dems.
If R’s lose this race their ability to control the House *this year* is a real issue.
Link to donate to Dem Aftyn Behn here: secure.actblue.com/donate/aftyn...
A winnable race for Dems.
If R’s lose this race their ability to control the House *this year* is a real issue.
Link to donate to Dem Aftyn Behn here: secure.actblue.com/donate/aftyn...
Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League
Cronenberg's Basic Instinct 2
De Palma's Ambrose Chapel
Spike Lee's Prefab Sprout musical
Cronenberg's Basic Instinct 2
De Palma's Ambrose Chapel
Spike Lee's Prefab Sprout musical
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League
Cronenberg's Basic Instinct 2
De Palma's Ambrose Chapel
Spike Lee's Prefab Sprout musical
Cronenberg's Basic Instinct 2
De Palma's Ambrose Chapel
Spike Lee's Prefab Sprout musical
JFC
“Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as Louisiana’s surgeon general ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations and who has called Covid vaccines “dangerous,” has been named the second in command at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
JFC
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Dems need to keep repeating it, and they need to say what mean. “You can refuse illegal orders,
examples of illegal orders are: intentionally harming or targeting civilians, engaging in unauthorized domestic LE actions, falsifying records, or anything else that clearly violates the US constitution”
examples of illegal orders are: intentionally harming or targeting civilians, engaging in unauthorized domestic LE actions, falsifying records, or anything else that clearly violates the US constitution”
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Dems need to keep repeating it, and they need to say what mean. “You can refuse illegal orders,
examples of illegal orders are: intentionally harming or targeting civilians, engaging in unauthorized domestic LE actions, falsifying records, or anything else that clearly violates the US constitution”
examples of illegal orders are: intentionally harming or targeting civilians, engaging in unauthorized domestic LE actions, falsifying records, or anything else that clearly violates the US constitution”
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Pete Hegseth bullying Mark Kelly?
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Pete Hegseth bullying Mark Kelly?
Isaac Chotiner Examination
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Isaac Chotiner Examination
Trump refusing to pardon the turkeys this year unless they pony up some crypto equity
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Trump refusing to pardon the turkeys this year unless they pony up some crypto equity
Said it before, I’ll say it again: Bari Weiss is the Gertrude Stein of opinion journalism
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Said it before, I’ll say it again: Bari Weiss is the Gertrude Stein of opinion journalism
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Reminder that the primary diagnostic tool for Dunning-Kruger is the subject's response to the verbal prompt, "Isaac Chotiner for you on line one"
Cass Sunstein is just off… He should engage with more scholars in an interdisciplinary way to avoid being Chotiner-ed like this. It’s as if he writes about people and institutions as he wants them to be, not as they are. And he is totally unaware of his blind spots. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Can Liberalism Be Saved?
The legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues for a more expansive definition of an ideology under threat.
www.newyorker.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reminder that the primary diagnostic tool for Dunning-Kruger is the subject's response to the verbal prompt, "Isaac Chotiner for you on line one"
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so if i understand this correctly, gaines has made her career by publicly calling trans athletes predators and threats to women while completely failing to ever mention even once that her mentor/college swimming coach was sexually assaulting and harassing women on the team while she was there?
Riley Gaines climbed the MAGA ladder by vilifying trans women in sports. Now, teammates are speaking out about the real problems on her team: abusive coaching, sexual harassment, eating disorders. ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
ow.ly
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
so if i understand this correctly, gaines has made her career by publicly calling trans athletes predators and threats to women while completely failing to ever mention even once that her mentor/college swimming coach was sexually assaulting and harassing women on the team while she was there?
“Sir, Isaac Chotiner is now roasting people on Twitter”
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“Sir, Isaac Chotiner is now roasting people on Twitter”
Chotin, Chotiner, Chotinest
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Chotin, Chotiner, Chotinest
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Just hit me: Brad Pitt in BURN AFTER READING
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Just hit me: Brad Pitt in BURN AFTER READING
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
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Costs are up bigly, and this is what Trump has been focused on.
Malicious clowns.
Malicious clowns.
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Costs are up bigly, and this is what Trump has been focused on.
Malicious clowns.
Malicious clowns.
Zut alors!
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Zut alors!
How did we never get a Karloff biopic starring Abe Vigoda
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
How did we never get a Karloff biopic starring Abe Vigoda
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Duh: MTG slept with Olivia Nuzzi
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Duh: MTG slept with Olivia Nuzzi