Colin Durant
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all true and let's enjoy this for the bizarre spectacle it is now
Thing is, when Mamdani does something early next year that challenges some Trump admin nonsense, you *know* that Trump is going be extra angry and suggest it's a backstabbing, noting how "nice" he was to him in the Oval Office as if that means Mamdani should now agree to all of Trump's demands.
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
all true and let's enjoy this for the bizarre spectacle it is now
get you someone who looks longingly at you the way the president looks at Zohran
Oh my god
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
get you someone who looks longingly at you the way the president looks at Zohran
PLEASE OH PLEASE let us have.a regular "Remembering Some Guys" category on Jeopardy, Ken.
We all love Remembering Guys, but mostly it's just that Cleanthony played so much international ball that it was a good hook for a category about basketball terms in foreign languages.
"International Hoops Terms With Cleanthony Early" has to be the wildest sports category in Jeopardy! history.
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
PLEASE OH PLEASE let us have.a regular "Remembering Some Guys" category on Jeopardy, Ken.
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it's why he's president. He has impeccable timing and uses it to deliver hateful stuff 99.9% of the time, so when we get this weirdness, it seems out of the blue.
once again joining the many people who have observed how much of a world-historical problem it is that Trump is so fucking funny
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
it's why he's president. He has impeccable timing and uses it to deliver hateful stuff 99.9% of the time, so when we get this weirdness, it seems out of the blue.
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this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter
it helps that Mamdani's messaging appears to line up very closely to an authentic, deeply held series of beliefs
you can survive a number of "flip-flops" or shifts if they remain consistent with yr values/core of yr messaging
you can survive a number of "flip-flops" or shifts if they remain consistent with yr values/core of yr messaging
One thing that works well for Zohran Mamdani is that he is maybe the most relentlessly on message politician I have ever seen.
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
it helps that Mamdani's messaging appears to line up very closely to an authentic, deeply held series of beliefs
you can survive a number of "flip-flops" or shifts if they remain consistent with yr values/core of yr messaging
you can survive a number of "flip-flops" or shifts if they remain consistent with yr values/core of yr messaging
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the TLDR understanding of this Trump/Mamdani presser
(not likely to apply if you are a woman, though)
(not likely to apply if you are a woman, though)
trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
the TLDR understanding of this Trump/Mamdani presser
(not likely to apply if you are a woman, though)
(not likely to apply if you are a woman, though)
everything about this is odd AF on the surface but remember:
1) Trump knows and respects charisma. Mamdani's got lots of it
2) He respects power and winners (if they're men)
3) His Islamophobia, like everything else, is very conditional and he'll forget it if the above two entries are met
1) Trump knows and respects charisma. Mamdani's got lots of it
2) He respects power and winners (if they're men)
3) His Islamophobia, like everything else, is very conditional and he'll forget it if the above two entries are met
Reporter: Stefanik has campaigned on calling Mamdani a jihadist. Do you think you’re standing next to a jihadist?
Trump: No… but she's out there campaigning. You say things sometimes in a campaign. You’d have to ask her about that. I met with a man who is a rational person.
Trump: No… but she's out there campaigning. You say things sometimes in a campaign. You’d have to ask her about that. I met with a man who is a rational person.
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
everything about this is odd AF on the surface but remember:
1) Trump knows and respects charisma. Mamdani's got lots of it
2) He respects power and winners (if they're men)
3) His Islamophobia, like everything else, is very conditional and he'll forget it if the above two entries are met
1) Trump knows and respects charisma. Mamdani's got lots of it
2) He respects power and winners (if they're men)
3) His Islamophobia, like everything else, is very conditional and he'll forget it if the above two entries are met
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There's been a pretty forceful pushback from Dems here, anyway just harrumphing and assuming they'll do nothing may give you a dopamine rush but isn't really that predictive.
Well, let’s see if elected Democrats act like the president of the United States just called for their members to be executed.
If they just go “ho hum, back to health care” you can’t blame the media for not being more outraged than the
*checks notes*
opposition party.
If they just go “ho hum, back to health care” you can’t blame the media for not being more outraged than the
*checks notes*
opposition party.
Ought to be front-page headlines.
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
There's been a pretty forceful pushback from Dems here, anyway just harrumphing and assuming they'll do nothing may give you a dopamine rush but isn't really that predictive.
Of course he did, because he’s a crank with not a lick of expertise in anything that pertains to the federal department he “leads”. An absolute know-nothing who has spent a lifetime meddling in things he will never understand.
RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked
CDC’s Autism Website ‘Update’ Came Directly From Kennedy, He Says
Ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis called the update a “national embarrassment.”
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Of course he did, because he’s a crank with not a lick of expertise in anything that pertains to the federal department he “leads”. An absolute know-nothing who has spent a lifetime meddling in things he will never understand.
me when applying for FTE positions these days
"Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" by The Smiths
Album: "William, It Was Really Nothing"
Time: 4:21 pm
Album: "William, It Was Really Nothing"
Time: 4:21 pm
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
me when applying for FTE positions these days
if y'all are going to continue to insist I take off my belt, shoes, and dump every other thing in my pocket into a bin just for security theater, you are getting a T-shirt and hoodie and you are lucky if I wear jeans, you weapons-grade plum.
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
if y'all are going to continue to insist I take off my belt, shoes, and dump every other thing in my pocket into a bin just for security theater, you are getting a T-shirt and hoodie and you are lucky if I wear jeans, you weapons-grade plum.
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Absolutely not, Real World.
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Absolutely not, Real World.
aaaaannnnnd just learned I'm out on that other opp.
fuck it, i'm going to work for myself now, I guess.
fuck it, i'm going to work for myself now, I guess.
okay, so another "we've moved forward with another candidate" email after an interview, but it was a very kind and complementary one.
I have one more opp I've interviewed for recently. If I'm out on that one, it's full-on-freelancer mode.
I have one more opp I've interviewed for recently. If I'm out on that one, it's full-on-freelancer mode.
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
aaaaannnnnd just learned I'm out on that other opp.
fuck it, i'm going to work for myself now, I guess.
fuck it, i'm going to work for myself now, I guess.
okay, so another "we've moved forward with another candidate" email after an interview, but it was a very kind and complementary one.
I have one more opp I've interviewed for recently. If I'm out on that one, it's full-on-freelancer mode.
I have one more opp I've interviewed for recently. If I'm out on that one, it's full-on-freelancer mode.
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
okay, so another "we've moved forward with another candidate" email after an interview, but it was a very kind and complementary one.
I have one more opp I've interviewed for recently. If I'm out on that one, it's full-on-freelancer mode.
I have one more opp I've interviewed for recently. If I'm out on that one, it's full-on-freelancer mode.
some absolute BS from DC United here, which built a soccer-specific stadium to increase the fan connection and presence and then goes scurrying right back to the NFL stadium to chase $$ if Messi decides he'll play
Update ...
Lionel Messi* and Inter Miami are indeed coming to Baltimore early in the 2026 MLS season to play D.C. United, which chose to play the high-profile match in much-larger M&T Bank Stadium over Audi Field, per sources.
*pending availability
Lionel Messi* and Inter Miami are indeed coming to Baltimore early in the 2026 MLS season to play D.C. United, which chose to play the high-profile match in much-larger M&T Bank Stadium over Audi Field, per sources.
*pending availability
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami to visit … Baltimore next year? D.C. United weighs M&T Bank Stadium for 2026 match.
Details:
sports.yahoo.com/soccer/break...
Details:
sports.yahoo.com/soccer/break...
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
some absolute BS from DC United here, which built a soccer-specific stadium to increase the fan connection and presence and then goes scurrying right back to the NFL stadium to chase $$ if Messi decides he'll play
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Can check! @pfriembeer.bsky.social ‘s Japanese Lager is giving me Asahi taste
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Can check! @pfriembeer.bsky.social ‘s Japanese Lager is giving me Asahi taste
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Bill Withers with Bobby Womack & Buddy Miles - The Midnight Special, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA, 3-22-1974 https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2025/11/bill-withers-with-bobby-womack-buddy.html
Bill Withers with Bobby Womack & Buddy Miles - The Midnight Special, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA, 3-22-1974
Here's another episode of the "Midnight Special" TV show. This one is hosted by singer-songwriter Bill Withers. But it's kind of a soul music triple header, because there are two guest stars, Bobby Womack and Buddy Miles, and they have larger roles than usual.
Normally when posting these Midnight Special episodes, I just have the main artist plus sometimes a guest artist. But this episode ended with Withers singing one of his songs with both Womack and Miles, so it made sense to include all three of them. That's especially so since they performed similar kinds of music.
The episode was rather short, however, so I added in some extra songs from other episodes. It turns out Withers only performed one more song for the show, "Lovely Day," in 1977. That isn't publicly available yet (with the episodes being rereleased one per week on YouTube), so I didn't have the option of including that one. However, both Womack and Miles performed the occasional song prior to this, so I included more of their songs. "Harry Hippie" by Bobby Womack is from an August 3, 1973 episode. "It's All Over Now" by Bobby Womack is from a June 15, 1973 episode. And "Life Is What You Make It" by Buddy Miles is from a June 7, 1974 episode. That's not all either of them did on the show, but hopefully some other stuff will come out on other albums I post eventually.
I edited the first track, where emcee Wolfman Jack is introducing the guests for the show. I removed the names of the other guests not included here. In case you're curious, they were Rory Gallagher, Montrose, Melissa Manchester, and Cliff de Young. I also got rid of the theme song playing in the background, and replaced it with more applause. And unfortunately, the last song, "Railroad Man," got abruptly cut off, due to the TV broadcast ending. Since it was a unique version with all three stars, I couldn't find a different version to finish it off. Instead, I faded it out and faded in some applause. So that's why those two songs have "[Edit]" in their titles.
This album is 45 minutes long.
01 talk [Edit] (Wolfman Jack)
02 Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
03 talk (Bill Withers)
04 Lookin' for a Love (Bobby Womack)
05 talk (Bill Withers)
06 You Really Got Me (Buddy Miles)
07 The Same Love that Made Me Laugh (Bill Withers)
08 Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out (Bobby Womack)
09 Lean on Me (Bill Withers)
10 Harry Hippie (Bobby Womack)
11 talk (Bill Withers)
12 Green Grass (Bill Withers)
13 It's All Over Now (Bobby Womack)
14 Life Is What You Make It (Buddy Miles)
15 Railroad Man [Edit] (Bill Withers, Bobby Womack & Buddy Miles)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/zdBKEC8X
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/Gu1S6BkLihVSfcf/file
The cover photo is a screenshot taken from this exact concert. From right to left: Bobby Womack, Bill Withers, and Buddy Miles.
albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Bill Withers with Bobby Womack & Buddy Miles - The Midnight Special, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA, 3-22-1974 https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2025/11/bill-withers-with-bobby-womack-buddy.html
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“Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”
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It's because seven ate nine
November 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It's because seven ate nine
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We had 69. The new generation only has 67. Shrinkflation is no joke.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
We had 69. The new generation only has 67. Shrinkflation is no joke.