Il Pomodoro
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Dad, cyclist, pianist, lawyer
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Another reminder about how one of the country's most prestigious publications decided to celebrate "whooping cough is back" week
One thing about RFKuzzi is that I feel like we all need to recognize these cloying “personal” details as signs of simpering sycophancy.
When a reporter breathlessly says he was at RFK Jr’s side when he heard the Kirk news, we should think: “Oh, I get it. This reporter is a huge piece of shit.”
When a reporter breathlessly says he was at RFK Jr’s side when he heard the Kirk news, we should think: “Oh, I get it. This reporter is a huge piece of shit.”
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Another reminder about how one of the country's most prestigious publications decided to celebrate "whooping cough is back" week
WELLLLLLLLLLLL
Such baby stuff to want every entertainment option to center you all the time. For me I don't even know what that would be. Halftime show by Jeff Tweedy?
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
WELLLLLLLLLLLL
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"In being wrong, we were more right than ever before" ass post
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"In being wrong, we were more right than ever before" ass post
People are getting mad here, but most journalists actually like RFK because they agree with his positions on eugenics and covid lockdowns, and will never forgive Biden for ending the Afghan war. Not explicitly a sex thing most of the time.
I assume journalists do this stuff all the time. Maybe more on the editorial side, but as a non-journalist, I don’t particularly care what part of the organization is tasked to do the consent-manufacturing. This assumption is based on my observations of journalism in the run up to the Iraq War.
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
People are getting mad here, but most journalists actually like RFK because they agree with his positions on eugenics and covid lockdowns, and will never forgive Biden for ending the Afghan war. Not explicitly a sex thing most of the time.
I remember when we were nostalgic for good things, like the late 1960s, not like today when we're nostalgic for crap.
The advent of free worldwide publishing for all, and the ensuing need for publishers to outcompete all other publishers for attention, has turned public communication into an endless tournament to discover the most potent emotional payloads that can be embedded in media.
The winner: toxic nostalgia
The winner: toxic nostalgia
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I remember when we were nostalgic for good things, like the late 1960s, not like today when we're nostalgic for crap.
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Ruben Gallego being weird about gender and sexuality means I am once again putting up a huge banner that says WE TOLD YOU SO in the front hallway of the CWRS Protagonist Theory building
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ruben Gallego being weird about gender and sexuality means I am once again putting up a huge banner that says WE TOLD YOU SO in the front hallway of the CWRS Protagonist Theory building
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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Like, this is a dogshit, transphobic opinion from Gallego, but I'm more upset by how not-true it is?
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Like, this is a dogshit, transphobic opinion from Gallego, but I'm more upset by how not-true it is?
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also, dig the finger-pointing now that the court is indicating serious business
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
also, dig the finger-pointing now that the court is indicating serious business
She should be wearing a riding helmet.
This is one of the ads made through a contract to Tricia McLaughlin’s husband’s company.
this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
She should be wearing a riding helmet.
Greg Bovino's more out of his depth than a private investigator hired by the wife of the head of the Los Angeles water commission!
"Son, Jack Nicholson doesn't have traditional leading man looks and came up in the Hollywood New Wave. He typically plays antiheroes or other character pieces."
Gregory Bovino’s sister, on him being mad at The Border:
“Greg was so psyched because he'd read all these articles and loved the toughness and the values of all these old timers. Then he went to the movie, and the Border Patrol person was a criminal.” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Greg was so psyched because he'd read all these articles and loved the toughness and the values of all these old timers. Then he went to the movie, and the Border Patrol person was a criminal.” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Greg Bovino's more out of his depth than a private investigator hired by the wife of the head of the Los Angeles water commission!
"Son, Jack Nicholson doesn't have traditional leading man looks and came up in the Hollywood New Wave. He typically plays antiheroes or other character pieces."
Gregory Bovino’s sister, on him being mad at The Border:
“Greg was so psyched because he'd read all these articles and loved the toughness and the values of all these old timers. Then he went to the movie, and the Border Patrol person was a criminal.” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Greg was so psyched because he'd read all these articles and loved the toughness and the values of all these old timers. Then he went to the movie, and the Border Patrol person was a criminal.” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
How a family secret led Greg Bovino to lead Trump's border crackdown
Before he became the face of Trump's tough ICE policies, Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino endured a childhood marked by a family scandal that changed the trajectory of his life.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Son, Jack Nicholson doesn't have traditional leading man looks and came up in the Hollywood New Wave. He typically plays antiheroes or other character pieces."
There's a brand new dance
But I don't know its name
That people from bad homes
Do again and again
But I don't know its name
That people from bad homes
Do again and again
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
There's a brand new dance
But I don't know its name
That people from bad homes
Do again and again
But I don't know its name
That people from bad homes
Do again and again
Why don't you say what you mean. Is it here to stay? Probably. Is it good? Unanswerable. Are you trawling? Assuredly: the fact you ask human beings and not your LLM says it all.
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Why don't you say what you mean. Is it here to stay? Probably. Is it good? Unanswerable. Are you trawling? Assuredly: the fact you ask human beings and not your LLM says it all.
Crossword more willing to say a tariff is a tax than the political page
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Crossword more willing to say a tariff is a tax than the political page
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Can’t get much further left than a guy literally named Teddy KGB
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Can’t get much further left than a guy literally named Teddy KGB
I think it’s generally male coded and since politics is gender, that’s how he gets there. But it turns out Zohran is both left AND male? Will be looking into it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I think it’s generally male coded and since politics is gender, that’s how he gets there. But it turns out Zohran is both left AND male? Will be looking into it.
Lorenzo Da Ponte biopic
Finally getting the Confederacy of Dunces movie done.
Hip hop musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton
Finally getting the Confederacy of Dunces movie done.
Hip hop musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton
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 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Lorenzo Da Ponte biopic
Finally getting the Confederacy of Dunces movie done.
Hip hop musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton
Finally getting the Confederacy of Dunces movie done.
Hip hop musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton
It's wild to me that pension fraud helps you live longer. Do what you love I guess!
Blue Zones: areas of surprising longevity driven by a combination of inaccurate birth records and extensive pension fraud.
Thanksgiving doesn’t have to mean delicious but unhealthy dishes. You can have flavor plus boost longevity with these five tips from blue zone researcher Dan Buettner. https://cnn.it/4rAnU6m
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It's wild to me that pension fraud helps you live longer. Do what you love I guess!
You'll be visited by three spirits.
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
You'll be visited by three spirits.
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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My actual food discourse take is that the problem with low stakes Internet discourse like the food stuff isn’t the people with opinions, it’s the people who act like you kicked their dog if you say you don’t like something they do. Learn how to not take other people’s opinions personally.
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My actual food discourse take is that the problem with low stakes Internet discourse like the food stuff isn’t the people with opinions, it’s the people who act like you kicked their dog if you say you don’t like something they do. Learn how to not take other people’s opinions personally.