David J. Loehr
@djl.bsky.social
aka @dloehr on the bird site
Writer & performer, The Incomparable Radio Theater
Co-creator, Where or When?
Panelist, The Incomparable
Host, Afoot
Co-host, Magnum, podcast
Playwright, podcaster, father, cat bed, he/him
davidjloehr.com/links/
Writer & performer, The Incomparable Radio Theater
Co-creator, Where or When?
Panelist, The Incomparable
Host, Afoot
Co-host, Magnum, podcast
Playwright, podcaster, father, cat bed, he/him
davidjloehr.com/links/
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No fan, but when they’re right they’re right.
Venezuelan Minister of Interior Diosdado Cabello: “It is very difficult to find a more stupid American Secretary of State than Marco Rubio."
Venezuelan Minister of Interior Diosdado Cabello: “It is very difficult to find a more stupid American Secretary of State than Marco Rubio."
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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The word 'Orwellian' is overused, but calling countries with active human rights protections 'human rights violators' is pure doublespeak.
Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The word 'Orwellian' is overused, but calling countries with active human rights protections 'human rights violators' is pure doublespeak.
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I wrote about one of my favorite Peanuts comic strips of all time—and a whole bunch of other ones—and why this one might be the richest single expression of Charles Schulz’s interests and imaginative world.
“Peanuts”: Suffering, baseball, and religion
[comics and the problem of evil]
greydanus.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I wrote about one of my favorite Peanuts comic strips of all time—and a whole bunch of other ones—and why this one might be the richest single expression of Charles Schulz’s interests and imaginative world.
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You can tell it's an AI recipe if the personal backstory is really insipid
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You can tell it's an AI recipe if the personal backstory is really insipid
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the pope is infallible except when I disagree with him
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
the pope is infallible except when I disagree with him
The college kids in this house gets news from actual news sites, Last Week Tonight, Late Night with Seth Meyers. Mostly, they seek out real news so they can get all the jokes.
And they don't bother with TikTok or Instagram because "those are just people looking for attention".
And they don't bother with TikTok or Instagram because "those are just people looking for attention".
“Most of the time, if the video is big enough, you will see something in the top comments telling you, like, ‘Hey, this is just wrong.’ That’s when I would actually look.”
Read more: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The college kids in this house gets news from actual news sites, Last Week Tonight, Late Night with Seth Meyers. Mostly, they seek out real news so they can get all the jokes.
And they don't bother with TikTok or Instagram because "those are just people looking for attention".
And they don't bother with TikTok or Instagram because "those are just people looking for attention".
They stormed the Capitol on January 6th.
Justice will be served at the White House on Tuesday as Trump pardons a pair of turkeys for fowl reasons, participating in the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. https://cnn.it/48iywxI
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
They stormed the Capitol on January 6th.
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the corporate press softsells it, and "AI" gets all the attention, but this administration really is trying to impose a ban on all federal and state oversight of corporate power
Trump revives unpopular Ted Cruz plan to punish states that impose AI laws
Cruz plan to block broadband funding lost 99-1, but now it’s back—in Trump form.
arstechnica.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the corporate press softsells it, and "AI" gets all the attention, but this administration really is trying to impose a ban on all federal and state oversight of corporate power
They've aged out of it, but if our boys were still in the scouts, that is an activity we would not have done.
Perhaps this helps explain why, when my son’s den was writing letters to thank soldiers for their service (as they do every year), it was recommended that the messages begin “Dear Warrior.” www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
They've aged out of it, but if our boys were still in the scouts, that is an activity we would not have done.
Thread.
in general, the moment after a surprising, decisive victory seems like the time to study why that person won, not to lecture them on how they theoretically could have won better
OPINION: "Calling the president a fascist does nothing to advance the Democrats’ cause — and more of the party’s leaders would do well to realize that." — Jonathan Zimmerman
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thread.
In all my flying, I think I've seen people dressed in pajamas a handful of times. In every case, they were small children about to board a long flight.
"It honors our country"? Removing a convicted felon and adjudicated sex offender from the Oval Office would honor our country much better.
"It honors our country"? Removing a convicted felon and adjudicated sex offender from the Oval Office would honor our country much better.
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 9:47 PM
In all my flying, I think I've seen people dressed in pajamas a handful of times. In every case, they were small children about to board a long flight.
"It honors our country"? Removing a convicted felon and adjudicated sex offender from the Oval Office would honor our country much better.
"It honors our country"? Removing a convicted felon and adjudicated sex offender from the Oval Office would honor our country much better.
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I am not taking lessons in comportment from anyone who voluntarily participated in an MTV reality show.
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 8:19 PM
I am not taking lessons in comportment from anyone who voluntarily participated in an MTV reality show.
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New York Times gonna have to dispatch reporters to hang out in diners outside of Novosibirsk to get their finger on the pulse of MAGA stalwarts
X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... by @angelayang.bsky.social
X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts
The function, which shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was create...
www.nbcnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New York Times gonna have to dispatch reporters to hang out in diners outside of Novosibirsk to get their finger on the pulse of MAGA stalwarts
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
Just when I think he can't possibly be more pathetic, he surprises me yet again.
I do believe he's neither smart enough nor witty enough to roast anyone without Grok's help--look at how smooth he is at basic conversation while explaining it--but good grief, get a life, man.
I do believe he's neither smart enough nor witty enough to roast anyone without Grok's help--look at how smooth he is at basic conversation while explaining it--but good grief, get a life, man.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Just when I think he can't possibly be more pathetic, he surprises me yet again.
I do believe he's neither smart enough nor witty enough to roast anyone without Grok's help--look at how smooth he is at basic conversation while explaining it--but good grief, get a life, man.
I do believe he's neither smart enough nor witty enough to roast anyone without Grok's help--look at how smooth he is at basic conversation while explaining it--but good grief, get a life, man.
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The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
Our boys are not on Facebook, and most if not all of their friends avoid it as well.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Our boys are not on Facebook, and most if not all of their friends avoid it as well.
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This is really going off on a tangent, so I decided to make a new thread. The reason why I also like this timeline instead of others tying Wayne to Falcone is that it pulls Batman into the modern era and stops pinning crime on "the mob." Billionaires ARE the mob.
I don't really care if this is a popular or unpopular opinion. It's mine. Make this book canon. Martha Wayne getting got because she went back to her journo roots to try to take down a billionaire pedophile ring instead of spending her days being a trophy wife is what I need.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This is really going off on a tangent, so I decided to make a new thread. The reason why I also like this timeline instead of others tying Wayne to Falcone is that it pulls Batman into the modern era and stops pinning crime on "the mob." Billionaires ARE the mob.
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli, Charlie Brown
Forget it, Charlie Brown, it's Chinatown
I did it 35 minutes ago, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli, Charlie Brown
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RFK Jr. is a menace.
I wrote about his harm to just people with chronic illness (out of so many other harms) for the SF Chronicle, see unpaywalled version at archive.ph/KPhx4
I wrote about his harm to just people with chronic illness (out of so many other harms) for the SF Chronicle, see unpaywalled version at archive.ph/KPhx4
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
RFK Jr. is a menace.
I wrote about his harm to just people with chronic illness (out of so many other harms) for the SF Chronicle, see unpaywalled version at archive.ph/KPhx4
I wrote about his harm to just people with chronic illness (out of so many other harms) for the SF Chronicle, see unpaywalled version at archive.ph/KPhx4
Nope.
As OpenAI expands in every direction, the new CEO of Applications is on a mission to make ChatGPT indispensable and lucrative.
OpenAI's Fidji Simo Plans to Make ChatGPT Way More Useful—and Have You Pay For It
As OpenAI expands in every direction, the new CEO of Applications is on a mission to make ChatGPT indispensable and lucrative.
wrd.cm
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Nope.
Coward.
TAPPER: You were the deciding vote that allowed RFK Jr to ascend to the role of Health Secretary. Did you give him too much credit?
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Coward.
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I love everything about this, but maybe especially:
"your private, cloistered reveries turn out to be one of the best ways to create that shared, inclusive space that can shelter other people."
"your private, cloistered reveries turn out to be one of the best ways to create that shared, inclusive space that can shelter other people."
So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
"The Enemy of Imagination": Here's the Speech I Gave Last Night
I had such an incredible day yesterday, y’all. First I was at the Trans Day of Literature at George Mason University, talking with incredible authors...
buttondown.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I love everything about this, but maybe especially:
"your private, cloistered reveries turn out to be one of the best ways to create that shared, inclusive space that can shelter other people."
"your private, cloistered reveries turn out to be one of the best ways to create that shared, inclusive space that can shelter other people."
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Let’s see if one single pundit who said there was some great realignment of American sentiment with this last election, based on what they saw on the Nazi-owned platform overrun by foreign actors, offers any retractions or corrections for their gullibility.
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Let’s see if one single pundit who said there was some great realignment of American sentiment with this last election, based on what they saw on the Nazi-owned platform overrun by foreign actors, offers any retractions or corrections for their gullibility.
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“Hold on, you mean what you say?”
Welker: Do you think that Trump is a fascist?
Mamdani: That’s something that I’ve said in the past. I say it today.
Welker: You’ve called him a despot. Do you still believe Trump is a threat to the democracy?
Mamdani: Everything that I’ve said in the past, I continue to believe.
Mamdani: That’s something that I’ve said in the past. I say it today.
Welker: You’ve called him a despot. Do you still believe Trump is a threat to the democracy?
Mamdani: Everything that I’ve said in the past, I continue to believe.
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Hold on, you mean what you say?”