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December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Couple of thoughts after watching The Perfect Neighbor on Netflix.
There should have been a way to resolve issues between this woman and her neighbors without involving the police, before it ended in a fatal shooting
If you're suspected of a crime, never talk to the police without a lawyer.
There should have been a way to resolve issues between this woman and her neighbors without involving the police, before it ended in a fatal shooting
If you're suspected of a crime, never talk to the police without a lawyer.
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Couple of thoughts after watching The Perfect Neighbor on Netflix.
There should have been a way to resolve issues between this woman and her neighbors without involving the police, before it ended in a fatal shooting
If you're suspected of a crime, never talk to the police without a lawyer.
There should have been a way to resolve issues between this woman and her neighbors without involving the police, before it ended in a fatal shooting
If you're suspected of a crime, never talk to the police without a lawyer.
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We gotta cut it out with this “you should vote as a civic duty, it doesn’t matter who you vote for” shit. If you can’t do the bare minimum to inform yourself as a citizen of the richest democracy in human history then maybe stay the fuck home
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We gotta cut it out with this “you should vote as a civic duty, it doesn’t matter who you vote for” shit. If you can’t do the bare minimum to inform yourself as a citizen of the richest democracy in human history then maybe stay the fuck home
Best comment and reply on the NYT 10 Best Books of 2025.
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Best comment and reply on the NYT 10 Best Books of 2025.
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From time to time in Los Angeles I meet people who were involved in the Nakatomi business. They always find this time of year difficult.
November 29, 2024 at 5:09 PM
From time to time in Los Angeles I meet people who were involved in the Nakatomi business. They always find this time of year difficult.
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The ontological argument for the existence of the Mammon. Did not expect this today, but here we all are.
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The ontological argument for the existence of the Mammon. Did not expect this today, but here we all are.
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I'm moving my annual twitter thanksgiving joke to Bluesky
November 26, 2024 at 1:28 AM
I'm moving my annual twitter thanksgiving joke to Bluesky
I love year-end best of lists. I've only read one on the @nytimes.com list, Daniel Kehlmann's The Director, and really enjoyed it. #giftlink www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I love year-end best of lists. I've only read one on the @nytimes.com list, Daniel Kehlmann's The Director, and really enjoyed it. #giftlink www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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PBS is celebrating Dick Van Dyke's centenary w/ a new documentary.
STARRING DICK VAN DYKE debuts Fri Dec 12 on AMERICAN MASTERS.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america... #PBS #DickVanDyke
STARRING DICK VAN DYKE debuts Fri Dec 12 on AMERICAN MASTERS.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america... #PBS #DickVanDyke
Starring Dick Van Dyke - About the documentary | American Masters | PBS
Ahead of his 100th birthday, celebrate the life and career of iconic actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke.
www.pbs.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
PBS is celebrating Dick Van Dyke's centenary w/ a new documentary.
STARRING DICK VAN DYKE debuts Fri Dec 12 on AMERICAN MASTERS.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america... #PBS #DickVanDyke
STARRING DICK VAN DYKE debuts Fri Dec 12 on AMERICAN MASTERS.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america... #PBS #DickVanDyke
I finally watched KPop Demon Hunters and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Interesting look at Korean culture with fun characters and catchy songs. I can see why the female empowerment storyline would be especially popular among tween and teen girls!
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I finally watched KPop Demon Hunters and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Interesting look at Korean culture with fun characters and catchy songs. I can see why the female empowerment storyline would be especially popular among tween and teen girls!
The best Burns documentary filmmaker is Ric and his best series is New York: A Documentary Film.
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The best Burns documentary filmmaker is Ric and his best series is New York: A Documentary Film.
We have that public state university system because the South seceded, so Congress was able to pass the Morrill Land-Grant Act.
Morrill and his Republican allies saw a new opportunity to pass an agricultural college bill. The secession of Southern states meant there would be far less opposition.
Morrill and his Republican allies saw a new opportunity to pass an agricultural college bill. The secession of Southern states meant there would be far less opposition.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We have that public state university system because the South seceded, so Congress was able to pass the Morrill Land-Grant Act.
Morrill and his Republican allies saw a new opportunity to pass an agricultural college bill. The secession of Southern states meant there would be far less opposition.
Morrill and his Republican allies saw a new opportunity to pass an agricultural college bill. The secession of Southern states meant there would be far less opposition.
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
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When the first quarter ends, the football game suddenly is out of mind. Iowa fans, players, coaches and staff and the visiting team turn toward the hospital and wave to the pediatric patients. The Hawkeye Wave started in 2017 to acknowledge the kids in the hospital who are watching.
When the first quarter ends, the football game suddenly is out of mind. Iowa fans, players, coaches and staff and the visiting team turn toward the hospital and wave to the pediatric patients. The Hawkeye Wave started in 2017 to acknowledge the kids in the hospital who are watching.
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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When the first quarter ends, the football game suddenly is out of mind. Iowa fans, players, coaches and staff and the visiting team turn toward the hospital and wave to the pediatric patients. The Hawkeye Wave started in 2017 to acknowledge the kids in the hospital who are watching.
When the first quarter ends, the football game suddenly is out of mind. Iowa fans, players, coaches and staff and the visiting team turn toward the hospital and wave to the pediatric patients. The Hawkeye Wave started in 2017 to acknowledge the kids in the hospital who are watching.
Many have made this point today but no one has made it so concisely.
trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Many have made this point today but no one has made it so concisely.
Another reason to avoid Home Depot: Solar panel salespeople roaming the aisles. The person said they were working *with* the store. I didn't bother to check on it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Another reason to avoid Home Depot: Solar panel salespeople roaming the aisles. The person said they were working *with* the store. I didn't bother to check on it.
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The mayor of NYC could also unleash daily sanitation, building & restaurant inspections on all Trump properties & see to it that the streets in front of them are dug up for noisy underground repairs taking months or years to complete so he's got at least an arrow or two of retaliation in his quiver
This piece normalizes the “temperamental president” and his threats to engage in extralegal punishment against New York City.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Mamdani’s meeting with Trump comes with a power disadvantage
The president has threatened to yank federal aid and send the National Guard to patrol the Big Apple.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The mayor of NYC could also unleash daily sanitation, building & restaurant inspections on all Trump properties & see to it that the streets in front of them are dug up for noisy underground repairs taking months or years to complete so he's got at least an arrow or two of retaliation in his quiver
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Trump just wants to be popular and I think he knows how popular Mamdani is
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Trump just wants to be popular and I think he knows how popular Mamdani is
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Way to knock down that strawman!
There are plenty of racists in NYC, and Boston, and Minneapolis, and everywhere!
But they run basically every state govt in the South.
Because there are more of them, with more social acceptance, and more power.
There are plenty of racists in NYC, and Boston, and Minneapolis, and everywhere!
But they run basically every state govt in the South.
Because there are more of them, with more social acceptance, and more power.
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Way to knock down that strawman!
There are plenty of racists in NYC, and Boston, and Minneapolis, and everywhere!
But they run basically every state govt in the South.
Because there are more of them, with more social acceptance, and more power.
There are plenty of racists in NYC, and Boston, and Minneapolis, and everywhere!
But they run basically every state govt in the South.
Because there are more of them, with more social acceptance, and more power.
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It's not growing unemployment, it's nap time for jobs!
* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALMOST QUIET TIME IN THE LABOR MARKET
@reuters.com #QuietTime
@reuters.com #QuietTime
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It's not growing unemployment, it's nap time for jobs!
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End-times thought experiment inspired by #Pluribus Episode 3:
Civilization is gone, you’re the last person standing, and you can salvage one complete TV series.
Which show are you choosing to stay sane?
Civilization is gone, you’re the last person standing, and you can salvage one complete TV series.
Which show are you choosing to stay sane?
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
End-times thought experiment inspired by #Pluribus Episode 3:
Civilization is gone, you’re the last person standing, and you can salvage one complete TV series.
Which show are you choosing to stay sane?
Civilization is gone, you’re the last person standing, and you can salvage one complete TV series.
Which show are you choosing to stay sane?
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OK, moralists:
If abortion is murder, then the sex act was conspiracy to commit murder.
If abortion is murder, then the sex act was conspiracy to commit murder.
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
OK, moralists:
If abortion is murder, then the sex act was conspiracy to commit murder.
If abortion is murder, then the sex act was conspiracy to commit murder.
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And if I'm being fair a lot of my fellow white people treat racism as a binary. Either you're an anti-racist or you're out there lighting up crosses, when the reality is we're all one thoughtless or clueless remark from being a dumb bigot. It stinks, but that's how it is.
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
And if I'm being fair a lot of my fellow white people treat racism as a binary. Either you're an anti-racist or you're out there lighting up crosses, when the reality is we're all one thoughtless or clueless remark from being a dumb bigot. It stinks, but that's how it is.
On my trip to the #twincities I also visited the Minneapolis Institute of Art. That got me wondering why Minneapolis, Chicago and Detroit all have art institutes while NYC, Boston and Philadelphia have art museums. Just coincidence? Anyone know, #MidwestSky, #HistorySky or #ArtSky?
November 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On my trip to the #twincities I also visited the Minneapolis Institute of Art. That got me wondering why Minneapolis, Chicago and Detroit all have art institutes while NYC, Boston and Philadelphia have art museums. Just coincidence? Anyone know, #MidwestSky, #HistorySky or #ArtSky?