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Gene Weingarten
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Former Wapo humor columnist, current writer, cartoonist, and misanthrope.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 12h
This guy has been doing schtick, right? (I think so.)
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Where Have You Gone, Steven Cheung?
I really expected more from the rotund White House Communications Director after his boss didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 17h
Aww. Thank you.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 18h
Understood. I do not disagree.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 18h
On desensitization to violence ... and bugs. geneweingarten.substack.com/p/diogenes-t...
Diogenes The Bug
On Sunday, September 14, at 12:20 p.m.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 1d
Oh, please, oh, please, oh, please...
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I HAVE A GREAT IDEA!
And I am going to share it with all of you now.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 2d
Am I overreacting?
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Full Stop.
There were two startling moments of silence by public officials on two consecutive days this week.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 4d
Do we really need copy editors?
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You May Have to Read This Twice
Hello. Last week I disclosed that the Washington Post Opinions section had fired all its copy editors (a statement AI instantly hopped on, reporting that I’d said the entire Post had fired all it’s co...
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 5d
Is the word "panties" demeaning / diminutizing? (A poll within)
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Well, I'm Not Buying It.
Welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool, where, in return for this post of questionable entertainment value, I seek your Anecdotes and Observations for use next week.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 9d
Hegseth is the loud drunk in first class who is now flying the plane. geneweingarten.substack.com/p/loud-and-c...
Loud And Clear, Sir.
Humor. Outrageous discussions, surprising observations, live chats, polls, and the weekly Invitational humor contest (formerly The Washington Post's Style Invitational). Significant misanthropy tem...
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 10d
It might be something simpler!
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Is This Trump's Brain?
... Has he gone nuts? (Or is it something ... simpler?)
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 12d
There is a salacious story in here regarding a ham sandwich and illicit sex.
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Order in the Court! "I'll Have a Ham on Rye."
Hello, welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool, in which I entertain you in return for your Anecdotes and Observations for my use next week.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 14d
I think the answer is yes.
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The Question of the Day
As we know, Donald Trump ordered Erik Siebert, the acting U.S.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 14d
He's just gonna be passing out MAGA hats and sending them on their way.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 14d
Wherein I revisit my shame. And my death.
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I Read It. I Wept.
Hello. A few days ago I got this email from a reader.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 15d
Become a devotee of the Invitational. These people are funny as hell.
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The Invitational Week 143: Give Us a Few Dozen Igs
Propose an Ig Nobel-worthy study. Plus winning Ask Backwards questions.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 16d
My shocking interview with a Trump enthusiast after the U.N. speech.
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Here Lies Donald Trump...
Hello.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 17d
Wow! Those crazy Democrats!
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Wow. Just . . . Wow.
Sorry for a second posting today. Just a couple of paragraphs, and a poll.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 17d
The stunning fallout from The Rapture and the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
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Short-Term Thinking
Welcome to the end of the world. (I mean this literally, and not, as you might expect, figuratively tied to the depredations of the Trump regime.)
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 18d
Welcome to the F.U. presidency. Now, F.U.
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Oh, Man. Homan.
. . . Ho Man?
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 20d
Have you ever known anyone who consumes beverages the way Rachel and Popeye do?
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You Weirdo.
Hello, welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool, where, in return for entertaining you, I seek your Observations and Anecdotes for my use in embarrassing you next week.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 21d
Sorry about the headline.
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Goebbels Drives a Carr
The following headline appeared in The New York Times on February 4, 1939:
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 23d
Had enough yet?
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Jimmying The System
This will be short.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 23d
Looking back at history, and ahead to Trump.
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The Fire This Time?
In Berlin on Monday, February 27, 1933, the Reichstag — Germany’s parliament, home of its legislative branch — was gutted by fire.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 24d
I file a lawsuit, too!
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Trump Sues The NY Times for Defamation!
Seeks $15B, more than newspaper is worth, because what it wrote hurt his feelings.
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Gene Weingarten @geneweingarten.bsky.social · 24d
Thank you.
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