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krm

@kmcn13.bsky.social

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Prof Emeritus of Lit and American Studies Editor, The City in American Lit and Culture, Cambridge Companion to the City in Literature, Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles, Author, Urban Verbs: Arts and Discourses of the American City

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krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 1h

6 feet, 3 inches (190 cm) tall and 224 pounds (102 kg)

with one foot on the scale

krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 1h

The old AL/NL story returns!

krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 1h

"the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on 'God hates everything/everyone I do.'"

Ross or his guest?

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 2h

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 9h

And, as he will never say, Poland in 1939 declined to invade the USSR as a German ally. And then the USSR agreed to invade Poland as a German ally. Details in my book "Black Earth"

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8d

❗️Putin's logic:Poland has provoked Hitler who wanted to find a peaceful solution:

Poland made many mistakes.Germany offered to resolve the issue of Danzig&the Danzig Corridor peacefully.The Polish leadership at the time categorically refused&,in the end, became the first victim of Nazi aggression

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krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 9h

It's a bird
It's a plane
It's We the People!

krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 9h

Ngo, Andy!

krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 9h

@unroll.skywriter.blue

krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 9h

How Are We Still Fighting About Obamacare?

Irresponsible, bothsides-oriented media, for one obvious thing.

How Are We Still Fighting About Obamacare?

The ACA worked, but nobody seems to know it.

www.theatlantic.com

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 9h

But, Joyce, you didn't tell Preet about the high school cheer, We don't drink. We don't smoke. Norfolk, Norfolk!

krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 23h

The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive

MAGA commentators are stepping up as soldiers in Trump’s culture war to provoke confrontations against “Antifa” with the backing of DHS.

www.thebulwark.com

krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 1d

Brandeis's

krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed, but I don't ever remember them invoking states' rights; more typically Brandis's "laboratory of democracy."

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 1d

⚡️NATO may let pilots fire on Russian jets after repeated airspace violations.

Allies are weighing tougher rules of engagement and large-scale drills near Russia to counter Moscow’s provocations.

NATO Considers Letting Pilots Fire on Russian Aircraft After Airspace Violations

NATO allies are considering enhanced responses to Russian provocations, including potential military engagements and revised rules of engagement on the eastern flank.

united24media.com

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krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 1d

The road to Hell is festooned with clickbait

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 1d

Has it evr been invoked for anything good?

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krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 1d

It's disturbing to this lay person that it's a live question whether good faith and honest dealing matter in presidential actions.
Bob Bauer answers in the affirmative.

Presidential Bad Faith in the Law of Emergency Power

Trump’s false claims about Portland matter a great deal in evaluating the legal basis for a military deployment in Portland—and in other cities.

www.execfunctions.org

krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 1d

Papers were due on trucker pills? Must have needed a microscope to read them.

krm @kmcn13.bsky.social · 1d

I had an editor do something like and enclose a cartoon of a guy typing "Thank you for your useful suggestions" while the thought balloon had him strangling the editor. It was a better essay and a useful lesson early on.