Leslie Molson
@ladymolson.com
Middle-aged woman who lives in New Orleans. "I didn't ask for it, I don't want it, and now I can't disable it."
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I don't think $140k makes sense as a "poverty line," but worth noting such a family is likely paying a similar or higher total effective tax rate than most billionaires.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I don't think $140k makes sense as a "poverty line," but worth noting such a family is likely paying a similar or higher total effective tax rate than most billionaires.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
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Eric makes a great point. When I log onto a social media website, I only want to see posts about things literally everyone does. Breathing. Shitting. Eating—but only in the most general terms, obviously.
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Eric makes a great point. When I log onto a social media website, I only want to see posts about things literally everyone does. Breathing. Shitting. Eating—but only in the most general terms, obviously.
I'd forgotten how many kitchen products and appliances came with physical cookbooks.
Are your #Thanksgiving cooking plans half-baked? 🧑🍳 Don’t stew in your own juices—simmer down and take some time ⏲️ out to peruse these vintage manuals for slow cookers, blenders, cookware & ovens.
Feast your eyes on even more vintage kitchen manuals, guides, & cookbooks ➡️ archive.org/details/@ias...
Feast your eyes on even more vintage kitchen manuals, guides, & cookbooks ➡️ archive.org/details/@ias...
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'd forgotten how many kitchen products and appliances came with physical cookbooks.
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Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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When you spend $100 at a local business, $63 stays in the local economy compared to $22 at national chain stores. That drops to $0 if you buy something online.
This weekend is the ‘Super Bowl’ for small businesses in Alaska
Find details of where to shop local, plus a list of craft fairs.
akpub.io
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
When you spend $100 at a local business, $63 stays in the local economy compared to $22 at national chain stores. That drops to $0 if you buy something online.
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Well here we go www.wwltv.com/article/news...
5 taken into custody by ICE in Gretna, police say
Authorities said the individuals were detained at Home Depot on the Westbank.
www.wwltv.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Well here we go www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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Vintage Deception.
The titles of certain television shows were altered for syndication in order to create the illusion of a new program.
The titles of certain television shows were altered for syndication in order to create the illusion of a new program.
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Vintage Deception.
The titles of certain television shows were altered for syndication in order to create the illusion of a new program.
The titles of certain television shows were altered for syndication in order to create the illusion of a new program.
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AI bot got me so mad I yelled at it, put that in your machine learning dickhead
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
AI bot got me so mad I yelled at it, put that in your machine learning dickhead
You mean a piece of paper doesn't guarantee a long-lasting intimate relationship anymore?
Quiet divorce: why people are checking out of their marriage emotionally – without telling their partner
Quiet divorce: why people are checking out of their marriage emotionally – without telling their partner
Are you ready to ‘go zombie’ in your relationship, lowering your expectations of it, forging your own separate life, but staying wed? You’re just one of many who are ‘subconsciously uncoupling’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
You mean a piece of paper doesn't guarantee a long-lasting intimate relationship anymore?
Lmfao
This mailer being sent out in #NY17 is WILD.
All of the wording about Mike Lawler is technically accurate, but hoo-boy the design choices here are something to behold.
Definitely zoom in and read for yourself.
Image courtesy of @timmyfacciola.bsky.social on X.
All of the wording about Mike Lawler is technically accurate, but hoo-boy the design choices here are something to behold.
Definitely zoom in and read for yourself.
Image courtesy of @timmyfacciola.bsky.social on X.
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Lmfao
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(1/X) Quick thing on the shutdown....yes Dems shouldn't have caved when they did but they won the shutdown politically: they killed in the elections and are soaring in the generic ballot.
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
(1/X) Quick thing on the shutdown....yes Dems shouldn't have caved when they did but they won the shutdown politically: they killed in the elections and are soaring in the generic ballot.
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
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My French term of the day: les gaz lacrymogènes = tear gas.
I like it. So much more evocative than the English phrase. Maybe we should start calling it lachrymose* gas.
* A sadly underused adjective.
I like it. So much more evocative than the English phrase. Maybe we should start calling it lachrymose* gas.
* A sadly underused adjective.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My French term of the day: les gaz lacrymogènes = tear gas.
I like it. So much more evocative than the English phrase. Maybe we should start calling it lachrymose* gas.
* A sadly underused adjective.
I like it. So much more evocative than the English phrase. Maybe we should start calling it lachrymose* gas.
* A sadly underused adjective.
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Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
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He absolutely was trying that, but his tweet there (with screenshots in the comments) hasn't attracted any of the attention he hoped it would.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
He absolutely was trying that, but his tweet there (with screenshots in the comments) hasn't attracted any of the attention he hoped it would.
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Oh really? "they/them" pronouns are woke? Did you know "they/them" comes from Old Norse, whereas "he/she" come from old English? They/them are the pronouns of Vikings.
Would you call Sweyn Forkbeard "woke"? And Eric Bloodaxe? Woke too? And I suppose even Ivar the Boneless was woke. Get real.
Would you call Sweyn Forkbeard "woke"? And Eric Bloodaxe? Woke too? And I suppose even Ivar the Boneless was woke. Get real.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Oh really? "they/them" pronouns are woke? Did you know "they/them" comes from Old Norse, whereas "he/she" come from old English? They/them are the pronouns of Vikings.
Would you call Sweyn Forkbeard "woke"? And Eric Bloodaxe? Woke too? And I suppose even Ivar the Boneless was woke. Get real.
Would you call Sweyn Forkbeard "woke"? And Eric Bloodaxe? Woke too? And I suppose even Ivar the Boneless was woke. Get real.
I wrote a fan letter to Jeremy Irons, and he responded, ending with "you have the best handwriting I've ever seen from an American."
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I wrote a fan letter to Jeremy Irons, and he responded, ending with "you have the best handwriting I've ever seen from an American."
I feel lucky that I'm old enough to remember when some films showed movies continuously, meaning that one could sit down at any time, then leave at any time. It's a neat, stress-free way of seeing movies in theatres.
OTD 1942 Casablanca opened at the Hollywood Theater in nyc.
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I feel lucky that I'm old enough to remember when some films showed movies continuously, meaning that one could sit down at any time, then leave at any time. It's a neat, stress-free way of seeing movies in theatres.
I made some dude so angry when I told him I considered poker to be largely a game of chance, which I do (don't @ me). He insisted it was entirely a game of skill. I then won our poker game.
i kinda agree that poker isn't very left-coded because 1) it's male-coded and 2) gambling generally is clearly right-coded now.
that doesn't mean lefty people can't, shouldn't, or don't play poker and it certainly shouldn't be a surprise that e.g. Mamdani does
that doesn't mean lefty people can't, shouldn't, or don't play poker and it certainly shouldn't be a surprise that e.g. Mamdani does
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I made some dude so angry when I told him I considered poker to be largely a game of chance, which I do (don't @ me). He insisted it was entirely a game of skill. I then won our poker game.
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anything you wouldn’t do in front of your partner.
11. What do you consider cheating?
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
anything you wouldn’t do in front of your partner.
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Nativists love to talk about the costs of immigrants, but each ICE agent is making $213,000 in total compensation to destroy our rights, freedoms, families, friendships, neighborhoods, and economies. Worse than a "welfare queen." It'd be better to pay them to stay home.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Nativists love to talk about the costs of immigrants, but each ICE agent is making $213,000 in total compensation to destroy our rights, freedoms, families, friendships, neighborhoods, and economies. Worse than a "welfare queen." It'd be better to pay them to stay home.
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FBI agent, in his underwear, delivering $1,000,000 to a plane hijacker. 1972 www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPor...
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
FBI agent, in his underwear, delivering $1,000,000 to a plane hijacker. 1972 www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPor...
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You can’t blame it all on private equity and Facebook. Some of the death of your local paper is good old fashioned incompetence, and racism.
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
You can’t blame it all on private equity and Facebook. Some of the death of your local paper is good old fashioned incompetence, and racism.
I saw this on the big screen recently and it is so gorgeous. Coward's writing is brilliant. I can't imagine Hollywood being able to pull it off without being facile and too saccharine.
Noël Coward’s 🇬🇧British romantic drama “BRIEF ENCOUNTER” directed by David Lean was theatrically released #OTD in 1945 to widespread critical acclaim. It received three nominations at the 19th Academy Awards, Best Director, Best Actress (for Johnson), and Best Adapted Screenplay
🎬 Eagle-Lion Films
🎬 Eagle-Lion Films
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I saw this on the big screen recently and it is so gorgeous. Coward's writing is brilliant. I can't imagine Hollywood being able to pull it off without being facile and too saccharine.
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I didn't understand until I looked down and OMG lol
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I didn't understand until I looked down and OMG lol