John Leavitt
@leavittalone.bsky.social
@Leavittalone from Twitter . Writer and cartoonist. Seen in The Toast, New Yorker, The Awl, The Nib, Racked, The Rumpus, The Baffler, etc. That guy you met at that party once. http://www.leavittalone.com/
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John Leavitt
@leavittalone.bsky.social
· Nov 11
John Leavitt talks ethical consumption under capitalism @ Drunk Educate
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Hello new followers, here is a sadly still relevant presentation I gave about What Is To Be Done www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6GH...
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A reminder: a solid majority of people really like these and approve of a competently-managed year-round program. The current policy stance of the city is “we’re intentionally making it economically impossible because some people claim they saw a dirty shed once”
Thousands of outdoor dining areas might not return to the city's roadways next spring, the result of what activists call a costly approval process created by the Adams administration when the program became seasonal.
Outdoor Dining Has Faded Out — And Not Just Because It's Winter - Streetsblog New York City
From thousands of pandemic-era eateries to perhaps just a few hundred, thanks to a seasonal, not year-round, program.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A reminder: a solid majority of people really like these and approve of a competently-managed year-round program. The current policy stance of the city is “we’re intentionally making it economically impossible because some people claim they saw a dirty shed once”
I would hate to be stricken
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I would hate to be stricken
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My @vanityfair.com oral history of PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES, released on this day in 1987:
'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' at 35: An Oral History of One of the Most Beloved Road Movies Ever Made
Starring Steve Martin and John Candy, the John Hughes road trip comedy had a nearly four-hour runtime at one point. Hear from cast, crew, and Hughes' family about the classic.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My @vanityfair.com oral history of PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES, released on this day in 1987:
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The machine that poisons you instantly
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...
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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
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November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The machine that poisons you instantly
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Fear, Novelty and Confirmation are Sugar, Salt, Fat of the attention economy.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Fear, Novelty and Confirmation are Sugar, Salt, Fat of the attention economy.
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Like one of them didn't know what red-lining was. Had never even heard of it. I explained it to him in the simplest terms and I could tell it completely ruined his day. This man graduated 4th in his class at a top 10 law school
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Like one of them didn't know what red-lining was. Had never even heard of it. I explained it to him in the simplest terms and I could tell it completely ruined his day. This man graduated 4th in his class at a top 10 law school
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The algorithm gets it. It really understands.
Upsides of listening to and following @cornerspaeti.operationglad.io: interesting and entertaining analysis of European current affairs
Downsides: I'm getting IG ads from a Volt MEP
Downsides: I'm getting IG ads from a Volt MEP
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The algorithm gets it. It really understands.
Ewes Loving Ewes, Ram4Ram
The headline and subheading are typical conservative bait but then I read the article and it's really sweet actually??
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Ewes Loving Ewes, Ram4Ram
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The actual thing NVIDIA should've said here was literally nothing. This company had zero need to push this out. This is 100% a Client Gone Wild situation, Jensen Huang is frothing at the mouth and swinging. No sane accountant or lawyer would let this go out the door.
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The actual thing NVIDIA should've said here was literally nothing. This company had zero need to push this out. This is 100% a Client Gone Wild situation, Jensen Huang is frothing at the mouth and swinging. No sane accountant or lawyer would let this go out the door.
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Here's the thing: the problem here isn't that NVIDIA is doing circular accounting (necessarily), it's that receivables are growing and so is inventory, which makes people worried things are being shipped without payment. It could be fine!
I believed things were fine more before I read this memo.
I believed things were fine more before I read this memo.
I mean, it'd be even funnier if they didn't even realize they were doing circular accounting with all of these deals, so this was totally sincere on their part. It would really underline how much this is run by people who are way out of their depth given the scale of everything they're involved in.
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Here's the thing: the problem here isn't that NVIDIA is doing circular accounting (necessarily), it's that receivables are growing and so is inventory, which makes people worried things are being shipped without payment. It could be fine!
I believed things were fine more before I read this memo.
I believed things were fine more before I read this memo.
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🎶
Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty (Official Live | 1980)
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November 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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When I realized that I’m like the god of my gut microbiome, I started eating in mysterious ways
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
When I realized that I’m like the god of my gut microbiome, I started eating in mysterious ways
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Folks, as you head to your parents' homes for the holiday, please remember to turn motion smoothing off in the settings of their TV. And on your way back home please be sure turn it back on
November 20, 2023 at 5:41 AM
Folks, as you head to your parents' homes for the holiday, please remember to turn motion smoothing off in the settings of their TV. And on your way back home please be sure turn it back on
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A fabulous pre-code gag from "Wonder Bar" (1934)
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A fabulous pre-code gag from "Wonder Bar" (1934)
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The Chair Company has the highest incidence of "sentences that have never been said before" in all of modern media
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Chair Company has the highest incidence of "sentences that have never been said before" in all of modern media
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I’m going to get replies from people “explaining” to me what they think is happening, but I promise you, I’ve already looked into it. This has been going on for years. It’s just part of our lives now.
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’m going to get replies from people “explaining” to me what they think is happening, but I promise you, I’ve already looked into it. This has been going on for years. It’s just part of our lives now.
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Every few months my wife gets an identical package from Amazon that she does not order or pay for, containing eco-friendly laundry detergent sheets and joint medicine for small dogs. She has never used either of these products, has no dog, there’s no gift message, she is not charged.
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Every few months my wife gets an identical package from Amazon that she does not order or pay for, containing eco-friendly laundry detergent sheets and joint medicine for small dogs. She has never used either of these products, has no dog, there’s no gift message, she is not charged.
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My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
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the fact that mlms are legal here and that the chairman of the board of the heritage foundation is the daughter of one of the amway founders should be informative to more people, i think
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
the fact that mlms are legal here and that the chairman of the board of the heritage foundation is the daughter of one of the amway founders should be informative to more people, i think
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I know I keep saying this but I can't express how proud of I am of Mattie. This book is such an accomplishment, a huge leap forward in her work, and it'd be a shame if you didn't have a copy.
thrilled and honored for SIMPLICITY to be on here. thank you NPR~
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I know I keep saying this but I can't express how proud of I am of Mattie. This book is such an accomplishment, a huge leap forward in her work, and it'd be a shame if you didn't have a copy.
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'Either you make it 2011 again with cheap money and everyone loving us, or China gets God to smite you' bsky.app/profile/cutt...
For true believer dopes like Sacks they sincerely think China will make Skynet first and use it to hack the Pentagon or whatever. The language just mysteriously shifts from Unlimited Outsourcing to Grave National Threat now that even oafs like Jim Cramer are calling bubble
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
'Either you make it 2011 again with cheap money and everyone loving us, or China gets God to smite you' bsky.app/profile/cutt...
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Asking for the government to bail out half of GDP growth because we can't afford to 'go backwards' really shoring up my suspicions that these guys genuinely do not realize that the next step up from 'too big to fail' is 'too big to save'
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Asking for the government to bail out half of GDP growth because we can't afford to 'go backwards' really shoring up my suspicions that these guys genuinely do not realize that the next step up from 'too big to fail' is 'too big to save'
Gonna put duck sauce on some duck, no one can stop me
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Gonna put duck sauce on some duck, no one can stop me