liprap
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Sky's the limit over here. Rockin' the greater Houston area 'burbs…exiled from New Orleans, but not in the Napoleonic sense. Trans-Sabine Texmudgeon. Also found on 🧵 as liprap3. https://liprapslament-theline.blogspot.com
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"Every day, I am struck by all the ways in which we are reliving the 1890s.
"In that era too, consumers organized, using their buying power to affect politics."
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
"In that era too, consumers organized, using their buying power to affect politics."
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 25, 2025
Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"Every day, I am struck by all the ways in which we are reliving the 1890s.
"In that era too, consumers organized, using their buying power to affect politics."
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
"In that era too, consumers organized, using their buying power to affect politics."
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
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same
Still have yet to see AI make my life better in any way
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
same
Heh, I had my warm-up last night. Baking another cranberry orange tart after work today.
Good morning from the most hectic baking day of the year, the pinnacle of home baking, all of our prep has led to this moment.
:: cracks knuckles ::
Put on your tennis shoes and soften some butter, it’s Geaux Time.
:: cracks knuckles ::
Put on your tennis shoes and soften some butter, it’s Geaux Time.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Heh, I had my warm-up last night. Baking another cranberry orange tart after work today.
Hee hee hee hee hee
I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing, yeah we would sled down hills in the winter with whatever we had on hand, toboggans, crazy carpets, tubes 😂 someone always got injured because of jumps on the hills or wipeouts #Canada
Credit to momodoulk
Credit to momodoulk
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Hee hee hee hee hee
I can't head to my parents' for turkey day this year, but my husband, my son, and this cranberry orange tart will be making the trip.
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New York Times Cranberry Tart from NYT Cooking - Plum Street Collective
This New York Times Cranberry Tart from NYT Cooking is a beautiful treat- I've added a Biscoff crust - the tart & sweet together are perfect.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I can't head to my parents' for turkey day this year, but my husband, my son, and this cranberry orange tart will be making the trip.
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"A lot of famous bands I know would be horrified if anyone wrote a book like this about them. The internal struggles are given equal weight with the artistic and commercial success, highlighting that fact that a hit record just creates the opportunity to have a whole new set of problems."
How music
How music
How music business killed The Cars
Of course it's all about the publishing
starsafterstarsafterstars.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"A lot of famous bands I know would be horrified if anyone wrote a book like this about them. The internal struggles are given equal weight with the artistic and commercial success, highlighting that fact that a hit record just creates the opportunity to have a whole new set of problems."
How music
How music
There was a dive bar in my old 'hood in New Orleans that was perpetually smoky and was there to serve up mostly beer. It had been there for ages and was in no way a "concept", it just grew into its dive state. Only after a place has hung on by its fingernails for many a decade is it a dive.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
There was a dive bar in my old 'hood in New Orleans that was perpetually smoky and was there to serve up mostly beer. It had been there for ages and was in no way a "concept", it just grew into its dive state. Only after a place has hung on by its fingernails for many a decade is it a dive.
Having been up close and in the Spruce Goose a few times, that's some gargantuan parenting going on.
Helicopter parenting? Psssh, way to smother your kids. I'm more into Spruce Goose parenting
Helicopter parenting is for losers. How about you try fighter jet parenting and raise some real warriors
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Having been up close and in the Spruce Goose a few times, that's some gargantuan parenting going on.
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If you live in a city with a decent Chinatown and are hosting or attending a potluck Thanksgiving, I highly recommend getting some char siu and chopped roast duck. Always a hit with my friends, not that expensive, and barely any leftovers. Sometimes I pick up egg tarts for dessert.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If you live in a city with a decent Chinatown and are hosting or attending a potluck Thanksgiving, I highly recommend getting some char siu and chopped roast duck. Always a hit with my friends, not that expensive, and barely any leftovers. Sometimes I pick up egg tarts for dessert.
This thread keeps on giving and giving and I am so thankful 'cause I need these laughs.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This thread keeps on giving and giving and I am so thankful 'cause I need these laughs.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
One year we got a turducken and enjoyed it so much we decided to order one & have it sent to my TN grandparents' house a week pre-Thanksgiving. She treated it like a usual turkey & thought thawing it out in the fridge the night before would do the trick. We had it on heating vents & hairdryers...
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
One year we got a turducken and enjoyed it so much we decided to order one & have it sent to my TN grandparents' house a week pre-Thanksgiving. She treated it like a usual turkey & thought thawing it out in the fridge the night before would do the trick. We had it on heating vents & hairdryers...
Went out for dinner thanks to the power cuts and encountered the power blinking out and then back on at a nearby intersection. Still lots of rain & lightning, too.
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Went out for dinner thanks to the power cuts and encountered the power blinking out and then back on at a nearby intersection. Still lots of rain & lightning, too.
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The failure/sabotage of the American empire as it relates to Reagan and deregulation
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The failure/sabotage of the American empire as it relates to Reagan and deregulation
So yes, it was a small tornado. Lots of the roads into our old neighborhood are blocked off now. Power's back on for us, thankfully, but there's a lot of cleaning up of downed trees happening.
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
So yes, it was a small tornado. Lots of the roads into our old neighborhood are blocked off now. Power's back on for us, thankfully, but there's a lot of cleaning up of downed trees happening.
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Well, at least you know it works.
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Well, at least you know it works.
And in the middle of all this, my husband comes home from an exercise in futility business trip to find a 'hood with no power.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And in the middle of all this, my husband comes home from an exercise in futility business trip to find a 'hood with no power.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Wow, nearby subdivision clearly got hit by something tornado-like. Trees ripped outta the ground there, had to take some alternate streets to get through.
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Wow, nearby subdivision clearly got hit by something tornado-like. Trees ripped outta the ground there, had to take some alternate streets to get through.
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i started learning spanish a few weeks ago y mi maestro taught me la palabra "tontería" as a PG equivalent for "fuckery" y all i do now is run around yelling TONTERIA at everything
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
i started learning spanish a few weeks ago y mi maestro taught me la palabra "tontería" as a PG equivalent for "fuckery" y all i do now is run around yelling TONTERIA at everything
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
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it just strikes me as a bad idea to pick fights with an astronaut.
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
it just strikes me as a bad idea to pick fights with an astronaut.
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my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
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So a while back I was commissioned to do short bios of various rock stars, and they were just about universally total psychopaths, with the huge exception of Freddie Mercury. A lovely man who did good by his wife, his lovers, and his cats.
Today (24 November) marks the passing of Freddie Mercury, lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. He remains regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music.
📷 Getty
📷 Getty
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
So a while back I was commissioned to do short bios of various rock stars, and they were just about universally total psychopaths, with the huge exception of Freddie Mercury. A lovely man who did good by his wife, his lovers, and his cats.
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Mickey Leland legacy: Where does it stand in 2025? Defender Network defendernetwork.com/news/local-s... #HBCU
Mickey Leland legacy: Where does it stand in 2025?
Discover the legacy of Mickey Leland, a trailblazer who fought for social justice and equality. Learn about his impact and how his vision lives on.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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