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thinking about buying my son a Dodgers onesie and calling him Yoshinobu Pajamamoto until my wife threatens to leave me
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The obvious question of "500 more troops to do what?" has no good answer, but many bad ones.
Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The obvious question of "500 more troops to do what?" has no good answer, but many bad ones.
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OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
truly why the fuck are they still here
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
truly why the fuck are they still here
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One thing that’s going to be funny though is when enshitification comes all the way around to mean having to write your own email to demand a refund for your online purchase for being the wrong shade of yellow or whatever because the AI which used to do it for you is now paywalled.
Man, the problem with AI isn’t that nobody likes it. It’s that people love it and it’s not particularly good at the things they loving having it do.
And also it remains unclear exactly how much, in dollars, they will love it being mediocre at the things they want it to do.
And also it remains unclear exactly how much, in dollars, they will love it being mediocre at the things they want it to do.
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One thing that’s going to be funny though is when enshitification comes all the way around to mean having to write your own email to demand a refund for your online purchase for being the wrong shade of yellow or whatever because the AI which used to do it for you is now paywalled.
formatting in Word is such a lie
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
formatting in Word is such a lie
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I knew I’d get some of this. It IS journalism, actually, to go beyond simplistic notions of good and evil that rely on a high school idea of morality & question how systems work against people who are very sympathetic as well as those who have done grave harm, because both those people are people.
This is what passes as “journalism” these days - gnashing of teeth and rending of garments over the deportation of a child molester. He got what he deserved, and the system worked in this instance.
I wrote about the double-triple punishment given to an immigrant who had served his sentence for a serious crime, who was deported to a country where he was likely to be persecuted, and then quickly ejected from that country & rendered stateless.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I knew I’d get some of this. It IS journalism, actually, to go beyond simplistic notions of good and evil that rely on a high school idea of morality & question how systems work against people who are very sympathetic as well as those who have done grave harm, because both those people are people.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
again this is 1) psychotic and 2) so shitty to students who don't come with gold stars and prestige credentials pre-installed
The biggest law firms’ intensive recruiting of first-year students has spread to smaller rivals, with some making offers even before first-semester grades are in.
Big Law’s Pushy Recruiting Pressures First-Semester Students
The biggest law firms’ intensive recruiting of first-year students has spread to smaller rivals, with some making offers even before first-semester grades are in.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
again this is 1) psychotic and 2) so shitty to students who don't come with gold stars and prestige credentials pre-installed
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If the first thing your Fight Club does is leak to the press that you have a Fight Club, you don’t have a technical Fight Club because even people who haven’t seen Fight Club know the first rule of said Fight Club.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
If the first thing your Fight Club does is leak to the press that you have a Fight Club, you don’t have a technical Fight Club because even people who haven’t seen Fight Club know the first rule of said Fight Club.
cool of Caro to tell him how the books end but now we’re never getting the fifth volume
By the way, Ken Burns’ next documentary series is apparently in the can — LBJ & The Great Society
kenburns.com/films/lbj-th...
kenburns.com/films/lbj-th...
LBJ & the Great Society - Ken Burns
This three-part, six-hour series will chronicle the life and times of Lyndon B. Johnson, one of the most capable, colorful, and controversial men ever to occupy the White House. A figure of extraordin...
kenburns.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
cool of Caro to tell him how the books end but now we’re never getting the fifth volume
more than that I want to know who’s gonna write the first absolute banger History of GWOT book
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 12:18 AM
more than that I want to know who’s gonna write the first absolute banger History of GWOT book
ESB
ROTJ
TLJ (good half)
SW
Solo
TFA
R1
TLJ (bad half)
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TLJ (good half)
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November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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ROTJ
TLJ (good half)
SW
Solo
TFA
R1
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TLJ (good half)
SW
Solo
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R1
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Solo is at least one place too low, probably two
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Solo is at least one place too low, probably two
they just ran a candidate against Judge on this platform and look what happened. addicted to losing.
america’s true champion
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
they just ran a candidate against Judge on this platform and look what happened. addicted to losing.
turns out they were both gonna get canned in November anyway
again, the best case for firing Ange is that Levy/the front office will never change and next season is very likely to get ugly quick, so better to do this now
ok we'll start the structural reforms next week that's fine it's not like there's a tight timeline or a "window" for action here or anything www.football.london/tottenham-ho...
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
turns out they were both gonna get canned in November anyway
Schlock audiobooks are God’s gift tbh
Bad utilitarian prose though I just find a lot easier to stomach in my ears but I’ll dnf a book in a heartbeat for it.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Schlock audiobooks are God’s gift tbh
man Oscar has just utterly choked this whole thing away
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
man Oscar has just utterly choked this whole thing away
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no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
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[Trumps hangs portrait of Eugene Debs in Oval Office]
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
[Trumps hangs portrait of Eugene Debs in Oval Office]
“I took that to be the point of Holocaust education. Not to exceptionalize Jewish suffering, but to activate solidarity.”
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“I took that to be the point of Holocaust education. Not to exceptionalize Jewish suffering, but to activate solidarity.”
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remember 'only Andrew Cuomo can handle Trump'
trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
remember 'only Andrew Cuomo can handle Trump'
24 hours from now gonna be huge Ah Well Nevertheless hours
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
24 hours from now gonna be huge Ah Well Nevertheless hours
