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Opinion | This Problem Is Easy to Solve
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"Malnutrition is a factor in 45 percent of child deaths worldwide ... these deaths can be inexpensively prevented." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Some Wednesday night music: I Promise, by Radiohead. youtu.be/0sFvFVkeGVg?...
Radiohead - I Promise
YouTube video by Radiohead
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November 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Some Wednesday night music: I Promise, by Radiohead. youtu.be/0sFvFVkeGVg?...
"The fact that there are multiple kinds of scam health insurance in America, in which companies are legally permitted to take your money and then deny you care (even more than the 'non-scam' insurance plans do) shows you the problem with turning health into a market." pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/o...
Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into “junk insurance” (25 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"The fact that there are multiple kinds of scam health insurance in America, in which companies are legally permitted to take your money and then deny you care (even more than the 'non-scam' insurance plans do) shows you the problem with turning health into a market." pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/o...
Some (more) Tuesday night music: Codex, by Radiohead. youtu.be/T7t38uDUg5E?...
Codex
YouTube video by Radiohead - Topic
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November 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Some (more) Tuesday night music: Codex, by Radiohead. youtu.be/T7t38uDUg5E?...
Some Tuesday night music: Nice Dream, by Radiohead. youtu.be/jIjTFt6XmFM?...
[Nice Dream]
YouTube video by Radiohead - Topic
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November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Some Tuesday night music: Nice Dream, by Radiohead. youtu.be/jIjTFt6XmFM?...
"When people try to dunk on each other for using words in ways that aren't technically correct, I hate that shit. My thing is: You know what they meant. Stop acting like you're special." stereogum.com/2479415/the-...
The Alternative Number Ones: Alanis Morissette's "Ironic"
In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This colum...
stereogum.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"When people try to dunk on each other for using words in ways that aren't technically correct, I hate that shit. My thing is: You know what they meant. Stop acting like you're special." stereogum.com/2479415/the-...
Watched Train Dreams last night, which is a beautiful movie. youtu.be/_Nk8TrBHOrA?...
Train Dreams | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Watched Train Dreams last night, which is a beautiful movie. youtu.be/_Nk8TrBHOrA?...
"In the months that followed, Melinda Katz, the Queens district attorney, and her prosecutors ... unearthed more information about the man whose roughly half-century life had been defined by deceit. But there was one fact they had yet to discover: his name." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
He’s Been Charged With Dozens of Crimes. Nobody Knows His Name.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
"In the months that followed, Melinda Katz, the Queens district attorney, and her prosecutors ... unearthed more information about the man whose roughly half-century life had been defined by deceit. But there was one fact they had yet to discover: his name." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
Some Monday night music: break, by Jhené Aiko. youtu.be/H0KrOsrjyl0?...
Jhené Aiko - break
YouTube video by Jhené Aiko
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November 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Some Monday night music: break, by Jhené Aiko. youtu.be/H0KrOsrjyl0?...
My afternoon reading: The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster.
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My afternoon reading: The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster.
"People are right to sense that ... there is a highly private merito-aristocracy at the intersection of government and business, lobbying, philanthropy, start-ups, academia, science, high finance and media that ... takes care of its own more than the common good." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
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November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"People are right to sense that ... there is a highly private merito-aristocracy at the intersection of government and business, lobbying, philanthropy, start-ups, academia, science, high finance and media that ... takes care of its own more than the common good." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
"Eyman presents the story of Crawford’s rise to fame as the story of Hollywood stardom itself. He shows what the studio system did for and to its luminaries, how its mechanisms ... worked and what their effects were on those whom the system exalted and enriched." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face” Brings a Star’s Genius to Light
A new biography traces the self-transformative creation of the most movie-made actress of classic Hollywood.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Eyman presents the story of Crawford’s rise to fame as the story of Hollywood stardom itself. He shows what the studio system did for and to its luminaries, how its mechanisms ... worked and what their effects were on those whom the system exalted and enriched." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Watched The Dig last night, which I thought was quite wonderful. youtu.be/JZQz0rkNajo?...
THE DIG starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Watched The Dig last night, which I thought was quite wonderful. youtu.be/JZQz0rkNajo?...
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It’s really twisted that our country is run by a gang that considers it treason to object to the unlawful.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It’s really twisted that our country is run by a gang that considers it treason to object to the unlawful.
"It was clear to me that it was an ancient Roman inscription," Professor Lusnia said. "I was going to be surprised if it turned out not to be, but I was also surprised that it was a Roman inscription because it's in New Orleans and somebody's backyard." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Ancient Roman Gravestone Found in New Orleans Backyard Touches Off a Mystery
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November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"It was clear to me that it was an ancient Roman inscription," Professor Lusnia said. "I was going to be surprised if it turned out not to be, but I was also surprised that it was a Roman inscription because it's in New Orleans and somebody's backyard." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Some Sunday night music: Nightcall, by London Grammar. youtu.be/OZYw0MQp_fI?...
London Grammar - Nightcall [Official Video]
YouTube video by London Grammar
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November 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Some Sunday night music: Nightcall, by London Grammar. youtu.be/OZYw0MQp_fI?...
Watched Souleymane's Story last night — it's very, very good.
"He is a pure spirit, the kind of person who simply wants to start a new life ... but is hindered by a system that prioritizes exposing one’s trauma over accepting the content of their character."
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/soul...
"He is a pure spirit, the kind of person who simply wants to start a new life ... but is hindered by a system that prioritizes exposing one’s trauma over accepting the content of their character."
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/soul...
Souleymane’s Story movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
A film whose depth of honesty keeps it feeling refreshingly human.
www.rogerebert.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Watched Souleymane's Story last night — it's very, very good.
"He is a pure spirit, the kind of person who simply wants to start a new life ... but is hindered by a system that prioritizes exposing one’s trauma over accepting the content of their character."
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/soul...
"He is a pure spirit, the kind of person who simply wants to start a new life ... but is hindered by a system that prioritizes exposing one’s trauma over accepting the content of their character."
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/soul...
"It has always seemed like such an awful holiday," a friend wrote her after one dinner, "but you made it something quite wonderful." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/d...
Joan Didion’s Thanksgiving: Dinner for 75, Reams of Notes
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November 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"It has always seemed like such an awful holiday," a friend wrote her after one dinner, "but you made it something quite wonderful." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/d...
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
"The rulers of the world, then and now, assume kingship is displayed in dominance, in the ability to command bodies and silence dissent. But Luke shows us a King who rules by refusing to participate in the world’s economy of intimidation." benjamin-cremer.kit.com/posts/the-up...
The Upside Down Reign of Christ.
benjamin-cremer.kit.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"The rulers of the world, then and now, assume kingship is displayed in dominance, in the ability to command bodies and silence dissent. But Luke shows us a King who rules by refusing to participate in the world’s economy of intimidation." benjamin-cremer.kit.com/posts/the-up...
Some Saturday night music: Simple Man, by Sierra Eagleson. youtu.be/hFOk2AMpuwA?...
Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Acoustic Cover by Sierra Eagleson)
YouTube video by Sierra Eagleson
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November 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Some Saturday night music: Simple Man, by Sierra Eagleson. youtu.be/hFOk2AMpuwA?...
"The world was changing even when our home was still." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/r...
This Family’s Home Has Stood for a Century — in Four Different Countries
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November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"The world was changing even when our home was still." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/r...
Some Friday night music: Every Time the Sun Comes Up, by Sharon Van Etten. youtu.be/fDW-W2J84Hc?...
Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up (Official Video)
YouTube video by SharonVanEttenVEVO
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November 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Some Friday night music: Every Time the Sun Comes Up, by Sharon Van Etten. youtu.be/fDW-W2J84Hc?...
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This absolutely rocks
I have learned that Glacier View, Alaska, celebrates the Fourth of July every year by launching old cars off a 300ft cliff and I’ve never seen anything more gloriously American
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This absolutely rocks
Some Thursday night music: Promise, by Laufey. youtu.be/mYLmYF4JuTg?...
Laufey - Promise (Live From Home)
YouTube video by Laufey
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November 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Some Thursday night music: Promise, by Laufey. youtu.be/mYLmYF4JuTg?...