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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 8h

I don’t usually like to play anything like the hipster card, but I got into Johnny Cash at about the only time he was ever considered even remotely “uncool” outside the country music world, after finding a cassette tape at the back of my grandparents’ stereo cabinet, and that was FORTY YEARS AGO.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 15h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 8h

Honestly, it’s not a “Ro Khanna ad with antisemite Ian Carroll.”

It’s an ad for Ian Carroll with Ro Khanna being stupid enough* to give a quote that plays into Carroll’s agenda—then stupid enough to call everyone’s attention to it.

*I mean, I’m GUESSING useful idiot. He could just not give a shit.

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 14h

Netzie!

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 14h

I am sitting at the bar enjoying my scotch and thinking the chorus to this song can’t possibly be “Rock Around the Bunker,” but Serge Gainsbourg, you magnificent bastard, you’ve proved me wrong.

Learn something new every day.

A tumbler of single malt whiskey next to a cigar resting in a glass ashtray, with the bar deep into the background.

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 15h

Nelson Muntz finds the Department of Justice’s fuckups risible.

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 16h

Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 16h

What’s really pathetic is that Vance is just feeding Trump’s own garbage back to him, because he’s too scared to express an original thought while the old man’s still alive.

Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 16h

I betcha this guy feels the same way about Steve Jobs and Bob Hope.

Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 17h

Take it to the limit!

Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 18h

Hope you all like long-ass sentences!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm • Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’ The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced. The Academy cited the 71-year-old’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 18h

Shame Michael Zulli isn’t around to bask in the vindication!

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 18h

MY head? Not so much.

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 19h

Just the ones who were given Tylenol for the pain, presumably.

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 19h

Finally, the Golden Gladiator gets his long-awaited post-Crisis reboot!

Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 19h

Rick Veitch Swamp Thing is COMING BACK, through Black Label. The story of Swamp Thing meeting Jesus will finally be published.

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 19h

You can see her belly button!

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 19h

Kai: 🎶Some day Elon will [censored] and I’ll get the money! Dad leans over, says, “My sentiments exactly…”🎶

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 20h

For me, he’ll always be the bellhop in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round!

Harrison Ford in a green bellhop’s uniform, moving the plot along!

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 20h

She’s a volunteer surf journalist!

Beige Mom Sleep Paralysis Demon @lovejoolz.bsky.social · 20h

It’s a Joolz toon! I’m not a professional surfer despite what all these folks say

youtu.be/r8883fxwQ9Y?...

Love, Joolz - Not a Surf Instructor

YouTube video by Love, Joolz

youtu.be

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 20h

The best kind of meme-breaking!

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 21h

Johnny Depp, best known for his role as a teenage victim of the spectral Freddie Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).

The geyser of blood with which Depp’s character arc in this film ends.

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 21h

Working though the discography now!

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 1d

Fetterman was pulling shotguns on Black people* in his neighborhood long before any stroke. Of COURSE he’s gonna vote whatever way allows Trump to use the military to murder people of color in international waters.

*okay, just the one, but do you really NEED there to be more?

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 1d

If you strike Dolly down, she shall become more powerful than you can imagine.

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 1d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Call me Trick-or-Tracy. 👻🎃 @peakingsassy.bsky.social · 1d

The girlfriend of TWO of the founders of antifa!

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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