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Can we have a moratorium, just for the rest of December, on rancid takes that attempt to insulate white supremacists, misogynists, rape apologists, transphobes and other pieces of shit from their shittiness? Just as a little holiday treat?
I wrote about why we should not celebrate someone losing their job, especially in today’s America, even when they’ve done terrible racist things.
Losing a job should also be harder and involve workers’ bodies not unilateral management decisions.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Losing a job should also be harder and involve workers’ bodies not unilateral management decisions.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
www.theatlantic.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Can we have a moratorium, just for the rest of December, on rancid takes that attempt to insulate white supremacists, misogynists, rape apologists, transphobes and other pieces of shit from their shittiness? Just as a little holiday treat?
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My life improved greatly when I remembered that I had free will and that I could just break off a hunk of cheese and eat it like a mouse if I wanted to.
December 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My life improved greatly when I remembered that I had free will and that I could just break off a hunk of cheese and eat it like a mouse if I wanted to.
Another reason to hate Henry Ford! Seriously, this dude SUCKED.
Henry Ford HATED Jazz because too many Jewish & Black Folks were a part of it. He pushed the Department of Education to make square dance part of the curriculum to counter Jazz.
December 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Another reason to hate Henry Ford! Seriously, this dude SUCKED.
To this day, what Henry Ford helped do to the rail systems will make him my sworn enemy. That and his rampant antisemitism. And his union busting.
The dude sucked is what I’m saying.
The dude sucked is what I’m saying.
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
To this day, what Henry Ford helped do to the rail systems will make him my sworn enemy. That and his rampant antisemitism. And his union busting.
The dude sucked is what I’m saying.
The dude sucked is what I’m saying.
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One of the worst parts of the modern condition is having to listen to billionaires airing out the stupidest policy ideas, random musings, and other mental detritus. It’s unbearable.
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
One of the worst parts of the modern condition is having to listen to billionaires airing out the stupidest policy ideas, random musings, and other mental detritus. It’s unbearable.
Ethan Hawke is so good in The Lowdown, it's almost painful.
December 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ethan Hawke is so good in The Lowdown, it's almost painful.
A thought came and went about how many in the media want both Olivia Nuzzi and AI to be more important and thoughtful than they are, but I think it's a general feeling of how often mediocrity is rewarded.
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A thought came and went about how many in the media want both Olivia Nuzzi and AI to be more important and thoughtful than they are, but I think it's a general feeling of how often mediocrity is rewarded.
Buy it!! This book is fantastic and hearing Maris read it is especially wonderful.
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Buy it!! This book is fantastic and hearing Maris read it is especially wonderful.
Got to my boyfriend’s place and he was playing the Sinners soundtrack. We then proceeded to have a spirited discussion about what makes a movie a musical versus a movie about music.
Hot damn I love pop culture.
Hot damn I love pop culture.
December 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Got to my boyfriend’s place and he was playing the Sinners soundtrack. We then proceeded to have a spirited discussion about what makes a movie a musical versus a movie about music.
Hot damn I love pop culture.
Hot damn I love pop culture.
There's a plant that transports me to my grandma's garden. Its smell is inexplicable and perfect. I never know when it will appear. I can't remember its name no matter how often I look it up. It's a gift I receive at random. I'm grateful for my nameless, fragrant plant. And the memory of my grandma.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
There's a plant that transports me to my grandma's garden. Its smell is inexplicable and perfect. I never know when it will appear. I can't remember its name no matter how often I look it up. It's a gift I receive at random. I'm grateful for my nameless, fragrant plant. And the memory of my grandma.
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This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
McDonald's has taken down a Christmas ad made with AI following online backlash
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash
McDonald's said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI".
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
Buddy Guy should get a special award at The Oscars for wrapping up a larger-than-life, masterpiece of a movie with the perfect amount of sadness *and* joy. No one else could have done what he did.
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Buddy Guy should get a special award at The Oscars for wrapping up a larger-than-life, masterpiece of a movie with the perfect amount of sadness *and* joy. No one else could have done what he did.
The mainstream media’s fear of being labeled biased has fucked us over in a lot of ways. Ethical journalism does not mean refusing to take a stand.
In spirit, content and intent, this was really no different to a Klan rally.
The exception being the wholesale absence of outrage in mainstream media.
This period of history will be an indictment on those standing silent, as much as the monster himself.
The exception being the wholesale absence of outrage in mainstream media.
This period of history will be an indictment on those standing silent, as much as the monster himself.
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The mainstream media’s fear of being labeled biased has fucked us over in a lot of ways. Ethical journalism does not mean refusing to take a stand.
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I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
terribleminds.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
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A man who wasn't born in the United States, talking shit about other people who weren't born in America. Whiteness is a drug.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A man who wasn't born in the United States, talking shit about other people who weren't born in America. Whiteness is a drug.
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We have a lot of questions about the WB-Netflix-Paramount (?) deal so we got on the phone with @warren.senate.gov! To start, is this deal even legal????
December 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
We have a lot of questions about the WB-Netflix-Paramount (?) deal so we got on the phone with @warren.senate.gov! To start, is this deal even legal????
A friend has been a bartender there for years and has nothing but good things to say about the late Jimmy Glenn and his son, who took over after Jimmy passed. Fuck this.
this is the worst thing a member of the Durst family has ever done
Times Square May Lose Its Beloved 50-Year-Old Boxing Bar
Jimmy’s Corner boxing bar in Times Square is being evicted
ny.eater.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A friend has been a bartender there for years and has nothing but good things to say about the late Jimmy Glenn and his son, who took over after Jimmy passed. Fuck this.
If you don't follow Zach Woods on IG, I highly recommend it. His insult-laden monologues about Quentin Tarantino are poetry.
December 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
If you don't follow Zach Woods on IG, I highly recommend it. His insult-laden monologues about Quentin Tarantino are poetry.
I spent years thinking I was the only person who adored this movie. Fran has my favorite cinematic "glow-up" because it feels real, and the roof dance is so romantic, it makes me tingle.
Once I start it, I have to watch it until the end.
Once I start it, I have to watch it until the end.
Today in The December Comfort Watches, I'm essaying Strictly Ballroom, a loving look at a delightfully weird little subculture, that is, in its way, an absolutely perfect film:
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Nine: Strictly Ballroom
A personal story to begin: I was a film critic at the Fresno Bee newspaper when Strictly Ballroom came out in 1992, My review of it was an unqualified rave, and I said something along the line that…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I spent years thinking I was the only person who adored this movie. Fran has my favorite cinematic "glow-up" because it feels real, and the roof dance is so romantic, it makes me tingle.
Once I start it, I have to watch it until the end.
Once I start it, I have to watch it until the end.
This woman is a powerhouse.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett announces her campaign for U.S. Senate for Texas with an ad that uses Trump’s own words against her.
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This woman is a powerhouse.
Every day when I feel like I'm about to lose it, I check out @bodegacats.bsky.social and take a deep breath 💞
December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Every day when I feel like I'm about to lose it, I check out @bodegacats.bsky.social and take a deep breath 💞
WHUT. Cancel all plans!
My god in heaven thank you.
I don't know who needs to know this but there is a new season of Midsomer Murders starting on the Acorn streaming service today.
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
WHUT. Cancel all plans!
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So big downgrade then?
December 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
So big downgrade then?
Reddit has become an invaluable resource. A sentence I never thought I'd be typing in 2025.
I'll add that as someone who not that long ago spent many frantic nights looking for information on sleep training, feeding, etc etc--by far the most valuable internet resource was reddit, the only place with human advice. Everything else is basically useless at this point.
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reddit has become an invaluable resource. A sentence I never thought I'd be typing in 2025.
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Nobody involved with this should have a good night sleep anytime soon. At least the next 2 or 3 or 8 business years.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Nobody involved with this should have a good night sleep anytime soon. At least the next 2 or 3 or 8 business years.