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I couldn't leave this one alone. Like it seems silly and harmless, but this is such a slippery slope in to damaging conspiracy theories like anti-vax and climate change denial, so I'm going to keep explaining it in the hopes people start actually thinking about things.
Like I wasn't going to respond... #shorts #kardashians
One day I don't have to keep repeating these points. Also I threw this together super quick last night -- hoping these are clear enough short answers!
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October 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I couldn't leave this one alone. Like it seems silly and harmless, but this is such a slippery slope in to damaging conspiracy theories like anti-vax and climate change denial, so I'm going to keep explaining it in the hopes people start actually thinking about things.
@steviechick.bsky.social - "He was Icarus, for sure. But when it mattered, boy did he fly." Wow -- prose worthy of the great Sly Stone. Perfect!
June 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@steviechick.bsky.social - "He was Icarus, for sure. But when it mattered, boy did he fly." Wow -- prose worthy of the great Sly Stone. Perfect!
“The GOP budget is incredibly cruel — and that’s the point.” Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman’s analysis of the president’s proposed budget should be required reading. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...
Attack of the Sadistic Zombies
The GOP budget is incredibly cruel — and that’s the point
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May 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“The GOP budget is incredibly cruel — and that’s the point.” Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman’s analysis of the president’s proposed budget should be required reading. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...
Studies show that reading builds empathy, which, according to Elon Musk, is “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization.” So – here are the “Most Anticipated” books for Spring 2025. themillions.com/2025/04/the-...
The Great Spring 2025 Book Preview
It’s been a painfully long winter here in New York City, but the glinting promise of spring—and spring books—has bolstered me through these cold, hard months. Here you’ll find just over 100 titles tha...
themillions.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Studies show that reading builds empathy, which, according to Elon Musk, is “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization.” So – here are the “Most Anticipated” books for Spring 2025. themillions.com/2025/04/the-...
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The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy.
Nonetheless, holy shit.
What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving this. It’s just investors belatedly realizing that Trump is who he is, and always was.
Nonetheless, holy shit.
What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving this. It’s just investors belatedly realizing that Trump is who he is, and always was.
March 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy.
Nonetheless, holy shit.
What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving this. It’s just investors belatedly realizing that Trump is who he is, and always was.
Nonetheless, holy shit.
What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving this. It’s just investors belatedly realizing that Trump is who he is, and always was.
To journalists and readers of journalism: Don't miss this one. commonreader.wustl.edu/c/whos-afrai...
Who’s Afraid of Tom Wolfe? - Common Reader
No editor would let a resurrected Tom Wolfe write the way he once did. But it was that breathless spew, uncensored though artful, that let him reach us. Now we only get that much animation from rogue ...
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March 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
To journalists and readers of journalism: Don't miss this one. commonreader.wustl.edu/c/whos-afrai...
“The United States and United Kingdom drew on an unlikely reserve of … people whose skills and areas of expertise would not only alter the fate of World War II but of modern spycraft for decades to come: academics and librarians.” crimereads.com/librarian-sp...
Elyse Graham on the Librarian Spies of World War Two
As Elyse Graham recounts in her new book Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II, with the Nazis gaining ground across Europe in the early years of th…
crimereads.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“The United States and United Kingdom drew on an unlikely reserve of … people whose skills and areas of expertise would not only alter the fate of World War II but of modern spycraft for decades to come: academics and librarians.” crimereads.com/librarian-sp...
“It all comes down, I think, to this: a children’s book is not a luxury good. It is fundamental to our culture, to the grown-ups we become, to the society we build.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?
Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“It all comes down, I think, to this: a children’s book is not a luxury good. It is fundamental to our culture, to the grown-ups we become, to the society we build.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...