Phyllis
@jamesdeanmonroe.bsky.social
our love is God. let's go get a slushie
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‘How does Thomas Pynchon know that if a detective in Chicago in 1932 pulls a bottle out of his desk drawer it’s going to be a pint of Old Log Cabin, but that if he’s in Milwaukee it’ll be Korbel brandy?’
@danielsoar.bsky.social reads 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@danielsoar.bsky.social reads 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Soar · Land of Milk and Cheese: Pynchon’s World
The universe has no centre. What Pynchon has mapped is a world that is continuous and connected, where borders, however...
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December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
‘How does Thomas Pynchon know that if a detective in Chicago in 1932 pulls a bottle out of his desk drawer it’s going to be a pint of Old Log Cabin, but that if he’s in Milwaukee it’ll be Korbel brandy?’
@danielsoar.bsky.social reads 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@danielsoar.bsky.social reads 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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it's christmas eve don't forget to set your santa traps remember the goal is to maim not kill
December 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
it's christmas eve don't forget to set your santa traps remember the goal is to maim not kill
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We're running out of letters! But W can be for White Town. #MusicAdvent
White Town - Your Woman (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by Jyoti Mishra
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December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We're running out of letters! But W can be for White Town. #MusicAdvent
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A small present for your trans friends today, go leave your comment
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN on prohibiting gender affirming care for young people.
Flood 'em with comments!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Flood 'em with comments!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Medicaid Program; Prohibition on Federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures Furnished to Children
This proposed rule would require that a State Medicaid plan must provide that the Medicaid agency will not make payment under the plan for sex-rejecting procedures for children under 18 and prohibit t...
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December 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A small present for your trans friends today, go leave your comment
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Rain, sleet, snow? Be in the know.
For 24/7 weather forecasts, watches and warnings, follow NOAA's NWS here at nws.noaa.gov and online at weather.gov.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
For 24/7 weather forecasts, watches and warnings, follow NOAA's NWS here at nws.noaa.gov and online at weather.gov.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Rain, sleet, snow? Be in the know.
For 24/7 weather forecasts, watches and warnings, follow NOAA's NWS here at nws.noaa.gov and online at weather.gov.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
For 24/7 weather forecasts, watches and warnings, follow NOAA's NWS here at nws.noaa.gov and online at weather.gov.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
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my contribution to the discourse: you really want to know whether one group or another is being slighted in some process? get a spreadsheet, fill it out with data from the last ten years, and then---crucial---do not squint when you look at the results
look right at em and don't kid yourself
look right at em and don't kid yourself
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
my contribution to the discourse: you really want to know whether one group or another is being slighted in some process? get a spreadsheet, fill it out with data from the last ten years, and then---crucial---do not squint when you look at the results
look right at em and don't kid yourself
look right at em and don't kid yourself
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I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
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The standard story was that 1950s religious revivals were about contrasting America with the godless commies of the USSR, but I found material that hinted at an older well funded campaign that reframed the revival as a corporate pushback against the New Deal.
So I followed that unexpected thread!
So I followed that unexpected thread!
December 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The standard story was that 1950s religious revivals were about contrasting America with the godless commies of the USSR, but I found material that hinted at an older well funded campaign that reframed the revival as a corporate pushback against the New Deal.
So I followed that unexpected thread!
So I followed that unexpected thread!
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“Don’t replace the culture war with class war” is such a fun way of saying, “Please don’t unionize, I just bought a yacht that parks inside another yacht.”
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“Don’t replace the culture war with class war” is such a fun way of saying, “Please don’t unionize, I just bought a yacht that parks inside another yacht.”
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Trench coats informally banned from every high school since 98 but the suicide robot is installed on your school laptop automatically
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Trench coats informally banned from every high school since 98 but the suicide robot is installed on your school laptop automatically
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Something I will always be more Old World snob about than anything is that Protestant/evangelical churches, especially megachurches, are tacky and bad. Be a Catholic cathedral or chapel or be nothing
December 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Something I will always be more Old World snob about than anything is that Protestant/evangelical churches, especially megachurches, are tacky and bad. Be a Catholic cathedral or chapel or be nothing
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Midnight in Central Pennsylvania
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Midnight in Central Pennsylvania
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"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
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“Beauty and the beast!”
The making of the Pogues’ “Fairytale Of New York”
The inside story of an evergreen Christmas classic...
The making of the Pogues’ “Fairytale Of New York”
The inside story of an evergreen Christmas classic...
"Beauty and the beast": The making of The Pogues' "Fairytale Of New York"
The inside story of an evergreen Christmas classic, The Pogues' "Fairytale Of New York", told by the band themselves
www.uncut.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
“Beauty and the beast!”
The making of the Pogues’ “Fairytale Of New York”
The inside story of an evergreen Christmas classic...
The making of the Pogues’ “Fairytale Of New York”
The inside story of an evergreen Christmas classic...
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I am a grumpy old man because I have spent 25 years learning how every part of a computer works, and now people are trying to cast divination spells with a very expensive Ouija board and acting like *I'm* the fool.
December 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I am a grumpy old man because I have spent 25 years learning how every part of a computer works, and now people are trying to cast divination spells with a very expensive Ouija board and acting like *I'm* the fool.
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“How many tables order this every night?” I asked.
“Almost all of them,” she said, with just a hint of resignation. defector.com/two-nights-p...
“Almost all of them,” she said, with just a hint of resignation. defector.com/two-nights-p...
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“How many tables order this every night?” I asked.
“Almost all of them,” she said, with just a hint of resignation. defector.com/two-nights-p...
“Almost all of them,” she said, with just a hint of resignation. defector.com/two-nights-p...
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The 2025 Hater’s Guide to the Williams-Sonoma catalog: defector.com/the-2025-hat...
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The 2025 Hater’s Guide to the Williams-Sonoma catalog: defector.com/the-2025-hat...
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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It's a whole genre it's beautiful
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It's a whole genre it's beautiful
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nobody will tell you this but you don't need to have an opinion on anything at all you can just like breathe deeply and eat tacos
December 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
nobody will tell you this but you don't need to have an opinion on anything at all you can just like breathe deeply and eat tacos
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❌ MS-13 related right wing myths
✅ MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) infrastructure improvements
✅ MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) infrastructure improvements
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
❌ MS-13 related right wing myths
✅ MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) infrastructure improvements
✅ MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) infrastructure improvements
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"prompt theft" is funny as hell like oh no somebody did the same google search as me. grow up
December 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
"prompt theft" is funny as hell like oh no somebody did the same google search as me. grow up
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Good news, everyone! All the prayers and sacrifices to Apollo worked! The days get longer from here 🌞
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Chariot of the Sun" painted on the ceiling of the Camera del Sole e della Luna in 1526, by Giulio Romano, at the Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Chariot of the Sun" painted on the ceiling of the Camera del Sole e della Luna in 1526, by Giulio Romano, at the Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy
December 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Good news, everyone! All the prayers and sacrifices to Apollo worked! The days get longer from here 🌞
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Chariot of the Sun" painted on the ceiling of the Camera del Sole e della Luna in 1526, by Giulio Romano, at the Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Chariot of the Sun" painted on the ceiling of the Camera del Sole e della Luna in 1526, by Giulio Romano, at the Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy
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My next great heist is going to be a prompt theft
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
My next great heist is going to be a prompt theft