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ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · Jun 2

the past is a foreign country; we're at war with it.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 5m

Matt Yglesias, hammers, etc.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 17m

Something about the way I lived life when I was younger convinced her that if there was shit, I was going to be out in it.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 28m

Been having to calmly remind my mother that Chicago is physically huge.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 33m

Tronc mindset

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 52m

O'Neal is pushing "The Post into video podcasting, according to people familiar with the matter, aiming to launch a show hosted by Megan McArdle next month and a flagship program in January. The marquee show, I’m told, will be helmed by O’Neal himself."

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 14h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 8h

What they don't tell you is that 100% of missed shots were taken.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 8h

There was no other way that was going to go down.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 10h

'Slur' means more than one thing, and its sense as "hate speech" is very recent and builds on those older, still used meanings. This is understood, right?

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 10h

"Enormous Burt Confuses, Enchants City"

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 10h

an amazing human-nature coproduction, like if a lab drosophila were also beautiful.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 10h

This is one band that, in my experience, does not reward reacquainting oneself with.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 10h

this website, frfr

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 10h

I got a pick.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · Jan 4

Ludens are homo? John Bazinga? What the hell are you even talking about, Son?

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 10h

The one redeeming thing about tulipmania are the tulips.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 11h

This hasn't left my head, and I am holding you personally responsible.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 11h

Truly wish we hadn't sucked all the life out of calling something a "LARP"

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 13h

Pete is out here playing Operator. We do not have a SECDEF.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 11h

Classic move. What you really have to worry about is when a bunny dresses up like a sexy human lady. Your ass is about to get got.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 11h

We insist.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 11h

This just looks like thrown together nonsense to me.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 11h

Molly of course is loving the chaos.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 11h

I just want to use a real computer and not a phone or a laptop. I don't know how you people do it.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 11h

😔😔😔😔

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 11h

I want to get credit for not always pronouncing this establishment's name the proper Swedish way

Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 12h

Andersonville, Chicago

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 11h

Yes and no.

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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 12h

second idk if ai has no sentience then you're smart enough to know who it's really for and about and why it's making your dick hard to do it

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 12h

Or Tuesday. I'm fucking losing it with this move.