Mark Howson
@late-buddy-ryan.bsky.social
Retired publishing drone (translator, copy editor, proofreader…).
The_Late_Buddy_Ryan, 🐕🦺s on 📽️ @imdb.com. “Nobody knows you’re a dog on the internet, until you dachs yourself.” ♏️, late-stage Boomer, UWS, NYC. My pronouns: *ḱís, *hinmai…
The_Late_Buddy_Ryan, 🐕🦺s on 📽️ @imdb.com. “Nobody knows you’re a dog on the internet, until you dachs yourself.” ♏️, late-stage Boomer, UWS, NYC. My pronouns: *ḱís, *hinmai…
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Will have @bradlander.bsky.social on @allinwithchris.bsky.social tonight at 8pm.
June 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Will have @bradlander.bsky.social on @allinwithchris.bsky.social tonight at 8pm.
🤓🫏😫‼️ Out-of-touch coastal élites are seemingly still divided over the issue of whether the indicative “was” or the subjunctive “were” is appropriate in a sentence like this. 🤓 [MH] #DemsInDisarray! H/t @Set Pixels on eX-Twitter
June 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🤓🫏😫‼️ Out-of-touch coastal élites are seemingly still divided over the issue of whether the indicative “was” or the subjunctive “were” is appropriate in a sentence like this. 🤓 [MH] #DemsInDisarray! H/t @Set Pixels on eX-Twitter
Elon’s recent tweets and other behavior certainly tracks LBJ’s classic metonym of the renegade who suddenly finds himself “outside the tent pissing in.” #TheSecondTimeasFarce
June 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Elon’s recent tweets and other behavior certainly tracks LBJ’s classic metonym of the renegade who suddenly finds himself “outside the tent pissing in.” #TheSecondTimeasFarce
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My gift to mothers today is a long chat with Richard Kind. We met, naturally, at Fairway, and talked about Harold Hill, Studio 54, his skin condition, his love of Don Quixote, the time that George Clooney threw pies at him, and more. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Richard Kind Is the Perfect Second Banana
The inveterate character actor discusses Don Quixote, his time as George Clooney’s roommate, and his latest gig: m.c.ing John Mulaney’s absurdist talk show.
www.newyorker.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My gift to mothers today is a long chat with Richard Kind. We met, naturally, at Fairway, and talked about Harold Hill, Studio 54, his skin condition, his love of Don Quixote, the time that George Clooney threw pies at him, and more. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression theonion.com/trump-s...
March 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression theonion.com/trump-s...
Albrecht Dürer, 𝕴𝖓𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖎𝖇𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖚𝖒. Jean Geiler de Kaysersberg, an Alsatian preacher and social critic, published a commentary on his friend Sebastian Brandt’s 𝑆ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 (1494) in Strasbourg in 1511¹.
March 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Albrecht Dürer, 𝕴𝖓𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖎𝖇𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖚𝖒. Jean Geiler de Kaysersberg, an Alsatian preacher and social critic, published a commentary on his friend Sebastian Brandt’s 𝑆ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 (1494) in Strasbourg in 1511¹.
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Let’s go FBI agents. You know what to do. They can’t fire all of you!
a group of people are sitting in a field with a horse in the background
ALT: a group of people are sitting in a field with a horse in the background
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Let’s go FBI agents. You know what to do. They can’t fire all of you!
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Should go without saying but the point of diversity in hiring is to find _better_-qualified candidates outside of stagnant social networks that don't reward merit, like the kind of network that would put an MTV personality with a marketing degree in charge of the Department of Transportation
January 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Should go without saying but the point of diversity in hiring is to find _better_-qualified candidates outside of stagnant social networks that don't reward merit, like the kind of network that would put an MTV personality with a marketing degree in charge of the Department of Transportation
🗑️ 💰 The NYT published an indulgent interview with annoying crank and self-proclaimed “Dylanologist” A.J. Weberman the other day, but this guy’s the real deal…
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/a...
Bob Dylan’s Draft of Lyrics, Once Tossed in Trash, Sells for $500,000
Two pages of lyrics, written in the kitchen of a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll journalist, offer glimpses into the Nobel Prize-winning musician’s writing process.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🗑️ 💰 The NYT published an indulgent interview with annoying crank and self-proclaimed “Dylanologist” A.J. Weberman the other day, but this guy’s the real deal…
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/a...
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Accurately summarizes 2025, G-d help us
Trump: We will strangle the scarecrow child for national spaghetti purposes
Fox: Strangle plan is smart strategically
CNN: Voters talk scarecrow child at national spaghetti diner
NYT: Pomp And Spaghettistance? Trump Muses On Scarecrow Child's Fate
Meta: We are donating $1m to the strangle fund
Fox: Strangle plan is smart strategically
CNN: Voters talk scarecrow child at national spaghetti diner
NYT: Pomp And Spaghettistance? Trump Muses On Scarecrow Child's Fate
Meta: We are donating $1m to the strangle fund
January 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Accurately summarizes 2025, G-d help us
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This is your daily reminder than Trump is saying outrageous things to distract from the horrific consequences that will occur if you take the pressure off the US Senate to not confirm his nominees. Please like and more importantly repost. Spread the word.
January 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is your daily reminder than Trump is saying outrageous things to distract from the horrific consequences that will occur if you take the pressure off the US Senate to not confirm his nominees. Please like and more importantly repost. Spread the word.
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My response to Donald Trump’s efforts to block the Special Counsel from issuing his final report:
January 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My response to Donald Trump’s efforts to block the Special Counsel from issuing his final report:
Feeling smug bc I’ve curated my X and bs timelines so that disturbing and depressing current events are almost entirely upstaged by William Dalrymple’s 🕉️☸️ ancient India and David M. Perry’s 𝕴𝖗𝖆𝖊𝖓𝖐𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖘 𝕽𝖊𝖎𝖈𝖍, respectfully. 🤓
December 23, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Feeling smug bc I’ve curated my X and bs timelines so that disturbing and depressing current events are almost entirely upstaged by William Dalrymple’s 🕉️☸️ ancient India and David M. Perry’s 𝕴𝖗𝖆𝖊𝖓𝖐𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖘 𝕽𝖊𝖎𝖈𝖍, respectfully. 🤓
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"We don’t have a policy on Palestine. We just do what the Israelis want us to do.” - Mike Casey, the US diplomat working on Gaza who just quit his job.
‘Tired of writing about dead kids’: why a US state department worker resigned over Israel-Gaza policy
Mike Casey, one of only two people explicitly focused on Gaza, left over inaction and doing ‘what the Israelis want’
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:25 AM
"We don’t have a policy on Palestine. We just do what the Israelis want us to do.” - Mike Casey, the US diplomat working on Gaza who just quit his job.
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Earlier this week, Bret Stephens, a house conservative at the New York Times wrote a particularly terrible piece titled “Done With Never Trump.” @therickwilson.bsky.social wrote a reply to Bret. Never Trump means Never Trump. If you agree, please share it widely.
bit.ly/4fq8ytB
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Forever Never Trump
My Response To Bret Stephens
therickwilson.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Earlier this week, Bret Stephens, a house conservative at the New York Times wrote a particularly terrible piece titled “Done With Never Trump.” @therickwilson.bsky.social wrote a reply to Bret. Never Trump means Never Trump. If you agree, please share it widely.
bit.ly/4fq8ytB
bit.ly/4fq8ytB
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Barron Trump Returns Home To Find Melania Converted Room To Unending Labyrinth Of Darkness
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November 26, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Barron Trump Returns Home To Find Melania Converted Room To Unending Labyrinth Of Darkness
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