MightyBrisket
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Delicious sliced brisket served with potato salad, progressive politics, baked beans, and plenty of BBQ sauce. Get some extra napkins.
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Sinners is set in the city of Clarksdale, MS. Problem: there’s no theatre there. So, the citizens wrote to Warner Bros to bring the film to them. Today they & Ryan Coogler did! What a beautiful day!
May 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Sinners is set in the city of Clarksdale, MS. Problem: there’s no theatre there. So, the citizens wrote to Warner Bros to bring the film to them. Today they & Ryan Coogler did! What a beautiful day!
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Every comic creator's obituary is like, he created this iconic character who was in a movie that made $700 million last year. He died with a net worth of $12 after the publisher countersued him.
May 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Every comic creator's obituary is like, he created this iconic character who was in a movie that made $700 million last year. He died with a net worth of $12 after the publisher countersued him.
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Succinctly states where we are and what's happening. These three things, in addition to doing much else, are the sheet anchors of American wealth and power.
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Succinctly states where we are and what's happening. These three things, in addition to doing much else, are the sheet anchors of American wealth and power.
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The house has passed a ban on coverage of gender care for all ages under Medicaid, CHIP and ACA plans. I don't know what to say to anyone this morning other than that the hundreds of thousands of people who are about to lose access to the care they need to stay alive deserve better than silence.
May 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The house has passed a ban on coverage of gender care for all ages under Medicaid, CHIP and ACA plans. I don't know what to say to anyone this morning other than that the hundreds of thousands of people who are about to lose access to the care they need to stay alive deserve better than silence.
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there's so many layers of fraud and abuse in this story that "someone might have been trying to log into the NLRB's systems with a valid Doge username and password from russia" doesn't even make it into the first 5,000 words
April 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
there's so many layers of fraud and abuse in this story that "someone might have been trying to log into the NLRB's systems with a valid Doge username and password from russia" doesn't even make it into the first 5,000 words
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Every so often, it just comes back to me in full force. The political and economic order that allowed this man to come to power is obviously no longer tenable. The leaders who let it happen obviously have to be replaced. This is an epoch defining failure and we have to turn the page completely.
April 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Every so often, it just comes back to me in full force. The political and economic order that allowed this man to come to power is obviously no longer tenable. The leaders who let it happen obviously have to be replaced. This is an epoch defining failure and we have to turn the page completely.
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If we were conquered and under hostile occupation, what would the government do differently? Would an occupation government that wanted to crush the United States as a vibrant, prosperous country with influence around the world do anything differently?
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If we were conquered and under hostile occupation, what would the government do differently? Would an occupation government that wanted to crush the United States as a vibrant, prosperous country with influence around the world do anything differently?
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So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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March 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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Wearing a “Protect Trans Lives” pin feels like such a small and inadequate thing to do, but while I was standing in line the other day a little girl of 10 or 11 saw it and said “I love your pin!” with a bright smile. You never know who will be encouraged or comforted by the small thing you’re doing.
March 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Wearing a “Protect Trans Lives” pin feels like such a small and inadequate thing to do, but while I was standing in line the other day a little girl of 10 or 11 saw it and said “I love your pin!” with a bright smile. You never know who will be encouraged or comforted by the small thing you’re doing.
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VERY IMPORTANT to label this as what it is, The Police State Executive Order. it's not an exaggeration. This is the inner wiring of a police state.
The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.
March 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
VERY IMPORTANT to label this as what it is, The Police State Executive Order. it's not an exaggeration. This is the inner wiring of a police state.
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I've written a one page patch for the new D&D Players Manual where I solve the problem of people's campaigns grinding to a halt because they can't schedule a game.
PDF is the link. Print it out. Stick it in your manuals. May work for other games too. #ttrpg #dnd
oldmenrunningtheworld.com?p=304
PDF is the link. Print it out. Stick it in your manuals. May work for other games too. #ttrpg #dnd
oldmenrunningtheworld.com?p=304
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I've written a one page patch for the new D&D Players Manual where I solve the problem of people's campaigns grinding to a halt because they can't schedule a game.
PDF is the link. Print it out. Stick it in your manuals. May work for other games too. #ttrpg #dnd
oldmenrunningtheworld.com?p=304
PDF is the link. Print it out. Stick it in your manuals. May work for other games too. #ttrpg #dnd
oldmenrunningtheworld.com?p=304
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Tristan Tzara, Paul Éluard, André Breton, Hans Arp, Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, René Crevel & Man Ray.
March 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Tristan Tzara, Paul Éluard, André Breton, Hans Arp, Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, René Crevel & Man Ray.
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My favorite graphic…R ideology has careened rightward for decades but Ds (as of this now-outdated 2013 chart) hadn’t moved much at all. I wish I could update this with more recent data but I’m not sure I have the skills for that. And I suspect that Ds have now been dragged rightward of Reagan.
March 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My favorite graphic…R ideology has careened rightward for decades but Ds (as of this now-outdated 2013 chart) hadn’t moved much at all. I wish I could update this with more recent data but I’m not sure I have the skills for that. And I suspect that Ds have now been dragged rightward of Reagan.
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Apologies in advance for what might look like a rambling diatribe going nowhere. But the one thing I know really well - better than almost anyone else - is boxing. And there’s a really valuable lesson from boxing that the Democratic Party needs to learn in a hurry.
Let’s start with the boxing bit.
Let’s start with the boxing bit.
July 15, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Apologies in advance for what might look like a rambling diatribe going nowhere. But the one thing I know really well - better than almost anyone else - is boxing. And there’s a really valuable lesson from boxing that the Democratic Party needs to learn in a hurry.
Let’s start with the boxing bit.
Let’s start with the boxing bit.
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I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.
Man, I didn't have "Asteroid strike vaporizes Mumbai" OR "Elon Musk takes over USA" on my 2025 bingo card.
February 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Man, I didn't have "Asteroid strike vaporizes Mumbai" OR "Elon Musk takes over USA" on my 2025 bingo card.
Just a dark fuckin' day for liberty, equality, justice, integrity and compassion.
January 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just a dark fuckin' day for liberty, equality, justice, integrity and compassion.
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This is a beautiful tribute.
January 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is a beautiful tribute.
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Remembrance post by David Lynch’s family, confirmed by Variety.
January 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Remembrance post by David Lynch’s family, confirmed by Variety.
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Excellent obituary of Karen Wynn Fonstad, the superlative cartographer of Middle-earth, Pern, D&D, Narnia, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth (Gift Article)
She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Excellent obituary of Karen Wynn Fonstad, the superlative cartographer of Middle-earth, Pern, D&D, Narnia, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
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'L'eclissi di sole a Venezia dell'8 luglio 1842'
Ippolito Caffi, 1842
Ippolito Caffi, 1842
January 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
'L'eclissi di sole a Venezia dell'8 luglio 1842'
Ippolito Caffi, 1842
Ippolito Caffi, 1842
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Here's a quick piece I wrote up on how to understand DOGE as a very blatant attempt at procurement capture, a simple way of making government spending corrupt to benefit the tycoons. Please do pass it along & share any feedback! www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D... (Thx for the nudge to write it!)
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Here's a quick piece I wrote up on how to understand DOGE as a very blatant attempt at procurement capture, a simple way of making government spending corrupt to benefit the tycoons. Please do pass it along & share any feedback! www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D... (Thx for the nudge to write it!)
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How Did This Beloved Thing Get So Bad?
a guy wanted to get richer
What Happened To All Thos— let me stop you there. a guy wanted to get richer
Why Is Th— a guy wanted to get richer
Have You Noticed Th— a guy wanted to get richer
Where Did— a guy wanted to get richer
a guy wanted to get richer
What Happened To All Thos— let me stop you there. a guy wanted to get richer
Why Is Th— a guy wanted to get richer
Have You Noticed Th— a guy wanted to get richer
Where Did— a guy wanted to get richer
January 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
How Did This Beloved Thing Get So Bad?
a guy wanted to get richer
What Happened To All Thos— let me stop you there. a guy wanted to get richer
Why Is Th— a guy wanted to get richer
Have You Noticed Th— a guy wanted to get richer
Where Did— a guy wanted to get richer
a guy wanted to get richer
What Happened To All Thos— let me stop you there. a guy wanted to get richer
Why Is Th— a guy wanted to get richer
Have You Noticed Th— a guy wanted to get richer
Where Did— a guy wanted to get richer
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"You'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 7:41 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits:
The three spirits: