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I got a Twitter DM from the publisher of a book by Jeffrey Haas (Fred Hampton's lawyer) that I'd recommended in a thread that went viral, thanking me for the unexpected spike in sales. I'm sure we're talking dozens, not hundreds, but they were like doing highkey internet sleuthing to figure it out!
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I got a Twitter DM from the publisher of a book by Jeffrey Haas (Fred Hampton's lawyer) that I'd recommended in a thread that went viral, thanking me for the unexpected spike in sales. I'm sure we're talking dozens, not hundreds, but they were like doing highkey internet sleuthing to figure it out!
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Chip Kelly has had one of the strangest football coaching careers ever.
Pete Carroll fires Chip Kelly after another unsightly Raiders offensive performance
Pete Carroll fires Chip Kelly after another unsightly Raiders offensive performance
Chip Kelly was fired by the Raiders as offensive coordinator less than two years after he bolted UCLA and one year after helping Ohio State to an NCAA title.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Chip Kelly has had one of the strangest football coaching careers ever.
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After one of the worst acts of racial terror in our history, *we erased it.*
We didn't teach it.
We didn't take anyone to trial.
Police records disappeared.
So did newspaper archives.
The silence continued until 2020, when people, you could say, woke up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
We didn't teach it.
We didn't take anyone to trial.
Police records disappeared.
So did newspaper archives.
The silence continued until 2020, when people, you could say, woke up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
After one of the worst acts of racial terror in our history, *we erased it.*
We didn't teach it.
We didn't take anyone to trial.
Police records disappeared.
So did newspaper archives.
The silence continued until 2020, when people, you could say, woke up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
We didn't teach it.
We didn't take anyone to trial.
Police records disappeared.
So did newspaper archives.
The silence continued until 2020, when people, you could say, woke up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
I really wonder how Carville splits the hair between "Yay, Mamdani!" and "Woke = bad."
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
"It is abundantly clear even to me that the Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression," James Carville writes.
"It is abundantly clear even to me that the Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression," James Carville writes.
Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
Democrats also have to shed the last vestiges of woke.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I really wonder how Carville splits the hair between "Yay, Mamdani!" and "Woke = bad."
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When is that *not* trending
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When is that *not* trending
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it is truly a high level social negotiation of empathy and observation which is why his sort can't grasp it beyond "say mean thing about person!"
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
it is truly a high level social negotiation of empathy and observation which is why his sort can't grasp it beyond "say mean thing about person!"
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Roasting is a vehicle, not a destination.
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Roasting is a vehicle, not a destination.
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Being vulgar isn’t the goal of roasting. EARNING CAMARADERIE IS THE POINT. You display the empathy to accurately asses others’ vulnerabilities, the craft to make fun at them without destroying underlying respect for their humanity, and you earn satisfaction of earning their esteem.
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Being vulgar isn’t the goal of roasting. EARNING CAMARADERIE IS THE POINT. You display the empathy to accurately asses others’ vulnerabilities, the craft to make fun at them without destroying underlying respect for their humanity, and you earn satisfaction of earning their esteem.
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Black people turned roasting into high art but nooooooo don’t earn your stripes in a cipher. Let Grok shortcut it all, including the part where you are funny, esteemed, or included. 🙄
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Black people turned roasting into high art but nooooooo don’t earn your stripes in a cipher. Let Grok shortcut it all, including the part where you are funny, esteemed, or included. 🙄
The mystery aspect of S1 was always secondary to me. I was much more drawn in by watching various characters make real human connections. I've watched six of eight episodes of S2 and so far, I'm having the same feeling. I've been especially intrigued by seeing Julie learn to connect with her mom.
Thoughts on the return of A Man on the Inside, and the challenges of later seasons of serialized mystery shows:
Did 'A Man on the Inside' recreate the magic of its great first season?
Ted Danson's back, but second seasons of mystery shows are hard
www.whatsalanwatching.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The mystery aspect of S1 was always secondary to me. I was much more drawn in by watching various characters make real human connections. I've watched six of eight episodes of S2 and so far, I'm having the same feeling. I've been especially intrigued by seeing Julie learn to connect with her mom.
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Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
WASHINGTON—In an effort to bring an end to what he described as an anti-American trend in filmmaking, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday imposing a 100% tax on the profits of movi...
theonion.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
I legitimately don't think you can find a picture of Donald Trump smiling harder than he is here.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I legitimately don't think you can find a picture of Donald Trump smiling harder than he is here.
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Trump is a creature of media before anything else and I suspect one thing we're seeing in this (wild!) Mamdani meeting is that nothing impresses/intimidates him like someone capable of generating a competing media phenomenon
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump is a creature of media before anything else and I suspect one thing we're seeing in this (wild!) Mamdani meeting is that nothing impresses/intimidates him like someone capable of generating a competing media phenomenon
I'll admit to getting annoyed anytime I come across a list or conversation about GOAT rap groups that doesn't include De La Soul. They are the foundation of so much of what the past 40 years of rap music IS and they don't get enough credit for that.
The Miraculous and Inevitable Life and Rhymes of De La Soul
A look at how De La Soul weathered industry turmoil, cultural shifts, and personal heartbreak to become one of hip-hop’s most resilient and beloved groups.
www.okayplayer.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I'll admit to getting annoyed anytime I come across a list or conversation about GOAT rap groups that doesn't include De La Soul. They are the foundation of so much of what the past 40 years of rap music IS and they don't get enough credit for that.
One Black woman broke another Black woman's world record and they celebrated together.
The World’s Largest Afro Took Three People to Measure It
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
One Black woman broke another Black woman's world record and they celebrated together.
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Buzz Grambo is the most Star Wars name I've ever heard. I love everything about this.
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Buzz Grambo is the most Star Wars name I've ever heard. I love everything about this.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
I...think that I just learned that I have a multi step moisturizing process.
On left is what I use for my face and left is what I use for body.
I use moisturizing soaps too
I use moisturizing soaps too
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I...think that I just learned that I have a multi step moisturizing process.
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
If you know any of the songs from Animaniacs by heart then we can probably be friends.
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
If you know any of the songs from Animaniacs by heart then we can probably be friends.