Rob DeSpain
@robot-despain.bsky.social
Books, booze, cats, and travel (have visited all 48 states).
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Ezra Klein is the epitome of a day late and a dollar short. One can imagine him explaining Kristallnacht to Germans well after it had ended, after tens of thousands of Jews had been put behind barbed wire in concentration camps, saying of course it was all wrong but here's why Nazis feel threatened.
September 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ezra Klein is the epitome of a day late and a dollar short. One can imagine him explaining Kristallnacht to Germans well after it had ended, after tens of thousands of Jews had been put behind barbed wire in concentration camps, saying of course it was all wrong but here's why Nazis feel threatened.
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February 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Woke up this morning wondering which of the Washington-based foreign journalists here will end up being their generation’s William Shirer 😬😵💫
February 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Woke up this morning wondering which of the Washington-based foreign journalists here will end up being their generation’s William Shirer 😬😵💫
Ha @juliadespain.bsky.social But we still want this!
The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CRANDIC) superimposed on Chicago
December 12, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Ha @juliadespain.bsky.social But we still want this!
@juliadespain.bsky.social would lose her mind with this.
Guy Who Posted Craigslist Ad Wasn’t Expecting Dame Judi Dench To Buy His PS4
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December 3, 2024 at 4:11 PM
@juliadespain.bsky.social would lose her mind with this.
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They were careless people, Joe and Mika—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
November 19, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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A dude from Belgium was behind me in line and he kept referring to The Bear as a movie, but he was so enamored with the heavy Chicago accent of one of the guys working, so we never corrected his “movie” talk.
November 12, 2024 at 5:02 PM
A dude from Belgium was behind me in line and he kept referring to The Bear as a movie, but he was so enamored with the heavy Chicago accent of one of the guys working, so we never corrected his “movie” talk.