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very few ppl are as talented and fortunate as bill cunningham. but i often think about how he was able to live an honest life doing what he loved because he lived simply. even at the height of his career, he slept on a cot. as he once said, "if you don’t take money, they can’t tell you what to do."
Like I said, hard to read this as anything other than sneering contempt from ownership & leadership of the NYT at the idea that "the health of the president" is an concern that should be applied to Trump in the same way they applied it towards Biden.
6. “Elections are won from the centre” is a mantra used to try to block challenges from the left. It says “you can’t win if you want to change the system”. It ignores the fact that first the neoliberals and now the far right have completely transformed – in some respects replaced - the system.
post a meme made by you (this was from last month's orgy of TCW memoir-savaging)
English documentary photographer Janette Beckman, Tracy Chapman, New York, 1988 #WomensArt
Perfect!
"Yes that's right, Ron Zertnert, the goulash king of Columbus."
Highlighting some of the genres specifically desired for this position. Folks who write genre fiction take note! “Desirable additional subspecialties include speculative fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic narrative, experimental fiction, hybrid forms, and climate fiction.”
I actually go to an Evangelical Pumpkin
imagine hiring someone even ron desantis thought was just a little too much of a nazi
I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️ "Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
it really is interesting that they recognize it isn't politically possible to claim the US as a specifically anglo-saxon country and thus have to retroactively include groups of european immigrants — seen, at the time, as interlopers — as "white" people entitled to the same claim on national origins
Yeah this is the real deal Nazi shit.
Rudy Giuliani Awarded Presidential Medal Of Incest https://theonion.com/rudy-giuliani-awarded-presidential-medal-of-incest/
Man, why has it taken so long for a proper Emperor Has No Clothes moment?
Pritzker is doing two things here that are smart. One, he's describing this forcefully and unapologetically and in his own terms, not adopting the Admin/media frame. Two, he's making clear that he will blame the Admin for any violence or disorder sparked by their invasion of his state.
Mark your calendars, next big No Kings protest is October 18
Thanks for the reality check, Chris!
Two things can be — and are — true here: Bowser is not the champion DC needs in this moment, and The Washington Post has become a Trump rag. A newspaper that actually cared about the city in its name would not publish such an inflammatory, bullshit headline.
starmer is doing all the anti-immigrant and anti-trans "popularism" stuff the centrists are demanding US dems do and this is the predictable result:
Texas loaded busses with desperate migrants and dropped them off in Chicago like trash in the middle of winter. We welcomed them into our communities. Now Texas is sending its National Guard to terrorize them on our streets. In our neighborhoods. What the fuck.
Experts who spoke to TPM described the situation as “inadvisable” and “sloppy” for one of the top security officials in the country. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-sec...
This essay is so beautiful and smart archive.is/mtNez
Message from the White House: Stay tuned - we'll be live shortly
Taylor Swift Spoils Travis Kelce For Anniversary By Cracking Egg Over His Kibble
The style, the font, and inconsistencies in the different sailboats. In particular the sail on the middle boat.
Oh man, the one Brewers game I've been to this century was the debut game for both Rickie Weeks and Prince Fielder. IIRC they each picked up their first MLB hit that evening.
I didn't say anything about "preventing me from supporting", just don't share AI slop.
sucks shit that the Abolish ICE guy was a do-nothing grifter now in Eroc Adams orbit because it has never been clearer or more imperative that we have to Abolish ICE and hold trials for what they've done
Ok Ds pols this is the only time you're allowed to call something a distraction. Have at it
Then his point was really fucking stupid. "What if your friend leaves and then a piano falls out of the sky and kills him? What then?!?" -Immanuel Kant
The folk wisdom among political press that "Democrats cannot win on crime, immigration, and culture war issues because they don't represent the real America" goes back more than 40 years and not even the rise of fascism can shake it
Don't use generative AI - it's instantly discrediting to you and your cause.
Huh, I've been seeing very frequent posts about GOP politicians receiving extremely intense protesting any time they dare to hold a public event; and nothing close to the "100x" frequency of leftist counterprotestors that you're alleging.
Oh yeah, this is the stuff right here
Olympus Pen "Gothic" F, 150mm f4, Kentmere 200 #HalfFrame
Sending up the @chadhill.bsky.social signal - is the camera being used in this photo akin to your latest project?
Analytical AI is doing amazing things in science and medicine. Generative LLMs are theft. Do not conflate the two.
I did not know this! Amazing!
Wait wait wait, the asshole who is famous for lying turned out to be making things up?!?
Hank Ketcham was, indeed, a gigantic piece of shit; this thread is a good primer on why. A little detail that wasn’t mentioned in the thread, but seems appropriate for Labor Day: he was vehemently anti-union while working at Disney and gleefully crossed the picket line. Again, trash human.
Holy crap, @allthebeset.bsky.social I think this just might be the greatest #warningsign ever
FYI this is my favorite sign I’ve ever seen
I generally like both Rosen and Darcy, but Zitron has them dead to rights.
Hey-ohhh!
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary. Gary Godzilla (2016)
Take a break, Driver 8.
Kudos to the wonderful folks who runDragonCon's artist alley. Not only does Jamie and his amazing team always bend over backwards to help us out and make us feel welcome, they demonstrated their integrity by escorting an AI seller who had faked a portfolio to get in off the premises. 1/
*Olson, sorry
The field in the painting stretches down to the waters of Maple Juice Cove, and on a point of land overlooking the waters lies the Hathorn/Olson family cemetery - including the grave of the Wyeths!
One highlight of my vacation was a side-quest to the Olsen Farm, the setting of this painting!
Rahm Emanuel with some classic yellow peril.
Based on the published floorplan, I believe that's the bathroom of the Lincoln Bedroom suite.
Somebody finally got sick of that damn Sorting Hat mouthing off all the time
FOR INSTANCE, this story in two images:
What if they not letting Trump speak because he had a Reverse Fetterman Stroke and hes woke now
Nice
I'll also block the sharing account more often than not.
I don't think this actually counts as proof of life, he looks terrible
Tom Petty is an artist who was so prolific and consistent that he gets overlooked as a songwriter. I played this album for my kids a couple of years ago, and with fresh ears was blown away - it's just a string of fabulous tunes with a few all-timers sprinkled in. Vote Tom!
It wasn't huge, but I'd say 500-1000.
Not that I've heard, but damn he's got my vote if he does.
You know who's really damn good at what he does? @benwikler.bsky.social, that's who.
Local centenarians are showing up!
Madison is turning out on Labor Day! I'd be here no matter what, but I'm secretly very hopeful that it happens while I'm at a protest. 😉
Judge Sooknanan and her team have been working for almost 22 hours straight now. I imagine they will stay up till the last child has been returned (2 more hrs?). That puts them at 24 hours straight defending the rule of law & protecting the children. #DOJ #ICE
In the front seat of the car, that is
When I was a kid my best friend's dad would start winter mornings by plugging a hairdryer into an extension cord and leaving it running for a half hour before driving to work.
Boo, boo I say
It's a beautiful moment, and I'm happy as hell for both of you.
David, thank you for your service
It is transcendent, but just in case have your cardiologist on speed dial
Oh, Hemry, not you too!
Tim Onion, the next time you are in Madison, WI, order a scrambler at Mickey's Dairy Bar - with sausage and gravy. It is the Mona Lisa of slop.
Thanks, Senator Weaksauce
Whoa, a microwave?!? Must have been the Party Room!
I absolutely love this photograph I made of my great nephew and I. Jersey City, 2025. (35mm, timer)
Mercury II!
You don't have to be a sociopath to be a CEO, but let's just say it doesn't hurt.
No pressure intended! It's a book that I love to hear people's thoughts about - I'll be glad to see what you say about it when the time's right.
How did you like it?
Why the assumption that the US is trying to isolate Russia?
Is the Micah Parsons trade Biden's Katrina?
We should be so lucky
Yep, we're still penned in by the failed damn Reconstruction
AND THIS The current shitshow is ABSOLUTELY the metastasization of decades (centuries?) of letting bad actors off the hook in favor of "comity".
This guy seems like a decent sort, but this perspective doesn't factor in that Trump's base would take a lose-lose outcome over the win-win that academic Enlightenment mindsets insist are rationally preferred by all; nor does it factor in the irrational potency of their racism.
Yeah, you're like double-wrong on that. 1 - it is in fact what the base wants. 2 - what you're framing as, "vengeance," is really, "the actions necessary to hammer home to 25-30% of the population that they have lost." They are mired in a zero-sum mindset and will see anything less as weakness.
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
Sorry Adam, Husky's right.
Local radio is a treasure. The last half hour of music on WVMO has been tremendous!
Some people learned too much
Oh man! Great news for the two of you. Every one of the Frog and Toad books is a treasure.
And Frog was applauding for all the grand feats Toad was accomplishing, but growing ever smaller until he vanished completely! A dream fraught with imagery and metaphor.
🎶 There's a grifter who's sure All that glitters is gold...🎶
Well neither is Sean Duffy, so maybe don't pat yourself on the back too hard there
Marge: "There's something off about Sam in that photo." Homer: "Probably misses his old glasses."
Bizarro's looking a little hungover
