Heβs kind of annoying throughout but thereβs so much else to pay attention to.
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Heβs kind of annoying throughout but thereβs so much else to pay attention to.
four more pages of the amok time comic are up on patreon, have to just get through that setup of course lol
-Chocolate chip but Iβm very choosy -Packaged almond cookies sold at Pearl River Mart -Palmiers -Pecan sandies
Cool as hell pets not allowed.
One person familiar with the federal investigation said that βthus far, there is no evidence connecting the suspect with any left-wing groups.β www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Having had a similar life trajectory, I salute and congratulate you. You worked hard and deserve to feel good about it!
My god, the people at the Egyptian tonight not only got to marathon a bunch of Twin Peaks: The Return episodes, but hear Ray Wise sing Mairzy Doats?!?!?!!
Health Republic! Yes, that was good and I still miss it.
It may be the first climate-driven bird hybrid found in nature.
Any Philadelphia historians out there who can point me to good sources for understanding Philadelphia highlife culture in the immediate post-Civil War era? late 1860s and early 1870s? I'm particularly interested in any info on the Moyamensing Balls
I checked up on our Central Park Budgie this morning. I'm happy to report she's doing well and seems to be learning a lot by hanging out with House Sparrows. Amazing that she knows how to survive out here after spending her life in a cage. #Budgie #CentralPark #birding
ppl who say we're cooked or nothing matters or that we won't have future elections or that what's happening now will be what happens forevermore are not only telling you they have basically no historical knowledge but also that they can't distinguish "the end of my world" from "the end of the world"
It happened to me the other day too! And not for the first time.
Do you know how badly things have to be going in America for us to be owned this hard by the Dutch? The Dutch of all people
My weekend #nowreading.
Joyce comin' in HOT
Itβs not respectability so much as authority that the suit conveys. I have to remind myself sometimes that some confident sounding guy in a suit shouldnβt be assumed to have nous and authority just because of that appearance.
And...now we have $50K in matching funds to double any donations secure.motherjones.com/flex/mj/key/...
It still looks beautiful. Now I know itβs still there I want to go again.
I really thought the Russian Tea Room had shut decades ago. My lovely parents took me there after my first Broadway show back in the early 70s. At the time it seemed the epitome of elegance and sophistication to 11 year old me.
Yeah, the dominos are falling over falling over falling over and Iβm despondent.
Itβs darkly funny that the search for the shooterβs politics never provided much clarity about *his* politics but brought the politics of a lot of powerful people into sharp relief.
PLEASE not Substack
I would like to talk about how annoying I find my own habit of buying loads of used & new #LPs and then arranging them in attractive ways in the living room while going days & weeks without playing any because Iβm so stuck into podcasts & audiobooks. But what is there to say about it?
Enjoying the two guys on this year's Bake Off who look like they could be rival chieftains in Iron Age Gaul
All these $ barriers to healthcare are immoral. Iβm sorry.
There are injections your doc can give you if you canβt stomach oral iron.
from the gag rule in the 1830s and the 1850 compromise to the present day--a key component of American conservativism has been making it illegal to get publicly mad at them in any meaningful way
My buddy @toddalcott.bsky.social is an incredible graphic artist (and a damn good writer too). Most of his works are in the spirit of old pulp novels and LP covers. Lately, theyβve taken a turn toward current events. Stay loudβand never stop talking about the Epstein files.
Wow. Good for him! Is it a job he wants?
gestapo nation
I was looking for updates on the Tyler Robinson text messages, and I was suddenly very confused.
Welcome to the United Kingdom! π¬π§ Never before in U.S. History has a President been acknowledged by another country in this unique way! πΊπΈ At Windsor Castle, in London & all across the land, people are United! β They all want to see the #EPSTEIN_PedoFiles, ASAP! π
I found many second-hand copies available at biblio.com
Thanks for that tip.
My Dad introduced me to those books in the early 70s and requested I be a given an adult library card so I could borrow them, even thoβ they had line drawings of breasts in them. I adored those books. Are they still in print? Would be interesting to revisit now.
As was posted earlier, how to delete your account without agreeing to the ToS: Opening this "privacy policy" link www.academia.edu/privacytakes you to a page where you can access the drop-down menu and reach "account settings." From there I was able to delete my account without agreeing.
To spell some shit out unambiguously: fascism requires domestic abuse to propagate itself. Demands it. There is no way to humanely teach your children that might makes right. There is no way to gently love a spouse you think is your genetic intellectual inferior. These are inextricably linked.
There are simple, effective techniques you can take in your every day life, right now, to protect yourself from the nearly-universal surveillance that so many of us live under. Here's a set of resources from @eff.org that you can start with. ssd.eff.org
I just thought I would post this again, in case it comes in useful for understanding washing instructions.
Hegseth has a fetish around that word βwarriorβ.
What does the blue O on the yellow triangle mean on that flag?
It is genuinely humiliating as an America to have this sour, cowardly, narcissistic lout represent us and to know that so many Americans applaud conduct like this. Just deeply embarrassing.
The Publisher of the New York Times, A.G. Sulzberger, outlined what he calls the "playbook" for governments that want to weaken and ultimately neuter the press. www.nytco.com/press/ag-sul...
I'm sick to death of being influenced by liberal groups. I was just out to get some milk and now I'm a communist.
Itβs the psychological theories of narcissism The libidinal remains of slavery So many fantastic Black scholars have work on this and thatβs why the started with targeting Black women
Youβd probably enjoy Outlander.
If his attackers drugged him first, that would explain why no defense wounds. So this is bullshit.
ALT TEXT FOR EMBEDDED IMAGE:
Lessons from being online since 1995 1. Brandolini's law: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it." 2. Chill before serving. (Mine) 3. It's irony when the actor or observer is "confidently unaware." 4. On the Media's rules.
The pettiness of this is seering
Youβre correct.
I groaned aloud at that moment!
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Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics. The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
Fun fact: Nancy Mace is trying to censure me over comments I never said. Her res does not contain a single quote from me because she couldnβt find any. Unlike her, I have routinely condemned political violence, no matter the political ideology.
I didn't know who this person was 10 minutes ago but i love her
I was a fan, but between that column and todayβs interview with Not-Related-To-Me-At-All-Please-God BS, Iβve lost my enthusiasm for him & it makes me SAD. As does NYT which Iβd like to stop subbing, but am not yet ready to do without the parts of the paper I DO like. Ugh. Iβm kidding myself.
THANKS!
You are pulling out ALL the stops.
The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, and the lie became the truth.
Very excited about this book!
No, unless the shooter has begun their spree by killing said partner, roommate or friend.
Have you *ever*, in all the thousands of shootings in America, heard a word about a friend, roommate or partner of a shooter?
"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I donβt know. But the most telling detail in Kleinβs column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself." Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Join me in condemning this kind of statement and this kind of hate.
who is that a picture of? Someone Prince Andrew raped?
Iβve had both w/no problem
Iβve learned this week that my feelings about EKβs intelligence and world-view were completely wrong. This stance heβs taking now is madness. I feel ashamed of and for him.
I spoke to someone from them at the Brooklyn Book Fair a miillion years ago about it. I wish SOMEBODY would reprint it. Thoβ in the current environment, it wouldnβt do for it to attract the wrong kind of attention.
I wrote about the firing of Alan Sepinwall, which is awful. And I tied it into what's happening all over in the media, why it's scary & what we can do to help. I used my words, but it's definitely Hulk Mo dialed up to 11, if that's a thing you would like to experience: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...
Itβs the pseud of the guy who wrote the Cricket in Times Square books for kids, I think. Iβve asked @NYRB to reprint this for years; theyβre aware of it. Luckily I own a copy.
A critic well worth subscribing to!
Oh no! Canceling my RS sub which I had only to read you.
I had no idea there was ever so much going on on Staten Fucking Island.
A few minutes ago I got an email from the print shop with a tracking number for these, so they should be here more in the neighborhood of 3 weeks from my original post. I'm really excited to get these shipped and stoked to be able to do that sooner than I anticipated!
Everyone who left X will leave TikTok too when this goes thru
The Story of Harold by Terry Andrews.
Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.
Queen
So well put.
I love this city so much; it hurts my heart that anyone would try to harm the people here. ICE isnt in the city proper, they're in the burbs where there are fewer resources for spotting & intercepting them. This is snatch and grab. Plain and simple. THIS IS OUR CITY. OUR PEOPLE. YOU CANT HAVE THEM.
Sleet Storm, Times Square, NYC, 1937.
Same! To the point where I might read it again.
Saw a wonderful Julia Margaret Cameron retrospective at The Morgan Library
Really? Well, like you, I wouldnβt do it. Not in this environment.
Same. Not for a one red second.
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Agree, but also that post seems to be from a troll and not the actual organization
I think this is a spoof account; look at the @. Blocking.
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Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: 1. Iced coffee when Iβm thirsty 2. Flipping through used records 3. Dogs 4. Tidying up clutter spots in my apt 5. It costs nothing to think about Mr Spock
This is the mugshot of a literal political prisoner, arrested, thrown in jail, then expelled from a public university, for yelling at Charlie Kirk supporters
block this account immediately; note the misspelling in the handle
Lauren Bacall smoked beautifully.
Fellow hand-gal here too, glad I'm not alone.
MRF 