Bitter Literature
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What. Who. Where. When. Why. How. Not journalistically, just incredulously.
"Why is THIS person, saying THIS thing, in THIS venue, to THIS audience, at THIS time?"
#RandomHot100 rating scale is 0.0 to 4.0, if it matters.
"Why is THIS person, saying THIS thing, in THIS venue, to THIS audience, at THIS time?"
#RandomHot100 rating scale is 0.0 to 4.0, if it matters.
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oh look this guy supports medicare for all and i assume he doesn't have a nazi tattoo so there are options in maine just fyi
My name is Tucker Favreau. I'm a 34 year-old Army Veteran running as a Democratic Candidate for US Senate in Maine. Attached is my rather simple announcement video. Please share if you are looking for more options in Maine to replace Susan Collins! And support Medicare for All! #maine #mepolitics
Tucker for Maine - US Senate Announcement
YouTube video by Tucker For Maine
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
oh look this guy supports medicare for all and i assume he doesn't have a nazi tattoo so there are options in maine just fyi
Billboard rule change for the #RandomHot100 ! We'll see more songs drop off the Hot 100 due to an administrative decision. Should make room for more debuts, though - they've been clogged.
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week
Taylor Swift claims eight of the top 10 songs on the Hot 100 via her album 'The Life of a Showgirl,' led by “The Fate of Ophelia.”
www.billboard.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Billboard rule change for the #RandomHot100 ! We'll see more songs drop off the Hot 100 due to an administrative decision. Should make room for more debuts, though - they've been clogged.
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This is also my way of saying that it being easier and more open to say racist things is very very bad because it signals regression to a time where those openly racist ideas and statements weren’t just acknowledged but celebrated and codified
Something that I don’t think people realize is how bonkers racist society was for a long time. Like it is racist now but it was *SO RACIST* that it is hard to describe it without sounding unhinged
October 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is also my way of saying that it being easier and more open to say racist things is very very bad because it signals regression to a time where those openly racist ideas and statements weren’t just acknowledged but celebrated and codified
#RandomHot100
Carpenters “(Want You) Back in My Life Again” [Made in America, 1981]
Rating: 2.5
Written by Kerry Chater, Chris Christian
Produced by Richard Carpenter
Debut: #88 September 12, 1981
Peak: #72 October 17, 1981 (2 weeks)
8 weeks on chart
1/
Carpenters “(Want You) Back in My Life Again” [Made in America, 1981]
Rating: 2.5
Written by Kerry Chater, Chris Christian
Produced by Richard Carpenter
Debut: #88 September 12, 1981
Peak: #72 October 17, 1981 (2 weeks)
8 weeks on chart
1/
[Want You] Back In My Life Again
YouTube video by The Carpenters - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
#RandomHot100
Carpenters “(Want You) Back in My Life Again” [Made in America, 1981]
Rating: 2.5
Written by Kerry Chater, Chris Christian
Produced by Richard Carpenter
Debut: #88 September 12, 1981
Peak: #72 October 17, 1981 (2 weeks)
8 weeks on chart
1/
Carpenters “(Want You) Back in My Life Again” [Made in America, 1981]
Rating: 2.5
Written by Kerry Chater, Chris Christian
Produced by Richard Carpenter
Debut: #88 September 12, 1981
Peak: #72 October 17, 1981 (2 weeks)
8 weeks on chart
1/
Once again, this is the type of article presentation that led me to stop donating to NPR.
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Once again, this is the type of article presentation that led me to stop donating to NPR.
#RandomHot100
Helena Ferguson, “Where Is the Party?” [1967]
Rating: 3.0
Written by Billy Frazier
Produced by Lincoln Kilpatrick
Debut: #93 November 11, 1967
Peak: #90 December 2, 1967 (2 weeks)
5 weeks on chart
1/
Helena Ferguson, “Where Is the Party?” [1967]
Rating: 3.0
Written by Billy Frazier
Produced by Lincoln Kilpatrick
Debut: #93 November 11, 1967
Peak: #90 December 2, 1967 (2 weeks)
5 weeks on chart
1/
Where Is The Party - Helena Ferguson - 1967
YouTube video by The Vintage Soul Machine
www.youtube.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
#RandomHot100
Helena Ferguson, “Where Is the Party?” [1967]
Rating: 3.0
Written by Billy Frazier
Produced by Lincoln Kilpatrick
Debut: #93 November 11, 1967
Peak: #90 December 2, 1967 (2 weeks)
5 weeks on chart
1/
Helena Ferguson, “Where Is the Party?” [1967]
Rating: 3.0
Written by Billy Frazier
Produced by Lincoln Kilpatrick
Debut: #93 November 11, 1967
Peak: #90 December 2, 1967 (2 weeks)
5 weeks on chart
1/
Time to cancel the Star Tribune subscription, unfortunately 🫤
An Update:
I received an email canceling my contract as a columnist at @startribune.com after sharing this story publicly.
(I had written columns past the one-year contract already + been asked to continue on in July).
I received an email canceling my contract as a columnist at @startribune.com after sharing this story publicly.
(I had written columns past the one-year contract already + been asked to continue on in July).
September 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Time to cancel the Star Tribune subscription, unfortunately 🫤
#RandomHot100
Fabian, “Come On and Get Me” [1959]
Rating: 2.5
Written by Bert Salmirs, Wallace Zober
Produced by unknown
Orchestra and chorus conducted by Peter De Angelis
Debut: #77 September 7, 1959
Peak: #29 October 12, 1959
8 weeks on chart
1/
Fabian, “Come On and Get Me” [1959]
Rating: 2.5
Written by Bert Salmirs, Wallace Zober
Produced by unknown
Orchestra and chorus conducted by Peter De Angelis
Debut: #77 September 7, 1959
Peak: #29 October 12, 1959
8 weeks on chart
1/
1959 HITS ARCHIVE: Come On And Get Me - Fabian
YouTube video by The45Prof
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
#RandomHot100
Fabian, “Come On and Get Me” [1959]
Rating: 2.5
Written by Bert Salmirs, Wallace Zober
Produced by unknown
Orchestra and chorus conducted by Peter De Angelis
Debut: #77 September 7, 1959
Peak: #29 October 12, 1959
8 weeks on chart
1/
Fabian, “Come On and Get Me” [1959]
Rating: 2.5
Written by Bert Salmirs, Wallace Zober
Produced by unknown
Orchestra and chorus conducted by Peter De Angelis
Debut: #77 September 7, 1959
Peak: #29 October 12, 1959
8 weeks on chart
1/
This is correct. The national Democrats' reflexive turning to pocketbook issues to oppose the ongoing Nazification of the Republicans is the biggest issue I have with my own party. Human rights aren't a "distraction"; they're the fight!
"You can't detain someone for being Latino" is a law worth shutting down the government for
The Democratic Party once again cannot decide if it should fight Trump, and if so, what about.
stancilculture.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This is correct. The national Democrats' reflexive turning to pocketbook issues to oppose the ongoing Nazification of the Republicans is the biggest issue I have with my own party. Human rights aren't a "distraction"; they're the fight!
#RandomHot100
Ashe Featuring Niall Horan, “Moral of the Story” [Moral of the Story: Chapter 1, 2019]
Rating: 2.0
Written by Ashlynn Willson, Casey Smith, Noah Conrad
Produced by Noah Conrad, Finneas O’Connell
Debut: #71 March 7, 2020
Peak: same
3 weeks on chart
1/
Ashe Featuring Niall Horan, “Moral of the Story” [Moral of the Story: Chapter 1, 2019]
Rating: 2.0
Written by Ashlynn Willson, Casey Smith, Noah Conrad
Produced by Noah Conrad, Finneas O’Connell
Debut: #71 March 7, 2020
Peak: same
3 weeks on chart
1/
Ashe - Moral of the Story feat. Niall Horan (Official Audio)
YouTube video by AsheMusicVEVO
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
#RandomHot100
Ashe Featuring Niall Horan, “Moral of the Story” [Moral of the Story: Chapter 1, 2019]
Rating: 2.0
Written by Ashlynn Willson, Casey Smith, Noah Conrad
Produced by Noah Conrad, Finneas O’Connell
Debut: #71 March 7, 2020
Peak: same
3 weeks on chart
1/
Ashe Featuring Niall Horan, “Moral of the Story” [Moral of the Story: Chapter 1, 2019]
Rating: 2.0
Written by Ashlynn Willson, Casey Smith, Noah Conrad
Produced by Noah Conrad, Finneas O’Connell
Debut: #71 March 7, 2020
Peak: same
3 weeks on chart
1/
From the Billboard Hot 100, October 16, 1993.
August 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
From the Billboard Hot 100, October 16, 1993.
#RandomHot100
Joey Scarbury, “Believe It or Not (Theme from Greatest American Hero)”
Rating: 2.0
Written by Mike Post, Stephen Geyer
Produced by Mike Post
Debut: #85 May 9, 1981
Peak: #2 August 15, 1981 (two weeks)
26 weeks on chart
1/
Joey Scarbury, “Believe It or Not (Theme from Greatest American Hero)”
Rating: 2.0
Written by Mike Post, Stephen Geyer
Produced by Mike Post
Debut: #85 May 9, 1981
Peak: #2 August 15, 1981 (two weeks)
26 weeks on chart
1/
Joey Scarbury – Theme From "The Greatest American Hero" (Believe It Or Not) (1981) (Refreshed Video)
YouTube video by Credit Cookies, Trailers & More
www.youtube.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#RandomHot100
Joey Scarbury, “Believe It or Not (Theme from Greatest American Hero)”
Rating: 2.0
Written by Mike Post, Stephen Geyer
Produced by Mike Post
Debut: #85 May 9, 1981
Peak: #2 August 15, 1981 (two weeks)
26 weeks on chart
1/
Joey Scarbury, “Believe It or Not (Theme from Greatest American Hero)”
Rating: 2.0
Written by Mike Post, Stephen Geyer
Produced by Mike Post
Debut: #85 May 9, 1981
Peak: #2 August 15, 1981 (two weeks)
26 weeks on chart
1/
#RandomHot100
Travis Tritt, “Best of Intentions” [Down the Road I Go, 2000]
Rating: 0.0
Written by Travis Tritt
Produced by Travis Tritt, Billy Joe Walker Jr.
Debut: #97 August 19, 2000
Peak: #27 December 2, 2000
22 weeks on chart
1/
Travis Tritt, “Best of Intentions” [Down the Road I Go, 2000]
Rating: 0.0
Written by Travis Tritt
Produced by Travis Tritt, Billy Joe Walker Jr.
Debut: #97 August 19, 2000
Peak: #27 December 2, 2000
22 weeks on chart
1/
Travis Tritt - Best of Intentions
YouTube video by TravisTrittVEVO
www.youtube.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
#RandomHot100
Travis Tritt, “Best of Intentions” [Down the Road I Go, 2000]
Rating: 0.0
Written by Travis Tritt
Produced by Travis Tritt, Billy Joe Walker Jr.
Debut: #97 August 19, 2000
Peak: #27 December 2, 2000
22 weeks on chart
1/
Travis Tritt, “Best of Intentions” [Down the Road I Go, 2000]
Rating: 0.0
Written by Travis Tritt
Produced by Travis Tritt, Billy Joe Walker Jr.
Debut: #97 August 19, 2000
Peak: #27 December 2, 2000
22 weeks on chart
1/
This article is generally good, but I'm going to bust Cohen for this sentence about Hegseth: "The Army, unlike Princeton and Harvard, knew a petulant, insecure mediocrity when it saw one."
Per Cohen, Hegseth resigned from the Army as a major, which means they promoted him three times.
Per Cohen, Hegseth resigned from the Army as a major, which means they promoted him three times.
Hegseth’s Headlong Pursuit of Academic Mediocrity
His military-education reforms seem designed to ensure fighting men can’t think and thinking men can’t fight. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
His military-education reforms seem designed to ensure fighting men can’t think and thinking men can’t fight. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Hegseth’s Headlong Pursuit of Academic Mediocrity
His military-education reforms seem designed to ensure fighting men can’t think and thinking men can’t fight.
www.theatlantic.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This article is generally good, but I'm going to bust Cohen for this sentence about Hegseth: "The Army, unlike Princeton and Harvard, knew a petulant, insecure mediocrity when it saw one."
Per Cohen, Hegseth resigned from the Army as a major, which means they promoted him three times.
Per Cohen, Hegseth resigned from the Army as a major, which means they promoted him three times.
This thread is bespoke tailored for me personally.
One like = one Skyrim opinion
July 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This thread is bespoke tailored for me personally.
#RandomHot100
Jermaine Jackson, “I’m Just Too Shy” [I Like Your Style, 1981]
Rating: 0.0
Written by Jermaine Jackson
Produced by Jermaine Jackson
Debut: #82 October 31, 1981
Peak: #60 November 28, 1981
8 weeks on chart
1/
Jermaine Jackson, “I’m Just Too Shy” [I Like Your Style, 1981]
Rating: 0.0
Written by Jermaine Jackson
Produced by Jermaine Jackson
Debut: #82 October 31, 1981
Peak: #60 November 28, 1981
8 weeks on chart
1/
Jermaine Jackson - I'm Just Too Shy
YouTube video by FF FUNK FOREVER (the Music Alliance)
www.youtube.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
#RandomHot100
Jermaine Jackson, “I’m Just Too Shy” [I Like Your Style, 1981]
Rating: 0.0
Written by Jermaine Jackson
Produced by Jermaine Jackson
Debut: #82 October 31, 1981
Peak: #60 November 28, 1981
8 weeks on chart
1/
Jermaine Jackson, “I’m Just Too Shy” [I Like Your Style, 1981]
Rating: 0.0
Written by Jermaine Jackson
Produced by Jermaine Jackson
Debut: #82 October 31, 1981
Peak: #60 November 28, 1981
8 weeks on chart
1/
#RandomHot100
The Timetones, “In My Heart” [1961]
Rating: 3.0
Written by Claude Smith, Clarence Johnson
Produced by unknown
Debut: #83 May 8, 1961
Peak: #51 May 29, 1961
5 weeks on chart
1/
The Timetones, “In My Heart” [1961]
Rating: 3.0
Written by Claude Smith, Clarence Johnson
Produced by unknown
Debut: #83 May 8, 1961
Peak: #51 May 29, 1961
5 weeks on chart
1/
1961 Timetones - In My Heart
YouTube video by The45Prof
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
#RandomHot100
The Timetones, “In My Heart” [1961]
Rating: 3.0
Written by Claude Smith, Clarence Johnson
Produced by unknown
Debut: #83 May 8, 1961
Peak: #51 May 29, 1961
5 weeks on chart
1/
The Timetones, “In My Heart” [1961]
Rating: 3.0
Written by Claude Smith, Clarence Johnson
Produced by unknown
Debut: #83 May 8, 1961
Peak: #51 May 29, 1961
5 weeks on chart
1/
Ruin a book's title by replacing one word with butthole...
The Last Butthole of Christ.
The Last Butthole of Christ.
Ruin a book's title by replacing one word with butthole:
The Lion, the Witch, and the Butthole
The Lion, the Witch, and the Butthole
Ruin a book's title by replacing one word with butthole:
House of Buttholes
House of Buttholes
June 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Ruin a book's title by replacing one word with butthole...
The Last Butthole of Christ.
The Last Butthole of Christ.
Ugh. Tally of Democratic Senators voting on the Iraq AUMF in 2003, and whether that seat is Democratic or Republican today. (Sanders was independent but in the house; Jeffords, a former Republican turned independent who caucused with the Democrats, is not counted.)
June 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ugh. Tally of Democratic Senators voting on the Iraq AUMF in 2003, and whether that seat is Democratic or Republican today. (Sanders was independent but in the house; Jeffords, a former Republican turned independent who caucused with the Democrats, is not counted.)
#RandomHot100
Bob Dylan, “Gotta Serve Somebody” [Slow Train Coming, 1979]
Rating: 1.0
Written by Bob Dylan
Produced by Jerry Wexler, Barry Beckett
Debut: #90 September 8, 1979
Peak: #24 November 3, 1979 (2 weeks)
12 weeks on chart
1/
Bob Dylan, “Gotta Serve Somebody” [Slow Train Coming, 1979]
Rating: 1.0
Written by Bob Dylan
Produced by Jerry Wexler, Barry Beckett
Debut: #90 September 8, 1979
Peak: #24 November 3, 1979 (2 weeks)
12 weeks on chart
1/
Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody (Official Audio)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
www.youtube.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
#RandomHot100
Bob Dylan, “Gotta Serve Somebody” [Slow Train Coming, 1979]
Rating: 1.0
Written by Bob Dylan
Produced by Jerry Wexler, Barry Beckett
Debut: #90 September 8, 1979
Peak: #24 November 3, 1979 (2 weeks)
12 weeks on chart
1/
Bob Dylan, “Gotta Serve Somebody” [Slow Train Coming, 1979]
Rating: 1.0
Written by Bob Dylan
Produced by Jerry Wexler, Barry Beckett
Debut: #90 September 8, 1979
Peak: #24 November 3, 1979 (2 weeks)
12 weeks on chart
1/
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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
This interview reminds me how allergic I am to any sign of conciliation with Trump. Gilchrist says Trump "thinks the Constitution is a joke," and then says, "At the same time," and I'm done without finishing the sentence.
Gilchrist focuses on vision for Michigan amid challenges from Trump administration • Michigan Advance
MACKINAC ISLAND – With Independent candidate for governor and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan holding a 54% favorability rating among metro Detroit voters, and fellow Detroit resident Jocelyn Benson also se...
michiganadvance.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This interview reminds me how allergic I am to any sign of conciliation with Trump. Gilchrist says Trump "thinks the Constitution is a joke," and then says, "At the same time," and I'm done without finishing the sentence.
BLECH. The detail about the Confederate money at the school store is what really gets me. And the bit about greater demand for the Confederate flag than the American flag reminds me of Trump's campaigning in front of the Thin Blue Line flag in 2020.
![Text from chapter 13 of McCoy and Ruetten's "Quest and Response: Minority Rights in the Truman Administration," 1973/2020. "The most widely used symbol of protest [of anti-civil rights forces] by 1951 was the Confederate flag. An owner of a flag company in Virginia reported that there were more Confederate flags in that state in 1951 than during the Civil War. In September the largest flag company in the world, located in New York City, revealed that it was unable to meet the demand for Confederate flags, which exceeded that for Old Glory. From the nation's capital came a similar report. In Fordyce, Arkansas, high school students donned Confederate hats, flew rebel flags, and marched to "Dixie," while using Confederate money as legal tender at the school store. The New Yorker magazine carried one advertisement that urged its readers to purchase the Stars and Bars to "show where you stand." The annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars became acrimonious when southern delegates insisted upon placing the Confederate emblem over the American flag."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:grz42zf7hdvtswxikodikq24/bafkreiel7qr5i6fq5agtqc6qm7hc62izbadnbyhnnxwmeuf5u2bsdgvaey@jpeg)
June 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
BLECH. The detail about the Confederate money at the school store is what really gets me. And the bit about greater demand for the Confederate flag than the American flag reminds me of Trump's campaigning in front of the Thin Blue Line flag in 2020.