Blake
@blakehelm.bsky.social
Former cool dude grappling with being middle aged.
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1990s culture wars: We’re cancelling the Enola Gay exhibit bc veterans and historians can’t agree whether we should celebrate its role in ending WWII or critically assess the decision to use nuclear weapons
2020s culture wars: We’re cancelling the Enola Gay bc “gay” is a no-no word
2020s culture wars: We’re cancelling the Enola Gay bc “gay” is a no-no word
honest question: did they just ctrl+f for "gay" bsky.app/profile/brad...
Brad Heath (@bradheath.bsky.social)
The military is plans to scrub photos of the Enola Gay, one of the bombers that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, from its website as part of its purge of diversity content.
It's among more than 26,0...
bsky.app
March 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
1990s culture wars: We’re cancelling the Enola Gay exhibit bc veterans and historians can’t agree whether we should celebrate its role in ending WWII or critically assess the decision to use nuclear weapons
2020s culture wars: We’re cancelling the Enola Gay bc “gay” is a no-no word
2020s culture wars: We’re cancelling the Enola Gay bc “gay” is a no-no word
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Full text here. Click through the reposts for the Elmo gov addy.
www.reddit.com/r/theticket/...
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February 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Full text here. Click through the reposts for the Elmo gov addy.
www.reddit.com/r/theticket/...
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“For many, it seems they went from being an important part of people’s lives to just a basketball franchise that happens to exist inside the city limits.”Bob says it all so well. I will not move on. bobsturm.substack.com/p/the-case-a...
The Case Against Eternal, Binding Loyalty
Maybe being eternally loyal to our favorite teams is why they treat us all like they do.
bobsturm.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
“For many, it seems they went from being an important part of people’s lives to just a basketball franchise that happens to exist inside the city limits.”Bob says it all so well. I will not move on. bobsturm.substack.com/p/the-case-a...
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Jesuit Priest 👇🏽
February 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Jesuit Priest 👇🏽
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Ah, the millennial experience of “every time you get some measure of financial and career stability, the world decides to do something extraordinarily stupid again”
February 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Ah, the millennial experience of “every time you get some measure of financial and career stability, the world decides to do something extraordinarily stupid again”
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Elon Musk's mother moved to South Africa in the year Apartheid was created, and she and Elon left the year it ended. The last Apartheid Prime Minister, a man who refused to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, was a family friend who stayed at their home. This is not a crazy theory.
February 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Elon Musk's mother moved to South Africa in the year Apartheid was created, and she and Elon left the year it ended. The last Apartheid Prime Minister, a man who refused to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, was a family friend who stayed at their home. This is not a crazy theory.
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“the Red Sox actually got pretty good value for Ruth”
-Nico Harrison probably
-Nico Harrison probably
February 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“the Red Sox actually got pretty good value for Ruth”
-Nico Harrison probably
-Nico Harrison probably
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I think we can all agree that the definition of limited conservative government is when an unelected billionaire interferes at every level and juncture
SCOOP: The highest-ranking Treasury official is expected to depart soon after a clash w/ Elon Musk allies over their demands for access to a sensitive internal government payment system, sources say
System controls disbursement of trillions of dollars per yr
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
System controls disbursement of trillions of dollars per yr
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I think we can all agree that the definition of limited conservative government is when an unelected billionaire interferes at every level and juncture
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Lee Atwater had a pungent and famous quote about how once conservatives could no longer use the n-word they used things like “states’ rights” to invoke the same spirit.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Lee Atwater had a pungent and famous quote about how once conservatives could no longer use the n-word they used things like “states’ rights” to invoke the same spirit.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
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I always feel strange doing this sort of thing but Defector.com has had an incredible January, just a ton of really good stories on a wide range of topics, and I suggest subscribing to it. I am biased, obviously, but I am really proud and grateful to get to do this the way we're doing it.
Defector | The last good website.
Defector is an employee-owned sports and culture website brought to you by the former staffers of Deadspin.
Defector.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I always feel strange doing this sort of thing but Defector.com has had an incredible January, just a ton of really good stories on a wide range of topics, and I suggest subscribing to it. I am biased, obviously, but I am really proud and grateful to get to do this the way we're doing it.
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As a father of five kids, I totally agree with this evergreen post.
January 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As a father of five kids, I totally agree with this evergreen post.
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Monstrous bastards www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate
Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Monstrous bastards www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
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The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
January 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
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::taps mic::
It's useful to think of NYT as a cult that worships power, influence & the status quo. They will normalize anything as long as it allows them to retain their position. The institution selects for people who share this perspective. Chomsky isn't always right but he was right on this.
It's useful to think of NYT as a cult that worships power, influence & the status quo. They will normalize anything as long as it allows them to retain their position. The institution selects for people who share this perspective. Chomsky isn't always right but he was right on this.
January 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
::taps mic::
It's useful to think of NYT as a cult that worships power, influence & the status quo. They will normalize anything as long as it allows them to retain their position. The institution selects for people who share this perspective. Chomsky isn't always right but he was right on this.
It's useful to think of NYT as a cult that worships power, influence & the status quo. They will normalize anything as long as it allows them to retain their position. The institution selects for people who share this perspective. Chomsky isn't always right but he was right on this.
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The same dudes who fetishize the supposed lost strength and competence of their forefathers want computers to write their emails for them.
January 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The same dudes who fetishize the supposed lost strength and competence of their forefathers want computers to write their emails for them.
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GQ asked me for a New Year’s Resolution and this is what i cam up with: I’m done optimizing www.gq.com/story/im-don...
I’m Done ‘Optimizing’ My Lifestyle
Vince Mancini on how he plans to resist the tech overlords pushing us to live (and work) more efficiently—and hopefully feel more alive in the process.
www.gq.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
GQ asked me for a New Year’s Resolution and this is what i cam up with: I’m done optimizing www.gq.com/story/im-don...
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The question of “why would a tech big shot want to work 80 hours a week, unpaid, on this?” is one with a pretty obvious answer yet I don’t see many news outlets highlighting it. If altruism was any kind of motivation, then we’d have seen one iota of that spirit before now.
Inside Elon Musk’s Plan for DOGE to Slash Government Costs
Mr. Musk has turned to Silicon Valley to help recruit executives who will take up unofficial positions across the federal government.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The question of “why would a tech big shot want to work 80 hours a week, unpaid, on this?” is one with a pretty obvious answer yet I don’t see many news outlets highlighting it. If altruism was any kind of motivation, then we’d have seen one iota of that spirit before now.
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How it started. How it’s going
January 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
How it started. How it’s going
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It's one thing to fetishize the founders -- an approach the founders themselves discouraged! -- but it's something else to fetishize the founders *and* insist they said things they actually never said.
Really bizarre.
Really bizarre.
In his opening speech, Speaker Mike Johnson just recited a long prayer attributed to Thomas Jefferson.
As @jackjenkins.me and others have pointed out, Jefferson never said any of this: www.monticello.org/research-edu...
As @jackjenkins.me and others have pointed out, Jefferson never said any of this: www.monticello.org/research-edu...
January 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It's one thing to fetishize the founders -- an approach the founders themselves discouraged! -- but it's something else to fetishize the founders *and* insist they said things they actually never said.
Really bizarre.
Really bizarre.
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A John Wick movie where he assassinates everyone shooting off fireworks in a residential area because they upset his dog.
December 31, 2024 at 11:55 PM
A John Wick movie where he assassinates everyone shooting off fireworks in a residential area because they upset his dog.