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“And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.”
sometime swim coach, language practicer, paddler, lawyer. florida guy.
in treatment for CRCLM (liver mets).
sometime swim coach, language practicer, paddler, lawyer. florida guy.
in treatment for CRCLM (liver mets).
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I did a Q&A with Violet Feng on her new film:
Violet Feng's "The Dating Game" follows a romance coach in Chongqing and three of his students. In this Q&A, Feng talks about:
• China's gender imbalance
• 'Left behind' children
• AI boyfriends in China
• Pick up artist culture & global crises of masculinity
• China's gender imbalance
• 'Left behind' children
• AI boyfriends in China
• Pick up artist culture & global crises of masculinity
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I did a Q&A with Violet Feng on her new film:
this article is amazing. (yes, i too have nearly canceled my nytimes subscription many times.)
Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
this article is amazing. (yes, i too have nearly canceled my nytimes subscription many times.)
Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
i just swam for the first time in a very long time. feeling grateful for people, who made this moment possible. people, organized in groups, built this pool and maintain and guard it. people did the science and passed on the knowledge and learned to take and then took the steps…
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
i just swam for the first time in a very long time. feeling grateful for people, who made this moment possible. people, organized in groups, built this pool and maintain and guard it. people did the science and passed on the knowledge and learned to take and then took the steps…
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Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
I’m Ozyman! Who are you?
Are you - Mandias - too?
Then we’ve a pair of legs!
No trunk! Our visage lies - in sand!
Our sneering - passions - yet survive!
Our pedestal does say -
“Despair, you Nobodies” - the Sands -
Stretch level far away!
Are you - Mandias - too?
Then we’ve a pair of legs!
No trunk! Our visage lies - in sand!
Our sneering - passions - yet survive!
Our pedestal does say -
“Despair, you Nobodies” - the Sands -
Stretch level far away!
There once was a man from the east
Whose legs were not trunked in the least
He said with a sneer
“It is written right here
That my works, just like me, were a beast.”
Whose legs were not trunked in the least
He said with a sneer
“It is written right here
That my works, just like me, were a beast.”
i never saw two trunkless legs
i never hope to see 'em
but i can tell you, anyhow,
i'd rather see than be 'em
i never hope to see 'em
but i can tell you, anyhow,
i'd rather see than be 'em
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I’m Ozyman! Who are you?
Are you - Mandias - too?
Then we’ve a pair of legs!
No trunk! Our visage lies - in sand!
Our sneering - passions - yet survive!
Our pedestal does say -
“Despair, you Nobodies” - the Sands -
Stretch level far away!
Are you - Mandias - too?
Then we’ve a pair of legs!
No trunk! Our visage lies - in sand!
Our sneering - passions - yet survive!
Our pedestal does say -
“Despair, you Nobodies” - the Sands -
Stretch level far away!
I can never remember if I was drugged in the Epstein Ballroom, or balled in the Epstein Drugroom.
October 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I can never remember if I was drugged in the Epstein Ballroom, or balled in the Epstein Drugroom.
From the No Kings protest in St Pete (Pinellas County) Florida this morning. Good energy. Large crowd along Tyrone Boulevard near 66th Street. Road traffic full of honking and thumbs-ups, including many heavy-duty trucks. That was a highlight - I did not know so many of them were on our side.
October 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
From the No Kings protest in St Pete (Pinellas County) Florida this morning. Good energy. Large crowd along Tyrone Boulevard near 66th Street. Road traffic full of honking and thumbs-ups, including many heavy-duty trucks. That was a highlight - I did not know so many of them were on our side.
i take jay’s side on this one; i read how i like. i think samuel johnson (1709-1784, and one of the great readers of the english-speaking world) would agree, and dispute the point about algorithms.
screenshots are from boswell’s life of johnson (1791).
screenshots are from boswell’s life of johnson (1791).
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM
i take jay’s side on this one; i read how i like. i think samuel johnson (1709-1784, and one of the great readers of the english-speaking world) would agree, and dispute the point about algorithms.
screenshots are from boswell’s life of johnson (1791).
screenshots are from boswell’s life of johnson (1791).
Remarkable how the tone of the New York Times has changed.
September 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Remarkable how the tone of the New York Times has changed.
i agree. also talking to a younger version of yourself (“answer as if you were me at age 35”).
and modeling good behavior. “the four of us just had a fight at the dinner table…play that scene back to us, showing each of us being 10% calmer, gentler, and more generous.”
and modeling good behavior. “the four of us just had a fight at the dinner table…play that scene back to us, showing each of us being 10% calmer, gentler, and more generous.”
i do this! i have a RAG which i throw everything i write into. "what if you could keep every idea you ever had and you never had to organize it" is a perfectly good idea.
September 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
i agree. also talking to a younger version of yourself (“answer as if you were me at age 35”).
and modeling good behavior. “the four of us just had a fight at the dinner table…play that scene back to us, showing each of us being 10% calmer, gentler, and more generous.”
and modeling good behavior. “the four of us just had a fight at the dinner table…play that scene back to us, showing each of us being 10% calmer, gentler, and more generous.”
One year ago today!
Happy Tom Homan Takes a $50,000 Bribe From Undercover FBI Agents On Camera Day!
Happy Tom Homan Takes a $50,000 Bribe From Undercover FBI Agents On Camera Day!
"Homan indicated he would facilitate securing contracts for them in exchange for money once he was in office...
"On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene at a meeting spot in Texas, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
"On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene at a meeting spot in Texas, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
One year ago today!
Happy Tom Homan Takes a $50,000 Bribe From Undercover FBI Agents On Camera Day!
Happy Tom Homan Takes a $50,000 Bribe From Undercover FBI Agents On Camera Day!
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
I wish I had a larger audience to share this with. It’s a long read but important. The article demolishes the dubious points defending the funding cuts that I recently heard from my oncologist. (He’s a good doctor with bad politics.) 🧵
I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I wish I had a larger audience to share this with. It’s a long read but important. The article demolishes the dubious points defending the funding cuts that I recently heard from my oncologist. (He’s a good doctor with bad politics.) 🧵
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Peaceful • hépíng • 和平
When I say war I mean it very peacefully.
我说战争，我的意思是很和平的。
Wǒ shuō zhànzhēng, wǒ de yìsi shì hěn hépíng de.
When I say war I mean it very peacefully.
我说战争，我的意思是很和平的。
Wǒ shuō zhànzhēng, wǒ de yìsi shì hěn hépíng de.
September 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Peaceful • hépíng • 和平
When I say war I mean it very peacefully.
我说战争，我的意思是很和平的。
Wǒ shuō zhànzhēng, wǒ de yìsi shì hěn hépíng de.
When I say war I mean it very peacefully.
我说战争，我的意思是很和平的。
Wǒ shuō zhànzhēng, wǒ de yìsi shì hěn hépíng de.
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You guys put podcast hosts in charge of the FBI and fired all the competent agents because you thought they were woke.
September 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
You guys put podcast hosts in charge of the FBI and fired all the competent agents because you thought they were woke.
To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To a fascist, everyone looks like a foreign invader.
September 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To a fascist, everyone looks like a foreign invader.
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School/campus • xiàoyuán • 校园
A school-shooting-promotion company has acquired a school-shooting-prevention company. “This is called ‘synergy’.”
一家校园枪击推广公司收购了一家校园枪击预防公司。“这就叫‘综效’。”
Yījiā xiàoyuán qiāngjī tuīguǎng gōngsī shōugòule yījiā xiàoyuán qiāngjī yùfáng gōngsī.“Zhè jiù jiào ‘zōngxiào’.”
A school-shooting-promotion company has acquired a school-shooting-prevention company. “This is called ‘synergy’.”
一家校园枪击推广公司收购了一家校园枪击预防公司。“这就叫‘综效’。”
Yījiā xiàoyuán qiāngjī tuīguǎng gōngsī shōugòule yījiā xiàoyuán qiāngjī yùfáng gōngsī.“Zhè jiù jiào ‘zōngxiào’.”
September 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
School/campus • xiàoyuán • 校园
A school-shooting-promotion company has acquired a school-shooting-prevention company. “This is called ‘synergy’.”
一家校园枪击推广公司收购了一家校园枪击预防公司。“这就叫‘综效’。”
Yījiā xiàoyuán qiāngjī tuīguǎng gōngsī shōugòule yījiā xiàoyuán qiāngjī yùfáng gōngsī.“Zhè jiù jiào ‘zōngxiào’.”
A school-shooting-promotion company has acquired a school-shooting-prevention company. “This is called ‘synergy’.”
一家校园枪击推广公司收购了一家校园枪击预防公司。“这就叫‘综效’。”
Yījiā xiàoyuán qiāngjī tuīguǎng gōngsī shōugòule yījiā xiàoyuán qiāngjī yùfáng gōngsī.“Zhè jiù jiào ‘zōngxiào’.”
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Almost • chàdiǎn • 差点
That indecent drawing almost made me puke.
那幅不雅的画差点让我吐了。
Nà fú bù yǎ de huà chàdiǎn ràng wǒ tǔle.
That indecent drawing almost made me puke.
那幅不雅的画差点让我吐了。
Nà fú bù yǎ de huà chàdiǎn ràng wǒ tǔle.
September 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Almost • chàdiǎn • 差点
That indecent drawing almost made me puke.
那幅不雅的画差点让我吐了。
Nà fú bù yǎ de huà chàdiǎn ràng wǒ tǔle.
That indecent drawing almost made me puke.
那幅不雅的画差点让我吐了。
Nà fú bù yǎ de huà chàdiǎn ràng wǒ tǔle.
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Won’t • bú huì • 不会
I won’t tell you what it is.
我不会告诉你它是什么。
Wǒ bù huì gàosù nǐ tā shì shénme.
I won’t tell you what it is.
我不会告诉你它是什么。
Wǒ bù huì gàosù nǐ tā shì shénme.
September 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Won’t • bú huì • 不会
I won’t tell you what it is.
我不会告诉你它是什么。
Wǒ bù huì gàosù nǐ tā shì shénme.
I won’t tell you what it is.
我不会告诉你它是什么。
Wǒ bù huì gàosù nǐ tā shì shénme.
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Delay • yánchí • 延迟
There is a slight delay while we determine which player I will replace in the final.
在我们确定我将在决赛中替换哪位球员时，出现了一点延迟。
Zài wǒmen quèdìng wǒ jiāng zài juésài zhōng tìhuàn nǎ wèi qiúyuán shí, chūxiànle yīdiǎn yánchí.
There is a slight delay while we determine which player I will replace in the final.
在我们确定我将在决赛中替换哪位球员时，出现了一点延迟。
Zài wǒmen quèdìng wǒ jiāng zài juésài zhōng tìhuàn nǎ wèi qiúyuán shí, chūxiànle yīdiǎn yánchí.
September 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Delay • yánchí • 延迟
There is a slight delay while we determine which player I will replace in the final.
在我们确定我将在决赛中替换哪位球员时，出现了一点延迟。
Zài wǒmen quèdìng wǒ jiāng zài juésài zhōng tìhuàn nǎ wèi qiúyuán shí, chūxiànle yīdiǎn yánchí.
There is a slight delay while we determine which player I will replace in the final.
在我们确定我将在决赛中替换哪位球员时，出现了一点延迟。
Zài wǒmen quèdìng wǒ jiāng zài juésài zhōng tìhuàn nǎ wèi qiúyuán shí, chūxiànle yīdiǎn yánchí.
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Even • lián • 连
Everything here reminds me of something. Even the sky reminds me of my old friend Jeffrey Epstein.
这里的一切都让我想起了一些东西。连天空也让我想起了我的老朋友杰弗里·爱泼斯坦。
#Friendship #友谊 #Epstein #爱泼斯坦
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Everything here reminds me of something. Even the sky reminds me of my old friend Jeffrey Epstein.
这里的一切都让我想起了一些东西。连天空也让我想起了我的老朋友杰弗里·爱泼斯坦。
#Friendship #友谊 #Epstein #爱泼斯坦
bsky.app/profile/itsa...
September 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Even • lián • 连
Everything here reminds me of something. Even the sky reminds me of my old friend Jeffrey Epstein.
这里的一切都让我想起了一些东西。连天空也让我想起了我的老朋友杰弗里·爱泼斯坦。
#Friendship #友谊 #Epstein #爱泼斯坦
bsky.app/profile/itsa...
Everything here reminds me of something. Even the sky reminds me of my old friend Jeffrey Epstein.
这里的一切都让我想起了一些东西。连天空也让我想起了我的老朋友杰弗里·爱泼斯坦。
#Friendship #友谊 #Epstein #爱泼斯坦
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In honor of our friend Mr. Trump, we are proud to introduce balls named for his friend Mr. Epstein.
September 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
In honor of our friend Mr. Trump, we are proud to introduce balls named for his friend Mr. Epstein.
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To eat • chī • 吃
There is some shit I will not eat.
有些屎我不会吃。
Yǒuxiē shǐ wǒ bù huì chī.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_sing_...
There is some shit I will not eat.
有些屎我不会吃。
Yǒuxiē shǐ wǒ bù huì chī.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_sing_...
i sing of Olaf - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
To eat • chī • 吃
There is some shit I will not eat.
有些屎我不会吃。
Yǒuxiē shǐ wǒ bù huì chī.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_sing_...
There is some shit I will not eat.
有些屎我不会吃。
Yǒuxiē shǐ wǒ bù huì chī.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_sing_...
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Ally • méngyǒu • 盟友
Our allies can fend for themselves. We have unidentified boaters to kill!
我们的盟友可以自己照顾自己。我们要消灭那些身份不明的船民！
Wǒmen de méngyǒu kěyǐ zìjǐ zhàogù zìjǐ. Wǒmen yào xiāomiè nàxiē shēnfèn bùmíng de chuánmín!
Our allies can fend for themselves. We have unidentified boaters to kill!
我们的盟友可以自己照顾自己。我们要消灭那些身份不明的船民！
Wǒmen de méngyǒu kěyǐ zìjǐ zhàogù zìjǐ. Wǒmen yào xiāomiè nàxiē shēnfèn bùmíng de chuánmín!
Just saving this exchange for the eventual war crimes tribunal when JD swears through snot and tears that he didn’t know and was only following orders…
September 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Ally • méngyǒu • 盟友
Our allies can fend for themselves. We have unidentified boaters to kill!
我们的盟友可以自己照顾自己。我们要消灭那些身份不明的船民！
Wǒmen de méngyǒu kěyǐ zìjǐ zhàogù zìjǐ. Wǒmen yào xiāomiè nàxiē shēnfèn bùmíng de chuánmín!
Our allies can fend for themselves. We have unidentified boaters to kill!
我们的盟友可以自己照顾自己。我们要消灭那些身份不明的船民！
Wǒmen de méngyǒu kěyǐ zìjǐ zhàogù zìjǐ. Wǒmen yào xiāomiè nàxiē shēnfèn bùmíng de chuánmín!
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When I say Tennis you say EPSTEIN!
Tennis……EPSTEIN!
Tennis……EPSTEIN!
我说网球你就说爱泼斯坦！
网球……爱泼斯坦！
网球……爱泼斯坦！
Wǒ shuō wǎngqiú, ni jiù shuō Àipōsītǎn!
Wǎngqiú……Àipōsītǎn!
Wǎngqiú……Àipōsītǎn!
Tennis……EPSTEIN!
Tennis……EPSTEIN!
我说网球你就说爱泼斯坦！
网球……爱泼斯坦！
网球……爱泼斯坦！
Wǒ shuō wǎngqiú, ni jiù shuō Àipōsītǎn!
Wǎngqiú……Àipōsītǎn!
Wǎngqiú……Àipōsītǎn!
"JEFF REY EP STIEN". Chant, please please please.
More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final.
The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.
Read more here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.
Read more here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
September 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
When I say Tennis you say EPSTEIN!
Tennis……EPSTEIN!
Tennis……EPSTEIN!
我说网球你就说爱泼斯坦！
网球……爱泼斯坦！
网球……爱泼斯坦！
Wǒ shuō wǎngqiú, ni jiù shuō Àipōsītǎn!
Wǎngqiú……Àipōsītǎn!
Wǎngqiú……Àipōsītǎn!
Tennis……EPSTEIN!
Tennis……EPSTEIN!
我说网球你就说爱泼斯坦！
网球……爱泼斯坦！
网球……爱泼斯坦！
Wǒ shuō wǎngqiú, ni jiù shuō Àipōsītǎn!
Wǎngqiú……Àipōsītǎn!
Wǎngqiú……Àipōsītǎn!