Matt
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Get it right, there’s no blood thicker than ink
Skycards showing a B-52 off the coast of Venezuela
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Skycards showing a B-52 off the coast of Venezuela
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Did you know that before Nixon and Reagan, health insurance companies in America were non-profit? Yep, they screamed about "socialized medicine" and gradually shifted the focus of our entire healthcare system from public welfare to... making bucks off illness.
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Did you know that before Nixon and Reagan, health insurance companies in America were non-profit? Yep, they screamed about "socialized medicine" and gradually shifted the focus of our entire healthcare system from public welfare to... making bucks off illness.
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
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December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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The best American flag is the battle flag of Tecumseh Sherman’s 23rd Corps, made from the tattered remains of Confederate banners.
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The best American flag is the battle flag of Tecumseh Sherman’s 23rd Corps, made from the tattered remains of Confederate banners.
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SILVER STREAK (1976) — 8:00 pm ET — 1h 53m
(TCM 85th Birthday Tribute: Richard Pryor)
Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor; directed by Arthur Hiller
A book editor on a train faces love, murder, false accusation, and danger.
#TCM #TCMParty
(TCM 85th Birthday Tribute: Richard Pryor)
Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor; directed by Arthur Hiller
A book editor on a train faces love, murder, false accusation, and danger.
#TCM #TCMParty
Silver Streak (1976)
www.tcm.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
Not to be a Debbie downer but dollars to donuts it’ll be low ranking personnel serving life sentences and the ones who issued the orders will get off Scott free with a book deal
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Not to be a Debbie downer but dollars to donuts it’ll be low ranking personnel serving life sentences and the ones who issued the orders will get off Scott free with a book deal
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““A man become preeminent, he’s expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! … A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. … But in the field …? Part of a team.”
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
““A man become preeminent, he’s expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! … A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. … But in the field …? Part of a team.”
Disneyland on Thanksgiving report: So far not bad
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Disneyland on Thanksgiving report: So far not bad
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you can immediately clock WKRP fans just by seeing whose face lights up with these 10 little words: "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
“WKRP In Cincinnati” premieres 47 years ago today — a show that creator Hugh Wilson based on radio staff he knew from his days in advertising.
“Every call letter that I ran through my mind was already taken,” he said. “I think WKRP was not taken because it can be said that it spells ‘crap.'”
“Every call letter that I ran through my mind was already taken,” he said. “I think WKRP was not taken because it can be said that it spells ‘crap.'”
September 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
you can immediately clock WKRP fans just by seeing whose face lights up with these 10 little words: "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
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Lt Stuart Culley launches from a "lighter" - a barge used to tow flying boats - fitted with a take-off platform, to attack Zeppelin L53 off the coast of the Netherlands, 11/08/1918..
incredible art by Keith Ferris
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incredible art by Keith Ferris
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November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lt Stuart Culley launches from a "lighter" - a barge used to tow flying boats - fitted with a take-off platform, to attack Zeppelin L53 off the coast of the Netherlands, 11/08/1918..
incredible art by Keith Ferris
(keithferrisart.com/product/just...)
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incredible art by Keith Ferris
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#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic “Gateway to the South” (1
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic “Gateway to the South” (1
I was given this recipe from a New York friend as something even a bachelor can whip up for Thanksgiving. I’ve been making it for 21 years but given you couldn’t find these package amounts even in the 90s, my guess is this is at least from the 70s…
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I was given this recipe from a New York friend as something even a bachelor can whip up for Thanksgiving. I’ve been making it for 21 years but given you couldn’t find these package amounts even in the 90s, my guess is this is at least from the 70s…
There’s is no greater logistical effort than preparing to take your toddler to Disneyland. I need an advance party and prepo supply points
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
There’s is no greater logistical effort than preparing to take your toddler to Disneyland. I need an advance party and prepo supply points
So far my wife has claimed to see two famous people
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
So far my wife has claimed to see two famous people
I’m at the monorail. I’m at fantasyland. I’m at the combination monorail fantasyland
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I’m at the monorail. I’m at fantasyland. I’m at the combination monorail fantasyland
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Here is an impressive, declassified Soviet film of the RDS-37 test, including a scene showing four men in Kurchatov, the administrative secret city about 40 miles east of the test site, being knocked to the ground by the explosion’s powerful, rapidly-moving shockwave (which also shattered windows).
RDS-37 Soviet hydrogen bomb test (1955)
YouTube video by atomicarchive
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November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Here is an impressive, declassified Soviet film of the RDS-37 test, including a scene showing four men in Kurchatov, the administrative secret city about 40 miles east of the test site, being knocked to the ground by the explosion’s powerful, rapidly-moving shockwave (which also shattered windows).
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There’s a moment in the classic film “Paths of Glory” in which an artillery officer, told to commit a war crime, asks for the order in writing.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
Gift link: wapo.st/43FXQfO
detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There’s a moment in the classic film “Paths of Glory” in which an artillery officer, told to commit a war crime, asks for the order in writing.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
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Well, that moderation function in Bluesky really works! My feed causes 75% less anxiety
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Well, that moderation function in Bluesky really works! My feed causes 75% less anxiety
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INSIGNIFICANCE (1985) — 4:00 am ET — 1h 48m
Gary Busey, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell; directed by Nicolas Roeg
Four 1950s cultural icons who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America.
#TCM #TCMParty
Gary Busey, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell; directed by Nicolas Roeg
Four 1950s cultural icons who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America.
#TCM #TCMParty
Insignificance (1985)
www.tcm.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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“First Strike” advocates for a US nuclear buildup and features a young future Secretary of Defense William J. Perry discussing ICBM and SSBN vulnerability and arming B-52s with the then-new ALCM (beginning at 3:29 here www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6W6...). Notably, no women experts were interviewed.
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“First Strike” advocates for a US nuclear buildup and features a young future Secretary of Defense William J. Perry discussing ICBM and SSBN vulnerability and arming B-52s with the then-new ALCM (beginning at 3:29 here www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6W6...). Notably, no women experts were interviewed.
Me trying to get my wife to text me while she’s on a long trip
a man says give me a ping vasili in a dark room
Alt: Scene from the movie The Hunt for The Red October featuring Sean Connery
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November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Me trying to get my wife to text me while she’s on a long trip