Stella Star
@serinde.bsky.social
I didn't much like Twitter, either, but let's see what this is like.
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My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
I'm old enough to remember when Salman Rushdie spoke on campus and somehow Public Safety managed to cope with an actual fatwa.
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/11...
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/11...
Columbia denies Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, campus access for planned events, citing security reasons
<i>Updated Nov. 20 at 4:16 p.m.</i>
www.columbiaspectator.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Salman Rushdie spoke on campus and somehow Public Safety managed to cope with an actual fatwa.
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/11...
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/11...
"NJ TRANSIT Midtown Direct rail service is being diverted into Hoboken Terminal and may experience delays."
As usual, "may" is doing a *lot* of heavy lifting there.
As usual, "may" is doing a *lot* of heavy lifting there.
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"NJ TRANSIT Midtown Direct rail service is being diverted into Hoboken Terminal and may experience delays."
As usual, "may" is doing a *lot* of heavy lifting there.
As usual, "may" is doing a *lot* of heavy lifting there.
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once @offline.mountainherder.xyz and I visited Cornwall and got escorted around a moor, an ancient barrow, and an allegedly enchanted well by an incredibly friendly tabby cat, so who’s to say really
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
once @offline.mountainherder.xyz and I visited Cornwall and got escorted around a moor, an ancient barrow, and an allegedly enchanted well by an incredibly friendly tabby cat, so who’s to say really
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Every single Jason Statham movie since THE TRANSPORTER has just been a series of entries in one guy’s incredibly weird and violent life.
What are everyone’s most nonsensical headcanons with no grounding in anything whatsoever? Mine is that in the DC Comics universe, both Gar Logan and Stephanie Brown will be elected president, Gar will actually do a good job, but only because his sole policy is letting Vic Stone be really in charge.
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Every single Jason Statham movie since THE TRANSPORTER has just been a series of entries in one guy’s incredibly weird and violent life.
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
I should not have opened this hellsite after a pleasant evening of gaming with friends. I could have gone to bed peacefully and been fresh and ready to be outraged in the morning. But no.
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I should not have opened this hellsite after a pleasant evening of gaming with friends. I could have gone to bed peacefully and been fresh and ready to be outraged in the morning. But no.
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Me at 8am: I will spend the morning unfucking my craft space from four weeks of intense project activity, then I will garden in the afternoon since a freeze is coming
At 11:30, I have only just finished yak-shaving and can actually begin the unfucking process.
At 11:30, I have only just finished yak-shaving and can actually begin the unfucking process.
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Me at 8am: I will spend the morning unfucking my craft space from four weeks of intense project activity, then I will garden in the afternoon since a freeze is coming
At 11:30, I have only just finished yak-shaving and can actually begin the unfucking process.
At 11:30, I have only just finished yak-shaving and can actually begin the unfucking process.
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Fleetwood Mac while making RUMOURS:
NICKS: I'm the TRUE musical genius keeping this band relevant
BUCKINGHAM: you will never get over me Stevie, never ever
J. McVIE: why'd you cheat on me Christine
C. McVIE: because you're a fall-down drunk John
M. FLEETWOOD: doop de doo man I love playin drums
NICKS: I'm the TRUE musical genius keeping this band relevant
BUCKINGHAM: you will never get over me Stevie, never ever
J. McVIE: why'd you cheat on me Christine
C. McVIE: because you're a fall-down drunk John
M. FLEETWOOD: doop de doo man I love playin drums
January 22, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Fleetwood Mac while making RUMOURS:
NICKS: I'm the TRUE musical genius keeping this band relevant
BUCKINGHAM: you will never get over me Stevie, never ever
J. McVIE: why'd you cheat on me Christine
C. McVIE: because you're a fall-down drunk John
M. FLEETWOOD: doop de doo man I love playin drums
NICKS: I'm the TRUE musical genius keeping this band relevant
BUCKINGHAM: you will never get over me Stevie, never ever
J. McVIE: why'd you cheat on me Christine
C. McVIE: because you're a fall-down drunk John
M. FLEETWOOD: doop de doo man I love playin drums
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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I will never understand how committing perjury doesn't get a police officer immediately fired and thrown in prison for 20 years. That sort of corruption is toxic and needs to be stamped out.
"Police dishonesty, even on the stand and under oath, is so common that it has its own name (“testilying”), and it has forced prosecutor offices to create what are called “Brady Lists” of officers they will not put on the stand out of fear they’ll commit perjury."
My latest, in @msnbc.com, on how ICE, CBP, and Bovino may be overplaying their hand in Chicago.
Also: this will only make hiring go ICE harder.
And: I hope ppl appreciate that the lying Judge Ellis calls out is NOT an aberration, but a very consistent problem w police claims.
Also: this will only make hiring go ICE harder.
And: I hope ppl appreciate that the lying Judge Ellis calls out is NOT an aberration, but a very consistent problem w police claims.
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I will never understand how committing perjury doesn't get a police officer immediately fired and thrown in prison for 20 years. That sort of corruption is toxic and needs to be stamped out.
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get in bitch we're destroying the west
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
get in bitch we're destroying the west
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Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
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Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
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The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
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New statement from Chuck Schumer:
“Despite not doing anything useful, and in fact being actively harmful to the process in a number of ways, I am here to take credit for other people’s hard work and risks.”
“Despite not doing anything useful, and in fact being actively harmful to the process in a number of ways, I am here to take credit for other people’s hard work and risks.”
New statement from Chuck Schumer: "Tonight’s results are a repudiation of the Trump agenda. The cruelty, chaos, and greed that define MAGA radicalism and are skyrocketing costs were firmly rejected by the American people." Calls it "a good night for Democrats and our fight to lower costs."
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
New statement from Chuck Schumer:
“Despite not doing anything useful, and in fact being actively harmful to the process in a number of ways, I am here to take credit for other people’s hard work and risks.”
“Despite not doing anything useful, and in fact being actively harmful to the process in a number of ways, I am here to take credit for other people’s hard work and risks.”
It's a good night. Yes, a lot of people (both in the electorate and in the political parties) have shown their entire asses over the last several months, and that's going to have to be reckoned with. And yes, the demented orange thing and his court are going to viciously act out somehow.
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
It's a good night. Yes, a lot of people (both in the electorate and in the political parties) have shown their entire asses over the last several months, and that's going to have to be reckoned with. And yes, the demented orange thing and his court are going to viciously act out somehow.
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posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
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AAA video games should cost $100 on launch. this would still be extremely cheap for the amount of time and enjoyment you get out of them! But an audience of whiny babies has kept them literally at the same price for *two decades* despite both general inflation *and* sector-specific costs rising
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
AAA video games should cost $100 on launch. this would still be extremely cheap for the amount of time and enjoyment you get out of them! But an audience of whiny babies has kept them literally at the same price for *two decades* despite both general inflation *and* sector-specific costs rising
Went down to the demonstration, to get my fair share of abuse (Sheep & Wool edition)
October 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Went down to the demonstration, to get my fair share of abuse (Sheep & Wool edition)