Jared Friedman 🇺🇦
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He left River City the library building,
But he left all the books to her
But he left all the books to her
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Hot take incoming: we should amend the Constitution to remove the requirement that the president be a "natural-born" US citizen, because that legally establishes two classes of citizenship, even if only for two offices. 1/
Every once in a while a song just grabs me and I can't for the life of me figure out why. "Coney Island Baby" is in no normal sense a "good song," but it's somehow transformative.
Art. Who'da thunk it?
Art. Who'da thunk it?
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (Official Audio)
YouTube video by LouReedVEVO
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Every once in a while a song just grabs me and I can't for the life of me figure out why. "Coney Island Baby" is in no normal sense a "good song," but it's somehow transformative.
Art. Who'da thunk it?
Art. Who'da thunk it?
Hot take: calling Donald Trump "the most corrupt president we've ever had" normalizes him, because it implies previous presidents were also corrupt. But he's obviously not the *only* corrupt president we've had. So how do we talk about his unique corruption in a way that communicates its uniqueness?
December 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hot take: calling Donald Trump "the most corrupt president we've ever had" normalizes him, because it implies previous presidents were also corrupt. But he's obviously not the *only* corrupt president we've had. So how do we talk about his unique corruption in a way that communicates its uniqueness?
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Trouble is, all these US de-regulators grew up in a world where’s there’s a button saying ‘Game Over. Try Again.’
December 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Trouble is, all these US de-regulators grew up in a world where’s there’s a button saying ‘Game Over. Try Again.’
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I love Bruno so much! He hops like a bunny when he’s excited! It’s so adorable! Yet if he doesn’t have an application for him- #nycacc will kill him! Pls repost him ! Make his Christmas! His owner got too sick 2care 4him but he’s a very good boy! REPOST! #christmas
December 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I love Bruno so much! He hops like a bunny when he’s excited! It’s so adorable! Yet if he doesn’t have an application for him- #nycacc will kill him! Pls repost him ! Make his Christmas! His owner got too sick 2care 4him but he’s a very good boy! REPOST! #christmas
I'm actually really curious to see if this raggedy stunting bullshit lasts through next Christmas. Given that it's solely there to provoke non-MAGAs, how will they escalate? Actual Klan regalia? Or will they retreat from edgelordism as their popularity plummets?
Huh. Nothing like that warm holiday feeling of being told outright that me and my (((people))) aren’t really American.
December 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm actually really curious to see if this raggedy stunting bullshit lasts through next Christmas. Given that it's solely there to provoke non-MAGAs, how will they escalate? Actual Klan regalia? Or will they retreat from edgelordism as their popularity plummets?
Broke: "is Die Hard a Christmas movie?"
Woke: "is I Wanna Be Your Dog a Christmas song?"
Woke: "is I Wanna Be Your Dog a Christmas song?"
December 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Broke: "is Die Hard a Christmas movie?"
Woke: "is I Wanna Be Your Dog a Christmas song?"
Woke: "is I Wanna Be Your Dog a Christmas song?"
I was visiting friends in Germany, a mixed couple - she's German, he's American. She and I were talking about US politics, and she asked for recommendations of what to read/listen to to keep up, since "I'm an American now too."
I always thought it was kind of weird that many Europeans on the internet will mock and ridicule Americans for continuing to take an interest in their ancestral countries and identify as "Polish-American" or whatever when many of their countries don't let people give up their ancestral citizenship
December 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I was visiting friends in Germany, a mixed couple - she's German, he's American. She and I were talking about US politics, and she asked for recommendations of what to read/listen to to keep up, since "I'm an American now too."
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Happy Shooting Ceaucescu in the Face Day to everyone
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Happy Shooting Ceaucescu in the Face Day to everyone
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i don’t think humanity will allow a bunch of rich dipshits w no taste to grind thousands of yrs of storytelling into a sea of meaningless slop & sell it back to us. they can’t pull it off. they’re too dumb & theres too much history & also it’s a scam! real art will win. that’s giving me hope rn
December 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
i don’t think humanity will allow a bunch of rich dipshits w no taste to grind thousands of yrs of storytelling into a sea of meaningless slop & sell it back to us. they can’t pull it off. they’re too dumb & theres too much history & also it’s a scam! real art will win. that’s giving me hope rn
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They want us dead, sure. They also want the door to stop squeaking but they haven't bothered to go get the oil yet
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
They want us dead, sure. They also want the door to stop squeaking but they haven't bothered to go get the oil yet
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Anyway the problem with a permanent vibescession caused at least in part by social media posturing is that while it might screw Trump in the short term it really screws the politics of generosity and solidarity in the long term. Believing times are bad makes people more selfish.
December 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Anyway the problem with a permanent vibescession caused at least in part by social media posturing is that while it might screw Trump in the short term it really screws the politics of generosity and solidarity in the long term. Believing times are bad makes people more selfish.
People who spend their lives nurturing grudges against others aren't generally very good at things, no.
The fascists certainly aren't very good at this, are they
December 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
People who spend their lives nurturing grudges against others aren't generally very good at things, no.
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We have devoured the Old Gods. A new year waits to be born!!
December 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We have devoured the Old Gods. A new year waits to be born!!
We have lost the goodwill of hammienugs. Our empire has fallen. And it's all my fault.
People here think like me, fool. I'm one of the few who wanted the best for you, but no longer.
Read the room, man!
Read the room, man!
December 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We have lost the goodwill of hammienugs. Our empire has fallen. And it's all my fault.
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Censoring a story about the outsourced regime gulag is not consistent with freedom of speech. But it is consistent with the belief that “free speech” is when conservatives can say what they want and when you can say what they want.
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Censoring a story about the outsourced regime gulag is not consistent with freedom of speech. But it is consistent with the belief that “free speech” is when conservatives can say what they want and when you can say what they want.
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They were never defending freedom of speech. They were defending a right to monologue. The former cannot coexist with the latter.
December 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
They were never defending freedom of speech. They were defending a right to monologue. The former cannot coexist with the latter.
What if, instead of trying to WARmaxx by crushing their opposition by ever larger numbers to satisfy bettors and political Sabermetricians like Jain, Democratic politicians tried to be as morally right as they could be while still unambiguously winning elections, and so did more good in the world?
21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
December 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What if, instead of trying to WARmaxx by crushing their opposition by ever larger numbers to satisfy bettors and political Sabermetricians like Jain, Democratic politicians tried to be as morally right as they could be while still unambiguously winning elections, and so did more good in the world?
The Chicago Motherfucking Bears.
December 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The Chicago Motherfucking Bears.
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Is it naughty or nice to eat Santa's face?
December 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Is it naughty or nice to eat Santa's face?
How, really, was Charlie Kirk paying to transport people to January 6th any different from wealthy Saudi reactionaries funding Al Qaeda in the lead up to 9/11? Both were purchasing the services of violent actors to undermine American democracy, and both had plausible deniability until The Event.
December 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
How, really, was Charlie Kirk paying to transport people to January 6th any different from wealthy Saudi reactionaries funding Al Qaeda in the lead up to 9/11? Both were purchasing the services of violent actors to undermine American democracy, and both had plausible deniability until The Event.
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not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New England peeps in need of last-minute presents (and/or entertaining supplies for those holiday parties), come one, come all. More info at www.tivertonfarmersmarket.com.
Hot take: the question "is it a big deal to knock down the White House" evaluates to "do you see the US Civil War as a second revolution and/or Reconstruction as a second founding?"
If any of you want to see some of the... amazing takes in this.
December 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Hot take: the question "is it a big deal to knock down the White House" evaluates to "do you see the US Civil War as a second revolution and/or Reconstruction as a second founding?"
They want to use the threat of denaturalization to differentiate between naturalized citizens and citizens at birth. Denaturalizing Stephen and Katie Miller would counteract that.
Plus it would be good for the country and for the principles of justice.
Plus it would be hilarious.
Plus it would be good for the country and for the principles of justice.
Plus it would be hilarious.
1/ Trump is creating a two-tier citizenship system, introducing citizenship insecurity for millions who are legally equal under the Constitution. By establishing denaturalization “quotas,” he signals that citizenship can be revoked retroactively, enforcement can be target-driven
December 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
They want to use the threat of denaturalization to differentiate between naturalized citizens and citizens at birth. Denaturalizing Stephen and Katie Miller would counteract that.
Plus it would be good for the country and for the principles of justice.
Plus it would be hilarious.
Plus it would be good for the country and for the principles of justice.
Plus it would be hilarious.