Amy Erskine
@amyliz9.bsky.social
long-suffering sports fan & dad rock enthusiast
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As he began speaking on the Senate floor Monday night, Cory Booker said that he intended to disrupt “the normal business of the Senate for as long as I am physically able,” citing his belief that “our nation is in crisis.”
He wasn’t kidding.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
He wasn’t kidding.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
As he began speaking on the Senate floor Monday night, Cory Booker said that he intended to disrupt “the normal business of the Senate for as long as I am physically able,” citing his belief that “our nation is in crisis.”
He wasn’t kidding.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
He wasn’t kidding.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Cory Booker has held the Senate floor for 17 hours and 21 minutes.
The record of 24 hours and 18 minutes is held by segregationist Strom Thurmond, who spent that time protesting the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
I am pretty sure Booker would not mind changing that history.
The record of 24 hours and 18 minutes is held by segregationist Strom Thurmond, who spent that time protesting the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
I am pretty sure Booker would not mind changing that history.
April 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Cory Booker has held the Senate floor for 17 hours and 21 minutes.
The record of 24 hours and 18 minutes is held by segregationist Strom Thurmond, who spent that time protesting the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
I am pretty sure Booker would not mind changing that history.
The record of 24 hours and 18 minutes is held by segregationist Strom Thurmond, who spent that time protesting the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
I am pretty sure Booker would not mind changing that history.
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Anita Bryant, gone too late
January 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Anita Bryant, gone too late
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Remember when songs would have a saxophone riff that would echo through the hollows of your soul? We used to be a real country
November 30, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Remember when songs would have a saxophone riff that would echo through the hollows of your soul? We used to be a real country
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“Brain rot” has been named 2024 Word of the Year by the Oxford University Press.
Oxford’s Word of the Year Is ‘Brain Rot’
A slang term for supposed mental damage done by overconsumption of trivial online content triumphed over a shortlist that also included “lore,” “demure” and “slop.”
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:23 PM
“Brain rot” has been named 2024 Word of the Year by the Oxford University Press.
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The Eagles release “Peaceful Easy Feeling” today in 1972 — the third single from their debut album.
“I didn't think it was going to be a hit,” said songwriter Jack Tempchin. “I didn't think it had a hook. It's not a love song exactly. The guy's going, ‘Hey, either way it's going to be fine.’”
“I didn't think it was going to be a hit,” said songwriter Jack Tempchin. “I didn't think it had a hook. It's not a love song exactly. The guy's going, ‘Hey, either way it's going to be fine.’”
December 1, 2024 at 10:17 PM
The Eagles release “Peaceful Easy Feeling” today in 1972 — the third single from their debut album.
“I didn't think it was going to be a hit,” said songwriter Jack Tempchin. “I didn't think it had a hook. It's not a love song exactly. The guy's going, ‘Hey, either way it's going to be fine.’”
“I didn't think it was going to be a hit,” said songwriter Jack Tempchin. “I didn't think it had a hook. It's not a love song exactly. The guy's going, ‘Hey, either way it's going to be fine.’”
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ME: I thought Tom Jones was a dead English singer, but he’s alive and Welsh.
WIFE: You write some awful jokes.
ME: It’s not unusual.
WIFE: You write some awful jokes.
ME: It’s not unusual.
December 1, 2024 at 11:43 PM
ME: I thought Tom Jones was a dead English singer, but he’s alive and Welsh.
WIFE: You write some awful jokes.
ME: It’s not unusual.
WIFE: You write some awful jokes.
ME: It’s not unusual.
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This coulda been our president-elect tonight America but you chose authoritarianism instead
December 1, 2024 at 10:47 PM
This coulda been our president-elect tonight America but you chose authoritarianism instead
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It's not a difference of political opinions if the opposing side's opinion is that you aren't human or shouldn't exist. That's not how anything works.
November 18, 2024 at 4:15 PM
It's not a difference of political opinions if the opposing side's opinion is that you aren't human or shouldn't exist. That's not how anything works.
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Oh, you "heard" there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord? Cite your sources, bro. This is how misinformation spreads
November 17, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Oh, you "heard" there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord? Cite your sources, bro. This is how misinformation spreads
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"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”
Ursula K. Le Guin .
Ursula K. Le Guin .
November 15, 2024 at 3:09 PM
"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”
Ursula K. Le Guin .
Ursula K. Le Guin .
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Since I'm new here figured I'd share a couple recent pieces. Starting with a New York Times story on a song written nearly 60 years ago by a 16-year-old kid. The song was “These Days” and the kid was Jackson Browne. A look at the tune’s unique journey over the decades
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/a...
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/a...
The Song That Connects Jackson Browne, Nico and Margot Tenenbaum
Browne wrote “These Days” at 16. Now 75, he and some famous admirers reflect on his unexpected mainstay: “If a song is worth anything, it’s about the life of the listener.”
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Since I'm new here figured I'd share a couple recent pieces. Starting with a New York Times story on a song written nearly 60 years ago by a 16-year-old kid. The song was “These Days” and the kid was Jackson Browne. A look at the tune’s unique journey over the decades
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/a...
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/a...
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Wouldn’t be me if I didn’t bring some Manchester United hate to the timeline…
November 15, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Wouldn’t be me if I didn’t bring some Manchester United hate to the timeline…
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the girls and gays when RFK Jr bans diet coke
November 14, 2024 at 11:15 PM
the girls and gays when RFK Jr bans diet coke
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RFK Jr can shut down the NIH, but if he touches my Diet Coke, we riot.
November 15, 2024 at 2:13 PM
RFK Jr can shut down the NIH, but if he touches my Diet Coke, we riot.
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Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.
November 15, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.