Andy Broughton
@andybroughton0.bsky.social
A horror soundtrack from a stagnant waterbed.
I think about this band in the way that boomer critics talk about The Band.
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I think about this band in the way that boomer critics talk about The Band.
This is fantastic.
wrote about the clippers as an existential failure basketball.realgm.com/analysis/282...
The Decaying Los Angeles Clippers
The Clippers have tied themselves to time and biology more clearly than any team; while, ironically, dressing it all up with an unusual amount of futuristic exuberance.
basketball.realgm.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is fantastic.
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The Renee Richards factoid that keeps poking my brain, is that the guy who outed her as trans, who previously outed Elizabeth Carmichael as trans, was Dick Carlson - Tucker's dad.
I guess transphobia runs in the family.
(Link to Dick Carlson's obit which briefly recounts the above)
archive.ph/obLAU
I guess transphobia runs in the family.
(Link to Dick Carlson's obit which briefly recounts the above)
archive.ph/obLAU
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The Renee Richards factoid that keeps poking my brain, is that the guy who outed her as trans, who previously outed Elizabeth Carmichael as trans, was Dick Carlson - Tucker's dad.
I guess transphobia runs in the family.
(Link to Dick Carlson's obit which briefly recounts the above)
archive.ph/obLAU
I guess transphobia runs in the family.
(Link to Dick Carlson's obit which briefly recounts the above)
archive.ph/obLAU
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i always say the same headline for one of these prompts, but
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
i always say the same headline for one of these prompts, but
Hey Chicago, I have work stuff to deal with tomorrow, but you should check out this banger of a roundtable.
tomorrow!
how to strategize faculty power in technofeudal times!
how to strategize faculty power in technofeudal times!
December 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Hey Chicago, I have work stuff to deal with tomorrow, but you should check out this banger of a roundtable.
Hell yes
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Hell yes
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I get why people are (correctly) shocked by how Trump has been talking about Somalis, but it's also indistinguishable from how a hell of a lot of Republicans talk about them back where I grew up. I wrote about it in the Star Tribune in 2019.
www.startribune.com/st-cloud-and...
www.startribune.com/st-cloud-and...
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I get why people are (correctly) shocked by how Trump has been talking about Somalis, but it's also indistinguishable from how a hell of a lot of Republicans talk about them back where I grew up. I wrote about it in the Star Tribune in 2019.
www.startribune.com/st-cloud-and...
www.startribune.com/st-cloud-and...
It’s amazing that a decade in politics has only made him more dedicated to kicking himself in the dick.
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It’s amazing that a decade in politics has only made him more dedicated to kicking himself in the dick.
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This includes cameos by the Pogues, Studs Terkel, Roger Ebert, and the Marlboro Man, plus detours to Minneapolis and the Punkin' Donuts parking lot. And a Tom Waits joke about Bloomington, Illinois.
www.robertloerzel.com/2025/12/03/t...
www.robertloerzel.com/2025/12/03/t...
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This includes cameos by the Pogues, Studs Terkel, Roger Ebert, and the Marlboro Man, plus detours to Minneapolis and the Punkin' Donuts parking lot. And a Tom Waits joke about Bloomington, Illinois.
www.robertloerzel.com/2025/12/03/t...
www.robertloerzel.com/2025/12/03/t...
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we are so close to Funny
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
we are so close to Funny
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A scene from American Canto. Olivia Nuzzi tries to visit the WWE Hall of Fame, only to discover that it is not a physical building.
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A scene from American Canto. Olivia Nuzzi tries to visit the WWE Hall of Fame, only to discover that it is not a physical building.
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I can’t tell you how virulent the hatred toward Somalis among White Minnesotans already is. This will be taken as a starting gun by lots of people who have been unconscionably prejudiced against this refugee community already. People will die as a direct result of this vitriol.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I can’t tell you how virulent the hatred toward Somalis among White Minnesotans already is. This will be taken as a starting gun by lots of people who have been unconscionably prejudiced against this refugee community already. People will die as a direct result of this vitriol.
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no one else has been so consistently artful in describing the last decade of conservative politics than David Roth, and for this accursèd talent the least he deserves is a Pulitzer defector.com/the-conserva...
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
defector.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
no one else has been so consistently artful in describing the last decade of conservative politics than David Roth, and for this accursèd talent the least he deserves is a Pulitzer defector.com/the-conserva...
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MN folk, beware -- ICE is now impersonating Uber drivers, according to Minneapolis city council member Jason Chavez in a Facebook post.
if yall see something, call the monarca hotline. you can find it, along with legal observer trainings, here - monarcamn.org/training
if yall see something, call the monarca hotline. you can find it, along with legal observer trainings, here - monarcamn.org/training
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
MN folk, beware -- ICE is now impersonating Uber drivers, according to Minneapolis city council member Jason Chavez in a Facebook post.
if yall see something, call the monarca hotline. you can find it, along with legal observer trainings, here - monarcamn.org/training
if yall see something, call the monarca hotline. you can find it, along with legal observer trainings, here - monarcamn.org/training
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Armando Iannucci eat your heart out.
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Armando Iannucci eat your heart out.
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“One person is an autocratic president of the university for decades” certainly wasn’t a flawless system but it’s clear that “admins hop from job to job scaling the career ladder by filling their CV with ‘accomplishments’ that are expensive burdens to the schools they leave behind” is even worse.
The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“One person is an autocratic president of the university for decades” certainly wasn’t a flawless system but it’s clear that “admins hop from job to job scaling the career ladder by filling their CV with ‘accomplishments’ that are expensive burdens to the schools they leave behind” is even worse.
holiday music thread, day 2.
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
holiday music thread, day 2.
lol bye pete
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
lol bye pete
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William The Conquerer:
Watching the Vikings flail around like this is sad as hell
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
William The Conquerer:
jesus christ, what a miserable offense
November 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
jesus christ, what a miserable offense
I wonder what Josh Freeman’s up to for the rest of the season.
November 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I wonder what Josh Freeman’s up to for the rest of the season.
Still two+ quarters left! They can top it.
I’ve never seen anything more Viking than that
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Still two+ quarters left! They can top it.
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the next chicago public park should be a really big sledding hill
Sledding amongst skyscrapers in #Chicago on an incredibly snowy Novemeber day
November 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
the next chicago public park should be a really big sledding hill
*taps mic* “indica”
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
*taps mic* “indica”