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I will stop what I’m doing in a grocery store if I hear them play Talking Heads.
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· Oct 13
I don't understand why U.S. reporters so regularly seem to let politicians get away with 'I haven't seen that' about stuff a) they obviously know and b) is directly relevant to their job. Did they sign some kind of agreement never to ask a follow-up question?
REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?
MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know
MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know
I’d really like to see a supercut of Mike Johnson denying knowledge of things. It’d be very long.
“If I got every one of my favorite Progresso soups on the two for four sale,” Olivia had written, “I would still burn for the Italian Wedding soup I see in your eyes.”
Sadly, as I looked into our pantry filled with Hormel chili and albacore tuna, and I knew I was not the note’s intended recipient.
Sadly, as I looked into our pantry filled with Hormel chili and albacore tuna, and I knew I was not the note’s intended recipient.
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
“If I got every one of my favorite Progresso soups on the two for four sale,” Olivia had written, “I would still burn for the Italian Wedding soup I see in your eyes.”
Sadly, as I looked into our pantry filled with Hormel chili and albacore tuna, and I knew I was not the note’s intended recipient.
Sadly, as I looked into our pantry filled with Hormel chili and albacore tuna, and I knew I was not the note’s intended recipient.
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Part 2:
“If I burned my hand on your old-fashioned radiator,” Olivia had written, “I would still yearn for your heat.”
Sadly, I raised my hand to our Georgetown townhouse’s central heating vent. Once again, I was not the note’s intended recipient.
“If I burned my hand on your old-fashioned radiator,” Olivia had written, “I would still yearn for your heat.”
Sadly, I raised my hand to our Georgetown townhouse’s central heating vent. Once again, I was not the note’s intended recipient.
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Part 2:
“If I burned my hand on your old-fashioned radiator,” Olivia had written, “I would still yearn for your heat.”
Sadly, I raised my hand to our Georgetown townhouse’s central heating vent. Once again, I was not the note’s intended recipient.
“If I burned my hand on your old-fashioned radiator,” Olivia had written, “I would still yearn for your heat.”
Sadly, I raised my hand to our Georgetown townhouse’s central heating vent. Once again, I was not the note’s intended recipient.
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Terrible day to be literate
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Terrible day to be literate
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Also my Bluesky is about 80% subskeeting right now.
I’m person enough to admit that I read it. And I will read the rest of it.
If they can smug post, I can hate read. It’s the cycle of life.
If they can smug post, I can hate read. It’s the cycle of life.
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Also my Bluesky is about 80% subskeeting right now.
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to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
I’m person enough to admit that I read it. And I will read the rest of it.
If they can smug post, I can hate read. It’s the cycle of life.
If they can smug post, I can hate read. It’s the cycle of life.
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I’m person enough to admit that I read it. And I will read the rest of it.
If they can smug post, I can hate read. It’s the cycle of life.
If they can smug post, I can hate read. It’s the cycle of life.
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Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
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Part two is entirely bamboo. Part three also all bamboo. Part four, mostly bamboo. Part five, RFK jr.
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Part two is entirely bamboo. Part three also all bamboo. Part four, mostly bamboo. Part five, RFK jr.
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I edited out everything but the bamboo paragraphs.
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I edited out everything but the bamboo paragraphs.
Think how much you rely on this absolute marvel. Really. Give them some money!!
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Think how much you rely on this absolute marvel. Really. Give them some money!!
I’ve been working on eliminating exclamation points from my written messages. It’s going great!
a woman wearing a red cardigan is smiling and holding a brown bag
Alt: SNL wearing a red cardigan is smiling in a cringey way and holding a brown bag
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’ve been working on eliminating exclamation points from my written messages. It’s going great!
And he says it blithely.
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
And he says it blithely.
THE $2000 DIVIDEND COULD BE A METAPHORICAL, IT COULD BE EMBLEMATIC OF A KIND OF GESTURE, A CONCEPT OF A PLAN IF YOU WILL. IT COULD BE SOME REALLY NOCE SHAMPOO SAMPLES WE PICKED UP RECENTLY AT THE HILTON.
I'm going to give you $2,000... emotionally.
BESSENT: “THE $2,000 DIVIDEND COULD COME IN LOTS OF FORMS… IT COULD BE JUST THE TAX DECREASES. IT COULD BE NO TAX ON TIPS.”
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
THE $2000 DIVIDEND COULD BE A METAPHORICAL, IT COULD BE EMBLEMATIC OF A KIND OF GESTURE, A CONCEPT OF A PLAN IF YOU WILL. IT COULD BE SOME REALLY NOCE SHAMPOO SAMPLES WE PICKED UP RECENTLY AT THE HILTON.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?
She has invested in a very high level of media coaching to get to this place
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
She has invested in a very high level of media coaching to get to this place
Matthea Harvey, Shiver and You Have Weather:
In the aftermath of calculus
your toast fell butter-side down.
Squirrels swarmed the lawns
in flight patterns. The hovercraft…
In the aftermath of calculus
your toast fell butter-side down.
Squirrels swarmed the lawns
in flight patterns. The hovercraft…
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Matthea Harvey, Shiver and You Have Weather:
In the aftermath of calculus
your toast fell butter-side down.
Squirrels swarmed the lawns
in flight patterns. The hovercraft…
In the aftermath of calculus
your toast fell butter-side down.
Squirrels swarmed the lawns
in flight patterns. The hovercraft…
One of the best personal essays I’ve read in a while @medium.com medium.com/counterarts/...
What Do You Do When the Wandering is Over?
Odysseus is all of us
medium.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
One of the best personal essays I’ve read in a while @medium.com medium.com/counterarts/...
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Fern gully green
Ferns in the Appalachian mountains.
#coloraday #greensat #eastcoastkin #ferns #forest #photography
Ferns in the Appalachian mountains.
#coloraday #greensat #eastcoastkin #ferns #forest #photography
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Fern gully green
Ferns in the Appalachian mountains.
#coloraday #greensat #eastcoastkin #ferns #forest #photography
Ferns in the Appalachian mountains.
#coloraday #greensat #eastcoastkin #ferns #forest #photography
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"Fill a space in a beautiful way."
Georgia O'Keeffe, born on this day in 1887
Georgia O'Keeffe, born on this day in 1887
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"Fill a space in a beautiful way."
Georgia O'Keeffe, born on this day in 1887
Georgia O'Keeffe, born on this day in 1887
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Pine forest in Apalachicola national Forest
#scape #forestfriday #pine #trees #forest #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin
#scape #forestfriday #pine #trees #forest #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Pine forest in Apalachicola national Forest
#scape #forestfriday #pine #trees #forest #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin
#scape #forestfriday #pine #trees #forest #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin
Well, I kid. Not banned—yet. “In 2006, some parents in a Kansas school district decided that talking animals are blasphemous and unnatural; passages about the spider dying were also criticized as being “inappropriate…for a children’s book.”. bbark.deepforestproductions.com/column/2011/...
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Well, I kid. Not banned—yet. “In 2006, some parents in a Kansas school district decided that talking animals are blasphemous and unnatural; passages about the spider dying were also criticized as being “inappropriate…for a children’s book.”. bbark.deepforestproductions.com/column/2011/...
It’s okay, everyone. They already banned it so eventually no one will make the connection.
They are giving the raids on Charlotte the name of a beloved children’s novel about disparate members of a community working together to save someone vulnerable 🤬
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It’s okay, everyone. They already banned it so eventually no one will make the connection.