Doug Merrill 🌻
@bagatsen.bsky.social
Writer, editor, translator, project manager, reformed bookseller. Now Berlin previously Moscow, Tbilisi, Munich, DC, Warsaw, Budapest. Hoya Saxa! YSR! (he/him) Book reviews and oddments at https://thefrumiousconsortium.net
The Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice (Official Video)
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November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And they are very happy!
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And they are very happy!
I like that this is now the "um Christmas season"! Gives us a couple of weeks before Advent actually starts.
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I like that this is now the "um Christmas season"! Gives us a couple of weeks before Advent actually starts.
And even afterward! Over at the other place, I quoted a thread that ended something like, "History is littered with the cancelled corpses of people who tried to cancel Lord Byron."
Alas, I can't find it just now.
Alas, I can't find it just now.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
And even afterward! Over at the other place, I quoted a thread that ended something like, "History is littered with the cancelled corpses of people who tried to cancel Lord Byron."
Alas, I can't find it just now.
Alas, I can't find it just now.
One day you might be elected Chancellor of West Germany?
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
One day you might be elected Chancellor of West Germany?
And here I was thinking "Goals!"
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
And here I was thinking "Goals!"
Handy evergreen replies for those three:
1. Good night, sleep tight, don't let the Bretbug write.
2. I would do anything for democracy, but I won't Douthat, no no, no I won't Douthat.
3. Friends don't let friends read David Brooks.
1. Good night, sleep tight, don't let the Bretbug write.
2. I would do anything for democracy, but I won't Douthat, no no, no I won't Douthat.
3. Friends don't let friends read David Brooks.
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Handy evergreen replies for those three:
1. Good night, sleep tight, don't let the Bretbug write.
2. I would do anything for democracy, but I won't Douthat, no no, no I won't Douthat.
3. Friends don't let friends read David Brooks.
1. Good night, sleep tight, don't let the Bretbug write.
2. I would do anything for democracy, but I won't Douthat, no no, no I won't Douthat.
3. Friends don't let friends read David Brooks.
"What book quiz?" he asked helpfully.
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"What book quiz?" he asked helpfully.
Goon!
"And stop calling me Shirley."
"And stop calling me Shirley."
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Goon!
"And stop calling me Shirley."
"And stop calling me Shirley."
As was foretold in prophecy.
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
As was foretold in prophecy.
Good thing I kept the next one short!
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Good thing I kept the next one short!
Do you seriously think, at this late date, that making admissions and concessions to Trump — as your suggested letter does — will do anything other than invite more demands?
Make him make you. And for that purpose, the notorious reply probably costs a lot less in legal fees.
Make him make you. And for that purpose, the notorious reply probably costs a lot less in legal fees.
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Do you seriously think, at this late date, that making admissions and concessions to Trump — as your suggested letter does — will do anything other than invite more demands?
Make him make you. And for that purpose, the notorious reply probably costs a lot less in legal fees.
Make him make you. And for that purpose, the notorious reply probably costs a lot less in legal fees.