@bagnosejohn.bsky.social
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The call between Putin and Trump was a painful reminder that Trump is the junior partner in the Russian-American relationship and that Putin will continue his mass-murder campaign in Ukraine for as long as he can get away with it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Putin’s Still In Charge
Trump can’t end the Ukraine war, and he knows it.
www.theatlantic.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The call between Putin and Trump was a painful reminder that Trump is the junior partner in the Russian-American relationship and that Putin will continue his mass-murder campaign in Ukraine for as long as he can get away with it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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"America didn't elect Elon Musk. Yet he is acting as Donald Trump’s de facto co-president. Musk’s self-appointed remit includes gunning for regime change in allied democracies...His silence on Russia and China speaks even louder." My column. www.ft.com/content/ff7b...
Musk’s war on America’s allies
The question of whether he is speaking for Trump is urgent for Europe
www.ft.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"America didn't elect Elon Musk. Yet he is acting as Donald Trump’s de facto co-president. Musk’s self-appointed remit includes gunning for regime change in allied democracies...His silence on Russia and China speaks even louder." My column. www.ft.com/content/ff7b...
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Thank god for a good laugh, even as doom looms. This open from reliable curmudgeon @radiofreetom.bsky.social cracked me right up. The whole grumpy grumble - The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Should Not Exist - is at www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... <-- gift link.
January 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Thank god for a good laugh, even as doom looms. This open from reliable curmudgeon @radiofreetom.bsky.social cracked me right up. The whole grumpy grumble - The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Should Not Exist - is at www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... <-- gift link.
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“Don’t wuss out” is a good mantra for what’s ahead. Don’t go nuclear, but don’t back down. Choose your fights. Make your points with strength and logic. Hope they are noticed. Hope they sink in. Hope they persuade. Then take a break, chill, and start again. jilllawrence.substack.com/p/words-to-l...
Words to live by in 2025 and beyond
The 'Secretary of Explaining Stuff' comes up with a winner for challenging times.
jilllawrence.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“Don’t wuss out” is a good mantra for what’s ahead. Don’t go nuclear, but don’t back down. Choose your fights. Make your points with strength and logic. Hope they are noticed. Hope they sink in. Hope they persuade. Then take a break, chill, and start again. jilllawrence.substack.com/p/words-to-l...
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It helps if you imagine auto-correct as a tiny elf in your phone who's trying so hard to be helpful but is, in fact, quite drunk.
December 31, 2024 at 6:05 PM
It helps if you imagine auto-correct as a tiny elf in your phone who's trying so hard to be helpful but is, in fact, quite drunk.
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A life well-lived.
a man in a suit and tie is smiling and laughing .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling and laughing .
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:25 PM
A life well-lived.
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🔥 😬 🇨🇦 Canadian House of Commons Member Charlie Angus says being next to 🇺🇸 “is like living in an apartment above a meth lab at times” and “while our taxes might be slightly higher, it doesn’t cost us a dime to go to the doctor”
Well played sir
Well played sir
December 29, 2024 at 4:51 AM
🔥 😬 🇨🇦 Canadian House of Commons Member Charlie Angus says being next to 🇺🇸 “is like living in an apartment above a meth lab at times” and “while our taxes might be slightly higher, it doesn’t cost us a dime to go to the doctor”
Well played sir
Well played sir
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Just a reminder that your local library has more than books! Many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, internet hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and so much more! Maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚
December 29, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Just a reminder that your local library has more than books! Many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, internet hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and so much more! Maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚
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If a bully is paying you and helping you win elections, then of course you will side with the bully and blame the victim for defending themselves.
December 27, 2024 at 8:51 PM
If a bully is paying you and helping you win elections, then of course you will side with the bully and blame the victim for defending themselves.
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A Complete Unknown doesn’t explain Dylan’s relation with folk music - the rules he learned or those he broke - but Michael Gray does in this new excerpt from the seminal book Song & Dance Man. Prepare to be even more impressed.
open.substack.com/pub/thefm/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/thefm/p/...
December 28, 2024 at 12:57 PM
A Complete Unknown doesn’t explain Dylan’s relation with folk music - the rules he learned or those he broke - but Michael Gray does in this new excerpt from the seminal book Song & Dance Man. Prepare to be even more impressed.
open.substack.com/pub/thefm/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/thefm/p/...
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And now, I will take you
to one of the bookstores in Kyiv.
I want you to see how beautiful
Kyiv is.
to one of the bookstores in Kyiv.
I want you to see how beautiful
Kyiv is.
December 27, 2024 at 4:52 PM
And now, I will take you
to one of the bookstores in Kyiv.
I want you to see how beautiful
Kyiv is.
to one of the bookstores in Kyiv.
I want you to see how beautiful
Kyiv is.
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Lazy scientists announce there are probably several kinds of squirrels but they move too fast to be sure
Lazy scientists announce there are probably several kinds of squirrels but they move too fast to be sure
“We have named some of the squirrels, if that helps anyone, although we lost track of which one was which almost immediately."
thebeaverton.com
December 27, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Lazy scientists announce there are probably several kinds of squirrels but they move too fast to be sure
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Which party saved the Teamsters’ freckin’ pension?
December 27, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Which party saved the Teamsters’ freckin’ pension?
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Blue birds huddling together for warmth
December 27, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Blue birds huddling together for warmth
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Is the War on Christmas still a thing? We talked to three scowling retirees at a Bill O'Reilly book signing in Pompano Beach.
December 25, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Is the War on Christmas still a thing? We talked to three scowling retirees at a Bill O'Reilly book signing in Pompano Beach.
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I’ve always had my criticisms of Wikipedia, but compared to the people attacking it, it’s the Library of Alexandria
Wikipedia is amazing—a truly great achievement—and we must protect it, especially from the powerful anti-truth forces that seek its degradation.
December 25, 2024 at 9:38 PM
I’ve always had my criticisms of Wikipedia, but compared to the people attacking it, it’s the Library of Alexandria
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Me in 2004, teaching 10th graders: For the love of god don't cite Wikipedia, it's not a reliable source
Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet
Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet
December 19, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Me in 2004, teaching 10th graders: For the love of god don't cite Wikipedia, it's not a reliable source
Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet
Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet
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This is good. H/t @jvl.bsky.social
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy
The truth is going out of business as technology turns us into a folk-story society, ripe for influence by a demagogue.
open.substack.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:42 AM
This is good. H/t @jvl.bsky.social
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
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Could Donald Trump be a moderating influence on an Elon Musk presidency?
December 20, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Could Donald Trump be a moderating influence on an Elon Musk presidency?
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If we weren't at such a weird moment in history, the collapse of Assad's regime would be widely understood as a huge success for the Biden administration, which pursued sanctions on Russia and Iran as well as Syria, armed Ukraine and thus weakened Russia, and supported Syrian democrats and activists
December 13, 2024 at 7:05 PM
If we weren't at such a weird moment in history, the collapse of Assad's regime would be widely understood as a huge success for the Biden administration, which pursued sanctions on Russia and Iran as well as Syria, armed Ukraine and thus weakened Russia, and supported Syrian democrats and activists
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From an interview I did right after the election. I keep thinking of this as the billionaires keep bowing down to Trump.
Full interview: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
Full interview: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
December 14, 2024 at 12:15 AM
From an interview I did right after the election. I keep thinking of this as the billionaires keep bowing down to Trump.
Full interview: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
Full interview: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
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Huge aerial assault on #Ukraine overnight. It shows (again) 2 things: 1. Ukraine has developed a superb air, missile and drone defence capability we should learn from; and 2. Putin has zero interest in any peace short of full Ukrainian capitulation.
⚡️Ukrainian Air Defence shot down:
🚀 81/94 missiles;
🦅 185/193 UAVs, including 105 UAVs were lost due to EW;
🚀 81/94 missiles;
🦅 185/193 UAVs, including 105 UAVs were lost due to EW;
December 13, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Huge aerial assault on #Ukraine overnight. It shows (again) 2 things: 1. Ukraine has developed a superb air, missile and drone defence capability we should learn from; and 2. Putin has zero interest in any peace short of full Ukrainian capitulation.
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Me: Dr. Salk your vaccine will save so many children!
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
December 13, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Me: Dr. Salk your vaccine will save so many children!
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
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I'm delighted to bring this particular quixotic pet peeve of mine here to a new platform www.theatlantic.com/national/arc...
Everyone Should Ignore Time's Person of the Year
The magazine’s venerable feature is a smart idea, but there’s no excuse for the media pretending it’s news and turning themselves into free PR for Time Inc.
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:04 PM
I'm delighted to bring this particular quixotic pet peeve of mine here to a new platform www.theatlantic.com/national/arc...