Bert the Kitten
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Nicolette Larson’s “Lotta Love” debuts on the Billboard charts 47 years ago today — a cover of Neil Young’s tune.
“I remember the day Neil heard her version,” said producer Ted Templeman. “He smiled and said something like, ‘That’s how the song should’ve felt.’ He was genuinely knocked out.”
“I remember the day Neil heard her version,” said producer Ted Templeman. “He smiled and said something like, ‘That’s how the song should’ve felt.’ He was genuinely knocked out.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Nicolette Larson’s “Lotta Love” debuts on the Billboard charts 47 years ago today — a cover of Neil Young’s tune.
“I remember the day Neil heard her version,” said producer Ted Templeman. “He smiled and said something like, ‘That’s how the song should’ve felt.’ He was genuinely knocked out.”
“I remember the day Neil heard her version,” said producer Ted Templeman. “He smiled and said something like, ‘That’s how the song should’ve felt.’ He was genuinely knocked out.”
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Unfortunately, but perhaps predictably, this post has inspired the question, "why would anyone need to lie about their location?" followed immediately by, "there oughtta be a law."
The question needs to be flipped:
Why should anyone online be required to divulge their location?
The question needs to be flipped:
Why should anyone online be required to divulge their location?
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Unfortunately, but perhaps predictably, this post has inspired the question, "why would anyone need to lie about their location?" followed immediately by, "there oughtta be a law."
The question needs to be flipped:
Why should anyone online be required to divulge their location?
The question needs to be flipped:
Why should anyone online be required to divulge their location?
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The better question is why anyone would suppose the NYT to be a force for good in our present condition.
NYT responses to historical events to search in the archives (theirs or the internet's):
--the Russian revolution
--the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti
--the Holocaust
--September 11, 1973
NYT responses to historical events to search in the archives (theirs or the internet's):
--the Russian revolution
--the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti
--the Holocaust
--September 11, 1973
The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The better question is why anyone would suppose the NYT to be a force for good in our present condition.
NYT responses to historical events to search in the archives (theirs or the internet's):
--the Russian revolution
--the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti
--the Holocaust
--September 11, 1973
NYT responses to historical events to search in the archives (theirs or the internet's):
--the Russian revolution
--the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti
--the Holocaust
--September 11, 1973
Is this shit real?
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Is this shit real?
It takes a special genius to ruin the fucking World Cup. I might not even watch it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Extortionate tickets and matches moved at Trump’s whim: are you ready for the ‘greatest World Cup ever’? | Marina Hyde
You may have thought Qatar and Russia were tournament lows. You didn’t account for the US president and his Fifa soulmate, Gianni Infantino, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It takes a special genius to ruin the fucking World Cup. I might not even watch it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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while we're far enough out from an election let me just say that "electability" as a cudgel works precisely the same way as this, convincing people that any failures of candidates are because people voted their own preference instead of the preference of consultant-imagined political opponents
this is the post that drove me insane and has me considering tossing myself out the nearest window
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
while we're far enough out from an election let me just say that "electability" as a cudgel works precisely the same way as this, convincing people that any failures of candidates are because people voted their own preference instead of the preference of consultant-imagined political opponents
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If these people are ever thrown out of power, I hope we all understand there is no reformist pathway for institutions like this as much as Dems might desperately wish and claim there is.
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If these people are ever thrown out of power, I hope we all understand there is no reformist pathway for institutions like this as much as Dems might desperately wish and claim there is.
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"We need a huge tent, big enough to accommodate Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street!"
How about a tent big enough to accommodate someone slightly to the left of Bill Clinton?
"What? No! Ew!"
How about a tent big enough to accommodate someone slightly to the left of Bill Clinton?
"What? No! Ew!"
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"We need a huge tent, big enough to accommodate Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street!"
How about a tent big enough to accommodate someone slightly to the left of Bill Clinton?
"What? No! Ew!"
How about a tent big enough to accommodate someone slightly to the left of Bill Clinton?
"What? No! Ew!"
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This should cure everyone’s imposter syndrome
You guys, this excerpt from Olivia Nuzzi's new book is SO bad. This is some of the most pretentious gasbag writing that I've read in a long time.
"He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself." She's so full of herself LMAO
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
"He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself." She's so full of herself LMAO
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This should cure everyone’s imposter syndrome
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#OtD 17 Nov 1986 Renault CEO Georges Besse was assassinated in Paris. A leaflet signed the name of a Renault worker murdered by company thugs said it was in protest at layoffs. Two women were later convicted stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8930...
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#OtD 17 Nov 1986 Renault CEO Georges Besse was assassinated in Paris. A leaflet signed the name of a Renault worker murdered by company thugs said it was in protest at layoffs. Two women were later convicted stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8930...
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My secret? I'm always boycotting Starbucks.
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My secret? I'm always boycotting Starbucks.
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Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
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Wife: It is interesting that the biggest papers and networks burned decades of hard work by others who built up their brands to bend over immediately for Donald Trump because they thought he would be a successful dictator and 10 months in he's flailing. Those people have the worst business instincts
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wife: It is interesting that the biggest papers and networks burned decades of hard work by others who built up their brands to bend over immediately for Donald Trump because they thought he would be a successful dictator and 10 months in he's flailing. Those people have the worst business instincts
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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Many employees of the Whitehouse are making the risky calculation ... that you have a political career beyond the moment where you are covering up for a pedophile or at bare minimum the best friend of a pedophile ...
I want you to understand... you don't come back from this
I want you to understand... you don't come back from this
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Many employees of the Whitehouse are making the risky calculation ... that you have a political career beyond the moment where you are covering up for a pedophile or at bare minimum the best friend of a pedophile ...
I want you to understand... you don't come back from this
I want you to understand... you don't come back from this
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The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.
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I'd like to think something will come of this but *gestures broadly*
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'd like to think something will come of this but *gestures broadly*
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The documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War was shown in British TV but it is doubtful it will be broadcast in the US. This review of its contents is horrifying and adds more evidence of Israel's genocidal intent based on instructions from IDF commanders.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
‘You can do anything’: Israeli war crimes in Gaza aired in UK documentary
The new film featuring firsthand testimonies of Israeli soldiers in Gaza reveals patterns of systematic abuse.
www.aljazeera.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War was shown in British TV but it is doubtful it will be broadcast in the US. This review of its contents is horrifying and adds more evidence of Israel's genocidal intent based on instructions from IDF commanders.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
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I know I'm not the brightest, but why has it taken until Mamdani for a politician to say, "People are homeless because the rent is too damn high?"
Looking at [unnamed politician]'s platform, & it promises to increase shelter space to fix homelessness. Been in that city. Guess what? Rent's too high!
Looking at [unnamed politician]'s platform, & it promises to increase shelter space to fix homelessness. Been in that city. Guess what? Rent's too high!
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I know I'm not the brightest, but why has it taken until Mamdani for a politician to say, "People are homeless because the rent is too damn high?"
Looking at [unnamed politician]'s platform, & it promises to increase shelter space to fix homelessness. Been in that city. Guess what? Rent's too high!
Looking at [unnamed politician]'s platform, & it promises to increase shelter space to fix homelessness. Been in that city. Guess what? Rent's too high!
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Controlled opposition is an effective way to neutralize actual opposition.
why did they do this when they just won all the seats or whatever and have a bunch of leverage? I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Controlled opposition is an effective way to neutralize actual opposition.
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They didn’t wanna wait in line at the airport. The minute they became inconvenienced then it was all important to fix it immediately. Not to fix it right. They have healthcare either way. So they don’t mind using the ACA as a political tool instead of delivering service.
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
They didn’t wanna wait in line at the airport. The minute they became inconvenienced then it was all important to fix it immediately. Not to fix it right. They have healthcare either way. So they don’t mind using the ACA as a political tool instead of delivering service.
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Well, unfortunately
Threat of victory looms large over Election Day as an ominous portent of a future that could leave Dems in array; party elders scramble to contain the risk
The framing of this is hilarious: Democrats deeply worried about the repercussions of a victory
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Well, unfortunately
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the “axios is fake news trying to stir shit, dems aren’t gonna cave” to “the dem deal is actually good and smart and savvy” pipeline is real and best explained not be rational trains of thought but fear and cognitive dissonance
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
the “axios is fake news trying to stir shit, dems aren’t gonna cave” to “the dem deal is actually good and smart and savvy” pipeline is real and best explained not be rational trains of thought but fear and cognitive dissonance
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Richest nation in human history
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Richest nation in human history
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Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead, sang back-up on several classic Sixties hits, and fronted her own bands, has died at age 78.
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead, sang back-up on several classic Sixties hits, and fronted her own bands, has died at age 78.
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...