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This year’s celebrity softball players just don’t play game the right way.
July 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This year’s celebrity softball players just don’t play game the right way.
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1/ I wonder if there's a complement to Mettler's _Submerged State_ thesis: the successful state thesis. In brief: American government has *in many ways* been so successful for so long that Americans have forgotten why they need it, making anti-government rhetoric more appealing.
March 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
1/ I wonder if there's a complement to Mettler's _Submerged State_ thesis: the successful state thesis. In brief: American government has *in many ways* been so successful for so long that Americans have forgotten why they need it, making anti-government rhetoric more appealing.
Over the course of the last 50 years I’ve known many Brits, Aussies and Kiwis yet only today did I hear the expression “then Bob’s your uncle” and I now plan to use it to exhaustion.
March 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Over the course of the last 50 years I’ve known many Brits, Aussies and Kiwis yet only today did I hear the expression “then Bob’s your uncle” and I now plan to use it to exhaustion.
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Well, they did claim to be the most transparent administration in history.
March 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Well, they did claim to be the most transparent administration in history.
Most underrated boomer rockstar? Thanks for asking. That would be Dave Edmonds
March 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Most underrated boomer rockstar? Thanks for asking. That would be Dave Edmonds
Politics aside (all of which I agree
with) this is one of the most interesting videos I have ever seen.
youtu.be/e1IuqZGGvyU?...
with) this is one of the most interesting videos I have ever seen.
youtu.be/e1IuqZGGvyU?...
Here's What Happens to Astronauts After Months in Space
YouTube video by Ward Carroll
youtu.be
March 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Politics aside (all of which I agree
with) this is one of the most interesting videos I have ever seen.
youtu.be/e1IuqZGGvyU?...
with) this is one of the most interesting videos I have ever seen.
youtu.be/e1IuqZGGvyU?...
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I'm doing a donation match for the L.A. Regional Food Bank to help folks displaced by the fires. Your donation goes 2x as far! Link below. secure.lafoodbank.org/site/Donatio...
Donate Now - Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
secure.lafoodbank.org
January 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I'm doing a donation match for the L.A. Regional Food Bank to help folks displaced by the fires. Your donation goes 2x as far! Link below. secure.lafoodbank.org/site/Donatio...
I’m so sick of porn bots. Sadly just as bad on Bluesky as Twitter
December 12, 2024 at 1:36 AM
I’m so sick of porn bots. Sadly just as bad on Bluesky as Twitter
Playing my usual Halloween playlist while dispensing oodles of candy to the kiddies
Kongo Boingo Dead Man’s Party whole album
Sympathy for the Devil
Gimme Shelter
Sister Morphine
Midnight Rambler
I am the Walrus
Hey kids! Come back!
Kongo Boingo Dead Man’s Party whole album
Sympathy for the Devil
Gimme Shelter
Sister Morphine
Midnight Rambler
I am the Walrus
Hey kids! Come back!
November 1, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Playing my usual Halloween playlist while dispensing oodles of candy to the kiddies
Kongo Boingo Dead Man’s Party whole album
Sympathy for the Devil
Gimme Shelter
Sister Morphine
Midnight Rambler
I am the Walrus
Hey kids! Come back!
Kongo Boingo Dead Man’s Party whole album
Sympathy for the Devil
Gimme Shelter
Sister Morphine
Midnight Rambler
I am the Walrus
Hey kids! Come back!
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Non social-scientific 🧵.
1/ There are a lot of reasons why we're staring at the abyss. And, of course, reactionary populism is a global phenomenon, so one doesn't want to overstate country-level causes. But there is also country-level variation.
1/ There are a lot of reasons why we're staring at the abyss. And, of course, reactionary populism is a global phenomenon, so one doesn't want to overstate country-level causes. But there is also country-level variation.
October 13, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Non social-scientific 🧵.
1/ There are a lot of reasons why we're staring at the abyss. And, of course, reactionary populism is a global phenomenon, so one doesn't want to overstate country-level causes. But there is also country-level variation.
1/ There are a lot of reasons why we're staring at the abyss. And, of course, reactionary populism is a global phenomenon, so one doesn't want to overstate country-level causes. But there is also country-level variation.
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It can babysit your kids, walk your dog
October 11, 2024 at 11:52 PM
It can babysit your kids, walk your dog
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Trump keeps saying ever more fascistic things, and people keep asking incredulously (& understandably) "how is this election still a tie?" This story about the time in 1946 a town invited the US's most notorious fascist to deliver an address might be relevant. sethcotlar.substack.com/p/in-1946-a-...
In 1946 a Wisconsin Town Invited a Fascist to Deliver the Keynote Address at their Centennial Celebration
Few people in Viroqua, Wisconsin WANTED Gerald LK Smith, the head of the America First Party, to speak, but when they ALLOWED it, they fanned the flickering embers of the American Fascist Tradition
sethcotlar.substack.com
October 11, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Trump keeps saying ever more fascistic things, and people keep asking incredulously (& understandably) "how is this election still a tie?" This story about the time in 1946 a town invited the US's most notorious fascist to deliver an address might be relevant. sethcotlar.substack.com/p/in-1946-a-...
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sanctioning the kristallnacht of their fevered imaginings
Trump wishing for “one really violent day” feels a lot like he’s giving his followers permission.
September 30, 2024 at 1:41 AM
sanctioning the kristallnacht of their fevered imaginings
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Today I saw a truck with a big handpainted sign saying: DEMOCRAT OR AMERICAN? YOU CAN'T BE BOTH
If I hadn't been driving I would have quickly written my own sign saying WHY ON EARTH NOT? and showed it to him as I passed.
If I hadn't been driving I would have quickly written my own sign saying WHY ON EARTH NOT? and showed it to him as I passed.
June 30, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Today I saw a truck with a big handpainted sign saying: DEMOCRAT OR AMERICAN? YOU CAN'T BE BOTH
If I hadn't been driving I would have quickly written my own sign saying WHY ON EARTH NOT? and showed it to him as I passed.
If I hadn't been driving I would have quickly written my own sign saying WHY ON EARTH NOT? and showed it to him as I passed.
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Where does it say you can’t kill a dog? I’m talking about a bad dog, a crooked dog, that got mixed up in the chicken-chomping rackets and got what was coming to it www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/05/wher...
Where does it say you can't kill a dog? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
I’m talking about a bad dog, a crooked dog, that got mixed up in the chicken-chomping rackets and got what was coming to it. That’s a great story. WRONG! South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) appears to h...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
May 8, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Where does it say you can’t kill a dog? I’m talking about a bad dog, a crooked dog, that got mixed up in the chicken-chomping rackets and got what was coming to it www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/05/wher...
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It’s like the GOP picked its nominees for the federal bench by heading to a Trump rally and firing judicial robes out of a t-shirt cannon.
www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/t...
www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/t...
Trump classified documents trial in Florida postponed indefinitely
The trial on charges that Donald Trump willfully retained classified national security records after leaving the White House was scheduled to start May 20.
www.cnbc.com
May 7, 2024 at 11:21 PM
It’s like the GOP picked its nominees for the federal bench by heading to a Trump rally and firing judicial robes out of a t-shirt cannon.
www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/t...
www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/t...
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In part because virtually no one who egged that war on, or denounced or dismissed those protesting or warning against it, paid any price at all.
There's a large shared self-interest in not looking backward.
There's a large shared self-interest in not looking backward.
April 26, 2024 at 3:16 AM
In part because virtually no one who egged that war on, or denounced or dismissed those protesting or warning against it, paid any price at all.
There's a large shared self-interest in not looking backward.
There's a large shared self-interest in not looking backward.
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The man is so racist he even hates dark matter.
March 12, 2024 at 4:52 PM
The man is so racist he even hates dark matter.
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Many Americans are concerned about Biden's age. But no credible reporting shows it has impaired his governing.
Meanwhile Trump wants to turn DOJ against his enemies, plans to use the military to suppress protest & deport millions, invites Russia to invade NATO allies & wants to end vaccine mandates
Meanwhile Trump wants to turn DOJ against his enemies, plans to use the military to suppress protest & deport millions, invites Russia to invade NATO allies & wants to end vaccine mandates
March 10, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Many Americans are concerned about Biden's age. But no credible reporting shows it has impaired his governing.
Meanwhile Trump wants to turn DOJ against his enemies, plans to use the military to suppress protest & deport millions, invites Russia to invade NATO allies & wants to end vaccine mandates
Meanwhile Trump wants to turn DOJ against his enemies, plans to use the military to suppress protest & deport millions, invites Russia to invade NATO allies & wants to end vaccine mandates
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This morning's headlines.
Compare; contrast.
Compare; contrast.
March 1, 2024 at 2:22 PM
This morning's headlines.
Compare; contrast.
Compare; contrast.
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In earnest, if one wants to know the right-wing alternative to diversity, equity, and inclusion, we see it here: conformity and exclusion, imposed and enforced by local fiat. themessenger.com/news/texas-s...
Texas Superintendent Defends Suspending Black Student Over Locs Hairstyle in Full-Page Ad: ‘Being ...
A full-page newspaper defends the punishment high school student Darryl George has faced over his hairstyle.
themessenger.com
January 23, 2024 at 1:37 AM
In earnest, if one wants to know the right-wing alternative to diversity, equity, and inclusion, we see it here: conformity and exclusion, imposed and enforced by local fiat. themessenger.com/news/texas-s...
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I laughed.
December 5, 2023 at 11:06 PM
I laughed.