Shoulders
@captainrylz.bsky.social
Museums, mormonism, movies, and a mediocre basketball team
Without saying Sinners, name your film of the year.
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Without saying Sinners, name your film of the year.
I know everyone's got a lot going on, but we are not talking enough about that Brice Sensabaugh pass from last night
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I know everyone's got a lot going on, but we are not talking enough about that Brice Sensabaugh pass from last night
Centrist: Our tent is big enough for everyone!
Leftist: Wow! Including trans people?
C: That’s not exactly who...
L: What about socialists?
C: We need to focus on kitchen-table...
L: Palestine activists?
C: Israel has a right...
L: Then who do you want in the tent?
C: Oh, you know the ones
Leftist: Wow! Including trans people?
C: That’s not exactly who...
L: What about socialists?
C: We need to focus on kitchen-table...
L: Palestine activists?
C: Israel has a right...
L: Then who do you want in the tent?
C: Oh, you know the ones
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Centrist: Our tent is big enough for everyone!
Leftist: Wow! Including trans people?
C: That’s not exactly who...
L: What about socialists?
C: We need to focus on kitchen-table...
L: Palestine activists?
C: Israel has a right...
L: Then who do you want in the tent?
C: Oh, you know the ones
Leftist: Wow! Including trans people?
C: That’s not exactly who...
L: What about socialists?
C: We need to focus on kitchen-table...
L: Palestine activists?
C: Israel has a right...
L: Then who do you want in the tent?
C: Oh, you know the ones
The enemy of my enemy doesn't have to be my friend to be useful
You can think it’s good that Massie and MTG are stirring up shit within the GOP caucus without thinking their politics in general is good. It’s not hard at all in fact?
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The enemy of my enemy doesn't have to be my friend to be useful
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every day I feel worse about the next 6-12 months and better about the next 2-5 years.
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 AM
every day I feel worse about the next 6-12 months and better about the next 2-5 years.
Abolish charter and private schools.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Abolish charter and private schools.
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Jazzman most likely to be traded this year isn't Lauri; it's Svi Mykhailiuk. The guy quietly does a lot off things really well, and those things happen to the skills that help contenders round out their rotations for a playoff run. Could be a great pickup for a team that needs depth.
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The Jazzman most likely to be traded this year isn't Lauri; it's Svi Mykhailiuk. The guy quietly does a lot off things really well, and those things happen to the skills that help contenders round out their rotations for a playoff run. Could be a great pickup for a team that needs depth.
I love watching Isaiah Collier play basketball.
I know the odds are stacked against him with his turnovers and his shooting, but I really hope he pulls it out.
I know the odds are stacked against him with his turnovers and his shooting, but I really hope he pulls it out.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I love watching Isaiah Collier play basketball.
I know the odds are stacked against him with his turnovers and his shooting, but I really hope he pulls it out.
I know the odds are stacked against him with his turnovers and his shooting, but I really hope he pulls it out.
What is an especially meaningful birthday gift you've received?
My wife's birthday is coming up, and I'm having an unusually difficult time brainstorming this year
My wife's birthday is coming up, and I'm having an unusually difficult time brainstorming this year
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What is an especially meaningful birthday gift you've received?
My wife's birthday is coming up, and I'm having an unusually difficult time brainstorming this year
My wife's birthday is coming up, and I'm having an unusually difficult time brainstorming this year
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The whole piece is excellent but these paragraphs here are absolute bangers. And boy but it’s refreshing to see the New Yorker critique centrist views (here’s the archived version if you haven’t got a subscription: archive.ph/UNdFj).
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The whole piece is excellent but these paragraphs here are absolute bangers. And boy but it’s refreshing to see the New Yorker critique centrist views (here’s the archived version if you haven’t got a subscription: archive.ph/UNdFj).
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
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hah. should have known @theradr.bsky.social already broke this down (from a very different angle, but to the same interpretive end, if i'm allowed that confidence!) years ago, in a newsletter.
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
hah. should have known @theradr.bsky.social already broke this down (from a very different angle, but to the same interpretive end, if i'm allowed that confidence!) years ago, in a newsletter.
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
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Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Caravaggio, 1599
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Caravaggio, 1599
Looks like the Jazz are keeping their pick this year!
Utah's Walker Kessler is undergoing season-ending left shoulder surgery for a torn labrum, sources tell ESPN.
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Looks like the Jazz are keeping their pick this year!
As someone who works at a museum with Rockwells in its collection, you don't mess with the Rockwell Foundation.
Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
As someone who works at a museum with Rockwells in its collection, you don't mess with the Rockwell Foundation.
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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8 of the 9 members of the Fellowship of the Ring become immigrants at some point in their lives. You can spin the Lord of the Rings in a lot of different ways, but there's no case for it being anti-immigration.
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
8 of the 9 members of the Fellowship of the Ring become immigrants at some point in their lives. You can spin the Lord of the Rings in a lot of different ways, but there's no case for it being anti-immigration.
If you see this, post four female characters you love
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 AM
If you see this, post four female characters you love
Millennials complaining about kids' obsession with "6 7" is rich given that we could not physically restrain ourselves from saying "Your mom goes to college" at any given opportunity when we were their age
October 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Millennials complaining about kids' obsession with "6 7" is rich given that we could not physically restrain ourselves from saying "Your mom goes to college" at any given opportunity when we were their age
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Actually the modern political landscape is just strewn with people like this who sort of careen through different identities looking for something that makes them feel less hollow, looking for something to believe in
October 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Actually the modern political landscape is just strewn with people like this who sort of careen through different identities looking for something that makes them feel less hollow, looking for something to believe in