Xina
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Cruel and a waste of time and resources.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Cruel and a waste of time and resources.
Kind of a long-past era, but the greatest version of this communication diptych meme is still the Hillary Clinton / MLK, Jr one.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Kind of a long-past era, but the greatest version of this communication diptych meme is still the Hillary Clinton / MLK, Jr one.
Thank you, U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie. 👏👏👏👏
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Thank you, U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie. 👏👏👏👏
Fact-checking is not the same thing as thinking and constructing an argument in writing. It’s something, but it’s not that.
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Fact-checking is not the same thing as thinking and constructing an argument in writing. It’s something, but it’s not that.
V. sorry for your loss(es). Cherished memories.
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
V. sorry for your loss(es). Cherished memories.
Oh no! Hoping for your swift recovery. Sending good thoughts.
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Oh no! Hoping for your swift recovery. Sending good thoughts.
From the NYT review, on Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier: “Here he moves from passivity to passion to grief to wonder — it’s a beautiful role for him, and he broke my heart.” Yes.
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
From the NYT review, on Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier: “Here he moves from passivity to passion to grief to wonder — it’s a beautiful role for him, and he broke my heart.” Yes.
Tbh, Side Out (1990) and The Falcon & the Snowman (1985) more precisely capture the era and location of my childhood neck of the woods in Los Angeles.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Tbh, Side Out (1990) and The Falcon & the Snowman (1985) more precisely capture the era and location of my childhood neck of the woods in Los Angeles.
This looks like Hoosiers crossed with The Two Jakes. Can’t immediately identify it. (!)
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This looks like Hoosiers crossed with The Two Jakes. Can’t immediately identify it. (!)
Shooting locations: movie-tourist.blogspot.com/2012/09/kiss...
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Kiss Me Deadly filming locations, film locations, movie locations, Robert Aldrich, film noir, California, Los Angeles, Ralph Meeker, Cloris Leachman, Maxine Cooper, Albert Dekker
movie-tourist.blogspot.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Shooting locations: movie-tourist.blogspot.com/2012/09/kiss...
Make a whole blood, Power Red, or platelets donation. www.redcrossblood.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Make a whole blood, Power Red, or platelets donation. www.redcrossblood.org
Oh my, that is a lovely form.
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Oh my, that is a lovely form.
For the Gen Z’s reading: www.brookings.edu/articles/coo...
Cooking the Books: The Cost to the Economy | Brookings
Policy Brief #106, by Carol Graham, Robert Litan, and Sandip Sukhtanker (July 2002)
www.brookings.edu
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the Gen Z’s reading: www.brookings.edu/articles/coo...