Danforth
@danforth.bsky.social
If we're stuck on this ship and it's sinking
Then we might as well have a parade
Then we might as well have a parade
Charmed? Or invited?
i have said this before but i think that the people who were “charmed” by epstein wanted to be charmed
honestly one of the most striking things about epstein's emails is the fact that the man, described in many places as "a genius," is essentially subliterate
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Charmed? Or invited?
What a lilting, winding, lovely read this is.
big ol article about me in GQ, if you go in for that sort of thing www.gq.com/story/john-d...
The Story John Darnielle Lived to Tell
When he was a teenager, the Mountain Goats founder never expected to live to 21. He has since become one of this century’s best songwriters. The lessons of his survival, life, and work feel endless.
www.gq.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
What a lilting, winding, lovely read this is.
Who here needs to realize that we're in the bad place for this shit to fuckin' stop?
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Who here needs to realize that we're in the bad place for this shit to fuckin' stop?
Why are we letting a horseshoe-headed George Washington University grad named Russell destroy the USA?
“In Texas, CDC funds to stem a measles outbreak weren’t available until after the crisis had subsided and two children had died. A project to protect Alabamans from raw sewage and hookworm was abandoned…Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted…”
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
kffhealthnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Why are we letting a horseshoe-headed George Washington University grad named Russell destroy the USA?
Got these two bros back in the mix tonight.
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Got these two bros back in the mix tonight.
We already litigated this, didn't we? And this theory lost at every level, right?
This is absurd and plainly illegal. The courts should reject this fringe theory.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We already litigated this, didn't we? And this theory lost at every level, right?
This is so good and so sharp and so smart about Scott Galloway, a guy that I can only describe as a more sober, equally dumb and equally unoriginal Hydrox Jordan B. Peterson.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is so good and so sharp and so smart about Scott Galloway, a guy that I can only describe as a more sober, equally dumb and equally unoriginal Hydrox Jordan B. Peterson.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It takes a real skill set to be able to throw down 50 drinks an hour perfectly every time while chatting up the six customers who are watching you make their drink like a goddamn eagle of entitlement.
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It takes a real skill set to be able to throw down 50 drinks an hour perfectly every time while chatting up the six customers who are watching you make their drink like a goddamn eagle of entitlement.
Lol this is how I find out that James McMurtry is playing at the AMFA in Thursday??? I'm taking a major major L on this one.
Alas, this sure-to-be-brilliant show at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts is already sold out, but maybe someone you know is willing to part ways with their tickets?
James McMurtry at AMFA on Thursday - Arkansas Times
Alas, this sure-to-be-brilliant show is already sold out, but maybe someone you know is willing to part ways with their tickets?
arktimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Lol this is how I find out that James McMurtry is playing at the AMFA in Thursday??? I'm taking a major major L on this one.
Put this on my friggin' tombstone.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Put this on my friggin' tombstone.
Woop Woop!
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Woop Woop!
Wild that a product that lowers monthly payments by ~10% while raising total interest paid by ~40% wasn't more popular with the consumer.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Wild that a product that lowers monthly payments by ~10% while raising total interest paid by ~40% wasn't more popular with the consumer.
You're the President of the United States of America or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and some random flipping you the bird still makes you seeth. Imagine being this big of a damn loser.
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
You're the President of the United States of America or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and some random flipping you the bird still makes you seeth. Imagine being this big of a damn loser.
Everybody Knows What Wrong With Nathan Silver is the name of my next album
What the fuck is wrong with Nate Silver? This is a rhetorical question. We all know.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Everybody Knows What Wrong With Nathan Silver is the name of my next album
Scott Galloway saw a Jordan Peterson-shaped hole in the sexist grift game and went full send. Just as the existence of borders implies the violence to maintain them, the existence of "trad" masculinity & gender norms implies men utilizing violence to uphold them. Scott is just another tool to this.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and it’s good to see this piece actually grapple with the toxic worldview he pushes
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Scott Galloway saw a Jordan Peterson-shaped hole in the sexist grift game and went full send. Just as the existence of borders implies the violence to maintain them, the existence of "trad" masculinity & gender norms implies men utilizing violence to uphold them. Scott is just another tool to this.
I basically agree with this (and several other points made) but where I go crazy is the part where Dems tried to make this a single-issue shutdown (and tbf it's a VERY important issue) and then caved in the most chinless way possible. Like, they couldn't have been more transparently gutless.
I thought they should have initiated the shutdown and they chose a good issue for it in the first place, but I was on record over and over again as super wary about how much they were going to be able to sustain it basically at this very point.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I basically agree with this (and several other points made) but where I go crazy is the part where Dems tried to make this a single-issue shutdown (and tbf it's a VERY important issue) and then caved in the most chinless way possible. Like, they couldn't have been more transparently gutless.
Will this be set up automatically will the FSA caps be lifted accordingly will chuck schumer break into my house and shit into all of my coffee mugs overnight
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Will this be set up automatically will the FSA caps be lifted accordingly will chuck schumer break into my house and shit into all of my coffee mugs overnight
Two Barcelona thoughts:
Fermin Lopez is an honestly incredible player. Full stop.
Marcus Rashford is not better than Raphinha, but he's been 5x better than anyone thought he would be.
Fermin Lopez is an honestly incredible player. Full stop.
Marcus Rashford is not better than Raphinha, but he's been 5x better than anyone thought he would be.
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Two Barcelona thoughts:
Fermin Lopez is an honestly incredible player. Full stop.
Marcus Rashford is not better than Raphinha, but he's been 5x better than anyone thought he would be.
Fermin Lopez is an honestly incredible player. Full stop.
Marcus Rashford is not better than Raphinha, but he's been 5x better than anyone thought he would be.
At least Neville Chamberlain had the excuse of trying to avoid another WWI-style hamburger grinder. These bros are full-on collaborators at this point.
looks like senate dems are folding on the shutdown in exchange for a doomed vote 40 days from now and nothing else
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
At least Neville Chamberlain had the excuse of trying to avoid another WWI-style hamburger grinder. These bros are full-on collaborators at this point.
Proud to announce that I am running for something or another as a member of the Democratic Quesocialist Party.
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Proud to announce that I am running for something or another as a member of the Democratic Quesocialist Party.
Diego is my new favorite hater.
Against Hugh Freeze's former team, Diego Pavia accounted for 489 of Vandy's 563 yards (87%) and 28 of the 'Dores 45 points (62%). He moves to 4-0 against teams coached by Freeze at one point in the season during his career.
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Diego is my new favorite hater.
I got something to tell you about the Senator from Texas, y'all.
I also got something to tell you about a lot of Christians.
I also got something to tell you about a lot of Christians.
James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.
Faith-forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors, escorts online
James Talarico has become a sensation in Texas politics by talking about how his Christianity is the basis for his progressive politics.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I got something to tell you about the Senator from Texas, y'all.
I also got something to tell you about a lot of Christians.
I also got something to tell you about a lot of Christians.
Why is his ear so slimy
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Why is his ear so slimy
All I know to say about this album is that in another time I would have burned it on a CD from a friend who had the money to buy it, and it would have lived in my discman in the car for like six straight weeks.
did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb
The Mountain Goats - Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan
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30tgrs.ffm.to
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
All I know to say about this album is that in another time I would have burned it on a CD from a friend who had the money to buy it, and it would have lived in my discman in the car for like six straight weeks.
