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Bread baker. Believer in 🛸👽
Mildly disappointed, always.
Dogs are my favorite people.
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Mildly disappointed, always.
Dogs are my favorite people.
🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸
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A bit of James Baldwin today:
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"
September 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A bit of James Baldwin today:
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"
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A big reason we're seeing the problems we are today with reading and mental health can be explained by the fact that most 10-year-olds now own a smartphone.
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
September 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A big reason we're seeing the problems we are today with reading and mental health can be explained by the fact that most 10-year-olds now own a smartphone.
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
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Bin Laden didn’t fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.
Manson didn’t kill anyone himself. But he was responsible.
Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
Manson didn’t kill anyone himself. But he was responsible.
Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
September 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Bin Laden didn’t fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.
Manson didn’t kill anyone himself. But he was responsible.
Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
Manson didn’t kill anyone himself. But he was responsible.
Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
The Problem Is With Men’s Sperm www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
Opinion | The Problem Is With Men’s Sperm
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Problem Is With Men’s Sperm www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
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Businesses are eating 64% of tariffs right now. But according to Goldman, by October this will drop to only 8%, with consumers paying 67%.
#EconSky
#EconSky
August 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Businesses are eating 64% of tariffs right now. But according to Goldman, by October this will drop to only 8%, with consumers paying 67%.
#EconSky
#EconSky
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FORTY PERCENT.
Let that sink in. Vegetable prices have gone up forty percent.
Is America reaching Greatness yet?
Let that sink in. Vegetable prices have gone up forty percent.
Is America reaching Greatness yet?
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
FORTY PERCENT.
Let that sink in. Vegetable prices have gone up forty percent.
Is America reaching Greatness yet?
Let that sink in. Vegetable prices have gone up forty percent.
Is America reaching Greatness yet?
This Christian watchdog group investigates jets owned by Texas televangelists www.chron.com/culture/reli...
Meet the group tracking Texas megachurch pastors’ private jets
"We're out to expose the fraud in God's name."
www.chron.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This Christian watchdog group investigates jets owned by Texas televangelists www.chron.com/culture/reli...
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Wake the fuck up to what's going on in this country... We're going to put everything on the damn line... People haven't given up yet. We're going to do this. We can win this November. We can win next November, and then we can get this country back on track."
August 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Wake the fuck up to what's going on in this country... We're going to put everything on the damn line... People haven't given up yet. We're going to do this. We can win this November. We can win next November, and then we can get this country back on track."
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Life comes at you fast
August 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Life comes at you fast
They’re Losing Their Vision. They Still Love Playing Tennis. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/n...
They’re Losing Their Vision. They Still Love Playing Tennis.
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
They’re Losing Their Vision. They Still Love Playing Tennis. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/n...
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This is a totally fascinating deep dive into one of those European social housing projects that goes mini-viral in North American housing circles because it's so pretty and cheap--and it turns out to be a lot more complicated. brendanwhitsitt.substack.com/p/24-does-eu...
#24 - Does Europe Really Build For Less?
A Case Study: 18 rue Pradier, Paris
brendanwhitsitt.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is a totally fascinating deep dive into one of those European social housing projects that goes mini-viral in North American housing circles because it's so pretty and cheap--and it turns out to be a lot more complicated. brendanwhitsitt.substack.com/p/24-does-eu...
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pretty wild how so many dads with a massive DVD collection of WWII movies somehow managed to miss the entire point
August 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
pretty wild how so many dads with a massive DVD collection of WWII movies somehow managed to miss the entire point
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"The stakes are truly high. It’s time to end the war."
— President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
#AlaskaSummit
— President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
#AlaskaSummit
August 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"The stakes are truly high. It’s time to end the war."
— President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
#AlaskaSummit
— President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
#AlaskaSummit
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Well done, Alaska.
August 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Well done, Alaska.
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."
August 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."
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You predicted the wrong person….
June 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
You predicted the wrong person….
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I've touched on this in a couple of pieces, but here's a worthwhile big dig into Elon Musk's global Starlink dealmaking and the ethics laws/rules nobody seems to care about anymore. By @mattbaidc.bsky.social in, yes, @washingtonpost.com. GIFT LINK (part of my end-of-month sale) wapo.st/3YV66G2
Opinion | Someone’s actually winning the trade war. It’s Elon Musk and Starlink.
Are countries being pressured to help the world’s richest man? Or are they just making smart deals?
wapo.st
April 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I've touched on this in a couple of pieces, but here's a worthwhile big dig into Elon Musk's global Starlink dealmaking and the ethics laws/rules nobody seems to care about anymore. By @mattbaidc.bsky.social in, yes, @washingtonpost.com. GIFT LINK (part of my end-of-month sale) wapo.st/3YV66G2
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What the fuck is wrong with this country? TWO PEOPLE DIED OVER THIS FAKE ATTEMPT.
And the fucker responsible is the President
And the fucker responsible is the President
April 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
What the fuck is wrong with this country? TWO PEOPLE DIED OVER THIS FAKE ATTEMPT.
And the fucker responsible is the President
And the fucker responsible is the President