Issa
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Bookshop dot org always lists my books as "on backorder" so buy locally if you're interested!
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Agents of Chaos
The life and times of High Times’ enigmatic founder Thomas King Forçade, an underground newspaper editor and marijuana kingpin who—between police raids...
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April 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Bookshop dot org always lists my books as "on backorder" so buy locally if you're interested!
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sean-...
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Bank robbery does not appear to be as remunerative as I had been led to believe. How is this guy buying a “Rolls Royce SUV” when grabbing such puny amounts of cash?!
A serial bank robber — who dabbles as a fictional crime author and has an affinity for luxury wheels — allegedly knocked off two more financial institutions near Detroit, a year after being released from prison, officials say.
Serial bank robber — who dabbles as a crime novelist — allegedly strikes again
Dorian Trevor Sykes, 41, had been released from prison in February last year and was under supervised federal supervision, officials said.
nbcnews.to
March 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Bank robbery does not appear to be as remunerative as I had been led to believe. How is this guy buying a “Rolls Royce SUV” when grabbing such puny amounts of cash?!
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Trump administration delays New York congestion pricing deadline 30 days
Trump administration delays New York congestion pricing deadline 30 days
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA are facing down a new federal deadline to end congestion pricing in NYC.
cbsn.ws
March 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
lol
Well this promises to be a font of quality programming
$ROKU - TRUMP MEDIA ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF TRUTH+ STREAMING ON ROKU
March 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Well this promises to be a font of quality programming
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I don't want to say the Schumer optics are bad but Gavin Newsom just invited him on his podcast.
a man in a suit and tie is standing with his hands in his pockets .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing with his hands in his pockets .
media.tenor.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I don't want to say the Schumer optics are bad but Gavin Newsom just invited him on his podcast.
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this is pretty much the perfect Bluesky headline
Honking Complaints Plunge 69% Inside Congestion Pricing Zone
In the first two months of the Manhattan vehicle tolls that Trump wants to nix, gripes over blasting horns sunk when compared to 2024.
www.thecity.nyc
March 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
this is pretty much the perfect Bluesky headline
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This was fun to write www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2025...
SXSW Doc Tells the Story of Local Psych-Punk Legends Butthole Surfers
Never sacred, always profane
www.austinchronicle.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This was fun to write www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2025...
Just finished the excellent and very readable When the Clock Broke by @lioneltrolling.bsky.social. Having lived through it I certainly recognized much but it was fascinating and terrifying to read about some of the figures I hadn’t clocked at the time, like Carroll Quigley or (shudder) Sam Francis.
March 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just finished the excellent and very readable When the Clock Broke by @lioneltrolling.bsky.social. Having lived through it I certainly recognized much but it was fascinating and terrifying to read about some of the figures I hadn’t clocked at the time, like Carroll Quigley or (shudder) Sam Francis.
Constitutional crisis, you got it while it was hot
March 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Constitutional crisis, you got it while it was hot
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Full page in today’s Anchorage Daily News:
March 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Full page in today’s Anchorage Daily News:
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RIP to a legend, and the last of the New York Dolls, one of the absolute best, boldest, and most influential bands of all time. Was braced for this by the recent news — been playing their music and watching their videos for weeks upon hearing he was ailing — but it still hits hard.
March 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
RIP to a legend, and the last of the New York Dolls, one of the absolute best, boldest, and most influential bands of all time. Was braced for this by the recent news — been playing their music and watching their videos for weeks upon hearing he was ailing — but it still hits hard.
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"...retail sales south of 60th Street have been $900 million higher in January 2025 compared to the same period last year. In addition, restaurant reservations are up 7 percent year over year, according to restaurant reservation app Open Table."
Memo to the President: Manhattan Economy Improving, Thanks to Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog New York City
Lower Manhattan's economy has gotten an almost billion-dollar boost in just the first month of congestion pricing's existence, the MTA said on Wednesday.
nyc.streetsblog.org
February 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"...retail sales south of 60th Street have been $900 million higher in January 2025 compared to the same period last year. In addition, restaurant reservations are up 7 percent year over year, according to restaurant reservation app Open Table."
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Richard Donner told this great moustache-related story about working with GENE HACKMAN on Superman.
February 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Richard Donner told this great moustache-related story about working with GENE HACKMAN on Superman.
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You may have heard of John Cage's "silent" piece "4'33", but did you know he made and performed a version that involved setting up an auditorium sound-system to being right on the edge of feedback and letting it sit there for the duration of the performance?
February 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You may have heard of John Cage's "silent" piece "4'33", but did you know he made and performed a version that involved setting up an auditorium sound-system to being right on the edge of feedback and letting it sit there for the duration of the performance?
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Care for us? True indeed! They ne’er car’d for us yet. Suffer us to famish, and their store-houses cramm’d with grain; make edicts for usury, to support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act establish’d against the rich, and provide more piercing statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poor.
February 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Care for us? True indeed! They ne’er car’d for us yet. Suffer us to famish, and their store-houses cramm’d with grain; make edicts for usury, to support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act establish’d against the rich, and provide more piercing statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poor.
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Just saw a thread about a guy calling into cspan saying his diabetic supplies increased from 5 dollars to 80 dollars and somebody in the comments, probably multiple people but I stopped reading, replied “FAFO” and I can’t stress enough how much you need to stop doing that shit
February 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just saw a thread about a guy calling into cspan saying his diabetic supplies increased from 5 dollars to 80 dollars and somebody in the comments, probably multiple people but I stopped reading, replied “FAFO” and I can’t stress enough how much you need to stop doing that shit
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Here, @joshtpm.bsky.social picks up on excellent @wired.com reporting (by @kimzetter.bsky.social) ...
... to note that Musk and his DOGE lackeys are trying to centralize control over federal systems ...
... that were created disparate by design. For security! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
... to note that Musk and his DOGE lackeys are trying to centralize control over federal systems ...
... that were created disparate by design. For security! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
February 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Here, @joshtpm.bsky.social picks up on excellent @wired.com reporting (by @kimzetter.bsky.social) ...
... to note that Musk and his DOGE lackeys are trying to centralize control over federal systems ...
... that were created disparate by design. For security! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
... to note that Musk and his DOGE lackeys are trying to centralize control over federal systems ...
... that were created disparate by design. For security! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
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Four episodes of Eternity's Pillar, Alice Coltrane's mid-80s late night LA broadcast, is up on Criterion! Previously only available on YouTube rips and not in full, at least to my knowledge. (I could be wrong about that!)
www.criterionchannel.com/eternity-s-p...
www.criterionchannel.com/eternity-s-p...
Eternity’s Pillar - The Criterion Channel
Throughout the mid-1980s, viewers tuning in late at night to Los Angeles’s KTTV Channel 11 could catch a broadcast unlike any other: ETERNITY’S PILLAR, a journey through the astral plane created and h...
www.criterionchannel.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Four episodes of Eternity's Pillar, Alice Coltrane's mid-80s late night LA broadcast, is up on Criterion! Previously only available on YouTube rips and not in full, at least to my knowledge. (I could be wrong about that!)
www.criterionchannel.com/eternity-s-p...
www.criterionchannel.com/eternity-s-p...
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Oh damn Prime actually published their failed chatgpt prompt in the description
February 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Oh damn Prime actually published their failed chatgpt prompt in the description
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And he wants the Mayor there, too
Ho sets a Wednesday hearing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/n...
February 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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New this week: open data from NYPD shows a clear drop in traffic accidents, especially in Manhattan, since congestion pricing was implemented last month.
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Traffic Accidents Have Fallen in NYC Since Congestion Pricing Started
Open data provides an immediate answer to a pressing policy question.
jasher.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
New this week: open data from NYPD shows a clear drop in traffic accidents, especially in Manhattan, since congestion pricing was implemented last month.
jasher.substack.com/p/traffic-ac...
jasher.substack.com/p/traffic-ac...
Seems bad
The US health department fired employees Saturday across some of its biggest agencies including Medicare, Medicaid and the FDA.
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February 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Seems bad