Bill Kaminsky
@itinfer.bsky.social
2/2 No, probably not. Just the NYT's Bernstein mirroring Nuzzi's style in recounting her tragic love. But since Bernstein mentions Lana Del Rey & I've mentioned Cohen, here's Del Rey & Cohen's son Adam doing IMHO a great cover of daddy Leonard's recounting of tragic love. youtu.be/DI8gg-PextE?...
Lana Del Rey & Adam Cohen cover Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel," live at The Greek, 10/6/2019 (HD)
YouTube video by Tim Bracken
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November 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
2/2 No, probably not. Just the NYT's Bernstein mirroring Nuzzi's style in recounting her tragic love. But since Bernstein mentions Lana Del Rey & I've mentioned Cohen, here's Del Rey & Cohen's son Adam doing IMHO a great cover of daddy Leonard's recounting of tragic love. youtu.be/DI8gg-PextE?...
1/2 Maybe a Leonard Cohen allusion?
"And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows"...
"And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows"...
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
1/2 Maybe a Leonard Cohen allusion?
"And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows"...
"And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows"...
[2/2] CORRECTION TO THE CORRECTION: "His alleged promise to 'take a bullet' for her turned into a request that she take the bullet. ...as news broke of their relationship in [Sep] 2024, he told her, 'If it’s just sex, I can survive it.' She told him she would do whatever he needed her to do." Oops.
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
[2/2] CORRECTION TO THE CORRECTION: "His alleged promise to 'take a bullet' for her turned into a request that she take the bullet. ...as news broke of their relationship in [Sep] 2024, he told her, 'If it’s just sex, I can survive it.' She told him she would do whatever he needed her to do." Oops.
[1/2] CORRECTION: That's a "narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior who promised to 'take a bullet for her'(!)". That's true love* from an ordinary man and really saying something for a Kennedy!! [*though see part 2...]
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
[1/2] CORRECTION: That's a "narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior who promised to 'take a bullet for her'(!)". That's true love* from an ordinary man and really saying something for a Kennedy!! [*though see part 2...]
[2/2] ... *Obligatory Endnote: Yes, yes, not "everyone", just an alarmingly large fraction of those with political and financial power and those who continue to love 'em, and yes those are overwhelmingly men... well, not men but rather 12-year-old man-children. WTF?! 🙄
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
[2/2] ... *Obligatory Endnote: Yes, yes, not "everyone", just an alarmingly large fraction of those with political and financial power and those who continue to love 'em, and yes those are overwhelmingly men... well, not men but rather 12-year-old man-children. WTF?! 🙄
[1/2] Oh my. I clicked through to see the underlying article & wow, that's the last nail in the coffin for my hopes that the lately popular "Everyone* is 12 now" theory (knowyourmeme.com/memes/everyo...) is just funny gallows humor as opposed to a major contribution to the social sciences. [...]
"Everyone is 12 Now" Theory / Of Course You Do, You're 12 | Know Your Meme
The "Everyone is 12 Now" Theory and Of Course You Do, You're 12, also written "Everyone is Twelve Now" Theory and Of Course You Do, You're Twelve, refers t
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November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
[1/2] Oh my. I clicked through to see the underlying article & wow, that's the last nail in the coffin for my hopes that the lately popular "Everyone* is 12 now" theory (knowyourmeme.com/memes/everyo...) is just funny gallows humor as opposed to a major contribution to the social sciences. [...]
But BHL isn't just a "commanding hairstyle". He has that whole fancy-shirt-with-too-many-buttons-unbuttoned thing going on that IMHO goes beyond "he's a rakish intellectual who galavants among the glitterati at Cannes" to "umm, maybe he's about to take the floor at a ballroom dance competition?"
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
But BHL isn't just a "commanding hairstyle". He has that whole fancy-shirt-with-too-many-buttons-unbuttoned thing going on that IMHO goes beyond "he's a rakish intellectual who galavants among the glitterati at Cannes" to "umm, maybe he's about to take the floor at a ballroom dance competition?"
"Scource"? Can you clarify (especially since I can't seem to find any usages of "scource" on Google)?
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"Scource"? Can you clarify (especially since I can't seem to find any usages of "scource" on Google)?
Whacky. Thanks. This recently-updated (10/14) article www.pcmag.com/how-to/i-fig... confirms what you say & helpfully lists some *partial* solutions. (No *full* solution as there's no way to force Google to revert truly to its search algorithm pre-May-2024 when "AI Overviews" began to be standard.)
I Figured Out How to Limit Google's AI Overviews. You're Welcome
There's no official way to turn off Google's AI-generated search results completely, but these tricks can help you see them less often.
www.pcmag.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Whacky. Thanks. This recently-updated (10/14) article www.pcmag.com/how-to/i-fig... confirms what you say & helpfully lists some *partial* solutions. (No *full* solution as there's no way to force Google to revert truly to its search algorithm pre-May-2024 when "AI Overviews" began to be standard.)
Oooh, good tip. I didn't know there was that quick-and-easy a tag to avoid the AI Assistant leading the response. Thanks.
October 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Oooh, good tip. I didn't know there was that quick-and-easy a tag to avoid the AI Assistant leading the response. Thanks.
[3/3] ... BUT the links Google AI Assistant gave as supporting documentation both times were... well, they weren't "hallucinations"... they were about _Fear of Flying_ (mostly about its 50th anniversary and daughter Molly Jong-Fast's recollections of her mom). But they didn't mention skirts at all!
October 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
[3/3] ... BUT the links Google AI Assistant gave as supporting documentation both times were... well, they weren't "hallucinations"... they were about _Fear of Flying_ (mostly about its 50th anniversary and daughter Molly Jong-Fast's recollections of her mom). But they didn't mention skirts at all!
[2/oops, now 3] ... notion of a miniskirt made from lovers' neckties was a a common *confabulation* by people *misremembering* a passage in Erica Jong's _Fear of Flying_. But the *second* time I Googled the exact same prompt, it confidently asserted that the miniskirt *is* in _Fear of Flying_...
October 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
[2/oops, now 3] ... notion of a miniskirt made from lovers' neckties was a a common *confabulation* by people *misremembering* a passage in Erica Jong's _Fear of Flying_. But the *second* time I Googled the exact same prompt, it confidently asserted that the miniskirt *is* in _Fear of Flying_...
[1/2] I'm especially curious who this is since Google -- in its newfangled AI Assistant topping the results form -- was of even less help than normal. Namely, the *first* time I Googled the prompt <writer who made a miniskirt out of ties of men she slept with>, Google AI Assistant said that this...
October 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
[1/2] I'm especially curious who this is since Google -- in its newfangled AI Assistant topping the results form -- was of even less help than normal. Namely, the *first* time I Googled the prompt <writer who made a miniskirt out of ties of men she slept with>, Google AI Assistant said that this...
I get what you're saying (and I also get that the following might be a self-own as a massive _Star Wars_ nerd), but I'm pretty darn sure nobody who might be considered an exponent of our world's equivalent of the Light Side of the Force ever exclaimed about Bari Weiss...
a man is standing in front of a fire and saying `` you were the chosen one '' .
Alt: Famous tragic climax scene from _Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith_ in which Obi-Wan Kenobi, amidst the volcanic fires of the planet Mustafar during his concluding duel with soon-to-be-Darth-Vader Anakin Skywalker, exclaiming his soul-crushing disappointment in his once pupil and friend ``You were the chosen one!''
media.tenor.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I get what you're saying (and I also get that the following might be a self-own as a massive _Star Wars_ nerd), but I'm pretty darn sure nobody who might be considered an exponent of our world's equivalent of the Light Side of the Force ever exclaimed about Bari Weiss...
[3/3] ... if somewhat suspiciously apply his "solve for the equilibrium" trenchant analysis to something at least mildly taboo)... like, not exactly a WTF-level of surprise here, but I second the thought it's at least disappointingly against expectation.
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
[3/3] ... if somewhat suspiciously apply his "solve for the equilibrium" trenchant analysis to something at least mildly taboo)... like, not exactly a WTF-level of surprise here, but I second the thought it's at least disappointingly against expectation.
[2/oops 3] ... on the differences in dress and casual flirting exhibited by the youngish women at that conference (with some comments on women at MAGA events). 🙄 Thus, I echo @wlknsn.xyz 's curiosity of how Tyler Cowen's come to be crass on this (as opposed to taking opportunities to learnedly...
October 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
[2/oops 3] ... on the differences in dress and casual flirting exhibited by the youngish women at that conference (with some comments on women at MAGA events). 🙄 Thus, I echo @wlknsn.xyz 's curiosity of how Tyler Cowen's come to be crass on this (as opposed to taking opportunities to learnedly...
[1/2] And that huge block quote of Hanania is his amateur anthropological analysis of the differences between youngish liberals and conservatives in contemporary DC based on field work (such as it is) at the Abundance Conference back at the start of September. And that analysis zooms in fast...
October 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
[1/2] And that huge block quote of Hanania is his amateur anthropological analysis of the differences between youngish liberals and conservatives in contemporary DC based on field work (such as it is) at the Abundance Conference back at the start of September. And that analysis zooms in fast...
Hasn't been true yet, but oh, one day it'll be true... one day it will have always been true...
September 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hasn't been true yet, but oh, one day it'll be true... one day it will have always been true...
Oh, I'm pretty sure the Rapture was today. It's merely the case that no one actually got raptured up. For, verily, as Brother Curtis prophesized, lo, 55 years ago: "If There Is a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" [Don't Worry, however]
youtu.be/BzsmciMNAGU?...
youtu.be/BzsmciMNAGU?...
[Don't Worry] If There Is a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go
YouTube video by Curtis Mayfield - Topic
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Oh, I'm pretty sure the Rapture was today. It's merely the case that no one actually got raptured up. For, verily, as Brother Curtis prophesized, lo, 55 years ago: "If There Is a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" [Don't Worry, however]
youtu.be/BzsmciMNAGU?...
youtu.be/BzsmciMNAGU?...
Likely a tad older than you. IIRC*, the first albums I'm both (1) willing to admit I bought & (2) were new releases at the time: Paul Simon's _Rhythm of the Saints_ & Billy Joel's _Storm Front_.
* I contend my iffy memory should give me age verification bonus points! (Maybe my use of "IIRC" too?)
* I contend my iffy memory should give me age verification bonus points! (Maybe my use of "IIRC" too?)
September 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Likely a tad older than you. IIRC*, the first albums I'm both (1) willing to admit I bought & (2) were new releases at the time: Paul Simon's _Rhythm of the Saints_ & Billy Joel's _Storm Front_.
* I contend my iffy memory should give me age verification bonus points! (Maybe my use of "IIRC" too?)
* I contend my iffy memory should give me age verification bonus points! (Maybe my use of "IIRC" too?)