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Jay Babcock
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Semi-educated guesser. Unknown genre. LANDLINE: jaybabcock.substack.com Past: Arthur Magazine co-founder/editor. babcock dot jay at gmail dot com
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This woman? American of the year.
incredible still. (middle fingers obscured)
Early morning so I don't have sound on and even with that caveat this 24-minute NYT film is doing the business, meaning I am vomiting

www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens
A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
(American) Person of the Year
December 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
w - o - w
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a look back on another cycle of explorations as we hear a track from each show of the year, an orgy of faves & unexpected juxtapositions. Join me for the last show of 2025, 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Wirecutter | Looking for some last minute gifts? Here are four cryptocurrencies that shouldn’t lose more than 80% of their value within a year of purchase.
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
co-sign
mv & ee - root/void
About as stoned as an album can sound. Pot smoke literally rolling out of the speakers as this melts and blurs the air.
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This woman? American of the year.
incredible still. (middle fingers obscured)
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In the inbox this morning from @jacobinmag.bsky.social, whoops no it's Bloomberg

#seewhomadetheranking #petfoodisthekey
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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December 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The best Dredd
December 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
what

"Two completely independent cultures reported a remarkably consistent effect. To my mind, that gave credence to the fact that there might be some chemistry involved that could explain this. It’s not merely a cultural fabrication."
More on —“The mushroom’s scientific name is Lanmaoa asiatica, and it provokes “lilliputian hallucinations,” named after the mischievous Lilliputians in the novel Gulliver’s Travels, who are tiny people around 6-inches tall.”

themicrodose.substack.com/p/little-peo...
Little people hallucinations: 5 Questions with mushroom researcher Colin Domnauer
Domnauer discusses a mushroom that reliably produces fairy-tale-like visions.
themicrodose.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Current favorite song about not being able to stand another song.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8C1...
Eddie Cantor - I've Got The Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues
YouTube video by althazarr's good time oldies
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Opinion | Trump’s crude remarks about Rob Reiner are unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner.
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Design!
“Quickly, everyone—into the Time Machine!”
December 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Oh man
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Bob Dylan meets the drum machine circa 1985 (via Mike Campbell’s recent memoir)
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Sunday 🦥
December 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Holiday season reading has arrived bang on schedule
December 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Just got one of those AI-generated “let me promote your book” emails all writers are plagued with, only this time I am not the author of this work. Oh how I wish I were.
December 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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They voted for Trump due to his “no tax on tips” pledge. Now, with family members deported and health insurance out of reach, they regret their votes. Still, they say they wouldn’t hesitate to give Trump an illegal third term if he promises no taxes on sports betting parlays.
December 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I love these guys.

cactus.store
December 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Hell of a run.
December 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social
& Give the Drummer Radio: Afro-Cuban jazz for a dark & smoky room, transmissions from various arms of the Harmonia galaxy, and a set of a few of my favorite dub cuts we've heard in the Room this year. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM