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It should be obvious now that their project is white Christian nationalism, erasing the growth and progress of The American Century to reinstate a nastier, poorer, more brutally constricted society. It's their governing ethos, often stated as such.
Tom Ripley rolling his eyes and crossing out whole sections while editing Marge's deeply solipsistic book about life on the Amalfi coast. #MyAtrani
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Tom Ripley rolling his eyes and crossing out whole sections while editing Marge's deeply solipsistic book about life on the Amalfi coast. #MyAtrani
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Truly great reporting on Bovino’s life story, from his childhood as a second generation American to his current role tormenting prospective Americans.
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Truly great reporting on Bovino’s life story, from his childhood as a second generation American to his current role tormenting prospective Americans.
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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Read to the end. It's not a typical Epstein essay.
"What the Epstein class understands is that the more accessible information becomes, the more precious nonpublic information is."
If you have the time and patience this is recommended. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o... By@anandwrites.bsky.social [gift link]
If you have the time and patience this is recommended. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o... By@anandwrites.bsky.social [gift link]
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Read to the end. It's not a typical Epstein essay.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Our Gen X kings Wes and PTA are in full daddy-daughter mode this year and I love it.
Building the core emotional stakes around Zsa Zsa, Nubar, Liesl and her mother /// Bob, Lockjaw, Willa and Perfidia.
#OBAA #PhoenicianScheme
Building the core emotional stakes around Zsa Zsa, Nubar, Liesl and her mother /// Bob, Lockjaw, Willa and Perfidia.
#OBAA #PhoenicianScheme
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Our Gen X kings Wes and PTA are in full daddy-daughter mode this year and I love it.
Building the core emotional stakes around Zsa Zsa, Nubar, Liesl and her mother /// Bob, Lockjaw, Willa and Perfidia.
#OBAA #PhoenicianScheme
Building the core emotional stakes around Zsa Zsa, Nubar, Liesl and her mother /// Bob, Lockjaw, Willa and Perfidia.
#OBAA #PhoenicianScheme
It should be obvious now that their project is white Christian nationalism, erasing the growth and progress of The American Century to reinstate a nastier, poorer, more brutally constricted society. It's their governing ethos, often stated as such.
July 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It should be obvious now that their project is white Christian nationalism, erasing the growth and progress of The American Century to reinstate a nastier, poorer, more brutally constricted society. It's their governing ethos, often stated as such.
Wes Anderson is my favorite film director and has a direct line to my soul, and THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME is an absolute delight.
It took me until the 4th viewing to clock that the old-timey boys agree to "play 2-on-2" and then ... play H-O-R-S-E.
Korda does acknowledge he's not much of a sportsman :)
It took me until the 4th viewing to clock that the old-timey boys agree to "play 2-on-2" and then ... play H-O-R-S-E.
Korda does acknowledge he's not much of a sportsman :)
July 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wes Anderson is my favorite film director and has a direct line to my soul, and THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME is an absolute delight.
It took me until the 4th viewing to clock that the old-timey boys agree to "play 2-on-2" and then ... play H-O-R-S-E.
Korda does acknowledge he's not much of a sportsman :)
It took me until the 4th viewing to clock that the old-timey boys agree to "play 2-on-2" and then ... play H-O-R-S-E.
Korda does acknowledge he's not much of a sportsman :)
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The answer is: Hell yes, trans kids should be able to participate in sports according to how they identify.
The emotional damage done by rejecting a kid’s identity is the real concern here. Not the bigotry of a busybody parent trying to bully that one kid.
The emotional damage done by rejecting a kid’s identity is the real concern here. Not the bigotry of a busybody parent trying to bully that one kid.
July 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The answer is: Hell yes, trans kids should be able to participate in sports according to how they identify.
The emotional damage done by rejecting a kid’s identity is the real concern here. Not the bigotry of a busybody parent trying to bully that one kid.
The emotional damage done by rejecting a kid’s identity is the real concern here. Not the bigotry of a busybody parent trying to bully that one kid.
Haven't been this ashamed of being a UVA alumnus since a similar group of abominable white people tried to do this to the previous university president 12 years ago.
June 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Haven't been this ashamed of being a UVA alumnus since a similar group of abominable white people tried to do this to the previous university president 12 years ago.
Great list.
RIP Jessica Walter
RIP Andre Braugher
RIP Michael Kenneth Williams
RIP Maggie Smith
RIP Naya Rivera
RIP Jessica Walter
RIP Andre Braugher
RIP Michael Kenneth Williams
RIP Maggie Smith
RIP Naya Rivera
Variety's list of the 100 greatest TV performances of this century is guaranteed to annoy — even infuriate! — you at some point, and then delight — even thrill! — you soon after. This involved months of months of debate. So proud of the result.
The 100 Greatest TV Performances of the 21st Century
Variety breaks down the best TV performances of the 21st century, from Jeremy Allen White to Emma Stone and Sydney Sweeney.
variety.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Great list.
RIP Jessica Walter
RIP Andre Braugher
RIP Michael Kenneth Williams
RIP Maggie Smith
RIP Naya Rivera
RIP Jessica Walter
RIP Andre Braugher
RIP Michael Kenneth Williams
RIP Maggie Smith
RIP Naya Rivera
In all of these end-of-year raves for FURIOSA, I'm not seeing anyone grapple with the stark fact that it is *significantly* more unpleasant than FURY ROAD.
December 20, 2024 at 5:10 PM
In all of these end-of-year raves for FURIOSA, I'm not seeing anyone grapple with the stark fact that it is *significantly* more unpleasant than FURY ROAD.
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This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 11, 2024 at 10:43 PM
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
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"Who can we shoot?"
John Steinbeck had something to say about this in The Grapes of Wrath, when a bank worker is knocking down shacks on foreclosed land and a farmer thinks a rifle will fix things.
John Steinbeck had something to say about this in The Grapes of Wrath, when a bank worker is knocking down shacks on foreclosed land and a farmer thinks a rifle will fix things.
December 9, 2024 at 8:07 PM
"Who can we shoot?"
John Steinbeck had something to say about this in The Grapes of Wrath, when a bank worker is knocking down shacks on foreclosed land and a farmer thinks a rifle will fix things.
John Steinbeck had something to say about this in The Grapes of Wrath, when a bank worker is knocking down shacks on foreclosed land and a farmer thinks a rifle will fix things.
A MAN ON THE INSIDE is absolutely lovely, a great follow-up from THE GOOD PLACE crew that's funny and thoughtful in similar ways.
And to the naysayers, yes, sure, there aren't tremendous dramatic stakes — I mean, unless you count the existential challenge of living, and dying, and doing both well.
And to the naysayers, yes, sure, there aren't tremendous dramatic stakes — I mean, unless you count the existential challenge of living, and dying, and doing both well.
November 29, 2024 at 4:54 AM
A MAN ON THE INSIDE is absolutely lovely, a great follow-up from THE GOOD PLACE crew that's funny and thoughtful in similar ways.
And to the naysayers, yes, sure, there aren't tremendous dramatic stakes — I mean, unless you count the existential challenge of living, and dying, and doing both well.
And to the naysayers, yes, sure, there aren't tremendous dramatic stakes — I mean, unless you count the existential challenge of living, and dying, and doing both well.
Increasingly enamored by ARCANE as something like ANDOR-for-teens, with the visual verve and style of the SPIDER-VERSE.
Yes, absolutely.
This weekend I saw FANTASIA in 35MM and then watched ARCANE all afternoon. The latter is ... not significantly less of an achievement in animated storytelling.
At the very least, ARCANE is on par with the remarkable SPIDER-VERSE movies.
This weekend I saw FANTASIA in 35MM and then watched ARCANE all afternoon. The latter is ... not significantly less of an achievement in animated storytelling.
At the very least, ARCANE is on par with the remarkable SPIDER-VERSE movies.
November 23, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Increasingly enamored by ARCANE as something like ANDOR-for-teens, with the visual verve and style of the SPIDER-VERSE.
If I were interested in the horrible, stupid thing that guy said, I would follow his ramblings directly. You do not need to share it with all of us.
November 19, 2024 at 3:44 PM
If I were interested in the horrible, stupid thing that guy said, I would follow his ramblings directly. You do not need to share it with all of us.
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everything is covid. lack of trust in science & institutions, covid. inflation, covid. decline in quality of urban governance, covid. antisocial behavior, covid. sports gambling and non btc crypto proliferation, covid. migration patterns and labor force impact, covid. descent of higher ed, covid.
November 14, 2024 at 5:52 PM
everything is covid. lack of trust in science & institutions, covid. inflation, covid. decline in quality of urban governance, covid. antisocial behavior, covid. sports gambling and non btc crypto proliferation, covid. migration patterns and labor force impact, covid. descent of higher ed, covid.
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not saying anything groundbreaking here, but I really think "politics as a form of content to be served up and consumed like all other forms of content" has been an enormous, underrated disaster in terms of giving folks the illusion of being informed while essentially being gamed like a drug addict
November 14, 2024 at 1:26 AM
not saying anything groundbreaking here, but I really think "politics as a form of content to be served up and consumed like all other forms of content" has been an enormous, underrated disaster in terms of giving folks the illusion of being informed while essentially being gamed like a drug addict
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retvrn to charging a reasonable fee for a good service that delivers real value
November 13, 2024 at 5:34 PM
retvrn to charging a reasonable fee for a good service that delivers real value
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starbucks barista: order for cathy lou
cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me
cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me
October 24, 2024 at 4:39 PM
starbucks barista: order for cathy lou
cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me
cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me
Margot Robbie is just so good in her one scene in ASTEROID CITY. Plus a heartbreaking motif from Alexandre Desplat.
October 15, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Margot Robbie is just so good in her one scene in ASTEROID CITY. Plus a heartbreaking motif from Alexandre Desplat.