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https://brucekrajewski.net/
𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐞: Marina Hyde's latest column pinpoints the pretentiousness of some in the U.S. press who imagine themselves as untouched by the spewings from the fascist elephant that has befouled the U.S.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐞: Marina Hyde's latest column pinpoints the pretentiousness of some in the U.S. press who imagine themselves as untouched by the spewings from the fascist elephant that has befouled the U.S.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let's add in here Tiny Chef's plush articulations of "blokay"
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Let's add in here Tiny Chef's plush articulations of "blokay"
𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from Eddy Frankel:
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from Eddy Frankel:
Journalists at CNN uncertain about what napping looks like. One wishes they had read J.L. Austin's "Pretending," in which Austin says, "Only in special cases is the limit between 'pretending [appearing] to do A' and 'really doing A' of much interest." Some Sleepy Joe karma.
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Journalists at CNN uncertain about what napping looks like. One wishes they had read J.L. Austin's "Pretending," in which Austin says, "Only in special cases is the limit between 'pretending [appearing] to do A' and 'really doing A' of much interest." Some Sleepy Joe karma.
"That's the problem with going out. One thing leads to another, & you find yourself going out again. Before you know it, real life creeps back in."
—Richard Osman's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒, pp. 29-30. 💙📚
—Richard Osman's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒, pp. 29-30. 💙📚
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"That's the problem with going out. One thing leads to another, & you find yourself going out again. Before you know it, real life creeps back in."
—Richard Osman's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒, pp. 29-30. 💙📚
—Richard Osman's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒, pp. 29-30. 💙📚
Why does this look like an ongoing crime spree?
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Why does this look like an ongoing crime spree?
Now that the sandwich trial is over, whence entertainment? Sometimes execrable cultural bits generate top-notch responses. "All's Fair" sparks joy in the bile ducts of a few critics, like the item below. The 𝑊𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡's piece is highly acidic too. wapo.st/4omA3ts
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Now that the sandwich trial is over, whence entertainment? Sometimes execrable cultural bits generate top-notch responses. "All's Fair" sparks joy in the bile ducts of a few critics, like the item below. The 𝑊𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡's piece is highly acidic too. wapo.st/4omA3ts
What's not to like about the Scottish Book Trust? www.scottishbooktrust.com/donate 💙📚
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
What's not to like about the Scottish Book Trust? www.scottishbooktrust.com/donate 💙📚
Translating your being let go from your job as a "win" for capitalism.
November 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Translating your being let go from your job as a "win" for capitalism.
Question for mystery fans: I'm reading J.C. Lenehan's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑀𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 (1929). Investigators seek a man who wore horn-rimmed glasses. When questioned, a clerk responds, "I can never look at horn-rimmed glasses without thinking of a certain American film-actor." Who would this be? Harold Lloyd?
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November 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Question for mystery fans: I'm reading J.C. Lenehan's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑀𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 (1929). Investigators seek a man who wore horn-rimmed glasses. When questioned, a clerk responds, "I can never look at horn-rimmed glasses without thinking of a certain American film-actor." Who would this be? Harold Lloyd?
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Give me "Helen DeWitt Acknowledging Her Life of Privilege" for $500, Alex. 💙📚
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Give me "Helen DeWitt Acknowledging Her Life of Privilege" for $500, Alex. 💙📚
Bringing Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" to life.
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Bringing Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" to life.
Ezra Klein's "analysis" mentions Nazism in the Republican party, but then in the next paragraph calls the elephant in the room "Trumpism" rather than fascism. Klein's piece wants everyone to ignore fascism, to stop calling fascists "deplorables." Invite fascists into the "big tent," he says.
November 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ezra Klein's "analysis" mentions Nazism in the Republican party, but then in the next paragraph calls the elephant in the room "Trumpism" rather than fascism. Klein's piece wants everyone to ignore fascism, to stop calling fascists "deplorables." Invite fascists into the "big tent," he says.
Someone needs to inform the DNC about this Rob Jetten item. Potential lessons that might need learning quickly.
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Someone needs to inform the DNC about this Rob Jetten item. Potential lessons that might need learning quickly.
Tylenol's lawyers must have contacted Kennedy's lawyers after the lie went public.
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tylenol's lawyers must have contacted Kennedy's lawyers after the lie went public.
The AI bubble, did someone say?
October 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The AI bubble, did someone say?
𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲: "One wonders how much familiarity with a Senate candidate’s nipples voters are expected to have."
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲: "One wonders how much familiarity with a Senate candidate’s nipples voters are expected to have."
Complements Dick Clark's "easygoing" life, in which you wait for someone to get drunk, lose his job, and then replace the chap as a key career move.
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Complements Dick Clark's "easygoing" life, in which you wait for someone to get drunk, lose his job, and then replace the chap as a key career move.
For those times when you're right, but then wrong.
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
For those times when you're right, but then wrong.
Should Supreme Court decisions be a "market" in which anyone could buy a contract?
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Should Supreme Court decisions be a "market" in which anyone could buy a contract?
Neighbors and friends whose attachment to you is only as strong as your next unwelcome opinion.
October 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Neighbors and friends whose attachment to you is only as strong as your next unwelcome opinion.
Quotation from Aubrey Merritt in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑'𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 & 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑂𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡:
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October 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Quotation from Aubrey Merritt in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑'𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 & 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑂𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡:
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And when do the workers' salaries surge?
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
And when do the workers' salaries surge?
Heading off to the local bank to ask whether the banker will offer me a peppercorn mortgage. Surely such things are available to everyone.
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Heading off to the local bank to ask whether the banker will offer me a peppercorn mortgage. Surely such things are available to everyone.
The Know-it-all-ism among 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒's headline writers continues.
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Know-it-all-ism among 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒's headline writers continues.