Mary Kasprzak
@marykasprzak.bsky.social
Food writer and photographer. Chicago.
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A lot of well meaning people in the US still don't *get it.*
As I mentioned before, there are long-term attitudinal shifts happening amongst US allies - and they are happening at all levels of society. Trust has been burned. Countries have been humiliated, sneered at, dismissed as losers.
As I mentioned before, there are long-term attitudinal shifts happening amongst US allies - and they are happening at all levels of society. Trust has been burned. Countries have been humiliated, sneered at, dismissed as losers.
December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A lot of well meaning people in the US still don't *get it.*
As I mentioned before, there are long-term attitudinal shifts happening amongst US allies - and they are happening at all levels of society. Trust has been burned. Countries have been humiliated, sneered at, dismissed as losers.
As I mentioned before, there are long-term attitudinal shifts happening amongst US allies - and they are happening at all levels of society. Trust has been burned. Countries have been humiliated, sneered at, dismissed as losers.
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becoming clear that most of trump’s cabinet positions actually see themselves as “secretary of dudes getting jacked,” the one thing these guys have any actual interest in, the single bit of advice they remember from a jordan peterson audiobook they half listened to, and they all suck at it.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
becoming clear that most of trump’s cabinet positions actually see themselves as “secretary of dudes getting jacked,” the one thing these guys have any actual interest in, the single bit of advice they remember from a jordan peterson audiobook they half listened to, and they all suck at it.
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I can hold two truths in my soul at once: every man in her story is a creepy-ass predator who should be marooned at sea, and also she's an ethics black hole who may have brought upon a new age of victorian era infant mortality.
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I can hold two truths in my soul at once: every man in her story is a creepy-ass predator who should be marooned at sea, and also she's an ethics black hole who may have brought upon a new age of victorian era infant mortality.
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
what a preachy scold
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
what a preachy scold
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He’s redistributing money from the urban cores that they’re terrorizing with ethnic pogroms to pay off his base for their loyalty
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
He’s redistributing money from the urban cores that they’re terrorizing with ethnic pogroms to pay off his base for their loyalty
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One thing about the current SCOTUS that they try to retain the intellectual patina for their decisions when in reality they're just the most basal, partisan, power politics decisions imaginable. There is no intellectual foundation there, just post hoc rationalizing--an intellectual dead end.
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One thing about the current SCOTUS that they try to retain the intellectual patina for their decisions when in reality they're just the most basal, partisan, power politics decisions imaginable. There is no intellectual foundation there, just post hoc rationalizing--an intellectual dead end.
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Oral arguments just wrapped up in Trump v. Slaughter. It is more likely that the New York Jets will win the Super Bowl this year than it is that the court won’t overturn Humphrey’s Executor.
Only question now is how much more damage the conservative justices do along the way.
Only question now is how much more damage the conservative justices do along the way.
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Oral arguments just wrapped up in Trump v. Slaughter. It is more likely that the New York Jets will win the Super Bowl this year than it is that the court won’t overturn Humphrey’s Executor.
Only question now is how much more damage the conservative justices do along the way.
Only question now is how much more damage the conservative justices do along the way.
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Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
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Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
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They knew enough of one another not to want to know any more.
—Elizabeth Jane Howard, Love All
—Elizabeth Jane Howard, Love All
December 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
They knew enough of one another not to want to know any more.
—Elizabeth Jane Howard, Love All
—Elizabeth Jane Howard, Love All
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I'm basically a single issue voter in the next presidential primary: whichever candidate will take court reform the most seriously. You won't be able to govern without it.
we are going to have to start writing laws with explicit addenda preemptively rebutting the most likely bad faith interpretations from future fedsoc hacks.
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm basically a single issue voter in the next presidential primary: whichever candidate will take court reform the most seriously. You won't be able to govern without it.
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It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
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But here's the real cherry on top re: discovering a published paper that I can only assume was written by an LLM, full of fabricated citations.
When I was searching in various places to confirm that those citations were fabricated, Google's AI overview just kept the con going.
When I was searching in various places to confirm that those citations were fabricated, Google's AI overview just kept the con going.
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
But here's the real cherry on top re: discovering a published paper that I can only assume was written by an LLM, full of fabricated citations.
When I was searching in various places to confirm that those citations were fabricated, Google's AI overview just kept the con going.
When I was searching in various places to confirm that those citations were fabricated, Google's AI overview just kept the con going.
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banging my little drum again
we are going to have to start taking the good behavior clause much more seriously
![The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices [highlighted] during good Behaviour, [end highlight] and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ttxxnn4i6efjj5ntpynaby3o/bafkreie2uzrbxdy2ufjciuenw3ysv2thapdh62hxcjndjkk2czhfpltn3u@jpeg)
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
banging my little drum again
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Kristi Noem is in Chicago soon for a Christmas event. Federal agents chased a guy at a Cicero Menards, stopped folks on Berwyn streets and arrested at least three folks as a show of force ahead of it.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/05/k...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/05/k...
Ahead of Kristi Noem’s visit to Chicago Saturday, immigration agents make show of force in west suburbs
Federal immigration agents detained at least three people in the western suburbs Friday in a sudden burst of aggressive action.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Kristi Noem is in Chicago soon for a Christmas event. Federal agents chased a guy at a Cicero Menards, stopped folks on Berwyn streets and arrested at least three folks as a show of force ahead of it.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/05/k...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/05/k...
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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She should be followed for the rest of her life by the parents of children who died of preventable diseases.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
People think this is about whether she helped RFK's campaign but it's really about whether she helped Trump's. She was helping her boyfriend (or whatever the fuck he was) get a role in the Trump administration while writing about the election.
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And she covered Trump's campaign while her lover was negotiating for a role in his administration!
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
She should be followed for the rest of her life by the parents of children who died of preventable diseases.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
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It's critical that there is differentiation between e-bikes and e-motos in conversations about regulation. They are not the same and should not be treated the same. This article provides a fantastic overview of the differences: archive.ph/paiO8
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It's critical that there is differentiation between e-bikes and e-motos in conversations about regulation. They are not the same and should not be treated the same. This article provides a fantastic overview of the differences: archive.ph/paiO8
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AGREE, the perpetual and neverending SaaS model has been such a pox on all our houses (literally) bsky.app/profile/ndha...
Also, as the world moves towards a 'subscription for everything' model, a really consumer-friendly reform would be to establish a right to buy. Something like: Within 365 days of release of version (software), final episode for season or film, you should be able to purchase it outright.
here's me on the Netflix–Warner Bros. merger, how David Ellison and Paramount Skydance lost their long-planned bid, and What This All Means for the future of the cable news and global entertainment industries (spoiler: it doesn't look good) slate.com/technology/2...
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
AGREE, the perpetual and neverending SaaS model has been such a pox on all our houses (literally) bsky.app/profile/ndha...
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My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
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Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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!!!
The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee.
"We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M
The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee.
"We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
!!!
The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee.
"We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M
The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee.
"We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M
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She’ll be an executive at CBS News by EOD next Friday.
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
She’ll be an executive at CBS News by EOD next Friday.
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Vanity Fair to part ways with journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Vanity Fair to part ways with journalist Olivia Nuzzi