Mike Nock
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Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
On Sunday we had the good fortune to attend the launch party for “Bonds of Charity,” which tells the remarkable story of the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland’s 175 years of service.
Here’s Richard Osborne reading excerpts to an SRO crowd. www.loganberrybooks.com/product/bond...
Here’s Richard Osborne reading excerpts to an SRO crowd. www.loganberrybooks.com/product/bond...
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
On Sunday we had the good fortune to attend the launch party for “Bonds of Charity,” which tells the remarkable story of the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland’s 175 years of service.
Here’s Richard Osborne reading excerpts to an SRO crowd. www.loganberrybooks.com/product/bond...
Here’s Richard Osborne reading excerpts to an SRO crowd. www.loganberrybooks.com/product/bond...
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
If we’re going to start naming stadiums after corrupt presidents, Nixon is the only real choice. Loved the game. Drew up plays! And to my knowledge was never booed at a game. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
How Nixon Turned Football into a Political Weapon
In his attacks on the NFL kneelers, President Trump is turning to an old playbook.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If we’re going to start naming stadiums after corrupt presidents, Nixon is the only real choice. Loved the game. Drew up plays! And to my knowledge was never booed at a game. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Coffee/shower buzz? Weekend anticipation? Day off? Trying to figure out why I set my alarm for @waitwait.bsky.social Sat 10am weekly, but it’s never the same feeling the rest of the week. (“Similarly “Car Talk” and “WhadYa’ Know?” in days of yore.)
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Coffee/shower buzz? Weekend anticipation? Day off? Trying to figure out why I set my alarm for @waitwait.bsky.social Sat 10am weekly, but it’s never the same feeling the rest of the week. (“Similarly “Car Talk” and “WhadYa’ Know?” in days of yore.)
Really impressive and valuable. Thanks, Scott (and h/t @ritholtz.bsky.social).
www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2025/10...
www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2025/10...
102 Lessons from the 102 Books I Read This Year - Scott H Young
As part of my Foundations project, I read 102 books over the past twelve-and-a-half months. That includes seven textbooks and dozens of academic books, in addition to the popular science and self-help...
www.scotthyoung.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Really impressive and valuable. Thanks, Scott (and h/t @ritholtz.bsky.social).
www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2025/10...
www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2025/10...
Brilliant!
theconversation.com/singles-day-...
theconversation.com/singles-day-...
Singles’ Day is a $150B holiday in China. Here’s why I think ‘11/11’ will catch on in the US
Singles are reshaping culture and commerce in Asia. A professor of marketing explains why the US could be next.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Brilliant!
theconversation.com/singles-day-...
theconversation.com/singles-day-...
Great news. NYT The Morning is important, and Sam Sifton is absolutely the right guy for the job. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...
Meet Your News Friend, the New Host of The Morning
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Great news. NYT The Morning is important, and Sam Sifton is absolutely the right guy for the job. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...
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Feel like, as a society, we might consider moving Halloween to the last Friday in October (observed.) Vibes truly immaculate tonight.
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Feel like, as a society, we might consider moving Halloween to the last Friday in October (observed.) Vibes truly immaculate tonight.
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Also, maybe we come up with, like, two more holidays, say in the early and late spring, that involve walking around the neighborhood and talking to your neighbors?
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Also, maybe we come up with, like, two more holidays, say in the early and late spring, that involve walking around the neighborhood and talking to your neighbors?
Still on the fence about California Prop 50? Here’s a thoughtful, brief analysis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Should Californians vote to redistrict and fight Texas’s fire with fire? | Moira Donegan
A state referendum could give Democrats five more congressional seats. It faces two key critiques
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Still on the fence about California Prop 50? Here’s a thoughtful, brief analysis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’ve gone from owning the first Mac/iPhone/iPad, using Apple products for 41 years, a legit power user . . . to hanging on every word in Rich Bowlin’s outstanding YouTube series for my fellow geezers and me. Here’s Rich in action: youtu.be/HJ_eOnVM1Lo?...
Stop Forgetting Things! How to Stay Organized with Apple Reminders
YouTube video by Rich Bowlin
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I’ve gone from owning the first Mac/iPhone/iPad, using Apple products for 41 years, a legit power user . . . to hanging on every word in Rich Bowlin’s outstanding YouTube series for my fellow geezers and me. Here’s Rich in action: youtu.be/HJ_eOnVM1Lo?...
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A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
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Here's the Ronald Reagan ad from Canada that Trump calls "fake."
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Here's the Ronald Reagan ad from Canada that Trump calls "fake."
Excellent, though I prefer the HL I saw at 6AM:
"The Gentrification of the Democratic Party is Unsustainable." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
"The Gentrification of the Democratic Party is Unsustainable." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | How Democrats Became the Party of the Well-to-Do
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Excellent, though I prefer the HL I saw at 6AM:
"The Gentrification of the Democratic Party is Unsustainable." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
"The Gentrification of the Democratic Party is Unsustainable." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
“Finally, it is important for our students, and as many of our fellow citizens as we can engage, to better grasp how the evident decline in trust in the arena of public health came to pass.” bsky.app/profile/dick...
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
“Finally, it is important for our students, and as many of our fellow citizens as we can engage, to better grasp how the evident decline in trust in the arena of public health came to pass.” bsky.app/profile/dick...
A slight variation from my Hotel Lobby Coffee iPad Series . . . the view from our little porch at the wonderful marquiscapemay.com. Definitely not our last October visit to @capemaynj.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A slight variation from my Hotel Lobby Coffee iPad Series . . . the view from our little porch at the wonderful marquiscapemay.com. Definitely not our last October visit to @capemaynj.bsky.social
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This guy really knows what he is doing.
Best natural campaigner in a long time.
Best natural campaigner in a long time.
October 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This guy really knows what he is doing.
Best natural campaigner in a long time.
Best natural campaigner in a long time.
Ahhh . . . memories. Thank you @theatlantic.com. h/t @kottke.org.
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
65 Essential Children’s Books
Illustrated titles that teach kids to love literature
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Ahhh . . . memories. Thank you @theatlantic.com. h/t @kottke.org.
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Couldn’t have said it better myself . . .
October 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Couldn’t have said it better myself . . .
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For my kids . . . www.highagency.com
High Agency in 30 Minutes - George Mack
High agency might be the most important idea of the 21st century. This essay is what I wish I read at 18, rather than writing at 30. Join me in the high agency rabbit hole.
www.highagency.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
For my kids . . . www.highagency.com