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Alt text of Diane Keaton as interviewed by Martin Short:
MARTIN SHORT: Your acting style is so authentic. It often gives the audience the impression that you're improvising. How faithful are you to the writer's actual words? KEATON: I do kind of mess them up a bit. I'm surprised that I'm still working. I always feel much better when I can play around more. You nailed it, Marty. I do love to loosen up the script. SHORT: Who's sexier, me or Steve Martin? KEATON: I mean, you're both idiots.
October 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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I had never read Yarvin before. I was expecting something different. “Executive” and “monarchical” are not synonymous in the context of governance but he says they are, then he abandons the former, goes on about the latter, tada, that’s why *autocracy* is good. No.
From the blog link above: First, the government needs to be run top down from the Oval Office. This is why we call it the, “executive“ branch. “Executive“ is a literal synonym for “monarchical”– from “mono,” meaning “one,” and “archy”, meaning “regime.” “Autocratic” is fine too. The “executive branch” is the “autocratic branch,” or should be if English is English. Libs: F words don’t mean what they mean, what *do* they mean?
April 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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@idaolson.bsky.social writes: Fun fact: when I worked for uncle Ted in the Senate in 2000, Strom Thurmond was basically a corpse in a wheelchair at that point, and the other staffers were still warning young women not to go within 10 feet of him and to get out of an elevator if he got in.
April 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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From: William M. Treanor Dean and Executive Vice President Paul Regis Dean Leadership Chair March 6, 2025 To: Edward R. Martin, Jr. Interim United States Attorney District of Columbia Judiciary Center Dear Interim United States Attorney Martin: I write in response to your letter dated February 17, 2025, which you sent to me via email on March 3, 2025. As a Catholic and Jesuit institution, Georgetown University was founded on the principle that serious and sustained discourse among people of different faiths, cultures, and beliefs promotes intellectual, ethical, and spiritual understanding. For us at Georgetown, this principle is a moral and educational imperative. It is a principle that defines our mission as a Catholic and Jesuit institution. Georgetown University also prohibits discrimination and harassment in its programs and activities and takes seriously its obligations to comply with all federal and local laws. Your letter challenges Georgetown's ability to define our mission as an educational institution. It inquires about Georgetown Law's curriculum and classroom teaching, asks whether diversity, equity, and inclusion is part of the curriculum, and asserts that your office will not hire individuals from schools where you find the curriculum "unacceptable." The First Amendment, however, guarantees that the government cannot direct what Georgetown and its faculty teach and how to teach it. The Supreme Court has continually affirmed that among the freedoms central to a university's First Amendment rights are its abilities to determine, on academic grounds, who may teach, what to teach, and how to teach it. This is a bedrock principle of constitutional law - recognized not only by the courts, but by the administration in which you serve. The Department of Education confirmed last week that it cannot restrict First Amendment rights and that it is statutorily prohibited from "exercising control over the content of school curricula." Your letter informs me that your office will deny our students and graduates government employment opportunities until you, as Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, approve of our curriculum. Given the First Amendment's protection of a university's freedom to determine its own curriculum and how to deliver it, the constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University's mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution. Georgetown Law has one of the preeminent faculties in the country, fostering groundbreaking scholarship, educating students in a wide variety of perspectives, and thriving on the robust exchange of ideas. Georgetown Law Faculty have educated world leaders, members of Congress, and Justice Department officials, from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We pride ourselves on providing an excellent graduate and professional education, built upon the Catholic and Jesuit tradition. Georgetown-educated attorneys have, for decades, served this country capably and selflessly in offices such as yours, and we have confidence that tradition will continue. We look forward to your confirming that any Georgetown-affiliated candidates for employment with your office will receive full and fair consideration. Sincerely, William M. Treanor Dean and Executive Vice President Paul Regis Dean Leadership Chair
March 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Some beautiful NYE music being spun for #SkyFundathon tonight. Here is the lineup:
A list of times followed by blue sky addresses. These people are virtually DJing tonight to raise funds for abortion access. Noon to 1 pm ET @carolynchernoff.bsky.social, @mminthecity.bsky.social 1 to 2 pm @compvla.bsky.social, @logansolsun.bsky.social 2 to 3 pm @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social, @silvergoldsea.bsky.social (2-3 EST) 3 to 4 pm @barbylon.bluesky.social, @blabigael.bsky.social (noon PST) 4 to 5 pm @sonofahurricane.bsky.social (3-4 CT), @annekosseffjones.bsky.social (3-4 CT) 5 to 6 pm @banannav.bsky.social, @firewordsparkler.bsky.social (4-5 CT) 6 to 7 pm zacharylipez.bsky.social, @missalboogie.bsky.social 7 to 8 pm @tedos.bsky.social, @niais@bsky.social (but happy to do a late night pacific time zone push) 8 to 9 pm @emmapayitnomind.bsky.social 9 to 10 pm @biblioclast.bsky.social, @dianajoy.bsky.social 10 to 11 pm @mortabasi.bsky.social (7-8 p.m. PST I believe) 11 to Midnight @prisonculture.bsky.social
January 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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A painting in warm greens and browns. Inside a barn, standing on a bed of golden straw and looking out the door into a pastoral landscape stands the biggest brown pig ever, with an exaggeratedly long body.
November 24, 2024 at 2:51 AM