Pat Inman
@patinman.bsky.social
Austin & Raleigh. Writer. democrat. Cat dad. Spouse. Theater kid. Ultimate player. Bookworm: news, SFF, YAF, pol theory, history & lit of US (esp. South, Carolinas, Texas), España, Deutschland, Europe, Latin America. English, Español, Deutsch. He/him/él.
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The myth of traditional Italian cuisine has seduced the world. The truth is very different | Alberto Grandi
The myth of traditional Italian cuisine has seduced the world. The truth is very different | Alberto Grandi
The comforting tourist-brochure idea of what Italian food looks like obscures a story shaped by hunger, migration and innovation, says Alberto Grandi, author and professor of food history
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The myth of traditional Italian cuisine has seduced the world. The truth is very different | Alberto Grandi
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This review was in the crossword this weekend. I have to cherish a (bygone) world where a movie maker could have a flop, could err, could live to create another thing for the world. We should do what we can to let all the robs Reiner flourish and tell their stories.
One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This review was in the crossword this weekend. I have to cherish a (bygone) world where a movie maker could have a flop, could err, could live to create another thing for the world. We should do what we can to let all the robs Reiner flourish and tell their stories.
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A woman from the FDA’s Center for Devices & Radiological Health explains how her entire department was gutted
That means there’s no staff to alert you if your pacemaker is recalled
If an implantable device in your body is toxic or broken
This could have catastrophic health impacts & cost lives
That means there’s no staff to alert you if your pacemaker is recalled
If an implantable device in your body is toxic or broken
This could have catastrophic health impacts & cost lives
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
A woman from the FDA’s Center for Devices & Radiological Health explains how her entire department was gutted
That means there’s no staff to alert you if your pacemaker is recalled
If an implantable device in your body is toxic or broken
This could have catastrophic health impacts & cost lives
That means there’s no staff to alert you if your pacemaker is recalled
If an implantable device in your body is toxic or broken
This could have catastrophic health impacts & cost lives
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The wealthiest 10% of Americans now account for nearly half of all spending—the highest level since 1989.
Meanwhile, lower-income Americans face stagnant wages and the rising cost of essentials.
So naturally Republicans gave billionaires and corporations trillions in tax breaks.
Meanwhile, lower-income Americans face stagnant wages and the rising cost of essentials.
So naturally Republicans gave billionaires and corporations trillions in tax breaks.
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The wealthiest 10% of Americans now account for nearly half of all spending—the highest level since 1989.
Meanwhile, lower-income Americans face stagnant wages and the rising cost of essentials.
So naturally Republicans gave billionaires and corporations trillions in tax breaks.
Meanwhile, lower-income Americans face stagnant wages and the rising cost of essentials.
So naturally Republicans gave billionaires and corporations trillions in tax breaks.
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For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
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Sooknanan starts off by asking Ensign if he's aware that she just entered a new TRO on the docket to bar the removal of the putative class of minor children.
He says no, he's not.
She asks him to take minutes to circulate that order to his clients.
We're in recess for 5 min while he does so.
He says no, he's not.
She asks him to take minutes to circulate that order to his clients.
We're in recess for 5 min while he does so.
August 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Sooknanan starts off by asking Ensign if he's aware that she just entered a new TRO on the docket to bar the removal of the putative class of minor children.
He says no, he's not.
She asks him to take minutes to circulate that order to his clients.
We're in recess for 5 min while he does so.
He says no, he's not.
She asks him to take minutes to circulate that order to his clients.
We're in recess for 5 min while he does so.
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BREAKING: Judge Sooknanan says the children are being removed right now so has advanced today’s hearing to 12:30pm. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING: Judge Sooknanan says the children are being removed right now so has advanced today’s hearing to 12:30pm. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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the crisis in which the University of Chicago is now engulfed -- one entirely of its own making, and which has led to the (hopefully temporary) suspension of admissions into numerous PhD programs in the humanities -- represents I think a seismic event in the history of American higher education
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August 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
the crisis in which the University of Chicago is now engulfed -- one entirely of its own making, and which has led to the (hopefully temporary) suspension of admissions into numerous PhD programs in the humanities -- represents I think a seismic event in the history of American higher education
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Absolutely incredible video of a woman standing up to ICE. This is resistance
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August 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Absolutely incredible video of a woman standing up to ICE. This is resistance
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An important thread to read through; particularly this part about the 2026 midterms stood out:
August 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
An important thread to read through; particularly this part about the 2026 midterms stood out:
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
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"Othering" from Republican Senator Orrin Hatch
August 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Othering" from Republican Senator Orrin Hatch
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Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
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How America falls as a democracy:
Documents obtained by FOX News show planning for activations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming – with status effective from August through mid-November.
August 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
How America falls as a democracy:
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this is little more than a vendetta being pursued by the federal government against a man it unlawfully removed from the country and was forced to bring back
UPDATE: Hours after Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in Tennessee, Fox News reports that the Trump administration may deport him to Uganda as early as next week.
August 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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5. In short, the problem is rooted in the belief among elite Democrats that they can compromise with bad actors who in turn are motivated by that compromise to be worse. Even shorter, if you accept as true the lies told by fascists, you have two enemies: them and you.
August 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
5. In short, the problem is rooted in the belief among elite Democrats that they can compromise with bad actors who in turn are motivated by that compromise to be worse. Even shorter, if you accept as true the lies told by fascists, you have two enemies: them and you.
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So odd how intrusive into our personal lives the “party of small government” turns out to be! It’s almost as if maybe they didn’t mean what they were promising all those years….
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So odd how intrusive into our personal lives the “party of small government” turns out to be! It’s almost as if maybe they didn’t mean what they were promising all those years….
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Bolton’s home raided, Gen. Kruse fired, Epstein coverup proceeds, seizure of 10% of Intel another step towards state capitalism. Just one day in the somewhat chaotic but directionally purposeful march towards…despotism.
Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
August 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Bolton’s home raided, Gen. Kruse fired, Epstein coverup proceeds, seizure of 10% of Intel another step towards state capitalism. Just one day in the somewhat chaotic but directionally purposeful march towards…despotism.
Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
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Democratic leaders in states and cities had better prepare their law enforcement officers to do what’s needed to protect their residents.
ICE, DC Police, Park Police, DHS, and HSI brutally arrested a man who refused to provide identification after being stopped for eating in public. Goons attempted to stop community members from recording his injuries during the incident.
August 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Democratic leaders in states and cities had better prepare their law enforcement officers to do what’s needed to protect their residents.
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BREAKING: BlueSky is blocking access to Mississippi.
This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org.
We ditched X for BlueSky early this year.
And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof.
I don't know what we'll do next.
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This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org.
We ditched X for BlueSky early this year.
And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof.
I don't know what we'll do next.
Keep up with us using our newsletter at mfp.ms/subscribe.
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
BREAKING: BlueSky is blocking access to Mississippi.
This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org.
We ditched X for BlueSky early this year.
And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof.
I don't know what we'll do next.
Keep up with us using our newsletter at mfp.ms/subscribe.
This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org.
We ditched X for BlueSky early this year.
And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof.
I don't know what we'll do next.
Keep up with us using our newsletter at mfp.ms/subscribe.
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Justice Jackson is basically reporting live from inside a garbage fire
www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...
www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...
Ketanji Brown Jackson Stops Just Short of Saying the Supreme Court Is Breathtakingly Full of Shit
“Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this Administration always wins.”
www.ballsandstrikes.org
August 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Justice Jackson is basically reporting live from inside a garbage fire
www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...
www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...
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Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
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This decision willfully ignores the Trump Administration's unprecedented and lawless attempt to destroy an agency *created by Congress* that has helped millions of families across the country.
We'll keep fighting back. www.npr.org/2025/08/15/n...
We'll keep fighting back. www.npr.org/2025/08/15/n...
CFPB staff layoffs can proceed, appeals court rules
The Trump administration sent reduction-in-force notices to more than 1,400 staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in April.
www.npr.org
August 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This decision willfully ignores the Trump Administration's unprecedented and lawless attempt to destroy an agency *created by Congress* that has helped millions of families across the country.
We'll keep fighting back. www.npr.org/2025/08/15/n...
We'll keep fighting back. www.npr.org/2025/08/15/n...