Peregrine Beckman
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As the Right pushes hard to punish anyone who said anything they don’t like about Charlie Kirk, they will be offering you several narratives about it: (1) We’re only doing this because YOU did it first, YOU invented cancel culture, turnabout is fair play (2) YOU pushed us into this
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September 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
As the Right pushes hard to punish anyone who said anything they don’t like about Charlie Kirk, they will be offering you several narratives about it: (1) We’re only doing this because YOU did it first, YOU invented cancel culture, turnabout is fair play (2) YOU pushed us into this
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We will greatly miss our friend and longtime colleague Kevin Drum, as will all who knew him and his tremendous body of work. I had the privilege of editing Kevin for a spell, and I learned a lot from that, too. A top-notch thinker and writer, and a true mensch. www.motherjones.com/media/2025/0...
Goodbye, Kevin Drum
"Take care of Donald Trump for me."
www.motherjones.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
We will greatly miss our friend and longtime colleague Kevin Drum, as will all who knew him and his tremendous body of work. I had the privilege of editing Kevin for a spell, and I learned a lot from that, too. A top-notch thinker and writer, and a true mensch. www.motherjones.com/media/2025/0...
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Question for those advocating that colleges be “neutral” on political topics:
Do you believe Columbia University should not take a stance on whether the United States should revoke its students visas or green cards based on the administration’s hostility towards their speech?
Cc: thefire.org
Do you believe Columbia University should not take a stance on whether the United States should revoke its students visas or green cards based on the administration’s hostility towards their speech?
Cc: thefire.org
March 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Question for those advocating that colleges be “neutral” on political topics:
Do you believe Columbia University should not take a stance on whether the United States should revoke its students visas or green cards based on the administration’s hostility towards their speech?
Cc: thefire.org
Do you believe Columbia University should not take a stance on whether the United States should revoke its students visas or green cards based on the administration’s hostility towards their speech?
Cc: thefire.org
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one of the stories Kevin Drum championed over his career was the causative link between environmental lead poisoning and other societal ills. I think it's one of the most important stories of the last 20 years and Drum was one of the main reasons people knew about it. RIP
March 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
one of the stories Kevin Drum championed over his career was the causative link between environmental lead poisoning and other societal ills. I think it's one of the most important stories of the last 20 years and Drum was one of the main reasons people knew about it. RIP
RIP to one of my favorite bloggers, one I've been reading since the 00's. Kevin Drum always represented sanity: if I read something elsewhere that made me freak out, he'd usually be the one to pull me back. Not always, tho. Some things are worth getting angry about and he knew the difference.
Kevin Drum, R.I.P. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/03/the-...
The best labourer dead - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kevin Drum was one of the OG bloggers, and also one of the most consistently interesting and intelligent commenters in this medium. Maybe his most notable contribution to the discourse was his champio...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
RIP to one of my favorite bloggers, one I've been reading since the 00's. Kevin Drum always represented sanity: if I read something elsewhere that made me freak out, he'd usually be the one to pull me back. Not always, tho. Some things are worth getting angry about and he knew the difference.
This connected a lot of dots for me. I'm torn between deer-in-the-headlights fear and wondering where to direct my anger/cash.
Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This connected a lot of dots for me. I'm torn between deer-in-the-headlights fear and wondering where to direct my anger/cash.
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BREAKING: The Monitors were just hacked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to display an AI video of Trump licking Elon Musk’s toes.
The caption over it read: “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”
The caption over it read: “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”
February 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
BREAKING: The Monitors were just hacked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to display an AI video of Trump licking Elon Musk’s toes.
The caption over it read: “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”
The caption over it read: “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”
I have not been a Times-hater, I always read Krugman with interest, but this sucks.
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times
The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.
www.cjr.org
January 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I have not been a Times-hater, I always read Krugman with interest, but this sucks.
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
This is 5 blocks from where I grew up. Would love to go but we sold that house last year.
We Love it When Our Friends Become Successful.
My pal Dayna Evans launched Downtime Bakery in Philadelphia out of her Mt. Airy home during the pandemic, and late last year opened a brick & mortar:
My pal Dayna Evans launched Downtime Bakery in Philadelphia out of her Mt. Airy home during the pandemic, and late last year opened a brick & mortar:
Philly’s latest hit bakery is all about the bread (but the pie is really good, too)
Sourdough bread and bagels rule the day at Downtime Bakery, Mount Airy's latest bakery and cafe, but you can also stop by for good coffee and a slice of warm pie.
www.inquirer.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is 5 blocks from where I grew up. Would love to go but we sold that house last year.
Passing this along for an old friend: www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-af...
Donate to Help us afford a new apartment after the Palisades Fire, organized by Jianling Horton
My name is Jianling, and I'm writing with my little sister Kai… Jianling Horton needs your support for Help us afford a new apartment after the Palisades Fire
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January 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Passing this along for an old friend: www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-af...
Oy. Be careful out there. (We're in the flats and so far unaffected except by some eye-stinging smoke).
Here's that moment.
January 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Oy. Be careful out there. (We're in the flats and so far unaffected except by some eye-stinging smoke).
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The Militia and the Mole. “A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends.” He returned with a trove of documents. [propublica.org]
How a Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
www.propublica.org
January 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Militia and the Mole. “A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends.” He returned with a trove of documents. [propublica.org]
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If you’ve got grievances with public figures, you don’t post them on the internet. You compile them in an epic poem that imagines the intricate ways they’ll suffer in the afterlife and goes onto become one of the most enduring works of Western literature.
December 6, 2024 at 4:14 PM
If you’ve got grievances with public figures, you don’t post them on the internet. You compile them in an epic poem that imagines the intricate ways they’ll suffer in the afterlife and goes onto become one of the most enduring works of Western literature.
Saw this last night and it really was great. Only nit: I would have enjoyed more slapstick, pace Charles McNulty. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi are waiting for 'Godot' at Geffen Playhouse
It's not often that two major stars of the small screen appear together onstage in one of the 20th century's most significant works of modernist drama. But that's just what's happened as Aasif Mandvi ...
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November 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Saw this last night and it really was great. Only nit: I would have enjoyed more slapstick, pace Charles McNulty. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...