scott topics™️
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writer of books • founder of magazines • professor of University of Michigan students • learner of things • listener of tracks • viewer of flicks • tired of everything
Timeline cleanse for today.
Remember being happy and friendly?
Remember being happy and friendly?
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Timeline cleanse for today.
Remember being happy and friendly?
Remember being happy and friendly?
sorry NYTimes, where I come from this is very much a word. You see it happening on TV, on social media, in sports, and on Capitol Hill every damn day!
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
sorry NYTimes, where I come from this is very much a word. You see it happening on TV, on social media, in sports, and on Capitol Hill every damn day!
The wonderful Carol Channing in Detroit on the road with Hello, Dolly in 1963.
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The wonderful Carol Channing in Detroit on the road with Hello, Dolly in 1963.
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
Still thinking about how Mamdani had a high enough shade threshold to quote *Mario Cuomo* in his victory speech
And I’m still laughing at the ones saying he shouldn’t have been so petty
After the way he was treated all election season?
Hell, he shoulda found a way to quote Chris Cuomo too 🤷🏾♂️🤭
And I’m still laughing at the ones saying he shouldn’t have been so petty
After the way he was treated all election season?
Hell, he shoulda found a way to quote Chris Cuomo too 🤷🏾♂️🤭
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Still thinking about how Mamdani had a high enough shade threshold to quote *Mario Cuomo* in his victory speech
And I’m still laughing at the ones saying he shouldn’t have been so petty
After the way he was treated all election season?
Hell, he shoulda found a way to quote Chris Cuomo too 🤷🏾♂️🤭
And I’m still laughing at the ones saying he shouldn’t have been so petty
After the way he was treated all election season?
Hell, he shoulda found a way to quote Chris Cuomo too 🤷🏾♂️🤭
I’m Paisley Nyro and you’re listening to NPR.
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I’m Paisley Nyro and you’re listening to NPR.
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This is a civil war.
Lincoln had McClellan, Hooker and Pope.
He junked them for Grant, Sherman and Sheridan
We have Schumer, Durbin and Cortez Masto in our leadership.
Act Blue, lose my fucking number until we're clean of generals who can't fight or discipline the troops. No cash for this shit.
Lincoln had McClellan, Hooker and Pope.
He junked them for Grant, Sherman and Sheridan
We have Schumer, Durbin and Cortez Masto in our leadership.
Act Blue, lose my fucking number until we're clean of generals who can't fight or discipline the troops. No cash for this shit.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is a civil war.
Lincoln had McClellan, Hooker and Pope.
He junked them for Grant, Sherman and Sheridan
We have Schumer, Durbin and Cortez Masto in our leadership.
Act Blue, lose my fucking number until we're clean of generals who can't fight or discipline the troops. No cash for this shit.
Lincoln had McClellan, Hooker and Pope.
He junked them for Grant, Sherman and Sheridan
We have Schumer, Durbin and Cortez Masto in our leadership.
Act Blue, lose my fucking number until we're clean of generals who can't fight or discipline the troops. No cash for this shit.
Yup, pretty much sums it up
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yup, pretty much sums it up
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Whatever happens after this, y’all, we must all agree to do whatever non-felony things we can to make Schumer miserable until he resigns.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Whatever happens after this, y’all, we must all agree to do whatever non-felony things we can to make Schumer miserable until he resigns.
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Something about that hyphen between 1776 and 2026 makes it read like birth and death dates.
Unintentional but perhaps appropriate!
Unintentional but perhaps appropriate!
A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Something about that hyphen between 1776 and 2026 makes it read like birth and death dates.
Unintentional but perhaps appropriate!
Unintentional but perhaps appropriate!
I knew Abbott was a shitty human but I didn’t know he was a legit imbecile as well.
Then again…MAGA 🤷🏾♂️
Then again…MAGA 🤷🏾♂️
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I knew Abbott was a shitty human but I didn’t know he was a legit imbecile as well.
Then again…MAGA 🤷🏾♂️
Then again…MAGA 🤷🏾♂️
The MTG Talk Show Redemption Tour—in which she gets to sit around and laugh and chat with the media types—is fucking gross.
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The MTG Talk Show Redemption Tour—in which she gets to sit around and laugh and chat with the media types—is fucking gross.
Since Tuesday, every time 47 uses the word “affordability” he sounds like that mediocre kid in class who heard another student get praised by the teacher for using it, so now he uses it all the time even though he doesn’t understand what it means.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Since Tuesday, every time 47 uses the word “affordability” he sounds like that mediocre kid in class who heard another student get praised by the teacher for using it, so now he uses it all the time even though he doesn’t understand what it means.
The November 17 cover of The New Yorker ✊🏾💜✊🏾
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The November 17 cover of The New Yorker ✊🏾💜✊🏾
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I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
Quite a team.
Mamdani announces transition team:
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Quite a team.
Help grown folks!
Can you think of any blaxploitation films (or even just black films from the ‘70-‘77) that feature scenes with singers in them—real singers of the time or fictional characters in the film?
Thank you!!
Can you think of any blaxploitation films (or even just black films from the ‘70-‘77) that feature scenes with singers in them—real singers of the time or fictional characters in the film?
Thank you!!
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Help grown folks!
Can you think of any blaxploitation films (or even just black films from the ‘70-‘77) that feature scenes with singers in them—real singers of the time or fictional characters in the film?
Thank you!!
Can you think of any blaxploitation films (or even just black films from the ‘70-‘77) that feature scenes with singers in them—real singers of the time or fictional characters in the film?
Thank you!!
As a professor of African American Studies, I endorse this message ✊🏾🤭✊🏾
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As a professor of African American Studies, I endorse this message ✊🏾🤭✊🏾
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One of the great joys of Zohran's victory is that NYC finally has a mayor who doesn't give a shit about what the New York Times thinks of him
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
One of the great joys of Zohran's victory is that NYC finally has a mayor who doesn't give a shit about what the New York Times thinks of him
Always wild to watch cable news the day after democrats do well.
Especially in the age of the orange blimp.
The pundits can never quite hide their disappointment over not being able to diss the dems as hard as they want.
Especially in the age of the orange blimp.
The pundits can never quite hide their disappointment over not being able to diss the dems as hard as they want.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Always wild to watch cable news the day after democrats do well.
Especially in the age of the orange blimp.
The pundits can never quite hide their disappointment over not being able to diss the dems as hard as they want.
Especially in the age of the orange blimp.
The pundits can never quite hide their disappointment over not being able to diss the dems as hard as they want.
Californians had one job.
And they did it.
And they did it.
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Californians had one job.
And they did it.
And they did it.
Zohran Mamdani.
That’s all…that’s the post.
That’s all…that’s the post.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Zohran Mamdani.
That’s all…that’s the post.
That’s all…that’s the post.
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Trump didn’t sue CBS for editing an interview, he sued CBS for not making him look good.
Despite knowing the suit was bullshit and having the law on their side, CBS paid him.
When they edit an interview with Trump to make him look better than reality does, that is consistent with their settlement.
Despite knowing the suit was bullshit and having the law on their side, CBS paid him.
When they edit an interview with Trump to make him look better than reality does, that is consistent with their settlement.
November 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Trump didn’t sue CBS for editing an interview, he sued CBS for not making him look good.
Despite knowing the suit was bullshit and having the law on their side, CBS paid him.
When they edit an interview with Trump to make him look better than reality does, that is consistent with their settlement.
Despite knowing the suit was bullshit and having the law on their side, CBS paid him.
When they edit an interview with Trump to make him look better than reality does, that is consistent with their settlement.