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Low drag sloperator
@therealwiles.bsky.social
Historical materialism. Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurobiology. Sci-fi. Jazz. Pretentious.
Sounded kinda schizo when it dropped but truer every day
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Metric could never
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Who thought to call it a flight at a favorite brewery rather than a trial of your beers?
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
lol, lmao even
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Lmao fucking Douthat at it again. His continued employment must be the work of some lesser Orthodox demon
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You ever just sign up for a bunch of class action lawsuits? I'm eligible for a weird amount lol. Scam ass country
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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dawg not the steakhouse wedding font
New sign outside the Oval Office..
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Great night for white dudes saying inshallah
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This goes hard as fuck ngl
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Truly beautiful mind at work here
Update #2: Ackman is still convinced Cuomo is going to win, and has proposed Cuomo adopt the slogan "MNYGA"
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
November 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ah, the classics
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Accidentally starting a polycule by hitting create group instead of send separately when sending all your situationships the same insta reel
November 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Trueanon profile in GQ & Brace in the Baffler. A rare good week for articles
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Bari absolutely rocks. Her two ideas for stories are "I have this famous person's phone number" and "I heard libs were doing some weird stuff out there." Absolutely replacement level suburban dunce.
Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Went to the DC exurbs to write about a growing political trend — citizens who don’t want more data centers, and are looking for politicians who’ll help.

Locally they’re getting help from both parties. At higher level, Rs are resolutely pro-data center and Ds are conflicted. t.co/Ir0QW8FUey
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/13/2025/as-electricity-bills-rise-candidates-in-both-parties-blame-data-centers
t.co
October 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Now that I'm cola sober (28 months) it'd be cool to open a little place for other cola sober people without fountainheads around
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
October 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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"Something called 'King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.'"

Cartoonist: @tommysiegel.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Having a nice normal Friday. Anything happening on the computer?
October 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM