This old Haus
@thisoldhaus.bsky.social
Retired newspaper guy. History, politics, and legal-news nerd. I am perpetually awaiting a rebirth of serotonin.
But we won't get fooled again.
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
But we won't get fooled again.
Seems innocent.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Seems innocent.
Eh, just call a Mulligan
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Eh, just call a Mulligan
I’m not his age but I am well into the Medicare-wellness-checkup range. I’ve never needed an MRI for anything, let alone a “routine” physical exam.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’m not his age but I am well into the Medicare-wellness-checkup range. I’ve never needed an MRI for anything, let alone a “routine” physical exam.
Alert the pun police. Call a copper.
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Alert the pun police. Call a copper.
Likeliest case scenario he asks the reporter who they're with, calls their employer "fake news, a disgrace" and keeps lying.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Likeliest case scenario he asks the reporter who they're with, calls their employer "fake news, a disgrace" and keeps lying.
International House of Indicators
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
International House of Indicators
I always took it to mean he feared legal consequences, not quid pro quo, but who knows?
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I always took it to mean he feared legal consequences, not quid pro quo, but who knows?
In the smallish Midwestern city where I worked starting in the '80s, you could gag on the sulfurous smell of the paper mill. But those were the good old days, according to those who don't remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In the smallish Midwestern city where I worked starting in the '80s, you could gag on the sulfurous smell of the paper mill. But those were the good old days, according to those who don't remember them.
And another thing, don’t put in the newspaper that I’m mad
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
And another thing, don’t put in the newspaper that I’m mad
As one who graduated in high-unemployment, high-inflation 1979 (both got worse), and remembers mid-‘80s mortgage rates of 13%+, that kind of bullshit (by people too young to remember and too lazy to research) drives me nuts. Not to mention the mainstream homophobia, sexism, etc. Bah humbug.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
As one who graduated in high-unemployment, high-inflation 1979 (both got worse), and remembers mid-‘80s mortgage rates of 13%+, that kind of bullshit (by people too young to remember and too lazy to research) drives me nuts. Not to mention the mainstream homophobia, sexism, etc. Bah humbug.
(It’s on my mind because I’m now reading @rauchway.bsky.social ‘s
The Money Makers, published by Basic Books, and it has notes that way.)
The Money Makers, published by Basic Books, and it has notes that way.)
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
(It’s on my mind because I’m now reading @rauchway.bsky.social ‘s
The Money Makers, published by Basic Books, and it has notes that way.)
The Money Makers, published by Basic Books, and it has notes that way.)
I read a lot of history, including some by academics. I like the style some ebooks use of putting the notes in the back, but also as linked pop-ups. I like to check many of the cites, and it makes it a lot easier to do than clicking to the back all the time.
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I read a lot of history, including some by academics. I like the style some ebooks use of putting the notes in the back, but also as linked pop-ups. I like to check many of the cites, and it makes it a lot easier to do than clicking to the back all the time.
I used to have extremely well-worn copies of that same edition.
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I used to have extremely well-worn copies of that same edition.
brain salad surgery
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
brain salad surgery
Every once in awhile I'll still get junk mail for my first wife, who died >23 years ago. I long ago remarried, and we've moved multiple times, so it comes to addresses she never lived at. I still wince.
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Every once in awhile I'll still get junk mail for my first wife, who died >23 years ago. I long ago remarried, and we've moved multiple times, so it comes to addresses she never lived at. I still wince.
But his new clothes are so magnificent.
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
But his new clothes are so magnificent.
In what respect?
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In what respect?
Tired: the Marseillaise
Wired: the Mayonnaise
Wired: the Mayonnaise
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Tired: the Marseillaise
Wired: the Mayonnaise
Wired: the Mayonnaise