Ted Westervelt
@tmwestervelt.bsky.social
He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad
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Theophilus Harrington was a judge in the days of slavery, and he refused to allow it in his jurisdiction. A Vermonter, a patriot, and a man of unimpeachable values. This is the sort of person we need in seats of power today.
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January 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Theophilus Harrington was a judge in the days of slavery, and he refused to allow it in his jurisdiction. A Vermonter, a patriot, and a man of unimpeachable values. This is the sort of person we need in seats of power today.
clarendonheritage.org/notable/judg...
clarendonheritage.org/notable/judg...
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Happy New Year from Dorothy Parker (and me).
December 31, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Happy New Year from Dorothy Parker (and me).
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an actually good movie about the empty venality of the american media is of course NETWORK. an actually good movie about blithe indifference to a looming threat is JAWS.
December 27, 2024 at 12:07 AM
an actually good movie about the empty venality of the american media is of course NETWORK. an actually good movie about blithe indifference to a looming threat is JAWS.
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today's pet peeve: there is a kind of self-righteous revisionist historiography that i find immensely frustrating. yes, they're reacting to triumphalist imperialist narratives that aimed to present the past as a dark age of horror that only Enlightened Europe had escaped--
December 18, 2024 at 4:34 PM
today's pet peeve: there is a kind of self-righteous revisionist historiography that i find immensely frustrating. yes, they're reacting to triumphalist imperialist narratives that aimed to present the past as a dark age of horror that only Enlightened Europe had escaped--
A crisis is more invigorating than the grind of the quotidian
December 22, 2024 at 2:59 PM
A crisis is more invigorating than the grind of the quotidian
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"we love david lynch" yes we do pam
i really appreciate that pamela anderson correctly views her visit to the criterion closet as an opportunity to just clear the shelf off instead of some of these other celebs who take like 3-4 things.
youtu.be/tyo_tJuhw8U
youtu.be/tyo_tJuhw8U
Pamela Anderson’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
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December 20, 2024 at 12:07 PM
"we love david lynch" yes we do pam
Love this spirit!
December 21, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Love this spirit!
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This got overshadowed by fresh House drama but I think keeping AOC on the back benches was a mistake and doing oversight is frankly exactly where you want the high-profile progressives.
www.slowboring.com/p/aoc-deserv...
www.slowboring.com/p/aoc-deserv...
AOC deserved the Oversight job
Democrats need to cultivate smart progressive talent, not freeze it out
www.slowboring.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:30 AM
This got overshadowed by fresh House drama but I think keeping AOC on the back benches was a mistake and doing oversight is frankly exactly where you want the high-profile progressives.
www.slowboring.com/p/aoc-deserv...
www.slowboring.com/p/aoc-deserv...
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see this is the kind of shit you need among your elites. you need a sense of national pride that can be channeled into a productive sense of national humiliation.
in 1967, senators rfk and joseph clark took a tour of the mississippi delta. they were horrified by the sheer scale of poverty, malnutrition, and neglect.
their report caused a national scandal. the scenes haunted kennedy; he considered it the worst thing he'd seen in his life.
their report caused a national scandal. the scenes haunted kennedy; he considered it the worst thing he'd seen in his life.
December 19, 2024 at 9:53 PM
see this is the kind of shit you need among your elites. you need a sense of national pride that can be channeled into a productive sense of national humiliation.
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in these times of need we must turn to the most aging and sclerotic among the party. no positions unless you've had at least one massive health crisis in the last year, I say.
BREAKING: Gerry Connolly defeats AOC to become ranking member of the House Oversight Committee by a vote of 131-84.
December 17, 2024 at 5:12 PM
in these times of need we must turn to the most aging and sclerotic among the party. no positions unless you've had at least one massive health crisis in the last year, I say.
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"I’m especially flummoxed that Bernie Sanders is playing along with this charade; after a career warning against billionaire capture of the government, he is publicly supporting a corrupt billionaire’s bid to rewrite the budget of his own biggest client." resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...
December 15, 2024 at 5:45 PM
"I’m especially flummoxed that Bernie Sanders is playing along with this charade; after a career warning against billionaire capture of the government, he is publicly supporting a corrupt billionaire’s bid to rewrite the budget of his own biggest client." resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...
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Alan Bennett's diary, 15th December 2020.
December 15, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Alan Bennett's diary, 15th December 2020.
Building after building … little compartments filled with possibilities
- Mad Men
- Mad Men
December 7, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Building after building … little compartments filled with possibilities
- Mad Men
- Mad Men
It will be interesting to see what holds, but God this piece is so shallow
Bidenomics Is Starting to Transform America. Why Has No One Noticed?
The full effects of the President’s economic policies won’t be felt for years. That might be too late for Kamala Harris and other Democrats.
www.newyorker.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:17 PM
It will be interesting to see what holds, but God this piece is so shallow
This could be my favorite selfie
December 5, 2024 at 10:26 PM
This could be my favorite selfie
I see couples out in workout clothes, always women in leggings, men in running pants.
I think it is a shame men give up on the more comfortable clothing item because they worry people are going to look at them
I think it is a shame men give up on the more comfortable clothing item because they worry people are going to look at them
December 2, 2024 at 7:16 PM
I see couples out in workout clothes, always women in leggings, men in running pants.
I think it is a shame men give up on the more comfortable clothing item because they worry people are going to look at them
I think it is a shame men give up on the more comfortable clothing item because they worry people are going to look at them
Loving the vibe though
"The trouble with having a swinger for a steady..."
Falling In Love, May 1968. Cover by Ric Estrada.
Falling In Love, May 1968. Cover by Ric Estrada.
December 2, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Loving the vibe though
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This sort of democratic backsliding, where Republicans seek to overturn the effect of an election by reallocating powers away from positions they have lost, has become almost routine now. But it should remain shocking.
Heads up:
North Carolina Republicans just voted to strip the state's incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of key powers — passing a sweeping bill before the GOP most likely loses its veto-proof supermajority in the Legislature next year.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
North Carolina Republicans just voted to strip the state's incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of key powers — passing a sweeping bill before the GOP most likely loses its veto-proof supermajority in the Legislature next year.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
North Carolina GOP lawmakers vote to strip incoming Democratic leaders' powers
Republicans passed a sprawling bill after they lost races for governor and attorney general — and most likely their veto-proof legislative majority — in this month's election.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:11 PM
This sort of democratic backsliding, where Republicans seek to overturn the effect of an election by reallocating powers away from positions they have lost, has become almost routine now. But it should remain shocking.
Driving makes me unhappy
Walking makes me happy
I am very American but at times I do wonder
Walking makes me happy
I am very American but at times I do wonder
November 30, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Driving makes me unhappy
Walking makes me happy
I am very American but at times I do wonder
Walking makes me happy
I am very American but at times I do wonder
This is the only video posted currently on this TikTok account. Honestly curious as to what this means about this family and their video.
If your family started doing this at Thanksgiving dinner, what would you do? 😳
November 29, 2024 at 8:45 PM
This is the only video posted currently on this TikTok account. Honestly curious as to what this means about this family and their video.
Just finished The Wedding People by Alison Espach. Going to be thinking about it for a while
November 28, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Just finished The Wedding People by Alison Espach. Going to be thinking about it for a while