Bort Simpson
@verymischief.bsky.social
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Getting laid off sucks but deleting slack from my phone fucking rips
April 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Getting laid off sucks but deleting slack from my phone fucking rips
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If Trump 2.0 takes the politics of the imaginary to a new level, is this a rupture with the supposedly more grounded Biden administration? Or, is this simply a new season of West Wing, this time “West Wing for deplorables”?
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Chartbook 359 West Wing for deplorables: America's liberal elites, history and the Trump shock.
The long read in the FT this weekend under the title “Trump and the end of American soft power” is by one of the true doyens of US foreign policy thinking, Joseph Nye.
adamtooze.substack.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If Trump 2.0 takes the politics of the imaginary to a new level, is this a rupture with the supposedly more grounded Biden administration? Or, is this simply a new season of West Wing, this time “West Wing for deplorables”?
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
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men who dressed like this from 2008 - 2012 had preppy menswear blogs
February 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
men who dressed like this from 2008 - 2012 had preppy menswear blogs
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I've been writing a series of essays for PBS on men whose style I admire. The latest is about James Baldwin, a man who knew how to sing through clothes.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
February 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I've been writing a series of essays for PBS on men whose style I admire. The latest is about James Baldwin, a man who knew how to sing through clothes.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
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If you drive a Tesla, get rid of it.
If you are still on Twitter, get off of it.
There are no excuses any more.
If you are still on Twitter, get off of it.
There are no excuses any more.
February 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you drive a Tesla, get rid of it.
If you are still on Twitter, get off of it.
There are no excuses any more.
If you are still on Twitter, get off of it.
There are no excuses any more.
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Oh shit just remembered I consolidated all my student loans for Biden’s new plan that isn’t real anymore so my financial future is legit fucked.
February 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Oh shit just remembered I consolidated all my student loans for Biden’s new plan that isn’t real anymore so my financial future is legit fucked.
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Cliche to say and stuff but we’re really in a deeply hypernormalized situation in which we have accepted the absurdity of our political and cultural reality without any alternative. It sucks!
February 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Cliche to say and stuff but we’re really in a deeply hypernormalized situation in which we have accepted the absurdity of our political and cultural reality without any alternative. It sucks!
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Wild that the DNC and party leadership are facing zero consequences for putting us in this horrible situation that might have irrevocably shifted American politics and culture.
They had four years to make a plan and we ended up with some shit they threw together in a few months.
They had four years to make a plan and we ended up with some shit they threw together in a few months.
January 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Wild that the DNC and party leadership are facing zero consequences for putting us in this horrible situation that might have irrevocably shifted American politics and culture.
They had four years to make a plan and we ended up with some shit they threw together in a few months.
They had four years to make a plan and we ended up with some shit they threw together in a few months.
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The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden's questionable pardons with Trump's outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable. The newspaper I've been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.
January 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden's questionable pardons with Trump's outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable. The newspaper I've been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.
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December 2024 Top 10 Titles Played on Xbox Series Ranked by U.S. Monthly Active Users (Source: Circana Player Engagement Tracker)
January 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
December 2024 Top 10 Titles Played on Xbox Series Ranked by U.S. Monthly Active Users (Source: Circana Player Engagement Tracker)
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The year is 2035. I meet President AOC in the Oval Office. "You've done well," she says. "By telling men to dress gay, you've lowered the population rate by 90%, thereby reducing carbon emissions." She slides me a manilla envelope. I can now afford a home in a walkable neighborhood
January 13, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The year is 2035. I meet President AOC in the Oval Office. "You've done well," she says. "By telling men to dress gay, you've lowered the population rate by 90%, thereby reducing carbon emissions." She slides me a manilla envelope. I can now afford a home in a walkable neighborhood
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It's rare you get such a clear illustration of whose lives have value in America and whose don't
December 10, 2024 at 7:14 PM
It's rare you get such a clear illustration of whose lives have value in America and whose don't
I hope the $10,000 reward was worth it to the McDonald's employee that snitched on an Italian American hero
December 9, 2024 at 8:04 PM
I hope the $10,000 reward was worth it to the McDonald's employee that snitched on an Italian American hero
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Looooooved this sequence from @straczynski.bsky.social’s latest issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA.
December 3, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Looooooved this sequence from @straczynski.bsky.social’s latest issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA.
Refreshing to see takes like this made by humans and not half human trolls
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
December 7, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Refreshing to see takes like this made by humans and not half human trolls
Daniel Penny: Definitely not a Manslaughterer
December 7, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Daniel Penny: Definitely not a Manslaughterer
This guy hasn't read Watchmen has he
December 7, 2024 at 3:14 PM
This guy hasn't read Watchmen has he