When I first started going to Barça games around 2012, I was amazed by how bare bones everything was. The stadium was like a high-school football stadium in GA. The big screen was tiny. There were like three things on offer at the concessions. They're much more tourist friendly now and I hate it.
American sports thinks that the audience has to be constantly stimulated and assaulted from all senses. It’s really ridiculous going to sporting events and realizing that there’s not one moment where you’re not being overwhelmed by something.
Think my oldest person belief is "you don't always need to blast music in between the action at a sporting event"
December 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
When I first started going to Barça games around 2012, I was amazed by how bare bones everything was. The stadium was like a high-school football stadium in GA. The big screen was tiny. There were like three things on offer at the concessions. They're much more tourist friendly now and I hate it.
Went with friends to see "Hardcore Henry," shot with a Go-Pro, and had to walk out after half an hour because it gave me such a terrible headache.
I also remember seeing "Inglorious Basterds" in a full theater and the incredible, palpable tension as Landa turned the screws on LaPadite.
I also remember seeing "Inglorious Basterds" in a full theater and the incredible, palpable tension as Landa turned the screws on LaPadite.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Went with friends to see "Hardcore Henry," shot with a Go-Pro, and had to walk out after half an hour because it gave me such a terrible headache.
I also remember seeing "Inglorious Basterds" in a full theater and the incredible, palpable tension as Landa turned the screws on LaPadite.
I also remember seeing "Inglorious Basterds" in a full theater and the incredible, palpable tension as Landa turned the screws on LaPadite.
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this fact is the definitive judgment on kirk's life
ultimately, no one even grieved Charlie Kirk. he was just another thing for the worst people on earth to get outraged over. and when the outrage of real events wasn't enough, they invented new ones.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
my read is they were trying to whip up the usual frenzy, but then the effort got blown up by Candace Owens saying The Jews did it
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
this fact is the definitive judgment on kirk's life
"Panini" kind of rankles me, but I could never use "panino" because it Italian, that has the broader definition of "sandwich," so it wouldn't even really be appropriate.
"Data" strikes me as essentially uncountable in English. I'd say "the data is interesting," not "are" nor would I say "datum"
"Data" strikes me as essentially uncountable in English. I'd say "the data is interesting," not "are" nor would I say "datum"
Some people vocally oppose using ‘data’ and ‘panini’ as singular nouns, saying they come from plural nouns.
That’s true, but that also goes for ‘marvel’ and ‘joy’: they used to be plural too.
And ‘cherries’ and ‘peas’ used to be singular.
Zoom in to learn all about this phenomenon: reanalysis.
That’s true, but that also goes for ‘marvel’ and ‘joy’: they used to be plural too.
And ‘cherries’ and ‘peas’ used to be singular.
Zoom in to learn all about this phenomenon: reanalysis.
December 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"Panini" kind of rankles me, but I could never use "panino" because it Italian, that has the broader definition of "sandwich," so it wouldn't even really be appropriate.
"Data" strikes me as essentially uncountable in English. I'd say "the data is interesting," not "are" nor would I say "datum"
"Data" strikes me as essentially uncountable in English. I'd say "the data is interesting," not "are" nor would I say "datum"
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I'm sorry but I don't think what Lizza is doing is comparable to revenge porn. Nuzzi has made a lot of serious allegations against him over the course of 2 years and he is responding.
Some of the rollout has been tacky, but it's not illegitimate to set the record straight and tell the full story.
Some of the rollout has been tacky, but it's not illegitimate to set the record straight and tell the full story.
December 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I'm sorry but I don't think what Lizza is doing is comparable to revenge porn. Nuzzi has made a lot of serious allegations against him over the course of 2 years and he is responding.
Some of the rollout has been tacky, but it's not illegitimate to set the record straight and tell the full story.
Some of the rollout has been tacky, but it's not illegitimate to set the record straight and tell the full story.
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They like Trump and want to help him. They have pre-written "THE COMEBACK KID" narratives ready to break out of he crosses back over 40% approval for a couple polls, not to report a narrative but to try and change it
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
They like Trump and want to help him. They have pre-written "THE COMEBACK KID" narratives ready to break out of he crosses back over 40% approval for a couple polls, not to report a narrative but to try and change it
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Cosmopolitan, egalitarian values are better than authoritarian values and it would be cool if one of our two political parties argued as much instead of spending decades trying to avoid cultural arguments by clinging to "it's the economy stupid" or "kitchen table issues" or "affordability."
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Cosmopolitan, egalitarian values are better than authoritarian values and it would be cool if one of our two political parties argued as much instead of spending decades trying to avoid cultural arguments by clinging to "it's the economy stupid" or "kitchen table issues" or "affordability."
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Scam alert: Someone is pretending to be me and reaching out to authors. The pitch contains enough specific details that it sounds plausible at first.
This is not me! I'm so sorry to anyone who has fallen for this.
This is not me! I'm so sorry to anyone who has fallen for this.
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Scam alert: Someone is pretending to be me and reaching out to authors. The pitch contains enough specific details that it sounds plausible at first.
This is not me! I'm so sorry to anyone who has fallen for this.
This is not me! I'm so sorry to anyone who has fallen for this.
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5/ In other words, I see very little reason to think that the Court would *allow* Congress to solve significant national problems—at least, when those solutions took a form the majority of justices disliked. And conversely …
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
5/ In other words, I see very little reason to think that the Court would *allow* Congress to solve significant national problems—at least, when those solutions took a form the majority of justices disliked. And conversely …
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It's vile to kill people with no actual legal justification and also vile to joke about killing those people.
Trump: "The problem is nobody wants to go fishing anymore. They don't want to get in boats. They don't want anything to do with boats. I think we've destroyed the boat market. Other than that it's been very effective."
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It's vile to kill people with no actual legal justification and also vile to joke about killing those people.
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since using Calbiri (easier for visually impaired people) rather than TNR costs literally nothing, this is just ableism for its own sake. these are the kind of people who resent seeing a wheelchair ramp.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
since using Calbiri (easier for visually impaired people) rather than TNR costs literally nothing, this is just ableism for its own sake. these are the kind of people who resent seeing a wheelchair ramp.
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Legit may be two of the worst written passages ever published
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Legit may be two of the worst written passages ever published
I called her prose "execrable" the other day, but shit like this just feels like a 15 year old's idea of deep and poetic. Frankly embarrassing for a grown woman to write like this, much less a journalist, much less a journalist reputed to be a talented writer.
“I do not wish to be understood, which no one seems to understand.”
This is what’s missing from the book. It is a 300-page meandering navel-gaze. A Joan Didion impression from someone with nothing to say, vaguely offended that readers would *expect* her to have something to say.
This is what’s missing from the book. It is a 300-page meandering navel-gaze. A Joan Didion impression from someone with nothing to say, vaguely offended that readers would *expect* her to have something to say.
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I called her prose "execrable" the other day, but shit like this just feels like a 15 year old's idea of deep and poetic. Frankly embarrassing for a grown woman to write like this, much less a journalist, much less a journalist reputed to be a talented writer.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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“Supreme Court reform is now the sine qua non of any reformist program in the United States, any program to re-implant/re-secure civic democracy in the United States.” talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything
I’ve become something of a broken record on this. But repetition sometimes...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Supreme Court reform is now the sine qua non of any reformist program in the United States, any program to re-implant/re-secure civic democracy in the United States.” talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
I have officially made the move, and you should, too! support.apple.com/en-us/118249
Transfer your library and playlists from music services to Apple Music - Apple Support
Learn how to transfer music and playlists from other music services to Apple Music.
support.apple.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I have officially made the move, and you should, too! support.apple.com/en-us/118249
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a lot of people seem to think that television shows are full of secrets and that analyzing shows is about looking for clues to reveal those secrets
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
a lot of people seem to think that television shows are full of secrets and that analyzing shows is about looking for clues to reveal those secrets