Jon Russell
@watchreader.bsky.social
Software developer, but that’s boring so let’s not talk about that. Tell me something interesting and true.
I think he flamed out before the affair was known. Maybe he could have run in 2016 though, which makes me wonder how a Bernie-Edward’s-Clinton race would have shaken out.
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I think he flamed out before the affair was known. Maybe he could have run in 2016 though, which makes me wonder how a Bernie-Edward’s-Clinton race would have shaken out.
The original post is a response to Elisabeth Spiers examining race and voting power. I also want to stay on topic.
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The original post is a response to Elisabeth Spiers examining race and voting power. I also want to stay on topic.
The evidence is that voting racial polarization is huge in the South. Reps dominate Mississippi despite having a huge Black population (37%!) voting Dem because white people are super republican. While of course there are White Mississippians who want to fight this dynamic, they’re a tiny minority.
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The evidence is that voting racial polarization is huge in the South. Reps dominate Mississippi despite having a huge Black population (37%!) voting Dem because white people are super republican. While of course there are White Mississippians who want to fight this dynamic, they’re a tiny minority.
How are we evaluating what is closer to the truth?
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
How are we evaluating what is closer to the truth?
I follow lots of political accounts on this site and I straight up don’t know what you’re talking about.
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I follow lots of political accounts on this site and I straight up don’t know what you’re talking about.
Oh yea, Copycat! The one that starts with a sweet display of siblings playing together and quickly veers into a heavy meditation on our powerlessness and grief in the face of death!
Did it ruin my afternoon when I first watched it? Who’s to say!
Did it ruin my afternoon when I first watched it? Who’s to say!
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Oh yea, Copycat! The one that starts with a sweet display of siblings playing together and quickly veers into a heavy meditation on our powerlessness and grief in the face of death!
Did it ruin my afternoon when I first watched it? Who’s to say!
Did it ruin my afternoon when I first watched it? Who’s to say!
For maximum Canadian confusion, put Mickey Rooney on the $1. Immediately claim they copied us.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
For maximum Canadian confusion, put Mickey Rooney on the $1. Immediately claim they copied us.
Who gets first dibs really has nothing to do with anything.
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Who gets first dibs really has nothing to do with anything.
I don't know why we feel compelled to look too deeply into it one way or another. She carefully laid out a bunch of banana peels, set up a camera, turned the camera on, then slipped on the banana peels.
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I don't know why we feel compelled to look too deeply into it one way or another. She carefully laid out a bunch of banana peels, set up a camera, turned the camera on, then slipped on the banana peels.
I mean I know *why* they did this but I thought it was super weird that they focused so much on his educational background and medical practice. Would it change the story if he were a boring radiologist?
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I mean I know *why* they did this but I thought it was super weird that they focused so much on his educational background and medical practice. Would it change the story if he were a boring radiologist?
In this case it’s less about them being religious objects and more about them being super old historical artifacts
November 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
In this case it’s less about them being religious objects and more about them being super old historical artifacts
I would also like a version where Bond thanks Blade for his vampire abilities.
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I would also like a version where Bond thanks Blade for his vampire abilities.
When our daycare shut down for a few months in 2020, the weirdest thing was that for the first time in about a year none of us had a respiratory disease?
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
When our daycare shut down for a few months in 2020, the weirdest thing was that for the first time in about a year none of us had a respiratory disease?
If 100+ Republicans are going to join democrats then why do they need Grijalva?
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If 100+ Republicans are going to join democrats then why do they need Grijalva?
In a similar vibe, it was weird studying German and finding familiar words with comically different meanings because they arrived into English via Yiddish slang.
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
In a similar vibe, it was weird studying German and finding familiar words with comically different meanings because they arrived into English via Yiddish slang.
Laura Linney in Love Actually
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Laura Linney in Love Actually
What would you name them?
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
What would you name them?
I mean, it’s a bit weird to call WI “Blue” and NC “Red”.
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I mean, it’s a bit weird to call WI “Blue” and NC “Red”.
“I mean who doesn’t?”
November 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“I mean who doesn’t?”
More bat than Karen these days. Dark times indeed!
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
More bat than Karen these days. Dark times indeed!
I think your problem is that middlebrow is a gateway, right? So if something really takes off, something that starts as obscure becomes extremely saturated and no longer novel. Either it becomes pop culture or it becomes a weird historical artifact.
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I think your problem is that middlebrow is a gateway, right? So if something really takes off, something that starts as obscure becomes extremely saturated and no longer novel. Either it becomes pop culture or it becomes a weird historical artifact.
Also in House Hunters not all of the options are even for sale. If there’s a house with furniture in it, it generally means they just cleaned and filmed some random persons house. It’s why those houses are never chosen!
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Also in House Hunters not all of the options are even for sale. If there’s a house with furniture in it, it generally means they just cleaned and filmed some random persons house. It’s why those houses are never chosen!
2020 really broke him and he’s been declining since.
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
2020 really broke him and he’s been declining since.
How does Charlotte Magazine shut down before Cary Magazine?
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
How does Charlotte Magazine shut down before Cary Magazine?