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Today in The December Comfort Watches, I'm essaying Strictly Ballroom, a loving look at a delightfully weird little subculture, that is, in its way, an absolutely perfect film:
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Nine: Strictly Ballroom
A personal story to begin: I was a film critic at the Fresno Bee newspaper when Strictly Ballroom came out in 1992, My review of it was an unqualified rave, and I said something along the line that…
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December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today in The December Comfort Watches, I'm essaying Strictly Ballroom, a loving look at a delightfully weird little subculture, that is, in its way, an absolutely perfect film:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/09/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/09/t...
How well do y'all think it'll go down if anyone besides a Christian tries to "persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views"?
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US to allow federal workers to promote religion in workplaces
Federal employees may discuss and promote their religious beliefs in the workplace, the Trump administration said on Monday, citing religious freedoms protected by the U.S. Constitution.
www.reuters.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
How well do y'all think it'll go down if anyone besides a Christian tries to "persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views"?
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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NEW: The authoritarian crackdown begins in LA.
This is dystopian. As the dictator’s parade is broadcast in the top right corner, MSNBC’s reporter and peaceful protestors are charged by police as tear gas is fired.
Watch till the end.
This is dystopian. As the dictator’s parade is broadcast in the top right corner, MSNBC’s reporter and peaceful protestors are charged by police as tear gas is fired.
Watch till the end.
June 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
NEW: The authoritarian crackdown begins in LA.
This is dystopian. As the dictator’s parade is broadcast in the top right corner, MSNBC’s reporter and peaceful protestors are charged by police as tear gas is fired.
Watch till the end.
This is dystopian. As the dictator’s parade is broadcast in the top right corner, MSNBC’s reporter and peaceful protestors are charged by police as tear gas is fired.
Watch till the end.
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I, like many of you, are thinking of the Freedom Flotilla members tonight, who are being illegally detained by Israel. They knew this would happen. They did it anyway just to get the world to care about the genocide in Gaza. The least we can do is pay attention.
June 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I, like many of you, are thinking of the Freedom Flotilla members tonight, who are being illegally detained by Israel. They knew this would happen. They did it anyway just to get the world to care about the genocide in Gaza. The least we can do is pay attention.
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May 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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"Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio."
Neil Young
Remembering:
Allison Krause, 19
Jeffrey Miller, 20
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20
William Schroeder, 19
4 May 1970
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio."
Neil Young
Remembering:
Allison Krause, 19
Jeffrey Miller, 20
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20
William Schroeder, 19
4 May 1970
May 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio."
Neil Young
Remembering:
Allison Krause, 19
Jeffrey Miller, 20
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20
William Schroeder, 19
4 May 1970
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio."
Neil Young
Remembering:
Allison Krause, 19
Jeffrey Miller, 20
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20
William Schroeder, 19
4 May 1970
They don't like being mocked and laughed at. Let's keep our senses of humor.
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
They don't like being mocked and laughed at. Let's keep our senses of humor.
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As promised here’s Pink Pony Club but it’s about encryption
April 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
As promised here’s Pink Pony Club but it’s about encryption
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👀 Senator Cory Booker is holding the floor of the Senate right now in protest of “Donald Trump and Elon Musk” and says he’ll speak “for as long as I am physically able.” #filibuster #senate
watch live: www.youtube.com/live/1i6dfJX...
watch live: www.youtube.com/live/1i6dfJX...
April 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
👀 Senator Cory Booker is holding the floor of the Senate right now in protest of “Donald Trump and Elon Musk” and says he’ll speak “for as long as I am physically able.” #filibuster #senate
watch live: www.youtube.com/live/1i6dfJX...
watch live: www.youtube.com/live/1i6dfJX...
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Thanks for bringing the tour to Denver, Bernie and AOC!
March 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Thanks for bringing the tour to Denver, Bernie and AOC!
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Thanks to some good old-fashioned grassroots advocacy, the right to repair movement is thriving.
Right to Repair: A Prime Example of Grassroots Advocacy
Good old-fashioned grassroots advocacy is one of the best tools we have right now for making a positive change for our civil liberties online. When we unite toward a shared goal, anything is possible,...
www.eff.org
March 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Thanks to some good old-fashioned grassroots advocacy, the right to repair movement is thriving.
First crocus!
March 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
First crocus!
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It’s official!
Stand Up for Science with us on the east steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, CO!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Stand Up for Science with us on the east steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, CO!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It’s official!
Stand Up for Science with us on the east steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, CO!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Stand Up for Science with us on the east steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, CO!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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My new article on Trump's treasonous meeting with Zelensky: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-is-n...
March 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My new article on Trump's treasonous meeting with Zelensky: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-is-n...
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Look at this leader. Lift her up.
Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics
February 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Look at this leader. Lift her up.
Babysitting the lime kiln all day. Hopefully the marble will get to temp and I can slake some quicklime tomorrow to wow some 7th graders.
February 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Babysitting the lime kiln all day. Hopefully the marble will get to temp and I can slake some quicklime tomorrow to wow some 7th graders.
Fascinating read. I was stuttering to articulate a thought to Q this morning that was about the governmental clown car just accelerating toward an end that was already occurring in slow motion and he was like, "here, this economist already laid out this thing".
Pluralistic: America and “national capitalism” (18 Feb 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
February 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Fascinating read. I was stuttering to articulate a thought to Q this morning that was about the governmental clown car just accelerating toward an end that was already occurring in slow motion and he was like, "here, this economist already laid out this thing".
We could all use a little optimism
Ten reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We could all use a little optimism
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Plainly stated, and supported by facts. Spread the word. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/a...
A Coup Is In Progress In America
A coup is underway in the United States, and we must stop pretending otherwise. The signs are unmistakable and accelerating: in just the past 48 hours, Elon Musk’s DOGE commission has seized …
www.techdirt.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Plainly stated, and supported by facts. Spread the word. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/a...