Adam Bonin
@adambonin.bsky.social
Philadelphia-based 91st Most Powerful Lawyer in Pennsylvania (City and State PA, 2023) specializing in political law. Opinions are mine alone.
Simon Cowell (remember him!), plugging a new Netflix documentary series about himself, swears he feels kinda bad about being an asshole on tv all those years.
(Interesting contrast to Ryan Seacrest, whom he discusses, who became wealthy and famous without doing so.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/m...
(Interesting contrast to Ryan Seacrest, whom he discusses, who became wealthy and famous without doing so.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/m...
![There are a lot of Simon Cowell insult compilations online. You told singers they had invented a new form of torture. You made some fat jokes. You had a common one that they were the worst singer in America. Lulu, do we have to go through this?
Yes, we have to go through it. The camera would cut to people looking absolutely crushed. What is the line between bluntness and humiliation? That’s why I changed over time. I did realize I’ve probably gone too far. I didn’t particularly like audition days, because they’re long and boring. I would get fed up. And of course, out of a hundred nice comments, what are they going to use? They’re always going to use me in a bad mood. I got that. What can I say? I’m sorry.
What are you apologizing for, exactly? Well, just being a [explicit].
It also made good TV and made you an integral part of what made that show work. Yeah. That was then. I’m not proud of it, let’s put it that way. I never look at this stuff online, so when I hear about these clips, I’m like, Oh, God. But then again, the upside is that it made the shows really popular worldwide.
It also launched the career of Ryan Seacrest. I’ll be honest: I am mystified by how he is so ubiquitous and so popular, and I wanted you to explain it. I can’t really answer that one. He does work hard.
A lot of people work hard. He was very, very ambitious. I didn’t follow his career, so I don’t know what he’s done. We rarely talk now. He was very steely about his career — wanting to be famous. This massive, massive desire about being, you know, very famous.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wovz3whdkughp6decczypkqq/bafkreif6jc4cuxxqetkgyvziuc5lxm3bjtdp646d2uj3m4bnvjd4k3j4eq@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Simon Cowell (remember him!), plugging a new Netflix documentary series about himself, swears he feels kinda bad about being an asshole on tv all those years.
(Interesting contrast to Ryan Seacrest, whom he discusses, who became wealthy and famous without doing so.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/m...
(Interesting contrast to Ryan Seacrest, whom he discusses, who became wealthy and famous without doing so.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/m...
The first time a client had a tied election, we had a long debate over whether (a) high or low number wins, and (b) does the first number pulled get returned to the bin? [High number, and yes though I argued for no.] A decade later, same county, they swore they "always" did low number wins. 😕
Under Pennsylvania law, if an election is tied, the contest goes to a process called the “casting of lots.” This is effectively a game of chance to determine the winner.
Why marbles, playing cards, and ping pong balls decide so many local Pa. races
Tie elections happen frequently in low-profile races. Some say reform is needed.
www.wesa.fm
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The first time a client had a tied election, we had a long debate over whether (a) high or low number wins, and (b) does the first number pulled get returned to the bin? [High number, and yes though I argued for no.] A decade later, same county, they swore they "always" did low number wins. 😕
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TIL that the Valley Forge encampment in the winter of 1777 constituted the fourth largest city in America at the time.
(My late father would always ask the docents when he took us there as kids, "Why didn't they take over the Sheraton down the road?")
(My late father would always ask the docents when he took us there as kids, "Why didn't they take over the Sheraton down the road?")
I am in episode 3 of the Ken Burns series, and for the record I would not have known but for this that Rahway NJ used to be known as "Spanktown."
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
TIL that the Valley Forge encampment in the winter of 1777 constituted the fourth largest city in America at the time.
(My late father would always ask the docents when he took us there as kids, "Why didn't they take over the Sheraton down the road?")
(My late father would always ask the docents when he took us there as kids, "Why didn't they take over the Sheraton down the road?")
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"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Hey @profanity.accountant am I as bad as I assume I am?
November 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Hey @profanity.accountant am I as bad as I assume I am?
TIL that the Valley Forge encampment in the winter of 1777 constituted the fourth largest city in America at the time.
(My late father would always ask the docents when he took us there as kids, "Why didn't they take over the Sheraton down the road?")
(My late father would always ask the docents when he took us there as kids, "Why didn't they take over the Sheraton down the road?")
I am in episode 3 of the Ken Burns series, and for the record I would not have known but for this that Rahway NJ used to be known as "Spanktown."
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
TIL that the Valley Forge encampment in the winter of 1777 constituted the fourth largest city in America at the time.
(My late father would always ask the docents when he took us there as kids, "Why didn't they take over the Sheraton down the road?")
(My late father would always ask the docents when he took us there as kids, "Why didn't they take over the Sheraton down the road?")
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Back-to-back-to-back Sixers buckets from Adem Bona!
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Wet Hot Zootopian Summer
Lawrence of Zootopia
zootopia impossible: rogue nation
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Wet Hot Zootopian Summer
The best thing about Al Michaels's announcing today is that he correctly used "aperture" in a sentence.
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The best thing about Al Michaels's announcing today is that he correctly used "aperture" in a sentence.
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FYI: this Black Friday game is being played in the afternoon because of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which grants the NFL's antitrust exemption but prevents the league from airing a "substantial" part of games on Fri nights or Saturdays, mid-Sept to mid-Dec. www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
FYI: this Black Friday game is being played in the afternoon because of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which grants the NFL's antitrust exemption but prevents the league from airing a "substantial" part of games on Fri nights or Saturdays, mid-Sept to mid-Dec. www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
Blech Friday.
And... there's the turnover that is the one bad thing the Eagles offense has mostly avoided.
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Blech Friday.
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A top Republican in Indiana, whose daughter has Down Syndrome, just announced he will be voting to block Trump’s gerrymandering after Trump used the R-word to insult people yesterday.
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A top Republican in Indiana, whose daughter has Down Syndrome, just announced he will be voting to block Trump’s gerrymandering after Trump used the R-word to insult people yesterday.
FYI: this Black Friday game is being played in the afternoon because of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which grants the NFL's antitrust exemption but prevents the league from airing a "substantial" part of games on Fri nights or Saturdays, mid-Sept to mid-Dec. www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
FYI: this Black Friday game is being played in the afternoon because of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which grants the NFL's antitrust exemption but prevents the league from airing a "substantial" part of games on Fri nights or Saturdays, mid-Sept to mid-Dec. www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
Incredibly freaked out during Amazon broadcast seeing a CGI'd giant Swoop balloon sailing right past my office window.
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Incredibly freaked out during Amazon broadcast seeing a CGI'd giant Swoop balloon sailing right past my office window.
Max Brosmer implies the existence of Min Brosmer and Med Brosmer.
Officially, Max Brosmer gets the ball and will make his first career start Sunday for the Vikings.
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Max Brosmer implies the existence of Min Brosmer and Med Brosmer.
Well, tonight thank god it's them instead of you.
Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Well, tonight thank god it's them instead of you.
Per this week's Economist/YouGov tracker, only ~10% of Trump voters have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of faith in newspapers and tv news; ~90% have "some" or "very little," and most of them the latter.
How do we as a society come back to normal order when half the country rejects contrary news?
How do we as a society come back to normal order when half the country rejects contrary news?
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Per this week's Economist/YouGov tracker, only ~10% of Trump voters have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of faith in newspapers and tv news; ~90% have "some" or "very little," and most of them the latter.
How do we as a society come back to normal order when half the country rejects contrary news?
How do we as a society come back to normal order when half the country rejects contrary news?
I can't imagine any of us on the East Coast stayed up for the Bengals post-game interview last night (well, except for their fans), but this is just delightful. There's joy, there's gluttony, all of it.
Cincinnati Bengals deliver an unforgettable Thanksgiving postgame interview | SNF | NFL on NBC
YouTube video by NFL on NBC
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November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I can't imagine any of us on the East Coast stayed up for the Bengals post-game interview last night (well, except for their fans), but this is just delightful. There's joy, there's gluttony, all of it.
This 2011 Neil Diamond performance would have been too woke for the Macy's Parade today.
Neil Diamond Performing at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Nov. 26, 2011
YouTube video by Steve Ketterer
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This 2011 Neil Diamond performance would have been too woke for the Macy's Parade today.
While CNN is re-airing a documentary about Live Aid with Phil Collins playing concerts in London and Philadelphia on the same day, Lil Jon has done the contemporary, Gen X equivalent by performing today at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in NYC and TNF in Baltimore.
(Acela? Town car? Tour bus?)
(Acela? Town car? Tour bus?)
If I had a nickel for every time Lil Jon performed Turn Down For What on NBC, *TODAY*, I’d have two nickels.
Which feels like two nickels too many… but also too few.
Which feels like two nickels too many… but also too few.
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
While CNN is re-airing a documentary about Live Aid with Phil Collins playing concerts in London and Philadelphia on the same day, Lil Jon has done the contemporary, Gen X equivalent by performing today at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in NYC and TNF in Baltimore.
(Acela? Town car? Tour bus?)
(Acela? Town car? Tour bus?)
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Alice Brock, restaurateur and painter, passed away last year the week before Thanksgiving at the age of 83. 2/2
Artist and Cook Alice Brock, Made Famous by a Song, Dies at 83 - The Provincetown Independent
Alice May Brock of Provincetown, made famous by Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 song “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” died on Nov. 21, 2024 at the Lily House hospice in Wellfleet. Her caregiver Viki […]
provincetownindependent.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Alice Brock, restaurateur and painter, passed away last year the week before Thanksgiving at the age of 83. 2/2
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Sixty years ago this week in the Berkshire (MA) Eagle: "Saturday, Richard J. Robbins, 19, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Arlo Guthrie, 18, of Howard Beach, N.Y., each paid a fine of $25 in Lee District Court after pleading guilty of illegally disposing of rubbish...."
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November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sixty years ago this week in the Berkshire (MA) Eagle: "Saturday, Richard J. Robbins, 19, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Arlo Guthrie, 18, of Howard Beach, N.Y., each paid a fine of $25 in Lee District Court after pleading guilty of illegally disposing of rubbish...."
web.archive.org/web/20201125... 1/2
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The teams are committed to keeping the score 6-7 all night and as a member of Gen X anything I can say about this will be wrong.
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The teams are committed to keeping the score 6-7 all night and as a member of Gen X anything I can say about this will be wrong.