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i spent some time today thinking about how one thing i like about wes anderson is he has a lot of love and appreciation for americana and has a fondness for 20th century american cultural products but the second he had the money he got the fuck out of texas to live wherever he could in europe
I moved from Texas to Maine two years ago. Last month I went back for four days. I won't go again.
medium.com/@randythetoo...
medium.com/@randythetoo...
You’re not supposed to live like this
This is a story about Texas.
medium.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
i spent some time today thinking about how one thing i like about wes anderson is he has a lot of love and appreciation for americana and has a fondness for 20th century american cultural products but the second he had the money he got the fuck out of texas to live wherever he could in europe
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I moved from Texas to Maine two years ago. Last month I went back for four days. I won't go again.
medium.com/@randythetoo...
medium.com/@randythetoo...
You’re not supposed to live like this
This is a story about Texas.
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I moved from Texas to Maine two years ago. Last month I went back for four days. I won't go again.
medium.com/@randythetoo...
medium.com/@randythetoo...
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I wish journalists would stop making misleading claims like: "As the technology improves, it's harder to distinguish from human work, and it's shaking academia to its core with some very big questions" - the similarity is superficial, the gulf from human work massive. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
How artificial intelligence is reshaping college for students and professors
This year’s senior class is the first to have spent nearly its entire college career in the age of generative AI, a type of artificial intelligence that can create new content, like text and images. A...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I wish journalists would stop making misleading claims like: "As the technology improves, it's harder to distinguish from human work, and it's shaking academia to its core with some very big questions" - the similarity is superficial, the gulf from human work massive. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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InFURiating that we all have to write/think/talk about vaccines this much, outside of celebrating new successes (HPV vax largely *eliminating* cervical cancer, my god), this shit was settled as one of the great scientific and public health triumphs EVER and now these dipshits are trying to ruin it
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
InFURiating that we all have to write/think/talk about vaccines this much, outside of celebrating new successes (HPV vax largely *eliminating* cervical cancer, my god), this shit was settled as one of the great scientific and public health triumphs EVER and now these dipshits are trying to ruin it
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the annual snowfall required for me to take your city seriously is like 11” minimum. nobody is using 300 days of sun to serve the lord
December 3, 2023 at 4:18 PM
the annual snowfall required for me to take your city seriously is like 11” minimum. nobody is using 300 days of sun to serve the lord
POPS Magellan - DEEP THOUGHTS feat. Noa Kahn | Live At EastWest Studios
YouTube video by Pops Magellan
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November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Pops Magellan – Funk Karma Live at @BlueNoteSP
YouTube video by Pops Magellan
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November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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I want to stress here for journalists covering Kennedy and his goons that this war on public health is driven by big money.
The wellness industry is a massive, massive grift.
The wellness industry is a massive, massive grift.
Mr. Kennedy said it’s an individual choice as to whether or not to vaccinate.
Then he and his minions started taking that choice away by making FDA approval of some vaccines impossible.
Then he and his minions started taking that choice away by making FDA approval of some vaccines impossible.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I want to stress here for journalists covering Kennedy and his goons that this war on public health is driven by big money.
The wellness industry is a massive, massive grift.
The wellness industry is a massive, massive grift.
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California is a hub for entrepreneurs and innovation, especially for the small businesses who employ more than 7 million Californians. Their success and the success of our economy, workers, families, and state go hand-in-hand.
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
California is a hub for entrepreneurs and innovation, especially for the small businesses who employ more than 7 million Californians. Their success and the success of our economy, workers, families, and state go hand-in-hand.
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Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
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Ran out of poop bags while walking Dido so I used a Chick tract that was on the ground next to her poop?! God works in mysterious ways, blessings etc
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ran out of poop bags while walking Dido so I used a Chick tract that was on the ground next to her poop?! God works in mysterious ways, blessings etc
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Henry Ford accused industrialist and statesman Bernard Baruch of being the secret Jewish dictator of the United States. When reporters asked Baruch for comment he said, "Now, boys, you wouldn't expect me to deny that would you?"
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Henry Ford accused industrialist and statesman Bernard Baruch of being the secret Jewish dictator of the United States. When reporters asked Baruch for comment he said, "Now, boys, you wouldn't expect me to deny that would you?"
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Batman has so many Robins because as a youth Bruce Wayne read Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" & decided to use the excessive amount of orphans within Gotham City (thank to the high crime rate) to fight crime.
When a Robin dies there are always more to take its place in the never-ending battle.
When a Robin dies there are always more to take its place in the never-ending battle.
November 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Batman has so many Robins because as a youth Bruce Wayne read Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" & decided to use the excessive amount of orphans within Gotham City (thank to the high crime rate) to fight crime.
When a Robin dies there are always more to take its place in the never-ending battle.
When a Robin dies there are always more to take its place in the never-ending battle.
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The fascists won temporarily, but fascism is for losers. They'll fail. They are con men and swindlers. And when they do lose, we make a real democracy. The kind they hate. Their "creative destruction" will be democracy rising.
November 10, 2024 at 2:48 PM
The fascists won temporarily, but fascism is for losers. They'll fail. They are con men and swindlers. And when they do lose, we make a real democracy. The kind they hate. Their "creative destruction" will be democracy rising.
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Dancer
Aleksey Galushkov ca. 1920.
I assume the 'moderation service' will tag this as adult or somesuch nonsense.
Aleksey Galushkov ca. 1920.
I assume the 'moderation service' will tag this as adult or somesuch nonsense.
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Dancer
Aleksey Galushkov ca. 1920.
I assume the 'moderation service' will tag this as adult or somesuch nonsense.
Aleksey Galushkov ca. 1920.
I assume the 'moderation service' will tag this as adult or somesuch nonsense.
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White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby
White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby
WASHINGTON—Describing the practice as a “fun little side project” rather than an occupation, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Monday that nursing would be reclassified as a hobby under new ...
theonion.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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Thanksgiving served as a potent reminder for me that daily life feels weird and disconcerting because of how badly our information environment has fragmented society.
A few thoughts below, and a request for ideas at the bottom.
A few thoughts below, and a request for ideas at the bottom.
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Thanksgiving served as a potent reminder for me that daily life feels weird and disconcerting because of how badly our information environment has fragmented society.
A few thoughts below, and a request for ideas at the bottom.
A few thoughts below, and a request for ideas at the bottom.
Matteo Mancuso - Drop D // Live at Montreal Jazz Festival
YouTube video by Derives productions films
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Sorry, Olivia Nuzzi haters, but age is just a number.
by David Brooks
by David Brooks
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Sorry, Olivia Nuzzi haters, but age is just a number.
by David Brooks
by David Brooks
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ME: (shivering, stripped naked and tied to a chair) Drag queens have pretty privilege…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
ME: (shivering, stripped naked and tied to a chair) Drag queens have pretty privilege…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
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I’m starting to get the sense that it was a bad idea to put a deeply insecure, sexual assaulting Fox News host with a drinking problem and a crusader tattoo who said he was into war crimes in charge of the military.
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I’m starting to get the sense that it was a bad idea to put a deeply insecure, sexual assaulting Fox News host with a drinking problem and a crusader tattoo who said he was into war crimes in charge of the military.
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The Marvelous Mrs. Measles has written a memoir. Or a concept of a memoir, anyway.
I read the Cheryl Hines book so you don’t have to www.patreon.com/posts/144407...
What is Cheryl Hines thinking? Nothing, apparently | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
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November 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The Marvelous Mrs. Measles has written a memoir. Or a concept of a memoir, anyway.
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caving to a weak president with a 60% disapproval rating implies you AGREE with him
Fuck, Northwestern just caved. Reading the deal now. ( www.northwestern.edu/president/do... )
www.northwestern.edu
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
caving to a weak president with a 60% disapproval rating implies you AGREE with him