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Jon Danziger

@danziger.bsky.social

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OED researcher. Professor, film and American Studies. Writer. I expect to die without seeing the Jets win the Super Bowl.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · Jul 29

How many New York Times editors does it take to change a light bulb?

The failure of the light bulb has led to greater scrutiny of the Mamdani campaign.

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 11h

[guy making something up] “you can’t make this up!”

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The Democrats are withholding the pay of our brave Border Patrol agents so they can give illegal immigrants free healthcare. You can't make this stuff up.
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🎃dutch(trick or)treat🎃 @dutchtreat.bsky.social · 1d

choose your fighter

12 images in a grid showing a different type of inflatable animal each

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 20h

Wait, didn’t they all move to Canada when Obama was elected and quit when De Blasio was elected?

Excited for them to quit and move again

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 20h

you got a long way to go to get to the most embarrassing Penn State football coach news

Pete Thamel & @PeteThamel
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Per his contract, Penn State owes James Franklin more than $49 million.
•Pete Thamel & @PeteThamel • 13m
Sources: Penn State has fired James Franklin.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 21h

Rich Kotite would be proud!

This team is why I drink.

#jets

Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 21h

Justin Fields had -10 net passing yards today! Congratulations Bluesky users, we all have more net passing yards than an actual NFL quarterback!

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 22h

Jenkins recommending Caitlin Flanagan celebrating Bari Weiss is just a set of matryoshka dolls of fatuous, fascist-curious bullshit.

Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 22h

We lead the league in finding new ways to suck

Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 23h

“analysis”

Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 23h

Like his forebears, Smith and Darnold, look for him to go All Pro in Seattle in a couple of years.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 23h

Maybe he knows. Maybe he’s deluded himself into believing this, or is so enfeebled that he can’t make distinctions.

He is fundamentally not a pathological liar but a bullshitter. He doesn’t give a shit about the truth. He’ll say anything that he thinks will be useful to him in the next ten seconds.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d

Trump knows he was president on Jan. 6. He’s simply lying to rewrite the history of his attempted coup.

Just like Trump knew he lost the 2020 election and lied to fraudulently subvert the results.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 1d

Excited that we’re razing the rain forest and drying the oceans to create the world’s worst wingman, with Chris Farley Show-level insights.

“It was lovely to meet you.” What a story for the grandchildren.

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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full slack @fullslack.bsky.social · 1d

Cory Booker: it’s not about left and right

the right: we’re going to spy on you at all times so we can decide if we should kill you

Schumer: please, come to the table. let’s work this out together, as a team.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 1d

“It *is* an acronym”

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 1d

Tom Hagen and Kay on the down low would have been quite something, wow.

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Matt Prigge @mattprigge.bsky.social · 1d

Easily my favorite celebrity encounter ever. RIP to a queen

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 1d

💯💯💯💯💯💯

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 1d

There are many worse ways to pass the time.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Diane Keaton
My favourite picture of her where everyone else is giving it their best Blue Steel & she looks like she’s just wandered in off the street looking super cool.
She was allowed to wear her own clothes & her wonderful personality shines out.
What a unique talent & human being.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 1d

Her hair in this scene is everything.

It's all impeccably designed -- the wine matching her dress, which is a darker, more dour color than the bright scarlet of the wedding sequence -- but you don't come out singing the costumes. It's her heartbreak.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 1d

Also, leading her death notice with Father of the Bride feels like it would be leading Ian McKellen's one day with Cats?

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 1d

“Oh, Michael. You are blind.”

So many astounding performances: Kay Adams. Louise Bryant.

I saw her once at the Rose Bowl flea market - she was as charming and self-effacing as she was beautiful.

Rest in peace.

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79

Diane Keaton, who starred in "Annie Hall," has died. She was 79.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

There must be some mistake, I read 50 Atlantic articles about how RFK Jr just wants to help Americans eat more vegetables

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d

They continue to eviscerate the public health machinery that has quietly kept Americans, and others around the world, safe and healthy for decades.

The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off. The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.

Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices, according to a person familiar with them. The service was spared during an earlier round of layoffs in February.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 2d

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

Harry Lyles Jr. @harrylylesjr.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 2d

Also, I think they have given up on in loco parentis? No more Animal House-like wardens in the lobbies of all-women dorms, etc.

Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 2d

The other thing I would add to your list: low-rent landlords with schools attached. During COVID, the big administration freakout where I teach was about the dorms being empty, the loss of income - not the safety of the students, or faculty, or especially on-campus staff - maintenance workers, etc.

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