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John Leavitt
@leavittalone.bsky.social
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@Leavittalone from Twitter . Writer and cartoonist. Seen in The Toast, New Yorker, The Awl, The Nib, Racked, The Rumpus, The Baffler, etc. That guy you met at that party once. http://www.leavittalone.com/
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · Nov 11
Hello new followers, here is a sadly still relevant presentation I gave about What Is To Be Done www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6GH...
John Leavitt talks ethical consumption under capitalism @ Drunk Educate
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 27m
The actual quote is “in matters of taste, the customer is always right” so yeah let that lady buy a hideous hat.

According to anecdote when the first McDonald’s was open in Moscow the employee asked why they had to be nice? after all Theyre the ones with the burgers…
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 37m
few ideas have damaged the average psyche more than ‘the customer is always right.’ it should be a little bit humiliating, being a customer. you should walk into any service transaction knowing that the other person, and not you, is in control over whether you get your treats
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 42m
It is a very alarming face for sure
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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · 7h
In this piece, I tried to pull together the forces and agendas flowing through megabillionaire Larry Ellison, who is quickly becoming the newest face of US oligarchy in the Trump era. It's all deeply alarming.

For @truthout.org.
From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US
One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”…
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Scare-ic Hirsch @ehirsch.bsky.social · 55m
I thought this was going to be my favorite sequence of words arranged by @mobute.bsky.social and then I heard “beavis terrarium” on the It’s Christmastown podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
139 - Snow Crashing the Joe Morgan Moneyball Universe
Podcast Episode · It's Christmastown · 10/09/2025 · 1h 12m
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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 1h
The Trump admin is fully powered by the attention economy. A universe of dumbasess talking to other dumbasess, built on the assumption our tastes have grown so rotten and atrophied that we can't even remember a world where we weren't inundated by worthless slop.
www.garbageday.email/p/the-great-...
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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 1h
Another part of the rebrand was the food quality. Until the late 90's, everything was proudly made from scratch in a local commissary and brought to restaurants daily. To cut costs, local wholesale providers were used for pre-packaged foods. They also began using Lipton soup and Kraft mac n cheese
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 1h
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matthew @pahuski.com · 8h
Happy Columbo’s Day
Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.” “If the car’s gone,” “I’ll give you another cookie anyway” “because I love you.”
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404 Media @404media.co · 2h
For months we followed what happened when a company forced AI into the world of craft beer. Legal threats, people quitting, and beer judges in revolt over being told to use AI.

"It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up" www.404media.co/what-happene...
What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer
A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 9h
bring it to me when it can do drugs
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 9h
I do have an actual nephew in the tri-state area but ...why?
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 9h
my most WASP hours are that I have step-grandchildren I have never met they are in Arentina or whatever
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 10h
anyway www.youtube.com/watch?v=FApi...
T. Rex - Jeepster (1971)
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 10h
Back the 90s my mom wanted me to go by Jack and I resisted cause of Titanic and now I refuse cause that’s too folkloric
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 11h
My go to was “Hers is the daytime regimen of a courtesan (or an actress), devoted to the rigorous maintenance of her looks. She's associated, more than any other character, with mirrors”
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 11h
I was raised to be charming, not faithful
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 11h
Back when I had a hookup app profile it was a paragraph about Eyes Wide Shut - today could I get away with “‘ Am I not sensitive,
Clever, Well-mannered, Considerate, Passionate,
Charming, As kind as I'm handsome
And heir to a throne?’
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Alonso Duralde @aduralde.bsky.social · 13h
You will very soon be kicking yourself for not seeing Kiss of the Spider Woman on the big screen, so do it while you still can. #filmsky 📽
Collage of images from 2025’s Kiss of the Spider Woman
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 13h
the actual spice would be giving him the middle name Teresa
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 13h
Had a conversation with her that went "So why did my brother name his kid Donovan?" "Oh they wanted my name in there, Donna/Donovan" "Okay but Donna means Lady shouldn't his name be Guy?"
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 13h
always fun to go oh hey one of my Mom's friends www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8j1...
Hey Mickey
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 13h
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ABBA - Mamma Mia (Made In Sweden - For Export)
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 1d
I gave a visiting friend two Cannoli Bars which you can only get the at the Localvore store
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 1d
i took two people to see the new murals at Saint Patrick which also turned into a tour of 30 Rock
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 1d
again I am trying to interact more with the city, grand central oyster bar, central park lobster rolls, shows at the Met and drinks at the Carlyle, orders from Economy Candy for local bars at Halloween
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 13h
Super Trouper www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bshx...
ABBA - Super Trouper
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