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they told me we'd be finished by now

📍New Orleans
Why are they laughing at the notion that Chukwuma is good at computer?
December 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Devin Neal Era
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Is this the first game the Saints have played in normal uniforms this year?
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Rain game in Miami last week. Rain game in Tampa this week. It's not a coincidence. It's the black cloud that follows the Saints everywhere they go
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The reasons for the 14th Amendment are unambiguous.
On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Some people (not me) use Sunday morning to catch up on their politics, so here was my Say No to AI piece from this week for that. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
www.sfgate.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Fernando Mendoza, absolute psycho. Like seeing Steve Ballmer in college
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Oh no Mendoza is a meathead
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
College football should not have a playoff. The very idea that the broad and diverse cultural landscape of college football can or should be condensed into a single "national champion" is fascist
December 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Almost literally every single year of the playoff era, the final discourse has been either "should we leave out Alabama" or "should we leave out Ohio State"

The right answer is always pretty obvious, and the committee's dragged itself kicking/screaming to the right/obvious answer every time but one
it doesn’t matter how big or small the playoff is, we are doomed to do alabama discourse every year until the end of time
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I really appreciate Rick Perlstein. I very much enjoy his books. But I think there is a trap people can fall into, because I have fallen into it many times, of thinking that because things happened one way in the past, they can happen that way in the future. The older I get the less I believe this.
An even better example: 1924-1932. The '24 convention split over whether to endorse the Klsn or not. Largely pro-temperance and nativist. By 1932, the left had lots of power in the party at thy highest levels.
Gramps here, lecturing leftists who say the Dems can't change that in 56 it was aligned with Southern segregationists (who got the VP noms), but by 64 with MLK, because of successful social movement organizing. Take the party over, leftists. Else you're not actually involved in US politics.
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Nearly all of these people revealed themselves to be monsters.
6 Republican Voters on U.S. Strikes on Boats Suspected of Smuggling Drugs
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Look at this shit. She is promoting this reactionary hostile article on her own IG feed
December 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'm working on my annual list right now. Of the picture book titles listed here, my favorite is The Monster In The Lake by Leo Timmers
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Ah yes. Modern day leeches
“The Philadelphia Phillies first baseman had his blood cleaned by an unlicensed physician” is a believable news story in 2025 and 1905
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Conservatives are brimming with excitement over their austerity-minded new mayor www.nola.com/opinions/ron...
December 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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We are entering very dark times in the academy if we allow this to continue.
Texas Tech has revived the office of censor. Faculty need pre-clearance to teach their courses. #academicfreedom @aaup.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Fake necklace aficionado approves of fake necklace
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I think we need a national moratorium on person-lectures-directly-to-camera videos. Doesn't matter the topic or the person. I just can't take any more giant faces yelling at me through screens.
December 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Working out a plan for a just transition to the new hot yoga based economy www.wafb.com/2025/12/06/k...
Kiffin’s arrival could bring major economic boost to Louisiana, expert says
LSU football is already one of Louisiana’s largest economic engines, but the arrival of new head coach Lane Kiffin could push that impact even higher, according to an LSU economist.
www.wafb.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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It's ok to hate things! It's ok to expect & demand good art -- good writing, good dialogue, good direction. It's ok to notice when they are absent, even if the art you're criticizing is popular. To just say "it's only a tv show" is to concede you'll lap up any mid slop they put out.
December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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To be clear: I agree not only that Stranger Things sucks -- it has sucked ever since season two -- but aslo that the weird online culture of enforced positivity in criticism is stultifying. It ends up making criticism just as mid & forgettable as most of the content these days.
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Well I suppose it had to happen eventually: Freddie DeBoer has written something that I agree with 100%.
Hating Stranger Things During the Death Rattle of Criticism
this kind of piece will be criminalized within a year
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM