skooks
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they told me we'd be finished by now
📍New Orleans
📍New Orleans
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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
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.
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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
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.
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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
Well I suppose it had to happen eventually: Freddie DeBoer has written something that I agree with 100%.
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Here's the 2026 World Cup draw: defector.com/heres-the-20...
Here’s The 2026 World Cup Draw
On Friday, after an interminable procession of songs, skits, interviews, and speeches, including Donald Trump accepting a knock-off Peace Prize, FIFA’s 2026 World Cup draw ceremony finally did the…
defector.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Here's the 2026 World Cup draw: defector.com/heres-the-20...
Can they at least get them to take the masks off? I've never understood how that is acceptable www.nola.com/news/helena-...
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Can they at least get them to take the masks off? I've never understood how that is acceptable www.nola.com/news/helena-...
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Pleased to announce that I have been awarded a Knighthood by the Order of the Grey Hoodie during this ceremony.
President Trump was awarded the new FIFA Peace Prize during the World Cup draw ceremony. Follow live updates:
https://cnn.it/3KpQgzr
https://cnn.it/3KpQgzr
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Pleased to announce that I have been awarded a Knighthood by the Order of the Grey Hoodie during this ceremony.
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“The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out”
So many scandals now but pay attention to this: DOJ has sued 14 states-12 led by Dems-to demand full unredacted voter files in order to turbocharge Trump voter suppression plans
@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & I detail threat this poses to voting rights ahead of 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & I detail threat this poses to voting rights ahead of 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out”
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It hasn’t even been a week and we have already seen roofers with rifles pointed at them and young women being chased home by unidentified men in masks.
This occupation has never been about keeping people safe. We keep each other safe!
#abolishice #neworleans #localevents #leftist #socialism #dsa
This occupation has never been about keeping people safe. We keep each other safe!
#abolishice #neworleans #localevents #leftist #socialism #dsa
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It hasn’t even been a week and we have already seen roofers with rifles pointed at them and young women being chased home by unidentified men in masks.
This occupation has never been about keeping people safe. We keep each other safe!
#abolishice #neworleans #localevents #leftist #socialism #dsa
This occupation has never been about keeping people safe. We keep each other safe!
#abolishice #neworleans #localevents #leftist #socialism #dsa
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This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
I'll give it to someone special
December 22, 2023 at 2:44 PM
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
I'll give it to someone special
Layers of nuance here www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Layers of nuance here www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
New Orleans 2007. But could also be New Orleans 2025 www.flickr.com/photos/jstra...
We're living under Martian Law!
That explains a lot about post-K life here in NOLA.
www.flickr.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
New Orleans 2007. But could also be New Orleans 2025 www.flickr.com/photos/jstra...
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The list of Pelicans rookies with 12+ points, 2+ assists and 4+ rebounds in at least 8 of their first 23 games as a pro:
Chris Paul
Zion Williamson
Derik Queen
Jeremiah Fears
Chris Paul
Zion Williamson
Derik Queen
Jeremiah Fears
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The list of Pelicans rookies with 12+ points, 2+ assists and 4+ rebounds in at least 8 of their first 23 games as a pro:
Chris Paul
Zion Williamson
Derik Queen
Jeremiah Fears
Chris Paul
Zion Williamson
Derik Queen
Jeremiah Fears
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🌹 Join us Monday, Dec 8 at 10:30am to tell City Council, "No disconnections this winter!"
Go to bit.ly/DSA-EFNO (🔗 in bio) to learn more.
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Join the New Orleans DSA at:
bit.ly/504DSA-JOIN 🔗 in bio
#neworleans #localevents #socialism #leftist #progressive #communism #dsa
Go to bit.ly/DSA-EFNO (🔗 in bio) to learn more.
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Join the New Orleans DSA at:
bit.ly/504DSA-JOIN 🔗 in bio
#neworleans #localevents #socialism #leftist #progressive #communism #dsa
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🌹 Join us Monday, Dec 8 at 10:30am to tell City Council, "No disconnections this winter!"
Go to bit.ly/DSA-EFNO (🔗 in bio) to learn more.
———
Join the New Orleans DSA at:
bit.ly/504DSA-JOIN 🔗 in bio
#neworleans #localevents #socialism #leftist #progressive #communism #dsa
Go to bit.ly/DSA-EFNO (🔗 in bio) to learn more.
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Join the New Orleans DSA at:
bit.ly/504DSA-JOIN 🔗 in bio
#neworleans #localevents #socialism #leftist #progressive #communism #dsa
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NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
OPINION: The Chicago Public Library budget is under threat. Let’s remember what libraries do for us • The TRiiBE
Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources.
thetriibe.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
The sweeps themselves are "large and controversial" The opposition, though, is "ferocious."
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The sweeps themselves are "large and controversial" The opposition, though, is "ferocious."
We've been Tia Maria's regulars for a while. Standard order: Maduros Con Frijoles Y Crema, Pupusas Revueltas, and a couple orders of Queso Frito which are really good with their chimichurri.
Anyway they and many local favs are basically under siege by the terror state. www.nola.com/entertainmen...
Anyway they and many local favs are basically under siege by the terror state. www.nola.com/entertainmen...
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We've been Tia Maria's regulars for a while. Standard order: Maduros Con Frijoles Y Crema, Pupusas Revueltas, and a couple orders of Queso Frito which are really good with their chimichurri.
Anyway they and many local favs are basically under siege by the terror state. www.nola.com/entertainmen...
Anyway they and many local favs are basically under siege by the terror state. www.nola.com/entertainmen...
I guess, "it's all computer" is bad now www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I guess, "it's all computer" is bad now www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
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Let’s be clear: Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut.
We can afford to INCREASE Social Security benefits if billionaires pay their fair share!
We can afford to INCREASE Social Security benefits if billionaires pay their fair share!
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Let’s be clear: Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut.
We can afford to INCREASE Social Security benefits if billionaires pay their fair share!
We can afford to INCREASE Social Security benefits if billionaires pay their fair share!
They're at the Loweses and Home Depots www.nola.com/news/politic...
Border Patrol makes first arrests in New Orleans 'Catahoula Crunch' sweeps. Here’s where.
Federal agents made dozens of immigration arrests Wednesday at a handful of large home-building stores in the New Orleans region, advocates, and eyewitnesses said, as the Trump administration launches...
www.nola.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
They're at the Loweses and Home Depots www.nola.com/news/politic...
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Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
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Alex Karp's origin story is an IQ test
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Alex Karp's origin story is an IQ test
What is the best Christmas movie and why is it the Bleaken episode of Bob's Burgers?
December 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What is the best Christmas movie and why is it the Bleaken episode of Bob's Burgers?
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"Plan to detain at least 5,000 people across a region stretching north to Baton Rouge and East into Mississippi, according to internal documents." per @nolanews.bsky.social
"That figure exceeds the number detained in Chicago and North Carolina, according to DHS tallies."
"That figure exceeds the number detained in Chicago and North Carolina, according to DHS tallies."
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Plan to detain at least 5,000 people across a region stretching north to Baton Rouge and East into Mississippi, according to internal documents." per @nolanews.bsky.social
"That figure exceeds the number detained in Chicago and North Carolina, according to DHS tallies."
"That figure exceeds the number detained in Chicago and North Carolina, according to DHS tallies."