Bill Tipper
@tripleblip.bsky.social
Busting out my brains for the word. 1/3 of the podcast An Embarrassment of Prog. Asst. to The Amazing Sargasso. Editing things @WSJBooks. Opinions dumb, and my own.
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Mink graduated from University of Chicago Law School in 1951, but no law firms would hire a married woman with a child, so she opened her own private practice. She launched her political career in 1956 as Hawaii debated statehood, driven in part by her experiences with discrimination. /3
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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I went out to a hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head
And
Those images that yet
Fresh images beget,
That dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea.
Because a fire was in my head
And
Those images that yet
Fresh images beget,
That dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I went out to a hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head
And
Those images that yet
Fresh images beget,
That dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea.
Because a fire was in my head
And
Those images that yet
Fresh images beget,
That dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea.
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
What an absolute marvel of a record this is.
#CDFriday 📀
How is "Strange Geometry" already 20 years old? It still feels newer than most of what I listened to in 2024.
#NowPlaying #Clientele #DreamPop #2000s
How is "Strange Geometry" already 20 years old? It still feels newer than most of what I listened to in 2024.
#NowPlaying #Clientele #DreamPop #2000s
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What an absolute marvel of a record this is.
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#CDFriday 📀
How is "Strange Geometry" already 20 years old? It still feels newer than most of what I listened to in 2024.
#NowPlaying #Clientele #DreamPop #2000s
How is "Strange Geometry" already 20 years old? It still feels newer than most of what I listened to in 2024.
#NowPlaying #Clientele #DreamPop #2000s
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
#CDFriday 📀
How is "Strange Geometry" already 20 years old? It still feels newer than most of what I listened to in 2024.
#NowPlaying #Clientele #DreamPop #2000s
How is "Strange Geometry" already 20 years old? It still feels newer than most of what I listened to in 2024.
#NowPlaying #Clientele #DreamPop #2000s
Pure evil. Gutter racism.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Pure evil. Gutter racism.
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"We are unearthing the echo of loneliness. We are unfolding the brushstrokes of regret. We are saying the words that mean meaning." A great, clarifying, skin-crawling piece on A.I. writing 'style' by Sam Kriss. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"We are unearthing the echo of loneliness. We are unfolding the brushstrokes of regret. We are saying the words that mean meaning." A great, clarifying, skin-crawling piece on A.I. writing 'style' by Sam Kriss. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
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Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
The Wall Street Journal’s Top 10 Books of 2025 are up! Gift link: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
The 10 Best Books of 2025
Ten works of fiction and nonfiction that stood out among those our reviewers read this year, selected by the Journal’s books editors.
www.wsj.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Wall Street Journal’s Top 10 Books of 2025 are up! Gift link: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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For the next two weeks we will be fundraising for our winter ministry project … consider partnering with our local ministry in providing grocery gift cards for the community venmo.com/u/solomon-MI...
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
For the next two weeks we will be fundraising for our winter ministry project … consider partnering with our local ministry in providing grocery gift cards for the community venmo.com/u/solomon-MI...
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RFK Jr.’s pick to reshape the childhood vaccine schedule embraces Covid conspiracy theories
Dr. Kirk Milhoan is a pediatric cardiologist and church pastor who has falsely stated that Covid vaccines cause cancer, miscarriage and widespread heart disease. By @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social
Dr. Kirk Milhoan is a pediatric cardiologist and church pastor who has falsely stated that Covid vaccines cause cancer, miscarriage and widespread heart disease. By @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social
RFK Jr.’s pick to reshape the childhood vaccine schedule embraces Covid conspiracy theories
Dr. Kirk Milhoan compared vaccination efforts during the pandemic to the Holocaust and called mRNA technology “the biggest threat to humanity.”
www.ms.now
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
RFK Jr.’s pick to reshape the childhood vaccine schedule embraces Covid conspiracy theories
Dr. Kirk Milhoan is a pediatric cardiologist and church pastor who has falsely stated that Covid vaccines cause cancer, miscarriage and widespread heart disease. By @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social
Dr. Kirk Milhoan is a pediatric cardiologist and church pastor who has falsely stated that Covid vaccines cause cancer, miscarriage and widespread heart disease. By @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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“Angels We Have Heard on High” and Joni Mitchell’s “River,” especially the Cee-Lo Green cover
What is your favorite "Christian" Christmas song and what is your favorite "Secular" Christmas song?
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“Angels We Have Heard on High” and Joni Mitchell’s “River,” especially the Cee-Lo Green cover
DID YOU KNOW: Pentangle is, legally speaking, “Holiday Music”
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
DID YOU KNOW: Pentangle is, legally speaking, “Holiday Music”
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naming my fists stephen and sondheim cuz theyre gonna FINISH your hat
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
naming my fists stephen and sondheim cuz theyre gonna FINISH your hat
We caught the early show at City Winery tonight. The sorta-sad beautiful seasonal tunes (& non-seasonal hits), @pftompkins.bsky.social getting right to the part of the song everybody wants to hear, @joshgondelman.bsky.social in perfect, hilarious form. Go see this!!
Personally I am excited to see @aimeemann.bsky.social @tedleo.bsky.social @pftompkins.bsky.social @joshgondelman.bsky.social at City Winery tonight. That’s just one man’s opinion, so CALL OFF YOUR DOGS,
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
We caught the early show at City Winery tonight. The sorta-sad beautiful seasonal tunes (& non-seasonal hits), @pftompkins.bsky.social getting right to the part of the song everybody wants to hear, @joshgondelman.bsky.social in perfect, hilarious form. Go see this!!
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I often think that a lot of our discourses are bound up in an ongoing struggle to understand our relationship to suffering. Not just that it is unavoidable, but that elements of suffering are inextricable from our greatest joy and deepest access to meaning.
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I often think that a lot of our discourses are bound up in an ongoing struggle to understand our relationship to suffering. Not just that it is unavoidable, but that elements of suffering are inextricable from our greatest joy and deepest access to meaning.
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I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
The early-bird Sunday night contingent checking in!
Oh damn the pressure is ON now!
Personally I am excited to see @aimeemann.bsky.social @tedleo.bsky.social @pftompkins.bsky.social @joshgondelman.bsky.social at City Winery tonight. That’s just one man’s opinion, so CALL OFF YOUR DOGS,
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The early-bird Sunday night contingent checking in!
Three of the most memorable theatre experiences of my life— Arcadia, the Real Thing and Leopoldstadt—were Stoppard plays. Hard to process that there won’t be any more.
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Three of the most memorable theatre experiences of my life— Arcadia, the Real Thing and Leopoldstadt—were Stoppard plays. Hard to process that there won’t be any more.
One of the most frustrating things about news reporting now is the refusal to include things we already know—such as the recent perversion of what are supposed to be science-based agencies into anti-science propaganda mills—into the framing of individual breaking stories.
Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
One of the most frustrating things about news reporting now is the refusal to include things we already know—such as the recent perversion of what are supposed to be science-based agencies into anti-science propaganda mills—into the framing of individual breaking stories.
Bombadilian Studies, a thriving field!
Having first journeyed through Tolkien fan art - for reasons that are Mysterious - I have graduated to music, and have spent today listening to various fan version of "Old Tom Bombadil". Join me in a journey through my discoveries!
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Bombadilian Studies, a thriving field!
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Air Supply
Diamanda Galas
Courtney Barnett
Roberta Flack
fIREHOSE
Air Supply
Diamanda Galas
Courtney Barnett
Roberta Flack
fIREHOSE
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Britney Spears
Janelle Monae
Stevie Wonder
Alabama Shakes
Tiesto
Britney Spears
Janelle Monae
Stevie Wonder
Alabama Shakes
Tiesto
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
cast of Glee
The Kingston Trio
Bo Diddley
Ani DiFranco
Simon & Garfunkel
cast of Glee
The Kingston Trio
Bo Diddley
Ani DiFranco
Simon & Garfunkel
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Air Supply
Diamanda Galas
Courtney Barnett
Roberta Flack
fIREHOSE
Air Supply
Diamanda Galas
Courtney Barnett
Roberta Flack
fIREHOSE
A collaborative effort for sure. Not shown: a pair of barbecued chickens, rolls, cranberry relish
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A collaborative effort for sure. Not shown: a pair of barbecued chickens, rolls, cranberry relish
What if wet Judy I said
Though I knew she was sleeping
Though I knew she was sleeping
what if wet Judy assume that very few people actually argue about politics over Thanksgiving dinner, in part due to partisan sorting but also because many people are less highly engaged with current events
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
What if wet Judy I said
Though I knew she was sleeping
Though I knew she was sleeping