Ineffable Benthic Pulchritude (braveiowan on bird app)
@anineffablegrump.bsky.social
Iowa. Root beer floats. #YNWA. If martin buber and EM Cioran had a baby and it married Italo Calvino's punk rock estranged kid, and they had a kid. Middling. Former licensed attorney, video store owner and floor layer.
Speaking of illegality without accountability
Final Hillsborough report provides closure but not consequences
Final Hillsborough report provides closure but not consequences
Failings of legal system mean 97 people were unlawfully killed, but no one will be held accountable
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Speaking of illegality without accountability
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November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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This is truly awful. I have served in the university media board for 3 years and saw how brilliant and committed the student editors of these magazines were to quality and integrity. This is such a loss for the university community at large. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This is truly awful. I have served in the university media board for 3 years and saw how brilliant and committed the student editors of these magazines were to quality and integrity. This is such a loss for the university community at large. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Eat Prey, pray love
Four Weddings and a Death at a Funeral
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Longest Day of the Jackal
The Longest Day of the Jackal
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Eat Prey, pray love
I know hes racist but my guy, leave some for christmas dinner alone at maralago
For a guy who believes he has finite energy to expend, he chooses big racist dick energy alot
For a guy who believes he has finite energy to expend, he chooses big racist dick energy alot
Trump: “Ilhan Omar is garbage. Her friends are garbage.
“They come from hell, and they complain and do nothing but bitch.
“We don't want them here, let them go back and fix their country.”
“They come from hell, and they complain and do nothing but bitch.
“We don't want them here, let them go back and fix their country.”
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I know hes racist but my guy, leave some for christmas dinner alone at maralago
For a guy who believes he has finite energy to expend, he chooses big racist dick energy alot
For a guy who believes he has finite energy to expend, he chooses big racist dick energy alot
As a parent of a kiddo whose accomodation plan is still unsigned with a yearlong "wellllllllll" series of excuses and bs, this is fucking preposterous. The "reward" of disability. If your school itself is underfunded, you see how rewarded you get. Whats the burden of disability for kids preciouses
"Rich kids are gaming disability accommodations to gain an unfair advantage" is actually very different from "America has an extra-time-on-tests problem" — and the author hasn't proved that either! Rich kids might just be more likely to be diagnosed.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
As a parent of a kiddo whose accomodation plan is still unsigned with a yearlong "wellllllllll" series of excuses and bs, this is fucking preposterous. The "reward" of disability. If your school itself is underfunded, you see how rewarded you get. Whats the burden of disability for kids preciouses
Oh my god.
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Oh my god.
No injuries to the residents, so i can say, of all the cars that have plowed into houses/businesses, the elevation here is a real treat. Chefs kiss.
“Drunk DHS employee crashes BMW into buildings in Vermont.
USCIS operations worker accused of plowing car through two Main Street buildings, renewing concerns about conduct inside the immigration enforcement apparatus.”
migrantinsider.com/p/drunk-dhs-...
USCIS operations worker accused of plowing car through two Main Street buildings, renewing concerns about conduct inside the immigration enforcement apparatus.”
migrantinsider.com/p/drunk-dhs-...
Drunk DHS Employee Crashes BMW Into Buildings in Vermont
USCIS operations worker accused of plowing car through two Main Street buildings, renewing concerns about conduct inside the immigration enforcement apparatus.
migrantinsider.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
No injuries to the residents, so i can say, of all the cars that have plowed into houses/businesses, the elevation here is a real treat. Chefs kiss.
Hahaha, the fog of war means actual smoke
What a loser. Dudes going to go to jail.
What a loser. Dudes going to go to jail.
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hahaha, the fog of war means actual smoke
What a loser. Dudes going to go to jail.
What a loser. Dudes going to go to jail.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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For PRIDE, here are some articles that I wrote over the years on queer history. www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
Rediscovering Eve Adams, the Radical Lesbian Activist
How Jonathan Ned Katz retraced the story of the woman who wrote what might be the first ethnography of American lesbian life.
www.newyorker.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For PRIDE, here are some articles that I wrote over the years on queer history. www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
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The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.
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a widowed veteran remarried after losing his first wife to cancer has his new wife taken by ICE and he ends up starting a support group after meeting others in the military who had the same thing happen to them. the trauma being inflicted on these families is just incalculable.
“I kind of feel betrayed, to be honest. We do everything that we can to protect and serve our country. And then they betray us by treating us like we’ve never done anything.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE arrests at San Diego green card interviews include military spouses
These kinds of arrests began Nov. 12, multiple immigration attorneys say, many adding they had never seen anything like this before.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
a widowed veteran remarried after losing his first wife to cancer has his new wife taken by ICE and he ends up starting a support group after meeting others in the military who had the same thing happen to them. the trauma being inflicted on these families is just incalculable.
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“America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle”
too many people just focus on supply side of foreigners using tech for disinformation. Its the demand side - American society is broken yet wealthy - that makes it a business model
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
too many people just focus on supply side of foreigners using tech for disinformation. Its the demand side - American society is broken yet wealthy - that makes it a business model
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle”
too many people just focus on supply side of foreigners using tech for disinformation. Its the demand side - American society is broken yet wealthy - that makes it a business model
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
too many people just focus on supply side of foreigners using tech for disinformation. Its the demand side - American society is broken yet wealthy - that makes it a business model
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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I wrote much of this several months ago, about Ezra Klein's response to the Kirk assassination, and then never ended up publishing it, but I think this UO "controversy" is a such a perfect example of how TPUSA et al actually advance conservative power that I decided to revive and rewrite it.
What Liberals Can Learn from Charlie Kirk
Over the last few days, if you’re active on political media, you have probably seen references to the “controversy” over a student’s failing grade on an essay at Oklahoma Un…
nathangoldwag.wordpress.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I wrote much of this several months ago, about Ezra Klein's response to the Kirk assassination, and then never ended up publishing it, but I think this UO "controversy" is a such a perfect example of how TPUSA et al actually advance conservative power that I decided to revive and rewrite it.
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Loved this idea. Reading is nowadays often practiced individually and in silence, but we learn how to read by being read aloud and reading aloud ourselves. Teaching students the different ways of reading should not stop once they can decode long sentences. #reading
“Scholarly effort is in decline everywhere as never before. Indeed, cleverness is shunned at home and abroad. What does reading offer to pupils except tears?”
this guy has his finger on the pulse amirite
www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p... 🗃️
this guy has his finger on the pulse amirite
www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p... 🗃️
‘Doing the Readings’
Dr Will Pooley (Associate Professor in Modern History), University of Bristol The students, we often grumble, don’t read the secondary readings we set for class. Every year, we find ourselves press…
www.history-uk.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Loved this idea. Reading is nowadays often practiced individually and in silence, but we learn how to read by being read aloud and reading aloud ourselves. Teaching students the different ways of reading should not stop once they can decode long sentences. #reading
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The Krugman blog today on affordability gets at exactly what I think is happening, and what's missed in the vibecession debates
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/affordabil...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/affordabil...
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Krugman blog today on affordability gets at exactly what I think is happening, and what's missed in the vibecession debates
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/affordabil...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/affordabil...
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this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
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Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
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Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
Theres a thing status quo tax folks do that implies leftists or libs cant ponder tax reform or tax policy so must believe in an absolute flat tax policy of tax everyone to the max, period
You see it in the replies here that are chuckling that a zohran small business policy must mean he's reagan now
You see it in the replies here that are chuckling that a zohran small business policy must mean he's reagan now
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Theres a thing status quo tax folks do that implies leftists or libs cant ponder tax reform or tax policy so must believe in an absolute flat tax policy of tax everyone to the max, period
You see it in the replies here that are chuckling that a zohran small business policy must mean he's reagan now
You see it in the replies here that are chuckling that a zohran small business policy must mean he's reagan now
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They’re burying the weirdest part of this story, which is that this congressman’s twin brother keeps trying and failing to replace him in various jobs and is now hoping to replace him in this one
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
They’re burying the weirdest part of this story, which is that this congressman’s twin brother keeps trying and failing to replace him in various jobs and is now hoping to replace him in this one
Look at these suckers. Not me. Thats why i bought JD Vances PWEASE memecoin when he endorsed it and i have never checked on it since. I'm sure its been a lucrative decision.
Since inauguration:
—Shares in the company that operates Truth Social: ⬇️ 75%
— Meme coin named for Trump: ⬇️ 86%.
— Meme coin named for Melania: ⬇️ 99%.
“When do I give up on this and move on?” asked one investor, whose chat name is SimpleMindHatter.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
—Shares in the company that operates Truth Social: ⬇️ 75%
— Meme coin named for Trump: ⬇️ 86%.
— Meme coin named for Melania: ⬇️ 99%.
“When do I give up on this and move on?” asked one investor, whose chat name is SimpleMindHatter.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
Since Trump’s Return, Bets on His Brand Have Soured
Stocks and cryptocurrencies tied to the president and his family have tumbled amid a broader rout of riskier assets.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Look at these suckers. Not me. Thats why i bought JD Vances PWEASE memecoin when he endorsed it and i have never checked on it since. I'm sure its been a lucrative decision.
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Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
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Huh what nation in Lincoln’s time had 11 states
November 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Huh what nation in Lincoln’s time had 11 states