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Museums, mormonism, movies, and a mediocre basketball team
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Jazzman most likely to be traded this year isn't Lauri; it's Svi Mykhailiuk. The guy quietly does a lot off things really well, and those things happen to the skills that help contenders round out their rotations for a playoff run. Could be a great pickup for a team that needs depth.
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The Jazzman most likely to be traded this year isn't Lauri; it's Svi Mykhailiuk. The guy quietly does a lot off things really well, and those things happen to the skills that help contenders round out their rotations for a playoff run. Could be a great pickup for a team that needs depth.
I love watching Isaiah Collier play basketball.
I know the odds are stacked against him with his turnovers and his shooting, but I really hope he pulls it out.
I know the odds are stacked against him with his turnovers and his shooting, but I really hope he pulls it out.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I love watching Isaiah Collier play basketball.
I know the odds are stacked against him with his turnovers and his shooting, but I really hope he pulls it out.
I know the odds are stacked against him with his turnovers and his shooting, but I really hope he pulls it out.
What is an especially meaningful birthday gift you've received?
My wife's birthday is coming up, and I'm having an unusually difficult time brainstorming this year
My wife's birthday is coming up, and I'm having an unusually difficult time brainstorming this year
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What is an especially meaningful birthday gift you've received?
My wife's birthday is coming up, and I'm having an unusually difficult time brainstorming this year
My wife's birthday is coming up, and I'm having an unusually difficult time brainstorming this year
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The whole piece is excellent but these paragraphs here are absolute bangers. And boy but it’s refreshing to see the New Yorker critique centrist views (here’s the archived version if you haven’t got a subscription: archive.ph/UNdFj).
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The whole piece is excellent but these paragraphs here are absolute bangers. And boy but it’s refreshing to see the New Yorker critique centrist views (here’s the archived version if you haven’t got a subscription: archive.ph/UNdFj).
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
Is it just me, or does 12-year-old Felix Mendelssohn look like when Tina Fey plays young Liz Lemon in a flashbak?
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Is it just me, or does 12-year-old Felix Mendelssohn look like when Tina Fey plays young Liz Lemon in a flashbak?
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hah. should have known @theradr.bsky.social already broke this down (from a very different angle, but to the same interpretive end, if i'm allowed that confidence!) years ago, in a newsletter.
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
hah. should have known @theradr.bsky.social already broke this down (from a very different angle, but to the same interpretive end, if i'm allowed that confidence!) years ago, in a newsletter.
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
what is more jewish than arguing the same point repeatedly
lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/on-the-sin...
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Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Caravaggio, 1599
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Caravaggio, 1599
Looks like the Jazz are keeping their pick this year!
Utah's Walker Kessler is undergoing season-ending left shoulder surgery for a torn labrum, sources tell ESPN.
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Looks like the Jazz are keeping their pick this year!
As someone who works at a museum with Rockwells in its collection, you don't mess with the Rockwell Foundation.
Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
As someone who works at a museum with Rockwells in its collection, you don't mess with the Rockwell Foundation.
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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8 of the 9 members of the Fellowship of the Ring become immigrants at some point in their lives. You can spin the Lord of the Rings in a lot of different ways, but there's no case for it being anti-immigration.
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
8 of the 9 members of the Fellowship of the Ring become immigrants at some point in their lives. You can spin the Lord of the Rings in a lot of different ways, but there's no case for it being anti-immigration.
If you see this, post four female characters you love
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 AM
If you see this, post four female characters you love
Millennials complaining about kids' obsession with "6 7" is rich given that we could not physically restrain ourselves from saying "Your mom goes to college" at any given opportunity when we were their age
October 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Millennials complaining about kids' obsession with "6 7" is rich given that we could not physically restrain ourselves from saying "Your mom goes to college" at any given opportunity when we were their age
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Actually the modern political landscape is just strewn with people like this who sort of careen through different identities looking for something that makes them feel less hollow, looking for something to believe in
October 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Actually the modern political landscape is just strewn with people like this who sort of careen through different identities looking for something that makes them feel less hollow, looking for something to believe in
This is also true about a lot of Christians. The point for them is not about changing the world for the better. It's about feeling superior to everyone else. You can excuse any bad behavior if you think that you're part of a small group of God's special favorites.
Honestly, the response has continued to convince me that so much of the online left is about feeling superior to normies and not about actual change
like, the People are actually rising up and y’all hate it
you didn’t want change or solidarity, you just wanted to feel more enlightened than others
like, the People are actually rising up and y’all hate it
you didn’t want change or solidarity, you just wanted to feel more enlightened than others
I think some of the people on social media sneering at the No Kings protesters are just mad that those normies with signs are way better shitposters than they are
October 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is also true about a lot of Christians. The point for them is not about changing the world for the better. It's about feeling superior to everyone else. You can excuse any bad behavior if you think that you're part of a small group of God's special favorites.
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Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
October 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
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Rachel is one of the dearest people to me in the world and helping her will make the world better a hundred thousand times over gofund.me/8aa02fba5
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October 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Rachel is one of the dearest people to me in the world and helping her will make the world better a hundred thousand times over gofund.me/8aa02fba5
Nationwide ban on all nicotine products.
Smoking kills half a million Americans each year. Second-hand smoke alone kills as many Americans a year as guns (which should also be highly regulated, but that's not a niche stance).
Smoking kills half a million Americans each year. Second-hand smoke alone kills as many Americans a year as guns (which should also be highly regulated, but that's not a niche stance).
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Nationwide ban on all nicotine products.
Smoking kills half a million Americans each year. Second-hand smoke alone kills as many Americans a year as guns (which should also be highly regulated, but that's not a niche stance).
Smoking kills half a million Americans each year. Second-hand smoke alone kills as many Americans a year as guns (which should also be highly regulated, but that's not a niche stance).