Nick S
@holgate.permanent.red
I am so tired of writing profiles
If I were him and knew the bills were mostly paid I would just spend a year or so writing solely in French (where he already has a gig) and try to have something worth saying in English in spring 2027.
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
If I were him and knew the bills were mostly paid I would just spend a year or so writing solely in French (where he already has a gig) and try to have something worth saying in English in spring 2027.
In hindsight I think I was so mad at you online — I really was — because you were clearly smart and curious but hemmed in by dogma and bad influences and I was maybe a year or two ahead of you in shrugging off my own ideological straitjacket by being more comfortable with uncertainty.
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
In hindsight I think I was so mad at you online — I really was — because you were clearly smart and curious but hemmed in by dogma and bad influences and I was maybe a year or two ahead of you in shrugging off my own ideological straitjacket by being more comfortable with uncertainty.
Like you can’t learn to play guitar because you won’t get the calluses or be able to do barre chords in time but you could learn basic knitting or sew yourself a set of linen pillowcases.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Like you can’t learn to play guitar because you won’t get the calluses or be able to do barre chords in time but you could learn basic knitting or sew yourself a set of linen pillowcases.
As someone who dug deep into the insult well 20+ years ago to be rude to you when you were all libertarian market supremacist and shit, I’m glad you’re here, you took roads less traveled.
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
As someone who dug deep into the insult well 20+ years ago to be rude to you when you were all libertarian market supremacist and shit, I’m glad you’re here, you took roads less traveled.
Depending on what restrictions the docs put on you there are lots of skills for life you can get reasonably good at in a way that won’t fade with 6-8 weeks of reasonable focus.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Depending on what restrictions the docs put on you there are lots of skills for life you can get reasonably good at in a way that won’t fade with 6-8 weeks of reasonable focus.
This is one of the few instances in which Hollywood Journalism is mostly on the money.
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is one of the few instances in which Hollywood Journalism is mostly on the money.
(Portishead didn’t tour that much: especially after 1998: less than 300 shows total. But the tracks from Dummy were ambiently everywhere for a long while.)
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
(Portishead didn’t tour that much: especially after 1998: less than 300 shows total. But the tracks from Dummy were ambiently everywhere for a long while.)
Reposted by Nick S
My phone has full optical character recognition of 47,000 photos. I can search individual words.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My phone has full optical character recognition of 47,000 photos. I can search individual words.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
That dude’s official A&M bio is quite something.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
That dude’s official A&M bio is quite something.
I heard that song for the first time in the HMV in Dublin, which had a sound system fit for an arena and wasn’t afraid to crank it up. It shook up my innards.
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I heard that song for the first time in the HMV in Dublin, which had a sound system fit for an arena and wasn’t afraid to crank it up. It shook up my innards.
(It’s NIMBYs and small-scale investors.)
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
(It’s NIMBYs and small-scale investors.)
Note though that the lead byline on the Mamdani college app story was a freelancer who specializes in “health” writing (anti-trans pieces) because he had the relationship with the race science guy who got hold of the hacked documents. The exceptions to the rules tell you more than the rules.
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Note though that the lead byline on the Mamdani college app story was a freelancer who specializes in “health” writing (anti-trans pieces) because he had the relationship with the race science guy who got hold of the hacked documents. The exceptions to the rules tell you more than the rules.
Precisely: it’s one of the chief tools in the conman’s box.
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Precisely: it’s one of the chief tools in the conman’s box.
I don’t think we have clear evidence of that first part — his bylined pieces in 2015 were mostly on central banks / IMF / investment fund stuff. Otoh he started working for the NYT one month after his big Epstein piece for NYMag, so one can assume his bosses knew he had an in.
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I don’t think we have clear evidence of that first part — his bylined pieces in 2015 were mostly on central banks / IMF / investment fund stuff. Otoh he started working for the NYT one month after his big Epstein piece for NYMag, so one can assume his bosses knew he had an in.
David Coverdale Interview (Deep Purple 1974 )
YouTube video by WHITESNAKE VIDEOS
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November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I can’t help but be reminded of this interview when he talks about his childhood in Saltburn-by-the-Sea:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex5h...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex5h...
Whitesnake TV Episode 1 - Interview with David Coverdale
YouTube video by Whitesnake TV
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November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I can’t help but be reminded of this interview when he talks about his childhood in Saltburn-by-the-Sea:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex5h...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex5h...
@lelandnally.bsky.social did a really great job with it on top of calling everyone in the contacts list
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@lelandnally.bsky.social did a really great job with it on top of calling everyone in the contacts list
Bari Worse is the biggest fraud in elite American journalism, the Elise Stefanik of her profession.
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bari Worse is the biggest fraud in elite American journalism, the Elise Stefanik of her profession.
Her daughter is 15 next year
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Her daughter is 15 next year
They put Patrick fucking Healy in charge of standards and practices
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
They put Patrick fucking Healy in charge of standards and practices
He literally shut down the public editor job with a memo saying “our readers can do the job better” (which was a lie) and since then whenever readers have pointed out dubious stuff (e.g. the Mamdani college app) the institutional response has been “how dare you”
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
He literally shut down the public editor job with a memo saying “our readers can do the job better” (which was a lie) and since then whenever readers have pointed out dubious stuff (e.g. the Mamdani college app) the institutional response has been “how dare you”