"When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done." - John Maynard Keynes

Please wait until after Thanksgiving to freak us out, Giant Demented Santa.

“I asked ChatGPT—“ yeah well I asked you to stop doing that and now we can’t be friends anymore

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Today’s winning headline.

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Perfect. Where was this an hour ago when I was explaining the passive voice to my students?

1893. From: “Hypnotism, its Facts, Theories, and Related Phenomena.” #illustration #1890s #hypnotism

As usual, all most people want is something purely negative or cutely sentimental; a post with any complexity or nuance or thoughtfulness is an orphan in the storm.

find the lunch joint in your town that's offering a new hoagie called the Sean Dunn. those are your people

the women in the workplace discourse is very funny because a man who can act normal in an office environment that's predominantly female is absolutely on easy street. it's maybe the best gig anyone in history has had. and yet for many guys it is utterly impossible

Finally canceled my subscription and deleted my Spotify account (I know, I know, that took longer than it should have).

OMG STOP READING THE TIMES FFS

JFC, at least when I was catfished it was by an honest-to-goodness *human* pathological liar.

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I think jobs should always list salary and that people should talk about their salaries openly. Your salary is not your worth. It's just what you get paid. This would help unite workers and reveal any nefarious pay gaps.

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), peintre symboliste autrichien et l'un des membres les plus en vue du mouvement Art Nouveau et de la Sécession de Vienne. #peinture #peinturesymboliste #Symbolisme #ArtNouveau #GustavKlimt

Walton Ford is one of my favorite artists. Not that anyone asked, but in another life I was sorta kinda an art critic for a while.

Brava, Cate Marvin.

Did the New York Times ruin journalism?

On this day in 1967 - Miss New Zealand Pamela McLeod visits the studios at Slough and is photographed on the set of Captain Scarlet #gerryanderson #sylviaanderson #fanderson #captainscarlet #OTD

David Bowie, photo by David LaChapelle.

Fun fact: I’m not a fan of Dune so when people started referring to a “Butlerian jihad” I initially thought it was something Judith Butler had advocated.

If I see one more “unphased” instead of “unfazed” in a book from a major press, I will go full Butlerian jihad.

Reading a recently published nonfiction book and once again I’m mildly appalled at how poorly copy edited most books are these days.

“That Alice Coltrane, an African American woman from Detroit, died a Hindu guru in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains is a story no less extraordinary than her husband’s.” —Adam Shatz

Mary Jo Bang

Post something random for the collective amusement.

Don Hamerman • Carol Kane, 1979

The good feeling couldn’t last but at least it’s the micro rather than the macro that’s bringing me down.

Woke up this morning to find that the people of New York City have re-lit the torch of the Statue of Liberty, sending a signal out to the rest of America that Trump's bullying tactics that seek to divide and debase any notion of solidarity among diverse communities can be defeated #TurnUpTheVolume

The hero of my theater kid years. I once saw him standing outside Left Bank Books, smoking a cheroot and looking at the window display, but by the time I got outside he was gone.

Feeling good this morning. Not quite Nina Simone-level feeling good, but close enough, eating a bagel on 10th Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, my heart unexpectedly unbroken by the city I love.

Perfectly ordinary? That’s some impressive cake design.

Most hopeful evening in a long time, not just for NYC but across the dark fields of the Republic. Onward.

BREAKING: NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

Oh the foes will rise With the sleep still in their eyes And they’ll jerk from their beds and think they’re dreamin’ But they’ll pinch themselves and squeal And know that it’s for real The hour when the ship comes in

44% of registered voters in New York City voted in this election. In the last five mayoral elections the turnouts ranged from 21% to 28%.

so it turns out that fascism is unpopular

FINALLY A BREAK, AND ON THIS, THE DAY OF CHENEY GRAVE DANCING🏆 💕

Eat shit, every last one of you racist, howling Islamophobic ghouls. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7CI...

It really is.

Far better than encouraging; deeply, deliciously satisfying so far.

Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%

The Mayor is here at hand.

this is objectively hilarious