In 1975 Americans entertained friends in their home about 14 times per year. By 2000 that number was down to 8 times per year. We're 25 years from 2000--how many times do you guess you entertained friends in your home this year? At least once a month? Every other month? Less? (from Bowling Alone)

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.

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Skeeters, we're in the elite 4%

Did they say if they found he has a heart in there?

Fearless speech/truth-telling: Duty: They believe they have an obligation to speak the truth. Frankness: They speak freely and directly. Truthfulness: They speak all that they know. Criticism: They speak truth to those in positions of power. Danger: They tell the truth despite the consequences.

I named my fists Inigo and Montoya because you killed my father. Prepare to die

Democracy's on the line, but we stay online. "Social" media was a mistake.

I just saw an ad that bragged the product uses “smart AI” and I have some thoughts. 😂

This is especially true for Right Wing Authoritarian personalities. They prioritize "normal" and feel safest when their choices are simple (or made for them) and conform to the group. That level of comfort is easily threatened. Liberals tend to like novelty and choice and difference. Good video.

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Made another pie (caramel Dutch apple)

Slogans work best when they contain an easy to understand narrative. This collection of four words does not contain an easy to understand narrative. Ex: "no taxation without representation," "the whole world is watching," or "make America great again." Each contains a story & represents that story.

It’s finished. It’s also not finished because, in the words of Paul Valéry, a piece of writing is never finished. Ultimately it is abandoned. That’s because writing is thinking, and we’re never finished with that. Anyway, I figured out what to do with that long blog post . . . 1/

Part of why Trump won in 2016 was he was an "outsider" who promised to "end corruption." He did not end corruption, he is a big "to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy" guy. He's a spoiled and corrupt person, who has spoiled and corrupted his party and government. That story sells itself.

Capitulation will never save you: “When finally you surrender to us, it must be of your own free will. We do not destroy the heretic because he resists us: so long as he resists us we never destroy him. We convert him, we capture his inner mind, we reshape him.” (1984)

"Conspiracy rhetoric is part con, part cult, and part live-action game—and that makes it very well designed to take advantage of our innate cognitive, social, and emotional vulnerabilities."

The Conspiracy Theorists Control Our Public Sphere open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

I think about this every day.

“They won’t insure you,” Ms. Rojas said. “No one will buy from you. You’re kind of stuck where you are.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Like many of you, I am a child of an immigrant, a grandchild of an immigrant, and I'm married to an immigrant. ❤️

This experimental cranberry/sour-cream/spice upside down cake was quite tasty, though not super photogenic 🫣

"We followed everything we were supposed to do" Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

If you read this before, it’s okay to read this again. If you haven’t read this, you can read it now. And repost it to share w/ other readers.

Princess Sweetie sends her best greetings and salutations. I made a pie.

The algorithm is only showing me pie crimping tutorials now #winning

Trump loves a paralipsis.

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Mark Kelly 2028

reskeeting in honor of Comey news

School nerds: don't look, but which would you guess has more google citations Bowling Alone or Thinking Fast and Slow?

At least since 2016. It’s a poor representation of the public sphere for a lot of reasons, but this is an important one.

@drteague9455.bsky.social set a trap for his students, what he learned is a major bummer. The lure of the large language model is strong, and the students don't know what they don't know. Freedom and literacy are on the line, history urges us to our own work. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...

"What the Epstein class understands is that the more accessible information becomes, the more precious nonpublic information is." If you have the time and patience this is recommended. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o... [email protected] [gift link]

Just got a google alert that my name doppelganger competed in the WNBF Worlds and she looks ripped as hell and just know if you ever see me around the internet in a skimpy bikini and a body full of muscles that, um, isn't actually me. 😏

Remember when I said a few weeks ago that Trump is a lame duck and his coalition is fragile? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...

There are no reliable narrators here.

“Sloth love Chunk”

“Shut up. You had me at despot.” ❤️

Long Knifed, but also, she's running.

I don't mind you saying Trump's a fascist either. 🤭/🥹

🤨 "Dangerous Demagogue: An UNACCOUNTABLE Leader Who uses Language as FORCE To Gain COMPLIANCE OVER a Population" #DemagogueForPresident 😡

Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...

Just a reminder: ad baculum + ad hominem = dangerous demagogue

Pretty please live skeet your day with Trump.

Reminder to do this now for Thanksgiving rolls: www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/no-k...