Nuzzi, like TCW, exists as a kind of simulacrum of the midcentury public intellectual. Not even ripping off the writers of that era, but imitating a sort of half-remembered, half-invented idea of what those writers were sort of like and what their general vibe was.

Jewish stories are like: one time an OLD MAN walked into a shul and he had a GLASS EYE and everyone threw BANANA PEELS at him but GUESS WHAT? That man was actually ELIJAH THE PROPHET

Almost certainly Seattle. Population went from 600k->800k, the city went from no rail system to a top-10 busiest network, region became an absolute economic powerhouse, there’s a total transformation of the waterfront, and so much more

They were young and they had each other Who could ask for more?

BRITISH RAIL IS TRAVELLING (1969)

Genuine Beit Shammai opinions here

there was no prime minister of covid to give him a face saving out, no covid majority leader that he could browbeat, no covid media reporter he could schmooze with. its a virus. it spreads and adapt to spread better

A random asexual autist who’s like the undersecretary of Fish and Wildlife’s eastern Kentucky porcupine preservation division somehow becomes God Emperor of America by virtue of being the highest ranking official unaware of Epstein’s actions.

"Revolution of Dignity" is such a spot-on name for Euromaidan. I want dignity back.

The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.

ah, the classic image returns

"the American middle class is shrinking" is true but the reason why is a truth nuke so devastating that nobody will ever believe you: it's mostly because people are getting richer

This reads like a post from an alternate universe where anti-Desi racism is really widespread Like legit how is "cardiologist" a negative, apart from being a Desi stereotype

Probably the key part of this piece. It comes down to the following: "What does prioritizing millionaire homeowners’ aversion to change over the needs of the poor and unhoused do to our souls?"

you have to understand maga's obsession with weirdo fucking plastic surgery as basically the same things as gang members getting face tattoos bsky.app/profile/sjsh...

the legend lives on from the chippewa on down of the big lake they call ‘gitche gumee’

HICKENLOOPER NO

If your office is on the south side of the Capitol complex you can ignore the following: If Lucy is holding a football, don’t try to kick it. She’s not to be trusted. Thanks.

Senate in recess until 8

Senate floor update: some dipshit just replaced an AI diagram with a Trump Tweet that he’s essentially doing drash on

@primaryschool.bsky.social :( Ah well. Good luck

Sign of the times is I saw Jehovah’s Witnesses passing out pamphlets on how to cope with rising prices (screenshot of the online version because no way was I gonna grab a physical copy)

Evil prep runs for Senator Evil Goth had a fashion magazine or is a DSA wrecker

The degree to which every single major journalist seems to just hate math is palpable in almost everything

Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...

there should be a word in English for when somebody tells a story that they think valorizes them but they're the obvious villain

A lot of the places she is calling are referring her to the food pantries that their organization already support. A sad truth about working in the nonprofit world is that there are *a lot* of scammers.

Everyone’s hating on this, but it seems decent enough

Schumer: hey let's be nice and feed the children Thune: I want to be very clear to the parents of America's starving tykes: gargle my balls

Uhhhhhh

i don’t study fascism and i’m not fucking leaving, this country belongs to us, not them, fuck you

Oh dear

I actually unironically love the Soros family, I don't give a shit how much cred this loses me, their contribution to the world has been a overwhelming net positive

The amount of Lithuanian pensioners who ended up learning Facts About Dinosaurs instead of reading terrible Russian tabloids that try to sell you astral projection pills because of George Soros is not zero

We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.

George Washington spent approximately 35% of the entire American War for Independence trying to keep his drama queen generals from dueling each other over petty BS, and the best he accomplished was that none of the duels that were actually fought ended in fatalities

Every new post tonight is like Dems have flipped the Mehaden town sewer authority, long dominated by conservatives, by a +38 margin

It would be better if it were cynical; it is unfortunately deeply sincere, and emblematic of what I can only describe as a paranoid nervous breakdown encompassing most of the institutional leadership of the American Jewish community.

Me finding out @zohrankmamdani won. Captured by the great Faraz Ansari

Not to replace substance with message but I genuinely do not think that the GOP establishment is prepared, nor capable, of regulating itself in a world where all high profile democrats are directly staring into a camera and telling Trump to go fuck himself.

oh my god they actually did it lmao

I went a third of a century accepting, on the testimony of a cartoon, that coyotes chase roadrunners before I ever saw the real thing.

This is getting mocked on this website but there is not much downside for Zohran in taking this meeting.

There are three types of jazz: smoky voiced female vocalist sings song that sounds like it’s about sex but is actually about racism; 9 woodwork teachers on a stage shout “chase that tiger” while somebody hammers a piano; man has a heart attack whilst trumpet playing and falls downstairs.

An incomplete list of cities where housing abundance was a major campaign issue & pro-housing candidates held or expanded majorities: - Bozeman, MT - Cambridge, MA - Durham, NC - Kalispell, MT - Littleton, CO - Manchester, NH - Missoula, MT - Salt Lake City, UT - Seattle, WA - Wilmington, NC 💪

This summer, I returned home, to Jaffa - my first visit since October 7th. This is the story of my time there. newlinesmag.com/first-person...

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Incredibly proud that Montgomery County, PA broke 50.7% turnout in an odd year municipal election. The highest of any large county in PA history. (Compare even with all the energy, NYC was 23%). Thankful for our amazing voter services team & 2,400 poll workers who make voting easy here.

WE ARE THE REAL AMERICANS, NOT THEM (I know the line you wanted, this one is the one I say to myself because it’s been 25 years of them trying to convince me I’m not an actual American and I need to remind myself all the time)