the first one ... such stunningly gorgeous art

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Playing it safe this week

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

love to get asked by my boss why i seem unmotivated. i don't know man. you look outside lately?

I would pay GOOD money for that sardine can bedframe

@themerl.bsky.social I have acquired merch of the lad!

posted this in a reply already but I love this photo so much. I'm yet to pin down what exactly I like about it so much, but. Look at how amazing the water is in the top of the frame! (out of frame: the companion to this red winged blackbird yelling at me from the top of the bridge :) ) #birds

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It's been obvious for years that, apart from a handful of congressional districts, "Republican-lite" picks up a trivial number of swing voters while depressing base turnout, resulting in a net loss. Problem is, the most influential people in our party prefer a loss to a win by anyone to their left.

what you want to do is put an impossible amount of pressure on yourself to “succeed” and tell yourself constantly that you are wasting your “potential.” do this until you die

It is nice to be reminded that, on occasion, good things can and do happen.

LMAO

A Knight's Tale is unironically one of my three favorite films of all time.

Zohran to NYC landlords tomorrow

Men who think they can get away with sexually abusing women can EAT SHIT

gotta say, Brad Lander's really walked the walk in these past weeks and it's not something I'll soon forget

I think what establishment democrats need to understand is that most of us hate them all very much for being so persistently useless and shitty in our time of desperation and it fills our hearts with hope and joy when someone who might not be those things beats them.

SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP

If you're a member of the Democratic gerontocracy, the chances of you catching a primary challenger just went up 1000%.

Brad Lander: "I also need to thank some of the most important people in my life and on this campaign—I mean, of course, the NYT editorial board. Just kidding, of course: I love Wordle and Connections, but I really urge the Times to cancel their new feature 'Editorial Riddles.' No one likes those."

crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

Best city in the world, baby!

Thinking about some lesser lights who ate that shit tonight -Ritchie Torres -Jay Jacobs -Jessica Ramos -Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn -Rich Azzopardi -Melissa DeRosa

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every leftist politician in america needs to follow the mamdani formula. he is the case study for the future

This rocks dude. This fuckin rocks ass dude. This whips. This kicks ass so bad. This shit fucking rocks dude

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

i'm libbing out so hard rn i don't give a fuck i'm gonna live forever and New York City will outlast the american empire

25+ million dollars. A former president. Some of the richest people in the US. The entire liberal and conservative political establishment. And Zohran Mamdani — and all the people behind him — beat it all.

Due to inflation sweet dreams are no longer made of these

this is part of what gets me on dating apps—and it seems shallow, but who in their right mind lists 'harry potter' as one of the first ten interests you show strangers? in 2025? I mean sure, 'reading' is more generic, but at least it doesn't imply ignorance or callousness re: moldemort

I'm a deeply flawed individual, but I bring joy to the world.

Then die lol.

how the white house press corps hasn't lit up karoline leavitt is beyond me. they're going to replace you with brett swastika of the keto-rahowa podcast at the drop of a hat anyway, you might as well earn it instead of taking it like little worms, writhing in the most prestigious career filth

if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.

as a millennial of a certain age i can't really dislike Jon Stewart but come the fuck on man, a bunch of people knew. we tried to warn everyone. you and a lot of other media luminaries told us to calm down

absolutely, i think what you're losing when you're watching something with subtitles is your ability to process the image itself, especially a video image a lot of match-cutting, because the subtitles drag your eyes to the bottom center of the screen bsky.app/profile/jkos...

I continue to be irritated at the book the head baker at KAF, which combines some of the most insufferably precious prose with some really excellent bread recipes. seen below is his ciabatta, which sits pretty at a low-intensity 36h. really truly outstanding.

i was going to write this article after watching that show but then realized i already wrote it www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-n...

to the tune of "rand mcnally" by death cab:

Permanent rentier millennials riding into our third economic crisis with no savings, no investments, and no retirement plan

they really need to invent a second type of money these guys can play around with separate from the money I need to buy food. Business Money. Money 2

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

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