Straining the bounds of propriety is when I gave a talk at an Ivy League med school wearing jeans and a polo. This is extraordinary corruption. - ThreadSky

carlbergstrom.com • 17 days ago

Straining the bounds of propriety is when I gave a talk at an Ivy League med school wearing jeans and a polo.

This is extraordinary corruption.

Reposted from Carl T. Bergstrom

"Strains bounds of propriety"?

How about "shatters every ethical norm of public service"?

I truly want to know what the headline writers at the
@nytimes.com are smoking, and to what end.

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westielove.bsky.social•17 days ago

Exactly. But I believe he did away/neutralized with the WH Ethics office. I can't imagine why.

susiedaytona.bsky.social•17 days ago

Trump straining the bounds of his polo. And the last hole in his belt.

sbwriter.bsky.social•17 days ago

"is blatantly unconstitutional" also works.

algebrafrombith.bsky.social•17 days ago

But Palestinians can eat again.

alexqgb.bsky.social•17 days ago

You say red dress at a wedding, I say accepting $400 million Trojan horse. It’s the same tomato in either case.

jbworkshop.bsky.social•17 days ago

NYTimes is simply obeying in advance

wetluzinski.bsky.social•17 days ago

Give me a big bran muffin and a large dark coffee and I too will strain the bounds of propriety

qcassetti.bsky.social•17 days ago

NYT is good for wedding and obituary announcements as well as cooking, games and puzzles. News? Nah. They gave up on that. And talented editors? Nah.

voradams.bsky.social•17 days ago

How about violating the Emoluments clause of the constitution? The wearing of jeans and polo shirt while presenting a lecture could be seen as a gift, but I can only see the value in terms of comedy and egalitarianism

badatom.org•17 days ago

how about "violates the constitution"?

https://bsky.app/profile/badatom.org/post/3lows2wwshc2x

retirednavyvet.bsky.social•17 days ago

How about FLAT OUT ILLEGAL!

twitskeptic.sirvin.com•17 days ago

“So louche. We really need to consider disinviting him from our next salon gathering.”

wonderingaboutit.bsky.social•17 days ago

Or "Grifting of the Highest Order". Criminal with no oversight or consequences.

karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social•17 days ago

clearly the headline writers are smoking to get high

jaredsmith.bsky.social•17 days ago

Were they a dark wash?

flipdrivel.bsky.social•17 days ago

What is this, Jane Austen?

unaffectedly-civil.bsky.social•17 days ago

If Jane Austen said it, there would be a twinkle in her eye. This is not sly understatement. It's "move along, nothing to see here."

flipdrivel.bsky.social•16 days ago

Fair point

amerthkj1.bsky.social•17 days ago

The men at Harvard:

mjdavis1988.bsky.social•14 days ago

😡
Folks — Just dropped this article on Trump’s extreme corruption. Would love folks to read, repost, and free subscribe if you like my writing. Thanks!

https://mdavis19881.substack.com/p/the-absolutely-staggering-corruption

karhey.bsky.social•17 days ago

Let's be real. This plane will never be used as Air Force One. But it will be great to use after he leaves office and is given to his foundation. Trump was pissed after his first term when he found out he couldn't take all the gifts he received with him. He's fixing that this time around.

objoekenobi.bsky.social•17 days ago

You know they’re blowing smoke when they describe a Boeing 747 as a private jet plane.

algocompsynth.bsky.social•17 days ago

If you're rich enough, a Boeing 747 can be a private jet plane. Like, couldn't Musk own a fleet of them?

ylookup.bsky.social•17 days ago

The comments section of the article is filled with anger toward the NYT about their abhorrent headline etc.

culthero666.bsky.social•17 days ago

Amerikkka owes Jimmy Carter a peanut farm.

vs-phd.bsky.social•17 days ago

Not smoking anything, willing accomplices.

drewkadel.bsky.social•17 days ago

You wore jeans and a polo!?

smurfsup.bsky.social•17 days ago

Is it possible - is it at all possible - that *templates* for heds & subs are AI generated (for human drones to scan/review/edit —or not), w/ LM top-loaded with cliched neutered euphemisms and swap-in algorithms for anything resembling “slanted” (fair) or “biased” (true) stmts of naked fact?

briminey.bsky.social•17 days ago

I commented on the article about how they didn't even bother mentioning the emoluments clause and they won't publish it. In case there was any question on where they stand.

thoggatt.bsky.social•17 days ago

That's just plaiin wrong.

aimkag.bsky.social•17 days ago

Yeah, they keep misspelling emoluments clause.

orlamccool.bsky.social•17 days ago

The @nytimes.com clearly can't spell "corruption"🙄

thatac.bsky.social•17 days ago

It wasn't sexual assault, I merely strained the bounds of propriety of consent after I drugged her drink.

algocompsynth.bsky.social•17 days ago

"strains bounds of propriety" does have a nice sound to it - reminded me of a poem I read when I was much younger.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/157986/high-flight-627d3cfb1e9b7

vtgenie.bsky.social•17 days ago

Just a complete abdication. What's next? "Ending Due Process could cause complications for some people" ??

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