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Sr. Lead Editor at Explore, former Lonely Planet guidebook writer, prolific and unremarked on fiction writer
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if I could change one single event in human history it would be giving Naomi Watts an Oscar nomination for Mulholland Drive

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TGIF

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"Help Me" by Joni Mitchell = one of the top 10 bridges in the history of pop music

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Tina Wesson is a highkey GOATed Survivor winner

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I do think one of the major ways we can prevent the mess we're currently in from happening again is major senatorial reform.

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I love putting on a cunty little outfit to go walk around the small town in rural Oregon I live in

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Let’s remember a hero:

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This would be true if we didn't live in the reality we are currently in. Clinging to norms and fundamentals is not going to save us -- it is going to leave us like sitting ducks for the right to deploy their own lawfare against. Get in the fight or step aside.

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The devil works hard, but...

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One thing I'm NOT ever going to do going forward is give one cent of my money to a candidate for higher office who is not explicitly in favor of massive court reform.

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“you come up with a mean nickname to call this guy on TV?” “sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked”

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Trans Sharia would be a beautiful name for a baby girl

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The idea that Cuomo would be more competitive in a general election against the incumbent and the official Dem party nominee and the official GOP nominee is absurd.

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No, every person who so much as forwarded emails in relation to this deal needs to be punished and made an example of.

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goddamn

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Voters: can you pay 50 cents more in taxes to pay for vegetables for children and agree not to defraud the elderly on their electrical bills Wall Street Guy: OH LIKE THE KILLING FIELDS?!?! LIKE THE KHMER ROUGE?!?!

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Related to this: I'm seeing lots of anti-Mamdani center-left people reflexively saying "He can't win in the general because Dem voters won't back a socialist" as though Mamdani didn't just pull off a decisive win in a Democratic primary

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Mamdani winning decisively in the 1st round making the old guard line up to bend the knee

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A perfect illustration of how her "politics" are entirely inauthentic and self-centered. 10/10, no notes.

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I have so much NYC nostalgia right now goddamn

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Lander deserves a ton of respect for his willingness to subordinate his desires to blow up a genuinely evil man's campaign.

submitted 3 days ago • 54 comments

our plans are measured in centuries

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don't let the door hit your ass on your way back to Connecticut, loser 🖕

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Barbra Streisand pours herself a cocktail, chuckling to herself.

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

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The reason they are all so afraid of this is because that means it's time to show your work and they know they've just been sitting at their desks doodling.

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Until about 30 minutes ago my realistic wishcast result for the NYC mayoral primary was Mamdani eeking out a win in the final round. Him clobbering Cuomo in round 1 before RCV even kicks in was not even on my radar. I do think this is an AOC 2018 level impact.

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EAT SHIT, ANDREW CUOMO

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ahh, well, pobody's nerfect!

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“ok and what do you expect dems to do” well first of all I’d like a statement directed towards law enforcement agencies reminding them that dems will be in power one day, there will be investigations and “just following orders” isnt a legal defense

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Fortunato (coughing): You’re certain the Criterion Closet is down here Montresor (picking up a trowel): Definitely. Have you thought about your picks yet

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Sylvia Plath, always relatable

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Since we're discussing these are MY personal top 10 movies of the 21st century thus far: Mulholland Dr. (2001) Marie Antoinette (2006) The Prestige (2006) I Am Love (2009) Bridesmaids (2011) Under the Skin (2013) Aquarius (2015) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) The Handmaiden (2016) Nope (2022)

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