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davidjroth.bsky.social
The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
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We love to say things like "cop excellence" around her, but folks,

submitted 7 hours ago • 18 comments

Yeah it's really something to see a U.S. senator being hit with the same impossible compliance demands that the cops scream at people before shooting them during a stop

submitted 15 hours ago • 33 comments

It was a pleasure to have @alansiegella.bsky.social on the podcast this week to talk about The Simpsons, his fun new book about The Simpsons, and reaching out to Paul Verhoeven for comment on a dramatically significant Bart Simpson keychain in Basic Instinct. defector.com/monorail-ori...

submitted 15 hours ago • 6 comments

I don't like the Pacers but I can't help but admire a team that wins by activating Vile Little Gremlin Mode and just hanging out there for as long as possible. So it's complicated. Much too think about.

submitted 1 day ago • 34 comments

There's a lot of good stuff in Arthur Penn's Night Moves, and a lot of extremely '70s madness, but I also recommend it to anyone who wants to see a young, suave Harris Yulin.

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

RIP big dog

submitted 1 day ago • 45 comments

Cops-- pathetic. Fuck off. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/youre-a-bu...

submitted 2 days ago • 70 comments

When America awarded 49.8 percent of the popular vote to Trump, they were crying out as one that they wanted it to be June of 2020 again, and then to just hang out in that vibe for as long as possible. And on that front you absolutely have to hand it to the guy for getting us there so quickly.

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

the southern baptist convention just had to sell their headquarters in downtown nashville to pay for all the sex abuse legal fees.

submitted 2 days ago • 73 comments

This is the best piece that will ever be written about our show! Thanks @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social! defector.com/there-will-n...

submitted 2 days ago • 26 comments

this sort of gives the game away. the whole point of the LA deployment is relitigating the dispute (both political and cultural) that the right feels it lost in 2020

submitted 2 days ago • 101 comments

I have decided to speak my truth re: The Cool Baseball Catch. defector.com/i-think-this...

submitted 2 days ago • 43 comments

Did ICE call in a fake emergency to the FDNY to give cover to a van leaving full of immigrants? They've done it before and looks like they've done it again. @hellgatenyc.com with the scoop. hellgatenyc.com/fdny-ice-hea...

submitted 2 days ago • 138 comments

I talked to @greenwell.bsky.social about our shared experiences with private equity, the industry's nightmarish and ongoing all-you-can-eat spree through American life, and her great new book on how people are living with and pushing back against it. defector.com/megan-greenw...

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments