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Trump justifies his new travel ban by citing the Boulder Molotov attack last weekend. The suspect in the Colorado attack is from Egypt. Egypt is not on Trump’s 12-country list.

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

In 2nite’s NYC Dem mayoral debate—besides the classic problem of too many candidates & not enough time—the big problem tonight is that candidates named in accusations are given a chance to respond, & there’s so much negative to say about Cuomo, he’s getting double the airtime by getting to respond.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

How could anyone vote for this schmuck? #DontRankCuomo forward.com/culture/7255...

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

Before he died, David Lynch told me that “Eraserhead” was actually an allegory about AI.

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

Happy start of “Don’t Breathe Outside” season to all who celebrate. Half-joking—you can breathe outside if you take some very simple precautions: wear a quality, well-fitting respirator/ mask (KN-95 or better). Limit your time & level of activity. Indoors, run a HEPA air purifier.

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

I’m at one of those big NYC medical buildings again, & I must be in the irony department because the unmasked nurse at check-in just asked masked-up me if I have any Covid symptoms, & I had to repeat my answer because she couldn’t hear me over the unmasked woman behind me who can’t stop coughing.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Curtis Yarvin makes me wonder if Andy Kaufman faked his own death to do a decades-long performance piece where he gets tenure somewhere so he can spout nonsense without losing his job just to see how many elites cluck approvingly.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Voter turnout in NYC local elections does not reflect well on the young and young-ish portion of our population. Please register to vote in the mayoral primary by June 14. It is a closed primary, so you MUST be registered as D or R — NOT independent or WFP. vote.nyc/page/registr...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I see Matt Miller has joined Jake Sullivan in the turd-polishing 101 personal reputation rehabilitation tour. No one should much care, but given that he undoubtedly will get airtime, he should be asked why the guys who hired him—Joe Biden & Anthony Blinken—bankrolled and embraced these war crimes.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Glad to see reporting on COVID variant NB.1.8.1, but every story invariably includes a line like “there’s no evidence that NB.1.8.1 is any more dangerous than previous variants.” Here’s an equally viable way to put it: There’s no evidence that NB.1.8.1 is any less dangerous than previous variants.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

🤔 What other diseases spread on airplanes and are more dangerous for the unvaccinated?

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

I don't really gamble, so I don't know the odds on the parlay of "What will kill you?" and "What will kill your mom/dad?" 1) a SARS variant 2) a 1917 influenza variant 3) an avian flu 4) another viral URI 5) a viral hemorrhagic fever

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

From which of the dozen or so new horrors unleashed this weekend is this shiny object supposed to distract us?

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

John Smoltz finish just one complete sentence challenge. Conversely… John Smoltz STFU for just one pitch challenge.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I’m old enough to remember when being an arrogant jerk, an obnoxious pedant and insulting your constituents would be seen as a political liability.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

This administration is giving me a rash. Swear to god.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve seen firsthand how the entire US health infrastructure depends on recent immigrants. In healthcare, eldercare, hospice, an already stressed system bridges so many gaps with these very difficult, low-wage jobs—jobs often filled by people who are now threatened by the raging racists in the govt.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

It’s a family tree filled with some real a-holes, but that said, I was blown away to learn that until a few days ago, the grandson of John Tyler, who was president in the 1840s (you remember Tippecanoe and Tyler Too—yeah, that Tyler) was still among us. 🤯

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Dontrelle Willis go a whole inning without saying “impactful” challenge.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

<<…a real “sleazebag” named Leonard Leo, a bad person who, in his own way, probably hates America…>> Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments