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So, 65% of the annual NEH budget.

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I hate headlines like this. Source? Replies on an instagram post and a Harper Collins survey that found a decrease across parents of all ages.

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JCO just mogged Curtis Yarvin

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Too wrong; didn't read.

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At the risk of getting my Greek heritage card revoked: Saganaki: Eh.

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For no particular reason, remembering a mid-90s Ted Rall cartoon that was a "U.S. Out of U.S." bumper sticker.

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Who's written a good essay/explainer of John Ashbery's "Three Poems"? I don't think I've been so at a loss at understanding why I like something even while being certain I like it.

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Roses are red San Francisco has fog

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STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN was released 43 years ago this week. Acclaimed as the best entry in the Star Trek film series, and featuring one of the biggest movie deaths, the story behind the scenes doesn’t believe in no-win scenarios… 1/59

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In the mail: the very large new issue of Middle West Review. My piece on William H. Gass is on page 601.

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Favorite Dorothy Parker anecdote: Harold Ross launched The New York in 1925 and had Parker as one of his early writers. Times were tough for the young magazine. Demanding to know why she had not come to the office one day, Parker told Ross: "Someone was using the pencil."

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Goodwill find. Who's read?

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"Donnybrook" is perfect for this on multiple levels and nobody's using it?

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The neighborhood kid hangout on my block was a big pile of dirt by an abandoned railroad track that was pockmarked with scrap metal. It's a wonder we're not all dead of tetanus.

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TIL: Phil Collins recorded his songs for the "Tarzan" soundtrack in English, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sL_...

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They'd care if they thought it was true, but they'll never believe it's true. They'll just call it "media lies" or "evil democrats" or whatever.

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Oh, so he does have friends who are English professors.

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Literally all crossword constructors when they hear that the Phoenix Suns just hired Jordan OTT as their next head coach:

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Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was released 43 years ago today. With one of the best space battles around.

submitted 6 days ago • 18 comments

My essay on William H. Gass and the weather of the Midwest is in the new issue of Middle West Review. Available-ish online ($): muse.jhu.edu/article/9610...

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First time in the Chase Field bleachers. Pull one, Wood!

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Klas is where @shawnneidorf.bsky.social and I had our wedding rehearsal dinner. Sweet memories of @ditherati.bsky.social taking me aside, gobstopped, saying, "Pitchers. Of. Gravy."

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Gastr del Sol - Black Horse sept. 23, 1995) the point, atl David Grubbs - electric guitar John McEntire - drums, percussion Jim O'Rourke - electric bass guitar *show organized by: Table of the Elements @elementsarchive.bsky.social 📹: Andrei lonescu #musicsky

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Via @eliassports.bsky.social: The Nationals are the second team since 1961 to begin a game with 11 consecutive batters reaching base safely, joining the Red Sox (June 27, 2003 vs. FLA).

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Watching the Nats game.

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Taking drugs to make massive cuts to take drugs to

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The first edition of "The Iliad" in "The Boy Next Door."

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The Nats need to fire Dave Martinez, not because of the team's record, but because he apparently thinks Kenny G is the gold standard for saxophonists. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

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This is a good tick-tock of the chain of bad decisions that led to the “Heat Index” debacle. Notable to me: continued publication of syndicated supplements was approved months ago by Bell without any editorial review, in the name of revenue. chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2025...

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The commenters are doing an A+ job of proving the thesis, alas.

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I'm sensitive to jokes about hard-to-spell/pronounce names, believe me, but I can't help but be amused that Red Sox prospect Jhostynxon Garcia is nicknamed The Password. www.baseball-reference.com/register/pla...

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