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obitsman.bsky.social
Former obituarist for major media, current food bank freezer mgr; history, anthropology, food, sex
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Every single Democratic lawmaker should be calling for Hegseth's immediate resignation right now. Not just some. Not just a few dozen. Every single one, starting at the top with Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries. And the fact that it hasn't happened yet is nearly as shocking as Hegseth's conduct.

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Circling back on this…

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I haven't ever really spoken about this to anyone, but when I was litigating the so-called "comfort women" case, I went to the National Archives to obtain and read the testimonies of women and girls who were held in sex slave camps by the Japanese military following their release. 1/

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Nice prospective obit

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Frodo don’t destroy the ring, you’ll just be playing into their hands by reacting at all imho

submitted 11 days ago • 70 comments

Trump censors government documents to eliminate woke

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O Canada. Hard to disagree

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“[T]he field of linguistics had barely come into existence before the origin of language became so toxically divisive that, in 1866, the newly established Société de Linguistique de Paris hastily revised its statutes to ban any discussion of the subject” -Ian Tattersall, NYRB 2024

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Finally

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Rep. Tom Suozzi is one of 10 Democrats who voted to censure Rep. Al Green for making a fuss during the State of the Union. I’m sorry he represents NY’s 3rd Congressional District (Long Island) and not mine. Asshole.

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I saw David Johansen perform a couple times when I was in high school, after the Dolls, when he was just The David Johansen Band. He was so high-energy and incredibly fun.

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Orange traitor continues to invent new horrors

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Seen in Brooklyn this AM: an egged cybertruck with a bag of dogshit and also unbagged dogshit

submitted 34 days ago • 840 comments

Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"

submitted 37 days ago • 495 comments

This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ? And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions ! We all look forward to reading your thoughts

submitted 39 days ago • 6043 comments

This ex-Murdoch employee loves candy

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It’s really frustrating, but simple math says Americans are undertaxed. We want medical, pension, and defense benefits that we could afford if we paid a bit more and it was fairly distributed.

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Very cool

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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …

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When a picture is (truly) worth 1,000 words. Taken at FBI training academy at Quantico on Wednesday. ("Obtained by @washingtonpost.com")

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OpenAI shocked and appalled that an AI company would steal intellectual property www.404media.co/openai-furio...

submitted 55 days ago • 127 comments

A solution for the 21st century

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While I have a $5 million house and a much younger wife, my columns stress that a solid moral grounding is the most important thing in life. But in my hip-hop heart, I know that to a kid looking up at me, life ain’t nothing but bitches and money. by David Brooks

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He didn’t “propose” killing FEMA. He said some shit. Chasing egg prices and blather is not news.

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Quack

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Refreshing to hear real Christianity once in a while

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Best lede I’ve read in awhile. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The defendant “defaced various menus by changing their font to Wingdings, thus rendering them incoherent [and] changed the wine regions of alcoholic drinks to locations that had mass shootings”

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Oh my god you fucking simpleton, the CA is for California. Ontario, CA is in San Bernardino County.

submitted 72 days ago • 384 comments

Amusingly lunatic FT op-ed by Peter Thiel

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Good advice from Ghent!

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Great in-depth reporting from Chivers

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Despite my love of John Oliver I don’t often watch his show. Here’s why: “It’s fiddling while Rome burns.”

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GLP1 drugs (ozempic etc) are based on Gila monster venom!

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Luigi Mangione appeared in one of my dreams last night, so I did a search on X and here out of curiosity. A lot of people are having dreams about him. While some of the dreams are romantic or sexual in nature, many of them feature him as a friend or family member—and many of those involve food. 1/

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MERRY CHRISTMAS! defector.com/what-did-we-...

submitted 90 days ago • 10 comments

Merry - or happy - Christmas to all celebrating. And to all those whose thoughts are fixed on an absent and missed love one ... I join my thoughts to yours in the fellowship of grief.

submitted 90 days ago • 92 comments

Rebel Nuns! Bizarrely in Real Estate section! (They did garner 9/10 on Booking.com)

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