(((Roberta Krok-Tron Lipp💋)))

This was very well done.

Kimmel got a direct threat from the government, as opposed to an unethical deal. It crossed a new line.

I don’t think he’s an asshole anymore, maybe I’m wrong. But I watched (live) the monologue in question and I thought, wow, I have fully come around to liking this guy.

The degree to which the entire creative community is massing against Disney right now should not be underestimated. There are people who are staying silent because they don't want to make it more difficult for Iger to walk this back. If he doesn't, I believe things will get much noisier.

I don’t like the proportion, he’s cut directly in half. Unless that’s a camera angle thing. Otherwise it’s beautiful.

I would never call that a blue flowered dress, even though it has blue flowers on it. I would call it a yellow flowered dress. I suppose it’s an argument for a comma, but that seems to be overkill. But it’s a yellow dress.

What? Not the point, you say?

That wraps up pretty early.

Second, one correction. Thanksgiving day is a breeze for driving in Manhattan. Both Thanksgiving and Christmas, as a Jersey girl, I drive-in, park anywhere, everyone’s away, and everything is legal.

Gentlemen, first, thank you so much for your AJLT recaps. I skipped this final season and you allowed me to do that. This was much more entertaining. I have no doubt.

Defended eugenics and nazis is a mighty misinterpretation of the text.

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Screaming.

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💯 with you on these bullshit nominations. Parker Posey? No.

I agree, we have plenty of time to not vote for him.

YEAH YA DID.

The Ballad of Neko and Niko | The Walrus When I came out as trans, I struggled to land on a name. I returned to one I had heard on the radio and written on my arm

You can read an excerpt from my book, The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman in @thewalrus.ca this weekend, on the time I wrote her name in sharpie around the blood on my arm, and how I found my name.

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Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.

We are watching a police state take root in real time.
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Not VatiCANT - welcome to the Resistance Vatican!

Hah, the cookware speech really did have the exact same rhythm as Bronson-Pinchot-as-Ned-Low’s violin speech in Our Flag Means Death - and probably a thousand other speeches.

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20 minutes eyes closed, you should not regret.

Can’t argue with math.

People need to stop saying that these cuts are needed to pay for the tax cuts. They don't gaf about paying for them or the national debt. Trump didn't "pay" for the last tax cut and added $8T to the national debt without breaking a sweat. They WANT to cut SS, Medicare etc. It's the plan.

I only heard that in the game version, someone important dies, but that they weren’t doing that for the series. So I kept waiting for him to pop up.

The writers have all but said that we have lots to fill in during the 5-year gap

and

This was the inciting incident. The story starts now.

Fantastic #withpod @chrislhayes.bsky.social and author Peter Beinart grapple with being Jewish in America, now.

I also recommend the most recent episode of The Cross Section with Paul Waldman. Rabbi Yael Ridberg has an incredible answer to whether Jews are freer in the US or Israel.

It’s moments like these when we might consider it relevant that the current FBI director who might be charged with investigating this crime appeared eight times on the podcast of Stew Peters, a Christian Nationalist who recently called for a “final solution” to America’s “Jewish problem.”

You all said Mr. President would fully shit his pants but he only shit 3/4 of his pants. You all look pretty stupid now, don’t you?

Looks like you’ve shifted position since your talk with @jonfavs.bsky.social
Good.

Trump wants to go back to the golden age of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory is a more accurate characaterization - again based on his own repeated statements - than whatever wishcasting others are doing.

Although the tone policing there is pretty impressive.

This is why I haven’t quit Threads. I block like crazy because the engagement trolls are rampant, but it can be fun there.