Emily Lind

Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics?

Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com

TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!

Real conspiracies:
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Yeah, my original calculus was based wondering on whether the money being with Amazon is any better than going to the authors in question, but as another person pointed out, there are additional factors in terms of it acting as promotion for them

I hadn’t considered that. Thank you for raising that point. I think it does sway me in the other direction.

I think since they were already purchased, that there isn’t anything wrong with giving them away. Maybe you could suggest that anyone claiming them throws a couple of bucks (if they can afford it) to an lgbt+ charity or a women’s shelter?

Alone? With my THOUGHTS?

i haven’t read horowitz’s bond books (not really my thing) but i love a bunch of his other stuff and this is such a bizarre thing for him to say, particularly since he wrote some sherlock holmes books and HE was pretty famously killed off and brought back

The mutant baby really frustrated me because so much of the car scene is creepy and unsettling and then it’s just a laughably dumb monster reveal.

the single most annoying thing about cigarettes, which are terrible and will kill you, is how fucking cool people can make them look

I mean come on

THEY HAVE NAMES?!?

Not that I have had anything else going on…

it’s important to understand that Nate Silver’s entire consciousness is filtered through the lens of being a gross nerd his entire life. the opportunity to feel like he’s one of the cool kids is something he can’t pass up, it’s load-bearing for his dork psyche.

I’m sorry but this whole Noah Smith Heathrow situation is so fucking funny. Centrist thought leader with PhD from University of Michigan struggles to navigate basic airport transfer, blames it on the relative economic decline of Western Europe

There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.

Go. Check. Your. Ballot.

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Why are they suddenly acting like the previous movies all fit into one neat continuity?

It is honestly hilarious to watch all these high-dollar professionals wring their hands over something that literally does not matter even a little. It’s James Bond. He’s been nine different middle-aged dudes for 70 years with no explanation. No one is asking for one now and no one cares.

If you haven’t read Matt Singer’s book about them, it’s a great read.

Whoa they invented a word for when you’re a weird loser nobody wants to work with?

just not getting a good feeling from this whole weird sports betting push

I introduced my British husband to the joy of deviled eggs earlier this year and now that I am moving over to the UK, I plan to make them for so many social gatherings.

I don’t often say this but let these men be.

One thing I love that I only noticed after binge watching is that Columbo’s schtick with the perps completely turns off when he’s talking to anyone who’s not the perp. If it’s just a rando he needs a small fact from he gets really brusque and to-the-point, like “yadda yadda you’re in my way here.”

My brain as merged the Zohran sign meme and the TMNT title meme so now every time I see one of these I try to sing it to the TMNT tune.

theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you

The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.

The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.

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Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm

My first thought was Mark Rylance as Iago, but apparently that happened already so now I am sulking about not seeing it.

DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments “People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”

Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...

New York Times snippet: A Decade Later, Supreme Court is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision; Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk once jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, has asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion. 6 minute read

I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.