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@alexthewriter.bsky.social

Old Man with Old Man Rap Takes. Father of Murphy (pictured), husband to Heather, who has yet to take the plunge.

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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

04.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 19466    πŸ” 5624    πŸ’¬ 416    πŸ“Œ 288
Conspiracy Theory Wastes No Time Getting Racist

Conspiracy Theory Wastes No Time Getting Racist

Conspiracy Theory Wastes No Time Getting Racist https://theonion.com/conspiracy-theory-wastes-no-time-getting-racist-1839031580/

30.01.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1665    πŸ” 196    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9
A large mount of gray-brown slushy snow formed in a near-perfect pyramid with what look like steps on one side.

A large mount of gray-brown slushy snow formed in a near-perfect pyramid with what look like steps on one side.

Slushu Picchu

29.01.2026 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m more interested in the Christmas Adventurer than Krasinski in this car ad.

26.01.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
At Terminal One at LAX, Kristi Noem is on a TV in front of a mural by Latino artist Mister Cartoon.

At Terminal One at LAX, Kristi Noem is on a TV in front of a mural by Latino artist Mister Cartoon.

There’s something so Twilight Zone about this that I had to stop and take a photo headed to my plane at LAX.

25.01.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Loved ones gather at vigil for man killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge Friends, relatives and civil rights advocates gathered at a candlelight vigil to remember a man killed by an off-duty ICE agent in Northridge, calling for transparency and accountability in the invest...

Don't forget about Keith Porter

abc7.com/post/keith-p...

25.01.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1257    πŸ” 675    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6

The Seahawks are going to mop the floor with either of these teams.

25.01.2026 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
"The temperature in Minneapolis is dangerously high. There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. [Highlighted]: Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence.

"The temperature in Minneapolis is dangerously high. There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. [Highlighted]: Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence.

This is from the NYT masthead editorial about the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The highlighted line invalidates not just the editorial, but the very idea of newspaper editorials crafted by the consensus of a board. Better to publish nothing at all than to publish a line like this.

25.01.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3338    πŸ” 730    πŸ’¬ 154    πŸ“Œ 146

LA folks in Echo Park/Silverlake: ICE is staging at Vons on Alvarado, and have kidnapped vendors on Sunset and Alvarado and Sunset and Echo.

25.01.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 415    πŸ” 254    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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This professor studies dictatorships. He helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump Harvard professor Steve Levitsky has spent decades studying democracies and how they fail. He's now raising alarm bells over what he sees as a slide toward autocracy under President Trump.
18.04.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harvard professor Sarah Fortune, looking fly.

Harvard professor Sarah Fortune, looking fly.

This is awesomely named Sarah Fortune, Harvard prof who had to stop her TB research because of the idiot. Gangsta Nikes (what we called the Cortez in the 90s) makes her look doubly awesome.

15.04.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library? An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

Adolf Hitler's β€œMein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. β€œI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and β€œMemorializing the Holocaust” are not.

An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism β€” but preserved volumes defending white power.

11.04.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7281    πŸ” 3867    πŸ’¬ 485    πŸ“Œ 750
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a cartoon character is pressing a button with a red button on it ALT: a cartoon character is pressing a button with a red button on it

My 401k:

09.04.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

When you have a chance to elect a terrible businessman who willβ€”in a weekβ€”kill the economy in a way that will last generations, but also go to a golf tournament hosted by the Saudis instead of going to Lithuania to honor fallen troops, you gotta do it.

04.04.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration”

My NEH grant has been terminated

Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars

You can’t say history isn’t relevant

04.04.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4615    πŸ” 1154    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 47
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"In his grave, we praise him for his decencyβ€”but when he walked amongst us, we responded with no decency of our own."

Four days after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., The Los Angeles Times published a letter from Rod Serling: thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/s...

04.04.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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Elbows up, Canada.

22.03.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 52328    πŸ” 13353    πŸ’¬ 1482    πŸ“Œ 2283
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Nazi punks fuck off

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, 2025

Fight racism, fascism and anti-Semitism every day, always, without compromise

#fucknazis #fightracism #nazipunksfuckoff #deadkennedys #punkrockhistory

21.03.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1291    πŸ” 429    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 24

JFC…

21.03.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Harvard's prez 1950s to early 1970s, Nathan Pusey, made his name and reputation by standing up vs McCarthyism.

He was overtaken-by-events during Vietnam-era turmoil, but is remembered for his earlier stand.

Time to choose for university leaders, and all of us.

(Have written off quisling GOP.)

18.03.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
Google maps screenshot of the Drake passage between South America and Antarctica

Google maps screenshot of the Drake passage between South America and Antarctica

If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.

12.02.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 15110    πŸ” 2479    πŸ’¬ 221    πŸ“Œ 157

BB (looking into my soul): Did you know Alexander Julien designed the basketball uniforms?

13.12.2024 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Listening to Do They Know it’s Christmas, and man, wildly out of pocket there by Bobby Geldof.

07.12.2024 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grand Tour | acropolis cinema 7:00pm

L.A. folks, don't miss this free early screening of Miguel Gomes' dazzling GRAND TOUR, Best Director winner at Cannes '24 and one of the great new releases of '25. Many thanks Acropolis Cinema for hosting this event (Dec. 3, Culver Theater, w/Gomes in person): www.acropoliscinema.com/films/grand-...

02.12.2024 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pizza guys jacket in home alone is so incredibly sick

29.11.2024 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1846    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 55

That Watt Family commercial for Dick’s is like a mishmash of four John Hughes movies. Commercials are always artistically bankrupt, but that is a β€œAirline filing for Chapter 11”-level of bankrupt.

28.11.2024 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dodgers Should Cut To The Chase | Defector Be amazed all you like by the Los Angeles Dodgers firing out another $182 million for the next five years of Blake Snell’s services. Wonder how much deferred money they will have to pay Snell, the off...

The Dodgers should simply buy Scott Boras. defector.com/the-dodgers-...

27.11.2024 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Chinese state media is reportedly troubled by the latest exodus of X users flocking to Bluesky. State outlets, which put considerable resources into amassing millions of followers on Elon Musk’s social media platform β€” including by buying ads, deploying bots, and hiring influencers β€” have recently seen their growth plateau.

The growing popularity of Bluesky, which has a largely liberal base and harder-to-manipulate algorithm, has sparked β€œworried chatter within Chinese state media circles,” a former Xinhua and China Daily employee wrote in his newsletter. He predicted the accounts will migrate to Bluesky, though it may take time. For now, the sector’s focus has shifted back to domestic, Mandarin-language channels and platforms like Bilibili, WeChat, and Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.

Chinese state media is reportedly troubled by the latest exodus of X users flocking to Bluesky. State outlets, which put considerable resources into amassing millions of followers on Elon Musk’s social media platform β€” including by buying ads, deploying bots, and hiring influencers β€” have recently seen their growth plateau. The growing popularity of Bluesky, which has a largely liberal base and harder-to-manipulate algorithm, has sparked β€œworried chatter within Chinese state media circles,” a former Xinhua and China Daily employee wrote in his newsletter. He predicted the accounts will migrate to Bluesky, though it may take time. For now, the sector’s focus has shifted back to domestic, Mandarin-language channels and platforms like Bilibili, WeChat, and Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.

lol China's state media is sad about Bluesky because it's not an easy propaganda distribution channel like X (and Facebook)

www.semafor.com/article/11/2...

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