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My favorite moon landing conspiracy is that it was faked but they hired Stanley Kubrick to direct it and he was so dedicated to make it look real he demanded that they shoot on location.

Oh absolutely! But those comments are on tape now...

Ha! I was just thinking that...

*MAGA was or *MAGAs were

Master class in staying on message.

Not surprised Trump has nice things to say about Mamdani - Mamdani probably played him like a fiddle. I *am surprised he's being so publicly effusive. It's going to undercut the socialist bogeyman card MAGAs was salivating over when Mamdani won...

Thirty years ago, we launched theatlantic.com—before the New York Times or the Washington Post had websites. And, yes, we really did use **HTML for Dummies** to learn coding and we looked into having monks digitize our archive.www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...re

the last bit specially.

And it doesn't help that the Frenchies all have like ten names...

5 episodes into #TheAmericanRevolution and so far, I honestly do not know how the Americans won this... Guess we'll find out tonight...

Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy The project, which will include some 50,000 songs from private record collections, is a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.

A treasure trove of rare and historic American music is now available online for free.

5,000 songs from private collectors have already been preserved and uploaded, and "thousands more are in the pipeline".

laist.com/news/arts-an... #MusicSky

Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.

Here’s my response:

A puppy and a raccoon standing face to face with the raccoon touching the puppy's snout.

"Let's go over this one more time."
"I know what-"
"ONE MORE TIME."
"Fine."
"What is it you're looking for?"
"A garbage bag."
"In which room?"
"The kitchen."
"What do you do when you find it?"
"Bring it to you here."
"I'm counting on you, Tim."

Great analogy for the recent ridiculous “give insurance money directly to people to pay insurance companies for individual plans.” … Pretending not to understand collective buying power, risk pools, etc.

Ghoulish.

Constitutional scholars: does Thanksgiving recess count as an adjournment? If so, could Trump be planning to just pocket veto this?

Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?

Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...

On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, President Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most memorable speeches in American history, the ‘Gettysburg Address.’

Just reposting this because I could never do any better...

Just signed up! Truly looking forward to this - thank you for posting.

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

It's profoundly different to cover a U.S. president than state or local officials, and too, much harder to vent publicly if you're female. But if in my reporting days, if anyone from a police sergeant to the mayor of Baltimore told me, "Quiet, piggy," I'd immediately insist he go fuck himself.

If it sounds like a squeaky dog toy, then it's a good bet it's Flickers!

Female Northern flicker, left, with her daughter from this year.

#birds

As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.

“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”

crazy

IG em_clarkson

First episode of Ken Burn’s doc on the Revolutionary War is excellent! Looking forward to next 5 parts!

But how amazing you've seen them at all! So envious!

this wins today.

“If your wildcat is not Scottish, IT’S CRAP!”