Benjamin McKean

I loved this movie on VHS so much as a kid - glad to see it’s got a nice reissue, the print I’ve seen on streaming was rough

Christ, that source is already 10 years old - got to imagine the situation is somehow much worse now

I mean, i already distrust realtors enough, I don’t need to be primed like this

lol

That was also…notable

I mean, i already distrust realtors enough, I don’t need to be primed like this

“Texas A&M acknowledged it had received the ‘non-binding findings’ from the hearing panel. The university said its interim president, Tommy Williams, would review the report…Mr. Williams is not a career academic, but instead rose to power when he was a Republican member of the Texas Legislature.”

A big part of elites never facing consequences is that a millisecond after an elite is even threatened with a consequence the New York fucking Times starts working on rehabilitating them. As if their perpetual prominence is an immutable law of the universe.

We live in the future. It's here.

Real life Grass Valley Greg calling mistakes “opportunity-stakes”

A bath tub on the sidewalk for some reason

Somebody threw out the bath with the bath water

I wish I was surprised to see two Ohio Democrats on this list

Trying to think of a reason to show this in class so i can see how today’s students would react to it (I would be fired)

Climate Talks Postponed Due to Raging Metaphor

Oh there’s actual video, incredible

LMAO “we’re very sorry about the bad stuff your famous teacher did, now let’s hear from Tony Blair instead”

These same folks extremely committed to fighting antisemitism in universities

Has anyone asked Grok if Elon Musk could beat Serena Williams at tennis yet?

“The new version reveals that many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care, are affiliated with anti-LGBTQ+ groups, and have little-to-no experience providing clinical care for young trans people.”

Well, progress on one front, at least

The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.

canceledpeople.org

Also re-reading the dialogue you start with made me laugh thinking about DiCaprio’s delivery, so maybe I need to rethink my initial dissatisfaction with his performance

These reflections are great and really resonate - can't wait to see the promised future writing about this as you work through it

Guy who’s disappointed to find out that this isn’t an Andre Williams cover

this photo is taking me out, man

Like much of the institutional leadership of the Democratic Party, a lot of political science is still proceeding as if Trump is a blip, an aberration - good to see research that actually tries to reorient its approach to American politics in light of the past decade

110 years ago today, Utah executed labor organizer and songwriter Joe Hill, whose critique of capitalist greed continues to inspire artists and galvanize activists to this day.
Learn more about Hill and his impact through this project The Tribune launched to mark the 100th anniversary of his death.

“Fast-food prices at McDonald’s have risen so high that traffic from one of the industry’s core customer bases, low-income households, has dropped by double digits.” www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Jared Kushner '03

Yeah, let’s keep it going - who else? Elbridge Colby too, of course, since he was Ross’s roommate. And Roman Martinez was also on the Salient with Douthat and was lead attorney on the case overturning Chevron deference.