Dominique Baker

DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.

CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?

DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.

C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?

DR: Now look

I just wanna say that THESE BOOKS ARE SO MUCH FUN. Bad-ass women who are out to make their world a better place by any means necessary. Get them from your library!

The NYT really writing a piece about Kendrick "missing an opportunity to make a larger statement" and picked THIS PHOTO for the story lmao

I mean, he told me and I told people

This is a skeet about Chotiner and it is correct.

We all love Chotiner making his clever little remarks but he has been on a run of feeling so (correctly) disdainful of his subjects that it’s bordering on him going

Chotiner: so you’re just a big piece of shit aren’t ya?

Doug Warcrime: I guess so

Chotiner: seems that way

CHOTINER: When you’re at Chipotle, you get to choose a salsa. Which one do you get?

ME: Well I get the pico. But also the hot

CHOTINER: But on Bluesky you said—

ME: Yes, also the corn. And also the medium

CHOTINER: So (pause) all four?

ME: There’s no rule saying only one, okay?

CHOTINER: Okay

The reason you can tell that AI doesn’t actually have intelligence or reasoning ability is that it didn’t respond by asking the person why they have a job

I didn't need this personal attack

one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party

Red tailed hawk on ground standing with wings up had folded

Hawk pants

Red-tailed Hawk 📷🌿🪶

The way he went after Kathryn let me know he was untrustworthy

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Of anyone on Southern Charmed, this makes the most sense

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= AxIOS 4. 41 fun thing: Chat GPT on Shapiro's book H Illustration: Allie Carl/Axios * Democrats are buzzing about Shapiro's new memoir, "Where We Keep the Light." So, after uploading a PDF of the text, we asked Chat GPT to write a New Yorker-style review, with a focus on prose and literary qualities. The result: • "That prosecutorial voice - confident, linear, resistant to ambiguity - is the book's dominant sound," ChatGPT concluded.

"Shapiro is at his most characteristic when he writes in triads and clipped imperatives — language built for breath and cadence, the kind you can imagine being underlined on a note card. 'Listen, feel, do' he instructs at one point, compressing a whole governing philosophy into three blunt verbs." • With a subtle jab only a New Yorker reader could love, it added: "Even the jokes tend toward the utilitarian." - Alex Thompson

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Gotta tell them you need them to be ready to "go the distance"

(RHOSLC watchers know what's up)

I can't stop laughing about how we wrote a trilogy about lady book nerds fighting tech bros with community organizing and 3d printers and 6 years later a bunch of lady book nerds Nick Fury'd the whistle avengers. 😂

CHOTINER: And the pizza place, what’s it called?

ME: Dominos.

CHOTINER: Right. And you can order from your laptop?

ME: Yeah. Well, I can also use my phone. Sometimes that’s quicker.

CHOTINER: And all the food in your fridge and pantry. When do you eat that?

ME: Now hang on a second,

Fluffy gray tabby with exceptional whiskers and ear tufts. He is upside down with his front feet up in bunny-mode, chin to the sky, a bristled white spray of whiskers rising up and his lone fag sticking out.

consider if you will: this cat and his fang

Irene Vega on Bordering on Indifference In her new book, Bordering on Indifference, Irene Vega tells the story of how U.S. Border Patrol Agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Officers come into the work, how they are trained ...

Surprised by the names listed for the agents involved in shooting Alex Pretti? I'm not. Because I'm reading Irene Vega's "Bordering on Indifference." Learn about her work at press.princeton.edu/ideas/irene-... & read the book on Hoopla or order at press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

lol if Isaac Chotiner says "I see" to you, your reputation as a person of any merit is done. Kaputt. Over. Chotiner's "I see" is Vinnie saying "He's gone and we couldn't do nothin' about it" in Goodfellas

There is a very similar pattern for Black over-representation in the military, which is often the employer of last resort in a society with rampant labor market discrimination keeping folks out of other jobs.

I will never take the chance and answer this man's phone call

Chotiner shot that man right in the face with his own gun and he never heard the *click*.

Thanks for this! February is my edit book proposal and make some final decisions around querying month so this is coming at the perfect time.

As I've considered writing a book, I've gotten clear messages about this agency (sharing a link someone else provided that does a good summary)

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A Texas Democrat Just Won a Stunning Upset. What Does It Mean for November? Taylor Rehmet’s victory over Leigh Wambsganss in a state Senate special election was low turnout, but the numbers send a message.

"Rehmet believed the core message of his campaign—working-class solidarity—could be the glue in a winning coalition of unions, progressives, blue-collar voters, and disaffected Republicans. Early analysis indicates just how much that was true."

No, I've never listened to that

Dominique, do not try to work this into the essay you've already written that mentions ol' Marc

Finally, I get what the youths mean