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Moderates stay losing. Like it’s their sustenance and they’ll turn to dust if they don’t take an L every 6 to 8 weeks.

NYT has been a collaborator in the negative for the entirety of its 174 years. There has never been an issue that their editorial board hasn’t at least started on the wrong side of. No more subbing to rags b/c “they have good reporters.” It sucks, but the good ones should leave if they want support

Also, this is part of the fun game: When something perceived as good happened in the past - never shut up about, but if something was bad - “the past is the past” so quiet down

Cool. Cool. Closed to the public but still working, so even less transparency.

“Hadn’t been able to get in touch” like China is guy that took a nap and forgot to deactivate dnd on his phone

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Federal employees eat free today at Maketto from 11 am to 2 pm — just bring your government or contractor ID:

That’s been the lesson from Republicans for over a decade now. It’s also one of the reasons Dems need to stop treating them as good-faith actors and start calling them out, either saying we’ll make deals when you start acting in good faith, or we need our wins upfront because you’re all liars.

Says there’s “credible intelligence” but doesn’t quote anyone 🙄 Also, if there are armed “spotters” why aren’t they claiming the bounties? This is eye-twitchingly dumb.

“In general, love your work, but we’d be interested in you taking things in a different direction.”

Dear Grim Reaper, I have some notes

Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).

For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.

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Nice. Just picked up the omnibus of this in Chicago a few weeks ago.

Nice! Thank you

Lunch is on the house: Being in the heart of downtown DC, we love that so many of our Federal employees stop by during lunch for a Donburi at China Chilcano or a Fútbol Club at Jaleo. And just because the government is shut down doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favorite lunch spot- because this time, its on us! Join us for lunch from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM at any of our participating restaurants and enjoy a free lunch item when you present your government ID-you heard that right! Dine in with us Monday through Friday and choose your favorite: a sandwich at Jaleo, a donburi at China Chilcano, a wrap or pita at Zaytinya, or a torta at Oyamel. We've always believed in serving our community with open arms and good food-no shutdown can stop that.

Government workers 👇🏾

YouTube video by old piano channel Ghys - Air du Roi Louis XIII (Amaryllis)

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Andrea Hubert on underground cinema Can underground cinema survive when you can find anything on the web? Andrea Hubert takes a subterranean journey

In case anyone was wondering, as I was, there does not appear to be a complete list of the films that were found in the initial search; however, there are three standouts mentioned in a later article:

- Ghost in the Shell
- Rumble Fish
- Eraserhead

www.theguardian.com/film/2007/de...

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More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

漫画『本なら売るほど』ヒット、登場作が品切れも　読書家を魅了 - 日本経済新聞 街の古書店「十月堂」を舞台に、年齢も性別も様々な愛書家たちの人間模様を描く児島青の漫画『本なら売るほど』（KADOKAWA）が話題だ。各話で本が登場し、人物の言葉や表情で鮮やかに魅力が語られる。今年1月に第1巻、4月に第2巻が発売され、第1巻は8刷まで重版された。古書店街の東京・神田神保町にある東京堂書店では「売れ行きは一般の漫画の2倍以上。普段は漫画を読まないような、本好きの60〜70代男性に

漫画『本なら売るほど』ヒット　読書家を魅了、登場作が品切れも
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...

古書店を舞台に様々な愛書家たちの人間模様を描いた作品。

「普段は漫画を読まないような、本好きの60〜70代男性にも売れている」といいます。

異例のヒット作を生んだのは新人作家の児島青氏。古書店をテーマにした理由を聞きました。

Repurposed Brazil mentioned meme with anime-style illustration featuring the character Yui Hirasawa from K-ON! with short brown hair wearing a pink and white outfit. She holds a wine bottle in one hand and an empty wine glass in the other, with a drowsy, slightly drunk expression on her face. Above her head, large bold red text reads “BERSERK,” and below her, white text outlined in black reads “MENTIONED.” The image humorously implies someone overreacting or celebrating whenever the dark fantasy manga Berserk is brought up in conversation.

'little bitch dial' remains undefeated in allowing me to distinguish Roberts's voice from Alito's during oral argument livestreams

I was straining a few mins ago like 'I think that's Roberts. Or was it Alito? No, not bitchy enough'

then Alito did come on & I was like mmyep there's that bitch sound

I’m supposed to believe both that trained and paid journalists couldn’t see through Project 2025 spin but also they’re the people best positioned to tell me what’s happening and how I should feel. Why? They failed at their jobs by their own admission.

Asking AI to create a job title that will cause my CV to be instantly rejected by future employers

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There. A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

Okay, bud 🙄, the average ticket is around $6k, I doubt you’ll find many undocumented people there. This chud is just trying to get free entry via assignment. Also, what could go wrong at an event with a bunch of drunk fans whose expensive fun you’ll be interrupting?

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We’re about to find out who in ICE is in it for the love of the game

First off, I doubt any of these phony wanna be cowboys has ventured into gang territory; secondly, why do they all sound like antagonists from an episode of Smiling Friends?

I’ve either been a short-term or long-term resident or frequent visitor of all these places. When ignorant (not pejorative) people ask me if it was safe/was I scared 🙃etc, I pull up the map in Snap and show them random clips of people living their normal happy lives.