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Published: September 6, 2024 20:24

A lot of folks are assuming that a pre-election sentencing would have hurt Trump, and that Merchan was acting on that premise. Neither seems obvious to me.

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Published: September 6, 2024 16:29

LL Cool J, 2041: "Okay, you can call this one a comeback." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 6, 2024 16:20

This quote in isolation really misrepresents the tenor of the article as a whole. The piece's framing places past complaints about Harris's management in context, and it argues that they don't represent current sentiment among staff and alumni. …

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Published: September 6, 2024 16:05

"Normie Dems are fascists, and also the media's treatment of Trump is a grave threat to American democracy" is an ... underdeveloped political analysis.

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Published: September 6, 2024 15:45

Me, the day before yesterday: "Oh, hey—it's my first Cybertruck sighting! ... Aaaand it's making an illegal U-turn."

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Published: September 6, 2024 15:02

"Behalfs" is for use with the singular "they," according to the rule I just made up. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 5, 2024 22:17

Just in case you’ve ever wondered what NYC would look like if it were constructed entirely of DC government buildings. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 5, 2024 22:14

Dildo the Right Thing [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 3, 2024 23:53

Honey, I’m home. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 3, 2024 15:20

I have absolutely no idea what this ad for NYC in the Dublin airport is supposed to mean.

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Published: September 2, 2024 17:42

I feel personally attacked. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 2, 2024 15:52

Sanada made it tough in the second set, but Houdet just got through to the semis. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 2, 2024 14:58

Houdet just took the first set in his third-round match 6–2, against an opponent fourteen years younger than him. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 2, 2024 14:32

One thing I probably wouldn't have fully clued into if I hadn't been at the Paralympics with Casey is the incredible variety of wheelchairs. The rugby chairs and the basketball chairs and the tennis chairs are all entirely different.

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Published: September 2, 2024 14:02

The bakery where I've been getting my baguettes has a quiche with tomatoes, chèvre, and mint, and I am happy to report that it is very very good.

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Published: September 2, 2024 09:08

Her: I love fine young cannibals. Me, surreptitiously placing my dogeared copy of Alive on the coffee table: yeah, me too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 1, 2024 18:43

(Jeux)

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Published: September 1, 2024 16:30

That’s a hell of a double feature! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 1, 2024 16:21

It was on a 3-D double feature with a 1950s sci-fi flick at the local revival house. My dad … guessed poorly about what the Warhol endorsement portended. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 1, 2024 16:15

Oh, we’re going inappropriate? Where do I find a GIF of “Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein”? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 1, 2024 16:02

Casey has tapped out on our final day of Paralympics tix—wisely, as she starts classes on Wednesday and doesn’t want to start the semester in a hole. But today is our only day of full-day tix, so I’m heading out for an evening session of table tennis,…

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Published: September 1, 2024 15:58

Raiders is now a few years older than Robin Hood was when I saw it in the theater. It’s a shame more kids don’t get the chance to watch movies like Raiders (and, hell, Robin Hood) on the big screen these days. [contains quote post or other embedded…

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Published: September 1, 2024 15:37

Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater as a kid. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: August 31, 2024 18:58

I didn’t even see back cover until after I bought it. Yow. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: August 31, 2024 16:31

Good god, just LOOK at it.