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Today The New York Times account on Threads was briefly deactivated and they don’t know why. Clearly this shows that The New York Times on Threads is in cognitive decline and simply *must* drop off the platform.

Lovers (1910-1920) Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. Happy 4th of July and 248 birthdays of the United States 💥 🇺🇸 💥

Meet the opinion maker who wrote that piece, Matthew Walther, interviewed in 2023, who attended a conservative Christian school, Hillsdale College in Michigan, that was so opposed to affirmative action that they went private so they wouldn’t have to comply with the law.

Here it is, the dumbest thing you will read today www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/o...

Q&A: Matthew Waltherhillsdalecollegian.com Matthew Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributor to the New York Times. He was previously a national correspondent for The Week. The following has been edited ...

Personally I think the candidates should be challenged to play word games, like the NYT Mini, Wordle, Strands, and Connections, plus Quordle, Octordle, and Hardle. They should do it Live, on the debate stage, with two cameras on each, one on their face and one on their game screen.

Breaking news: President Biden and his senior team said they accepted the grim ultimatum they’ve been hearing from almost all quarters of the Democratic Party — to demonstrate his fitness for office or face a significant effort to force him to step aside.

Biden and aides concede he needs to quickly demonstrate his fitness for officewww.washingtonpost.com Critics have been shaken by his relative inaction to directly address the panic ignited by his halting debate performance last Thursday.

File under: Don’t fall for it The media publishes stories that influences opinion polls, then reports on the polls that their own stories influenced, all for clicks, likes, follows, and subscribers, which creates viewership ratings that lead to advertising dollars. And they engage with rage.

Face the world like Anita Ekberg in Paris, 1959.

File under: Relevant today Just read, Erik Larson’s THE DEMON OF UNREST; the story of what was going on in the US, and the mood, between Lincoln’s election in November 1860 and the start of the Civil War in April 1861. Will the Union be saved? Will the Union be dissolved? Will there be war?

Using MOVIE as an acronym, recommend 5 films: Metropolis Out of Africa Victor/Victoria In Harm’s Way Excalibur

Using MOVIE as an acronym, recommend 5 films: M. M O. Oliver Twist (1948) V. Victim I. I Walked with a Zombie E. Ed Wood

Today’s SCOTUS ruling now completes the imperial presidency that Richard Nixon believed it to be, and was trying to make, codifying into law (for now) what Nixon said to David Frost in 1977, “when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal"

My summary of today’s SCOTUS opinion on presidential immunity, and I quote: “The President is not above the law. But…”

Oh FFS And now, cue all the stories of past politicians who dropped out of their race or chose not to run for reelection. Oh yes, and insert a goofy photo of Biden. The US media is so broken. But don’t despair. VOTE

In September 2016, Hillary Clinton coughed, and mainstream media claimed she was at death’s door, wouldn’t last to the election, and should drop out — and we now know the National Enquirer was colluding with DT’s campaign to smear her. She had the flu. Are we really going to do this again? Really?

What happened at the debate? DT, as usual, engaged a propaganda technique, the “firehose of falsehoods,” which he has used repeatedly in his speeches and public comments, and exploited it successfully at the debate, despite the ground rules that were intended to curb this behavior, but failed.

FDR had polio. Biden has a stutter. Neither let their disability disable them.

Pookie, if you want someone to drop out of the race, shouldn’t it be the lunatic who’s a convicted felon and is going to be sentenced to prison in two weeks?

The Bird Charmer (1970) Carlos Mérida

Snowy Morning (1941) Komura Settai

Rice Reaping (1952) Ono Bakufü

A Year of Sunrises Ciro Russo

Atlantic Ocean Floor (1968) Heinrich Berann for National Geographic

La Fenêtre de Mélusine / The Window of the Water Spirit (1953) René Magritte

Life is about expressing your feelings #TCMParty #GayUSA

Some people go both ways #TCMParty #GayUSA

I don’t think I’ve ever seen this documentary #TCMParty #GayUSA

I would see this again, knowing not to expect too much from it. I think I’m gonna have a sandwich now. Anybody want anything? #SylviaScarlett #TCMParty

That looks so unsafe. I’m sure there’s been many accidents and at least a death or two. #SylviaScarlett #TCMParty

Since this movie has decided it doesn’t want to be Victor/Victoria, I think everyone should die at this point. #SylviaScarlett #TCMParty

Your true colors are beautiful like a rainbow #SylviaScarlett #TCMParty