Nancy Friedman

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Name developer, writer, lapsed journalist, bay swimmer. Born in Los Angeles, semi-rooted in Oakland, California. Yes, I have a Substack. https://fritinancy.substack.com/

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So many journalists going to be spending their time in leftist brasseries interviewing voters and trying to figure out how they missed this movement

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

I love taking pictures of signs. For one thing, they tend to hold still. fritinancy.substack.com/p/signs-of-t...

Signs of the timesfritinancy.substack.com A walking-around photo gallery.

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Library funding is almost always justified through patron numbers. The more people a library serves, the more funding it gets. So even if you don't regularly use a public library, get a library card. It costs you nothing and helps everyone in your community.

today is my NINETEEN YEAR anniversary working at my local library In honor of that, I ask you to get a card to your local public library today! If you ALREADY have a card to your local public library, check out their digital resources! Their summer programs! And yeah, they have books too.

"'Oatzempic,' as the DIY drink is being dubbed, is made by blending half a glass of rolled oats, a glass of water, a dash of cinnamon and a squeeze of lime juice. As rudimentary and unlikely as it sounds, it has amassed a cult following, with 40 million views on TikTok" airmail.news/look/issues/...

Does “Oatzempic” Really Melt Away The Pounds?airmail.news TikTok’s favorite alternative to Ozempic is being trotted out as a natural miracle, and science says it may be more than a fad.

Someday the @nytimes.com will figure out how to make subjects and verbs agree, but June 29, 2024, the date this movie review was published, was not that day. (The subject is "showing," not "deaths.")

I went into A Quiet Place: Day One simply to complete the series and to escape the July 4 pandemonium. That it exceeded expectations shouldn't have surprised me — after all, Lupita N'yongo! and a superb cat! — but I'm happy it did. Stay for the Nina Simone song at the end.

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Not to be corny but I do think the ongoing aspiration to make America a pluralist democracy of equals is righteous, beautiful, and worth honoring, even if it has more often been the struggle of minorities & dissenters than the policy of the government. 🇺🇸

I was drawn in by “go fake,” and then I saw “themselv.”

It's a “fuckery” kind of week. @stancarey.bsky.social called it on @stronglang.bsky.social stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/06/30/w...

Here @rickhasen.bsky.social calls bs. electionlawblog.org?p=144245&ref... But of course the fuckery is the point.

No, States Would Not Be Forced to Keep Biden on the Ballot If He's Not the Democratic Party's Nominee from the DNC #ELBelectionlawblog.org I have been seeing stories like this and this citing to a Heritage memo saying that in some states it would be hard for Democrats to list someone other than Biden on the ballot if Democrats nominate s...

What kind of “fuckery” is this?stronglang.wordpress.com If there’s one place you’ll find fuckery, it’s in a fuckery. In fact, you’d probably find all sorts of fuckery in a fuckery, including: —treachery, ill treatment or behaviour —nonsense, foolishness, b...

Stopped reading after "peak."

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This is one of the most dystopian signs I've ever seen. Republicans are quickly turning this country into an unrecognizable freakshow.

Sign in the Oakland DMV office. I hadn't known that "Hmoob" has replaced "Hmong." Some people prefer the intercap version, HMoob, "because it incorporates graphemes (i.e. letters) from all three other terms of group-based identity." blogs.extension.wisc.edu/oaic/files/2... (Also: Hebrew!)

Phase vs. faze. fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-th...

Word of the week: Fazefritinancy.substack.com You shouldn't confuse it with "phase," but I have grumpily come to understand why you might.

“There were no bold flavors, no spice, no risks, but what did I expect from a company that makes chaises that run the gamut from taupe to greige?” Mackenzie Chung Fegan reviews the Palm Court at the RH furniture store: @sfchronicle.bsky.social : www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

The San Francisco store where you can buy a $14,000 chandelier and eat a $110 steakwww.sfchronicle.com Bay Area company RH, formerly Restoration Hardware, has entered the restaurant business. Is the food at Palm Court worth the luxury prices?

Say less.

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What kind of "fuckery" is this? New post for @stronglang.bsky.social on a word for our times: stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/06/30/w... #langsky #swearsky

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Look, I’m famous!

@qpheevr.bsky.social at the American Library Association and this was flashed up on a screen during a presentation on AI.

Learned just now of Orlando Cepeda's death and immediately thought of Danny Kaye and the “Jints.” youtu.be/sGhaPurfYEA?...

The D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh really? No, O'Malley!) - Danny Kayeyoutu.be Classic track that describes a fictitious encounter with the San Francisco Giants, which was a hit during the real-life pennant chase of 1962.

“Gish gallop" has been in the news this week. It was also in the news in 2017 when I published this blog post about it. #gishgallop nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_wo...

Word of the week: Gish Gallopnancyfriedman.typepad.com In debate strategy, there are assertions, counter-assertions, framing, reframing, rebuttals, and undermining. Then there’s the Gish Gallop, also known as “proof by verbosity,” “baffle them with bullsh...

Just me taking out the garbage over at X/Twitter.

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Hardly the most important part of this story, but the man pushing for a “post-Constitutionalist” American government literally shares the name of the corporation from THE BOYS

I try not to let my dread of a Trump presidency verge into hysteria. But reading about this MAGA Christian nationalist true believer—D.C. lifer, ex-OMB director, 2024 GOP platform policy director, possible White House chief of staff—makes it hard to keep calm. Gift link. wapo.st/3yXcDpW

Trump loyalist pushes ‘post-Constitutional’ vision for second termwapo.st Russ Vought, the former president’s budget director, is laying the groundwork for a broad expansion of presidential powers.

Step One: Read this.

pls share/RT After November: What Democrats And Liberals Need To Do To Stop Sucking www.oliverexplains.com/p/after-nove...

After November: What Democrats And Liberals Need To Do To Stop Suckingwww.oliverexplains.com Time For A Fundamental Transformation

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Ok sure but which bible

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters issued this memo today requiring teachers in all schools to keep a Bible in their classroom and teach from it as a historical document. (Via KOCO 5 News)

"Phonetic" pronunciations of Thomas Jefferson University graduates' names are a koh-lahss-ul f'ayl-yur. languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=64715

Language Log » Pronunciation guides fail spectacularlylanguagelog.ldc.upenn.edu

He ran for governor against Rick Perry in 2006, using the campaign slogans "How Hard Could It Be?", "Why the Hell Not?", "My Governor Is a Jewish Cowboy", and "He Ain't Kinky, He's My Governor." (Alas, he was yet another Friedman I'm not related to.)

Oh NO we lost the Kinkster. Aside from everything he wrote some very funny mystery novels which I loved.

Kinky Friedman, Musician and Humorist Who Slew Sacred Cows, Dies at 79www.nytimes.com He and his band, the Texas Jewboys, won acclaim for their satirical takes on American culture. He later wrote detective novels and ran for Texas governor.

June linkstack, with help from @lingthusiasm.bsky.social @misterslang.bsky.social @chaykak.bsky.social @stancarey.bsky.social and many more. fritinancy.substack.com/p/june-links...

June linkstackfritinancy.substack.com Surfing the internet, smooshing words, saying sayonara to the Doge dog, and more.

This is the travel advice I appreciate: "Fun gets old surprisingly quickly." (ht @kottke.org) dynomight.net/travel/

Obvious travel advicedynomight.net Not entirely about food

Love this story about CIBBOWS, “Brooklyn's least exclusive swimming club.” www.thecity.nyc/2024/06/26/o...

Open Seas at Brooklyn’s Least Exclusive Beach Clubwww.thecity.nyc A group of ocean swimmers is on a mission to make the joys and terrors of diving into nature accessible to people ready to venture out of the pool.

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I think I speak for all the Jews when I say “leave us out of it”

Louisiana Gov. Landry says he will defend "Judeo-Christian values" in response to the lawsuit challenging the state's establishment of religion in public classrooms, doing a great favor for plaintiffs. www.nola.com/news/politic...

Jeff Landry vows to defend 'Judeo-Christian values' after Ten Commandments lawsuitwww.nola.com Gov. Jeff Landry urged his supporters in a fundraising email Tuesday to “stand up for Judeo-Christian values” after civil liberties groups sued to block Louisiana's controversial new Ten Commandments ...