Leslie Molson

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I once wrote a fact check of a Morgan Spurlock book. He included what he said was a direct quote from the FDA that aspartame causes cancer. I checked the footnote. An FDA newsletter did publish that claim — but *only to specifically refute it*. That’s basically how Barrett quotes Madison here.

These mistakes originalist justices are making aren’t about disputed interpretations of history, with evidence on both sides. They’re pulling quotes out of context to attribute ideas to founding figures that those figures adamantly opposed. (via @andycraig.bsky.social) reason.com/volokh/2024/...

The Supreme Court's Dubious Use of History in Department of State v. Munozreason.com Justice Amy Coney Barrett's majority opinion includes significant errors, and violates some of her own precepts against excessive reliance on questionable history.

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Mike Judge is a prophet, possibly a witch but certainly a holder of a scrying ball

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Chinese people globally are being targeted by an elaborate scam in which criminals pretend to be Chinese police. 'China’s embassies around the world have issued public warnings about police impersonation scams, as has the FBI'

Scammed by the fake Chinese policewww.bbc.co.uk Con men threaten to extradite their victims to China if they don’t pay “bail”.

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You should take a moment for this…

Could you forgive your childhood bully?: Katy Wix confronts a painful memorywww.theguardian.com When the actor and comedian’s teenage best friend suddenly became her cruel tormentor, Katy Wix’s mum told her to be patient and not to let it get to her. But it did. Decades later, a message arrives ...

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I think it’s clear that Paul Westerberg wrote his mom’s obituary. Let’s go Twins! m.startribune.com/obituaries/d...

Obituary for Mary Lou (Philipp) Westerbergm.startribune.com

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Julia Child on the telephone, Aubazine, 1952 One of the great photographs taken by Paul Child when the couple lived in the south of France.

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Elsa Lanchester & Charles Laughton by Hermann Landshoff New York, 1946 What a fabulous portrait!

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Apparently this happened at a launch party for Paltrow's new line of Goop products that just dropped

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"In her 4 yrs @ StonyBrook, McInnis’s admin repudiated a professor who had criticized the local police. And she created an expanded safety dept" — an office of "enterprise risk management" — "complete with intelligence capabilities," "sweeping authority" + a Sliwa/Giuliani-backed former-NYPD leader

The Yale Daily News picks up a story about the school’s new president, Maurie McInnis, being awful, including and especially wrt Palestine protests. She will be no better at Yale than she was at Stony Brook—this is her style. Spread the word. yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/06...

Pro-Palestine students, faculty criticize McInnis’ appointment as president - Yale Daily Newsyaledailynews.com In the wake of mass pro-Palestine protests on campus, students and faculty in the divestment movement expressed concerns about free speech and policing ahead of McInnis’ presidency.

Yale’s New President Pushed Policing as Head of Stony Brook Universitywww.nytimes.com In her four years at the state university, Maurie McInnis drew criticism from faculty members who said some of her decisions violated academic freedom.

My *father* was born 96 years ago! Yikes.

Sliced bread first went on sale 96 years ago today and — here’s the fun bit — was promoted as being the greatest thing since WRAPPED bread.

If one needed an illustration for "copy boy" in a dictionary, this picture would be perfect

FROM THE BUSHMILLER FILES 1905/1919

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if only there was a word for "displacing" an "entire population" of people using "military ground operations"

Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military last week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ground operation, the latest UN figures show.

Almost entire population in Gaza now displaced amid fresh Israeli offensive | CNNwww.cnn.com Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military this week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ...

Chevalière d'Éon, (1728-1810), was a French diplomat, spy, and soldier. D'Éon fought in the Seven Years' War, and spied for France while in Russia and England. Starting in 1777, d'Éon lived as a woman and was officially recognized as a woman by King Louis XVI. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevali...

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Introduced some friends this afternoon to the wonders of Cutthroat Island (1995). A notorious box office disaster but I kinda love it. Geena Davis is hot af, Matthew Modine channels Errol Flynn surprisingly well, and Frank Langella’s a wonderful villain. It looks great, amazing production values.

The only vote she didn't lose was Alan Partridge's.

Lol www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

‘She wasn’t sure how to get off the stage’: Liz Truss’s ungracious count retreat caps political humiliationwww.theguardian.com The former prime minister had said she was running ‘on her record in government’. For once, she was taken at her word

Aside from the grotesque nature of this column—as a "felon" myself, why do I know this won't apply to me?

Making "felon" cool 😎 again www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/u...

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Unless the "tough decisions" are legalising recreational drug use and releasing anyone in prison for it I doubt it'll be anything good

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Stormy Daniels gets more than $900K from GoFundMe after alleged threatswww.theguardian.com Daniels says Trump supporters have inundated her with threats to rape and murder her daughter and other family

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I mean look, even if you don’t think the NYTimes is putting its weight behind a Trump victory, would this page look any different if they were?

Can someone tell me where NYT hid Trump's attempts to disown Heritage's fascist project? I mean, holy hell, that's the only reporting on Trump they do anymore?

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I don’t even know where to begin with this.

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You’d think admitting to distributing counterfeit money would get you a visit from the Secret Service…

As a side note, this is John McEntee, Trump's Director of White House Personnel and the primary architect of Project 2025. On Tik Tok he said he gives counterfeit bills to homeless people so they will be arrested when they go to spend them.

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The TV series adaptation of “The Amazing Spider-Man,” starring Nicholas Hammond in the title role of the comic book character concluded its run on this day in 1979. Despite achieving respectable ratings, its expensive production costs led to the filming of only 13 episodes for… http://dlvr.it/T9DssM

This was an excellent episode.

Episode 154: @caspiancey.bsky.social and @bft.wtf are joined by @coloradotravis.bsky.social to discuss whether venture capital is good, and what role it is supposed to play in society cryptocriticscorner.com/2024/07/05/e...

Episode 154 – Is Venture Capital Good? (feat. Travis Kimmel)cryptocriticscorner.com Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Travis Kimmel to discuss the purpose and role of venture capital.

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pardon me WHAT COVERAGE?

grooming industrial complex in shambles

My least favorite Instagram ad, barring anything from Temu. Who tf is going to want to sign up for this?? It's obscene.

A no-brainer appearance.

Vice President Kamala Harris participating in Essence Fest 2024www.wdsu.com VP Harris will be sitting down with President and CEO of Essence Fest Caroline Wanga for a "Chief to Chief" conversation.

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Does @nytimes.com demand accuracy in OpEds or is it a section where contributors are invited to submit fabrications? In a newspaper, should opinions be based on fact, or is everything, including recorded, documented historical data subjective? If a contributor misrepresents themselves, what happens?

Suprise: unwashed fascist ghoul Matthew Walther - who wrote a column that the New York Times just published advising Americans not to vote - did in fact vote in 2020 and 2022. It’s time for us to stop tolerating these ratfucking liars.

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The ramped-up hits on Project 2025 must be landing — Trump just shoved it right in front of the bus

I'm old enough to remember when GWB took "too many" vacation days (533 over eight years), and everyone was quick to point out that even those were working vacation days, because he was POTUS.

my hot take is that the president should be and live like a normal human, and so I reject the premise that the president must work 130 hour weeks and never be well-rested. he has dozens of staffers who can cover shifts!

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Why do I live in the year 2024 and I still can’t hyperlink on Gmail in mobile? Who do I need to hunt down to fix this?