Raptorized Ira

you want balance? go to npr. you want fairness? you came to the wrong place. you want objectivity? don't make me laugh. you want expertise? you must be lost. you want editing? well, i want a ferrari, we can't alwa—you want accuracy? jeez, you have an awful lot of wants

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You had me at “exceedingly dry in-jokes for recherché subcultures”

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 Day Thirteen: The Arrival

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 Day Twelve: Extremity

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*Mitch Hedberg voice* This used to be a drug dealer's car. It still is, but it used to be one also

The Parker books are so good:

Bar none, my favourite reply of all time:

Smoothie-Era Giannis was something else:

Whenever it is nice outside:

I still think back on this, getting paid (unwittingly, I was bored at work) to send emails to Henry Abbott at TrueHoop, and smile.

Now I am quoting instead of replying to my own posts. Easier this way:

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Hellboy by Frank Miller craigzablo.com/?p=18705

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One of my oldest friends married a woman whose father was interned in Canada during WWII. His family had been prosperous in Vancouver and then: Into the camp. He spent most of his high school years in the camp with a single science textbook, and eventually worked for 60 years as a surgeon.

If you’ve never seen Dorothea Lange’s photographs of the World War II internment camps and the Japanese-Americans who were imprisoned there, today is a good day to see them and to commit to making sure this never happens again. anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothe...

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Happy "Jair Bolsonaro eats a huge pile of shit" Day!

Brazil’s Federal Police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a source with knowledge of the accusations.

Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case, sources sayapnews.com Brazilian police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia duri...

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Happy July 4th, everyone! Let’s not get too crazy out there…

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Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •www.blackpast.org On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the D...

JFC.

This is the other side of never meet your heroes.

Don’t fuck your fans

I now know about Neil Gaiman's dad and Grant Morrison's dad. Need to find out what was up with Alan Moore's dad.

Gaiman. His father was the head of the Church of Scientology in Britain.