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Video wrangler, journo, cocktailian, flâneur, shutterbug, quizzer, semi-pro New Yorker, fitful writer, cognitive diffident.

Tired and emotional. (Opinions solely mine. Reposts/faves aren't endorsements, sillypants.) He/him.

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Paul F. Tompkins

Did Bruce cast some kind of dark spell over Born in the USA that just makes certain folks impervious to using their brains at all about it

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Remember how the "retail theft crime wave" disappeared as soon as companies had to do their annual reports? That's because it's illegal to lie to shareholders. AI is booming (if you're a pleb) but if you have money - Goldman Sachs will be honest with you instead web.archive.org/web/20240629...

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There's a Small Problem With the AI Industry: It's Making Absolutely No Moneyfuturism.com AI is not making money for investors which may be connected to businesses having trouble adopting the technology.

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I have no problem with hacks reporting on, well, anything about Joe Biden. I have a problem with hacks reporting on problems with Joe Biden at 10x the rate they report on problems with Donald Trump. THAT is the problem.

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There is a 7 foot tall guy behind Rishi Sunak who likely ran for office just to be able to hold a printed out L behind him during his concession speech.

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Midsomer Norton’s MP is found thoroughly defeated…. #UKpol

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Think of how sick this is. It’s Trump demanding unlimited power and Rs on the court granting it but that’s all justified by unnamed power grabs by Democrats (!) I guess for opposing literal coups???

I've been thinking about this post from the Claremont Institute, a Trumpist think tank, ever since the SCOTUS immunity ruling. Wonder what "unpleasant things" the Trumpists have in mind. open.substack.com/pub/joelmmat...

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that "don't vote" piece may be the worst guest editorial in the NYT since they let Tom Cotton use the space to call for calling in the military against protesters.

Wow, ancient bearded Neil Kinnock showing up on ITV!

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Also, has everyone forgotten Trump's schedule with those huge blocks of "executive time" every day?

A few months before he was reelected overwhelmingly, it was widely reported that Ronald Reagan napped during cabinet meetings.

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It’s not gonna happen but it would be insanely funny if Biden loses then does Exactly to the letter the same things Trump did after Election Day 2020, with the exact same measures and same death toll and all, then have the right scream about how wrong that was, after years of saying Jan. 6 was cool

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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...

Should have had a captive, corrupt Supreme Court to declare him immune

Reports: Brazil police have indicted Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association

Kathy Hochul's just trolling us with her new Twitter profile pic now.

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It’s a very obscure question but I did some research and it turns out that the president who led us out of the Depression and kicked Hitler’s ass was actually in a wheelchair? Who knew?

Kevin, I am not a historian, so IDK, but has there ever been a President in American History who used a mobility aid? And, if so, would you say this president who was so weak as to need, say, braces or a wheelchair, is considered to be one of the top President’s ever?

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Happy disability pride month!

IMO this is a straight-up ageist and ableist image, no?

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This is the kind of *incredible* journalism I'm so glad to see from @nytimes.com. Don't retract the article where you let a right-wing monarchist straight up lie, don't issue a correction, or inform readers he's a far-right lunatic, just change the headline from present to future tense.

Lmao they just changed the title of the piece from “Why I don’t vote” to “Why I won’t vote” rather than tell readers that the guy actually does vote

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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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I am 100% in this group. It me. Kobayashi is the Babe Ruth of competitive eating. He made the game what it is today. Without the Tsunami, Joey Chestnut would still be working a steam table at an Applebee's in San Ysidro.

Love to connect with my people* * folks who love Takeru Kobayashi and hate Joey Chestnut

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For about the millionth time, I’ll just say — having a public editor who could ask people how this happened and lay it out for readers would actually make the paper look better than fucking up this badly and then walking away from it without saying a word.

Why I Don't Vote (OK, I Do Vote, but I Would Like to Discourage You, NY Times Reader, For Doing So For Some Reason) Via @bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us

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My NYT op-ed:

Putting finishing touches on my NYT op-ed about my years as starting power forward for the Boston Celtics.

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Funny aside. You need six, I think to pass? And when you're taking it THEY STOP WHEN YOU PASS. My husband studied so hard, sat to take it, got six right answers and objected when they tried to move on without asking him more. 😂

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This! Is! London! — www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

UK general election 2024 live: Final hour of voting before polls closewww.bbc.com Voters must show photo ID when they cast their ballots, with polling stations open until 22:00 BST.

Would you pass the US citizenship test? I got 10/10, but wonder if it will have to be revised in light of recent SCOTUS rulings. Gift link: wapo.st/3zvCS75

Can you pass a U.S. citizenship test? Take our civics quiz.wapo.st How much do you know about America? In honor of July Fourth, test your knowledge with some of the questions aspiring U.S. citizens must answer to become naturalized.

One would think it a dealbreaker for the newspaper of record, but I guess failsons gotta stick together

They feel absolutely no fealty to the truth

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…against the next gang of ‘robbers’ who came to steal it & DID - & became swollen-hearted patriots in THEIR turn.” The birth of a nation is an accident of history & one which never goes too long without being remedied. END

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“Patriotism I s a word which always commemorates a robbery. There isn’t a foot of land in the world which doesn’t represent the ousting & re-ousting of a long line of successive ‘owners,’ who each in turn, as ‘patriots,’ with proud swelling hearts defended it… 8/9

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…not because it is not American, but merely because this nation goes insane, & by the help of noise & fire turns into an odious pandemonium. The nation calls it by all sorts of pet names, but if I had the naming of it I would throw poetry aside & call it Hell's Delight." 5/9

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But in an 1908 entry of his Autobiography, which he knew would not be published until a century after his death, he reveals that his disdain was always deadly serious: "I detest that English holiday with all my heart;… 4/9

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Mark Twain hated the Fourth of July. He was often invited to speak at Independence Day festivities. His audiences assumed that his reliably unpatriotic remarks were tongue-in-cheek jests. But he meant that shit. 1/9

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The Supreme Court that claims to be originalists fully fucked up the Founders' core principles. Celebrate by reading what slaves thought about the country the Founders created

Fredrick Douglass gave this speech on July 5, 1852.

A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”nmaahc.si.edu In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech titled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” a call for the promise of liberty be applied equally to all Americans. Douglass’s speech...