I think about this interview with the distinguished philosopher Conan O'Brien a lot. I actually think this is a healthy way to live your life! www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/a...
![Is this how you want to go out, with a show that gets smaller and smaller until it’s gone?
Maybe that’s O.K. I think you have more of a problem with that than I do. [Laughs.] At this point in my career, I could go out with a grand, 21-gun salute, and climb into a rocket and the entire Supreme Court walks out and they jointly press a button, I’m shot up into the air and there’s an explosion and it’s orange and it spells, “Good night and God love.” In this culture? Two years later, it’s going to be, who’s Conan? This is going to sound grim, but eventually, all our graves go unattended.
You’re right, that does sound grim.
Sorry. Calvin Coolidge was a pretty popular president. I’ve been to his grave in Vermont. It has the presidential seal on it. Nobody was there. And by the way, I’m the only late-night host that has been to Calvin Coolidge’s grave. I think that’s what separates me from the other hosts.
I had a great conversation with Albert Brooks once. When I met him for the first time, I was kind of stammering. I said, you make movies, they live on forever. I just do these late-night shows, they get lost, they’re never seen again and who cares? And he looked at me and he said, [Albert Brooks voice] “What are you talking about? None of it matters.” None of it matters? “No, that’s the secret. In 1940, people said Clark Gable is the face of the 20th Century. Who [expletive] thinks about Clark Gable? It doesn’t matter. You’ll be forgotten. I’ll be forgotten. We’ll all be forgotten.” It’s so funny because you’d think that would depress me. I was walking on air after that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qnyq7wies2uc56bzqmfz4q25/bafkreief4hu7c6hd6ymgqnsaejlaipfuj7fq4ka2tkix72pionkb3dkkdy)
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Iowa. Root beer floats. #YNWA. If martin buber and EM Cioran had a baby and it married Italo Calvino's estranged kid, and they had a kid who liked punk rock. Middling. Former licensed attorney, video store owner and floor layer.
Pitching "here are who we wont send into war to die or be injured" to the "no wars" average voter is amazing content, albeit destructive and anti-social Messaging W for anti-war liberals Thanks pete!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayHegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."
They should have paid stealthygeek.bsky.social way more and it is insane that swatting is not treated as what it is: attempted murder www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
55 Swatting Calls: A Couple’s Fight Against Online Stalkers and the Police (Gift Article)
The city of Milwaukee agreed to a $575,000 settlement after months of heavily armed police responses to 911 calls to the couple’s home that officials knew were hoaxes.
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This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
"We find a significant and highly robust empirical relationship between gender conservatism and protectionism," since 2008, extending across parties and sexes and "robust to the inclusion of controls meant to isolate gender conservatism from other expressions of conservatism."
Gender-Role Traditionalism and Opposition to Trade in the United States | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Gender-Role Traditionalism and Opposition to Trade in the United States
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Iowa City sons fight ICE detention, imminent deportation of mom
Iowa City sons fight ICE detention, deportation of mom
Fatou Traore’s family has learned she was taken to a detention center in Cedar Rapids, then to Hardin County Jail, and then a facility in Omaha before being moved to ICE’s Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, La.
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seeing their names next to trump’s like they run sovereign states is a real cyberpunk moment
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d agoPlus, the "White House Accord on Super Intelligence: Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities" signed by Trump, Google's Pichai, Anthropic's Amodei, Meta's Zuckerberg, OpenAI's Brockman, XAI's Musk, Nvida's Huang.
TERFism’s proposition to cis women has always been “What if you accepted having fewer rights than men in order to guarantee that trans people have fewer rights than you?”
Katherine Alejandra Cross@quinnae.com · 2d agoIndeed. This point can't be stressed enough. "Sex-based" is a term we've always used to describe *discrimination*, and its sudden mainstreaming as pseudo-feminism in the UK reveals it as a poison that unravels the entire liberal democratic architecture of civil rights. I wrote about it here.
Wow, it just so happens the special session to giveaway even more state perks to the steel company...(have photo ops?) Happens to be timed for Oct 2nd, what a crazy sweeps week scheduling by total accident Calling this the biggest economic deal in state history is purely factual and not about nov
Special session called for planned $15 billion steel mill in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — Governor Kim Reynolds called a special session in response to the announcement that a multi-billion-dollar steel mill will be built in Iowa. On Monday, Reynolds, alongside …
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In 2021, chappelle was going on how you cant do comedy anymore while Che was dropping Shame the Devil on netflix without, gasp, the same pushback as Dave. Hint, it wasnt because Dave is more famous. You can talk about any topic so long as you dont faceplant and execute Che > Chappelle Shots fired
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 2d agoMichael Che's new standup special, "Shot in Minnesota," was taped in Minneapolis. Che has been a frequent visitor to the city, and during the taping called Minneapolis the new center of the civil rights movement.
W Tracey, i'm struck by the "im doing journalism" bit of preemptive counterframing. It might be a goto exonerative move for him but imho, any real journalist isnt so openly dumb as to pretend they are ignorant of rape shield laws and are familiar with why they exist and have a newsroom w standards
@lastpositivist.bsky.social · 2d agoThe raw visceral hatred some men have for women, at least women who step out of line, is shocking. I know it sounds like some sorta "one of the good ones" ploy but I am genuinely taken aback when I see it because I think: I had a fairly normal socialisation as a man in the west, how did I miss this?
Frfr, i have developed elaborate backstory for the buck mason male models and would like a podcast of them specifically talking about their career and the continuity of the mason job The one older white model is the trivago guys dad, headcanon But yes, i remind myself it all looks good on THEM
jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 3d agoi appreciate that buck mason uses a dark-skinned black guy for modeling its tailoring but i do not appreciate that it consistently makes me think “hell yeah i could wear that” whenever i see the photos www.buckmason.com/products/bad...
I would read a batman comic purely from the pov of the Batman/Wayne industries PR firm and their high stress, 24/7 battle to constantly differentiate batman as a costumed *superhero* out for vigilante justice, not to be confused with a costumed *villian* out for vigilante justice Team Ulcer
its not simply about boycotting meta. one company has made their products indispensable for communication in the modern world. they blocked lulas electoral ads the week before the election. theyre trying to sway public opinion against the victim of a gangrape. states need to intervene.
Jezebel@jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 3d ago"Instagram decided to block my post from getting in front of the right people. Tut tut tut. Oh dear. That doesn’t look great does it?" Pugh wrote www.jezebel.com/florence-pug...
“greater comfort” making the hierarchy explicit here. there are young people entitled to comfort, and others who are expected to supply it for them
The 74@the74.bsky.social · 3d agoThe Department of Education on Monday officially rescinded the Biden-era Title IX rule, which extended protections to LGBTQ students. The move, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said, will give parents “greater comfort” www.the74million.org/article/educ...
There is someone out there who has not heard that Ella Langley song AND has not seen Star Wars and idfk why they are waiting so long to cannonball into the internet deep end The discourse is yours for the taking
Meanwhile, Dracula hasnt aged a day Ruh-huh-im, shhhhot! Simon's quest, my personal fave
Aaron Ross Powell@aaronrosspowell.com · 6d agoI refuse to believe Castlevania is 40 years old. youtu.be/5HcjtbfJfCY?...
As a philosopher of mind I’m fascinated by so many people having to confront the nature of consciousness, and also think the most important thing is that Sam Altman goes to jail.
More man city posting is needed, this is the sports app, cmon Gakpo probably real happy that deal fell through as of this morning
I like kai but its hilarious a radio guy has opinions about optics Man, idk if you wear pants on-air, shoes on or off, i dont care, its not critical, its not a zoom
Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social · 6d agoI’m sorry, but if you bring an iced coffee - or any damn beverage at all - to a job interview, you’re disqualified. It’s not hard, people.
In relative standpoint terms, this would be a really funny jewish-american jewish comedic tradition roast of israel if larry david said it, ilana glazer could work a room on this til it deconstructed into atoms... Alas, they are no ilana glazer, and its wasted as a shitty "bad jews" putdown
Jordan Kay@jnatc.im · 6d agoLike if you’re Ilhan Omar’s former comms director………you could choose not to post this?
This thread reminds me of this piece I wrote a while back explaining how Cooper is the reason that Alex Jones and Hoteps have the same talking points:
Bill Cooper: the conspiracy theorist who links afrofuturist "Hoteps" with Alex Jones - The Skeptic
The afrofuturist Hotep movement echoes conspiracy theorist Alex Jones because they're all pulling from the same source material: Bill Cooper
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