Wrote a thing about Rod Liddle www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I knew Rod Liddle and hated what he became. He would have wanted me to say so | Zoe Williams
A man who prized blunt speaking has been selectively eulogised. There’s a balance between decency and honesty: I’m sad he caused such harm, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
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I rarely comment on departing players, but Kevin Gausman is different. A thoughtful, reliable and impressive person to cover. All of the reasons #BlueJays fans were drawn to Gausman are genuine and real. Model player, model representative of this organization. He did it right.
perfect dead drop 10/10 no notes (the shrouds really make this)
Donald Trump last week, "We will cut Spain off, they will get nothing, NOTHING." This week, "Here you go Spain have the World Cup." 🤣
Over the past month, New York has welcomed the world. From neighborhood watch parties to the stadium, we’ve celebrated the communities that make our city the global capital of the beautiful game. Today, we close out a historic World Cup, proud of how New Yorkers showed up every step of the way.
I Must Break You - Russian Boxer
ALT: I Must Break You - Russian Boxer
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Douglas Reyes-Ceron@dreyesceron.bsky.social · last mo.From the Telemundo broadcast just now by the commentary team during a slow-mo replay of the goal and a shot of Haaland with his hair down: "This is a perfect goal. The ball didn't touch anything." In exaggerated, gravely, dramatic voice: "TERMINATOR"
Pretty funny image. Feel bad for the US team though… as usual, everything Trump touches turns to shit.
RedStateBlues@coolsprings.bsky.social · last mo.Now, if the United States goes on to win the World Cup, it will forever be tainted. #ETTD
America is destroying itself. It’s no surprise | Stephen Marche
America is destroying itself. It’s no surprise | Stephen Marche
Scholars will somedy wonder how the richest country in history chose to throw it all away. But the crisis has been there since the beginning
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he did like 37 things in like 8 seconds while everybody else was just doing 1 thing
this may well be the defining joke of our era theonion.com/guy-who-suck...
Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI
SAN MATEO, CA—After spending the past three decades of his life being totally unable and unwilling to engage in any meaningful way with the world around him, James Parker, a local guy who sucks at bei...
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I think this captures the current moment of New York joy amidst federal angst in a way that is especially comprehensible to elder millennials like me Also, I would have absolutely watched this movie on WPIX every other weekend afternoon
Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD
The Old Man and Death, by László Mednyánszky, 1895-1900 (flipped)
Hercules and Nessus, by Giambologna, 1599
This week's episode of Meanwhile is a special one. I'll be releasing a video version along with our typical audio show Thursday. Stay tuned.
Worth noting today: Dad was a chief petty officer aboard the USS Borum. A destroyer escort, they led the D-Day invasion force as part of a five ship line, clearing Nazi mines in the dark to open two channels to Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. The day after he turned 19. Antifa? You bet he was.
MindyGraz@melkleingraz.bsky.social · 2mo ago#BOTD June 5, 1925 Warren Frost an American character actor best known for his recurring role as the dependable town physician Dr. Will "Doc" Hayward in Twin Peaks—a show co-created by his son Mark. #TwinPeaks #TwinPeaksTheReturn @markfrost.bsky.social #MarkFrost p 1 of 2.
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In our 2nd ep about Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook, David talks to critic & memoirist Catherine Taylor about the novel’s place in the history of feminism. Why are the things that shocked its original readers not what shock its readers today? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
This is my favourite era Stones: Jagger camp as three trams, Keith looming and deranged, Bill and Charlie cracking up, and Ron trying to keep it all together like a bewildered zoo-keeper. Good clean fun from our British bad boys 🤣 youtu.be/9iw_BE_X9sA
The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue - OFFICIAL PROMO
YouTube video by The Rolling Stones
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This, by the great @markharris.bsky.social, is simply great. Today's, surely, best reading:
Lenny: High-Wire Act
Featuring a quasi-documentary format that was innovative for its time, Bob Fosse’s complex portrait of stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce is a gesture of postmortem outreach from one prickly, jagged-edged ...
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A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.”
a swarm of spring bugs@facefullabugs.bsky.social · 5mo agoLove the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got
Happy birthday, Bobby. (Love the moment when he punches the air during this absolute barn burner of a performance.)
Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary)@bowiesongs.bsky.social · 3mo agohappy 85, Bob. still my favorite of his TV appearances, and it's a shame that its recording didn't make the Bootleg Series cut (due to the extended wrong-key-harmonica coda, no doubt, but that adds to it for me) www.youtube.com/watch?v=944J...
I woke up today and couldn't wait to tell my wife about the Sympathy for the Devil episodes and how fascinating it was to hear about a time when Mick Jagger legitimately was one of the coolest people on earth, instead of the co-chair of Cool Band Enterprises, a ltd. liability partnership est. 1979
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs@500songspodcast.bsky.social · 3mo agoA History of Rock Music in 500 Songs can only be brought to you by the generosity of loyal Patreon supporters. Join a community of over 14,000, support the podcast and gain access to a back catalogue of bonus episodes! For as little as $1!
It would be such a boon for fans and film/tv scholars to have access to these materials!
Playmixt aka Kevin@playmixt.bsky.social · 4mo agoDear @criterion.bsky.social : On a recent episode of the MEANWHILE podcast by @ericgrissom.com, writer/producer BOB ENGELS admits he is in possession of unseen "piles of dailies" from both TWIN PEAKS and ON THE AIR.
