I suppose there’s hardly a day that goes by lately where this couldn’t be said, but on this I cannot stay silent. Mr. Trump, sir, please shut the hell up before you ruin this for all of us.
just finished Play It as It Lays, by Joan Didion. a short, gripping novel of lost souls living lives of excess in mid-1960s Hollywood. not usually my thing but her style is absolutely masterful (& the audiobook narration was excellent) ?
“A frank and honest description of who [Sarah Huckabee Sanders] is and what she does would be much more harsh…” indeed.
full video of Michelle Wolf’s set at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. file under “ruthlessness”
Gigantic Brewing’s Most Most Premium Russian Imperial Stout
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well, crap. I think my MacBook might have just started having this problem. the up-arrow works about 1/3 of the time. you might think that sounds like the first-world-est of first-world problems, and that’s not wrong. but still: it really sucks
if you’re as easily amused as I am then you may enjoy this, from Buzzfeed: 100 Hilarious Posts That Prove Tumblr Is An Absolute Goldmine
dear @medium, I’m about done pardoning your interruption. I will never, ever “make things official”, just to read an occasional blog post on your cramped & crappy site
nailed it as usual, Siri. just one thing: does the “$$” rating include airfare to Malaysia
happy birthday, Shakespeare. you know it was hard to be the bard
“Then there’s Austin, which is totally crazy. If you walk from one end of downtown Austin to the other, you cross three different congressional districts” @TexasObserver, on gerrymandering ahead of Texas’ appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve racist districts
Karbach’s Brandy, You’re A Fine Girl
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book review: Under the Lights & in the Dark, by Gwendolyn Oxenham. I thought I’d like it, but I loved it. I recommend this compelling, inspiring (but not pollyannaish) collection of stories not just to soccer fans, or women’s soccer fans, but to anyone. fantastic. ?
this essay on echo chambers as cults is a long one, but the key point (made in the first half) about the difference between “echo chambers” and “epistemic bubbles” is really interesting
new Tolkien? yes please
Stone Brewing’s Mikhail
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The New Yorker: “There are lots of details and surprises to come, but the endgame of this Presidency seems as clear now as those of Iraq and the financial crisis did months before they unfolded.”
…Next was a title that’s been on my list since the 2011 Tournament of Books, where it got to the semis. This opening round review is a good one.
book review: Next, by James Hynes: really enjoyed this. I think I would have even if I weren’t so familiar with much of the setting (a bright, hot day in downtown & south Austin), but that was a bonus for sure. (and what a final act!) ?
even apart from Mueller, Cohen, Stormy, etc., look what these sons of bitches are doing. “The new interpretation reverses decades of action by Republican & Democratic administrations to protect the animals as they navigate the globe… Oil companies are the greatest beneficiaries”
god forbid this happens, but if it does, I’ll protest it. will you? (P.S. the bigger that number, right now, the better)
McSweeney’s: “Some of those disclosures were repeated through other channels, at times using custom Print Shop banners taped to windows or bedroom doors.”
Sierra Nevada’s Ovila
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Onion poll: “nearly 70 percent of respondents admitted having ‘some reservations’ or ‘very strong reservations’ concerning the malevolent emotional feedback machine relying on their deepest fears and insecurities to generate advertising revenue”
? brand new Wye Oak? yes please
Belô Petroleum
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saw Isle of Dogs today; loved it. a fun movie we were ready to watch again immediately
ladies & gentlemen, The Regrettes, in: Seashore and Fox on the Run, for A.V. Undercover
De Halve Maan Brewery’s Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel
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