I had a great time with talking James Dolan, housing, the New York red wave, and some other fun topics. A wide-ranging conversation, worth a listen.
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It looks like they ran a Pontiac Aztek through a photocopier
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It’s polarizing and I felt the same way at first, but it’s grown on me. I personally appreciate the hutzpah. No other automaker would even dare try something so radical.
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who is going to buy that ugly-ass car?
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this car is hideous, what are they thinking
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This deep dive by into the annals of Armie Hammer is incredible and everyone should read it
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In any year prior to 2016, I think Democrats would know how to run a campaign against a nominee who had taken multiple congressional votes to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and federal funding for education and law enforcement.
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NEW: Democrats are worried about running against DeSantis in 2024, given his age (44 vs. Biden's 80) + his experience running a big, diverse state. They know the playbook of how to win against Trump but are trying to figure out how to thwart Fla. governor: bloomberg.com/news/articles/
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It is such a disappointment to hear that George Santos, who authored Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, may have violated it
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Ex-staffer claims George Santos sexually harassed him, violated pay rules trib.al/6rFsKhT
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This is a fantastic and useful article
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Hiring is through the roof, but just about every restaurant, hotel and daycare center seems woefully under-staffed.
Why? It turns out many service workers have moved to (better) office jobs during the pandemic. (w/@maggiepenman) washingtonpost.com/business/2023/
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the english language has to be charitable enough to give us more words than "balloon" to differentiate a thing that clowns blow up at a birthday party from advanced research technology the size of three buses
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What is the real mission of the Chinese balloon?
- cause myocarditis33.7%
- grooming66.3%
1,233 votesFinal results
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"Etiquette is for setting other people at ease... [NYMag's] conception of etiquette is selfish: It’s about self-soothing"
I'd add – questions of etiquette tend to resolve themselves pretty quickly you have basic empathy and respect other people's humanity
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I wrote about why I hated that NYMag etiquette cover story. joshbarro.com/p/just-because
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They also know the phone number of one of the suspects, but still can't ID a person. I assume this means there will be arrests sooner or later, but it feels weird to announce this all publicly with no suspect.
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Like, doesn't the car show up on plate readers at toll plazas?
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I'm honestly a little baffled by the combination of how much evidence the NYPD is known to have here (including a license plate number of a relevant car) and no arrests months after five separate incidents.
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"I punched up the screenplay for Ishtar"
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Honestly it's kind of clever to claim to have produced a notorious bomb. Who makes up a story like that?
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SCOOP: George Santos told some potential donors he was a producer on the Broadway Spider-Man Musical. Turns out, that wasn't the case.
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also why I hated it, too much stuff on the internet is written from the ninetieth percentile of neuroticism
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I wrote about why I hated that NYMag etiquette cover story. joshbarro.com/p/just-because
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I wrote about why I hated that NYMag etiquette cover story.
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My friends make fun of me for setting everything to 24-hour clock, but this is why
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Last night, I set my alarm for 5:15. I failed to double check the “A.M.” part.
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While the strongest argument against sensitivity reads is one founded on the principle of creative freedom, the second best argument is that it caters to readers who are not so much *sensitive* as really, really stupid
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If you find yourself noticing this a lot, you should probably work on saying more interesting and concise things thecut.com/article/tippin
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BIDEN: "More than half the women in my administration are women."
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THINK before using violent-coded language. For example: instead of saying "I'm gonna murder this person," say "I will escort this individual into the hereafter"
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"Reserve" is a funny title for the (Dutch translation of the) book since he doesn't have any
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Read on the nonsense claims about "threats to the dollar." They are BS, except the true claim that global currency reserves are diversifying modestly away from USD toward things like Swiss Francs and Canada & Australia Dollars, which is fine.
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Plus what straight people are “actively resisting the patriarchy” by not getting married? They just don’t want to get married.
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“Partner” is so annoying that now whenever I read it on the internet I assume the person is talking about their Siamese twin
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I’m sorry, this is the exact situation where it’s obnoxiously smug. If you feel juvenile calling him your “boyfriend,” get married. thecut.com/article/tippin
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It’s so funny, Europeans and their “Peugeots”
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Outside the US it’s also quite common to lack air conditioning and automatic transmission 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
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Outside the US, partner is in quite common usage
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Btw marriage equality means gay people who say “partner” are now tiresome just like straight people
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Or you can call him your “lover” but you have to say it like Rachel Dratch
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I’m sorry, this is the exact situation where it’s obnoxiously smug. If you feel juvenile calling him your “boyfriend,” get married. thecut.com/article/tippin
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I wrote about ’s observation of a Republican electoral penalty for nominating miserable SOBs, and why the Reagan and Bush models for “sunny” conservatism don’t meet the moment.
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Lots of good stuff in Gov Hochul’s housing proposal
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it's a pretty normal part of politics for people to publicly state their issue positions
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Asked several times about what specific ideas he's put on the table to cut spending, McCarthy says he won't negotiate in public.
WH has noted it will have budget proposal out in March, and challenged GOP to put their own plan out
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GOP Leader Mitch McConnell exercised his authority to remove Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) from the powerful Senate Commerce Committee, according to sources familiar with decision.
Conservatives think it's payback for Scott's leadership challenge in Nov.
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GOP Leader Mitch McConnell exercised his authority to remove Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) from the powerful Senate Commerce Committee, according to sources familiar with decision.
Conservatives think it's payback for Scott's leadership challenge in Nov.
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Women really talk to you like HR when they are completely done with you. Terrible stuff lol.
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The list of platforms on which Ken and I have to tell Sam Bankman-Fried to stop talking keeps expanding.
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