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Looking for great IP? Read the Optionist on Substack. Also wrote the civil rights history The Shadows of Youth, UVA Phd, Hollywood Reporter alum, lapsed college prof, retired fencer, once on KUWTK

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If Fox News lies so hard about something like this that's a sign that Democrats should be talking about it nonstop ...

08.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Daryl Hannah: How Can β€˜Love Story’ Get Away With This?

I think there's a lot of inconsistency in the response to how real people are fictionalized β€” I bet a lot of people outraged here have at others times shrugged & said, "it's not a doc" for a movie/show they liked portraying a real person they were unfamiliar with www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

06.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CNN: Approval for President Trump's East Wing ballroom project – from a government commission that oversees planning for federal buildings and land in the nation's capital – is delayed after it received over 32,000 comments from the public overwhelmingly opposing the construction.

05.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 2735 πŸ” 762 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 81

"I asked God to forgive me, which he has."

Honestly this is the biggest perk of serving in Congress. Most people have to ask forgiveness and wonder. If you're in Congress you get a same day answer from the big guy.

05.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 3032 πŸ” 570 πŸ’¬ 156 πŸ“Œ 68

Once again, I'd like to remind people that this is what Josh Barro is raging about: 14-year-old kids playing sports with their friends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf9M...

05.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 778 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 5

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

04.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 7201 πŸ” 2614 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 36

"I've asked God to forgive me which he has" is truly an amazing thing to come out of his mouth

05.03.2026 07:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I've asked god to forgive me, which he has"

How do you know Tony? How do you know?

05.03.2026 07:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

sign posted on the National Penis Library and Archives

05.03.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

"leader of the Iranian opposition" is wishful thinking

01.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

β€œHelsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

01.03.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 2439 πŸ” 835 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 100
5 Oval shaped pins with gold outlines with an oval cutout in the middle with a yellow slideable star:

Spoons: Lavender background
Hunger Scale: Red background
Migraine Scale: Blue background
Speaking vs Non Speaking: Green background

The first one has SHE, THEY, HE on top. At the bottom there's HER, THEM, HIM. White background.

5 Oval shaped pins with gold outlines with an oval cutout in the middle with a yellow slideable star: Spoons: Lavender background Hunger Scale: Red background Migraine Scale: Blue background Speaking vs Non Speaking: Green background The first one has SHE, THEY, HE on top. At the bottom there's HER, THEM, HIM. White background.

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Happy Black History Month!

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28.02.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 350 πŸ” 326 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 12

Let them eat cake

27.02.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

FYI for fellow narrative designers/game writers: the studio in question is Sentona Games and it’s my understanding they are currently interviewing to replace me. Be very careful with them. They were very nice to me and easy to work with right up until I needed the money I was promised.

26.02.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 3968 πŸ” 1818 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 29

I explicitly try to pick up books that I think aren't for me for this very reason and I'm often surprised at how much I like them and how they get me to see something in a new way.

26.02.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And with about half the current population

22.02.2026 06:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.

22.02.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 10726 πŸ” 4004 πŸ’¬ 255 πŸ“Œ 95

So basically No One Wants This IRL

20.02.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't forget Jeff Bezos killed one of the best sports pages in the country and important metro reporting so she could keep her job.

19.02.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I sometimes think the only way you can be this wrong so often is if you try to be this wrong -- if your goal is to troll people with the absolute worst hot garbage argument

19.02.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.

19.02.2026 10:50 πŸ‘ 11205 πŸ” 3141 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 139
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Cartoon

18.02.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 1680 πŸ” 503 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 26

Ich bin ein Berliner!

18.02.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Ich bin ein Berliner!

18.02.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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George Washington by George W. Bush For a Leader, Humility Is the Ultimate Strength

A damned sight better than any message we’ll get today from the current occupant of the White House.

open.substack.com/pub/inpursui...

16.02.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mood

15.02.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Came here to add what others already noted β€” she's the granddaughter of (Jewish) Nobel Laureate physicist Max Born

15.02.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My grand theory of the appeal of trash like NFTs, crypto, "A.i.," Kalshi, Polymarket, etc.:

Our social safety net is so bad that millions of people can't see any way to ever achieve financial security or even basic health care without hitting some kind of jackpot.

So scams are very attractive!

13.02.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 137 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

the minute someone uses woke seriously I stop taking them seriously

13.02.2026 06:57 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Support for James Van Der Beek's Family, organized by Jason K James Van Der Beek was a beloved husband, father, and friend who touched the lives of … Jason K needs your support for Support for James Van Der Beek's Family

We have become GoFundMe America to the point where even Hollywood stars resort to it in times of medical crisis.

I want to live in a country where people don't have to beg for donations to afford health care.

12.02.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0