we have not given this article a wide berth
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 May 2024 20:09 (two years ago)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wide_berth
― felicity, Saturday, 18 May 2024 20:11 (two years ago)
I recently had to explain this term to a non-English speaker, but really, NYT?
― Billion Year Polyphonic Spree (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 May 2024 23:35 (two years ago)
To be fair I agree most satirists should be given a wide berth.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 19 May 2024 12:18 (two years ago)
Bill Maher in particular
not interested in any meaning of wide berth that isn't about that wagon
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Sunday, 19 May 2024 14:58 (two years ago)
a wide berth isn't something you're given, it's something you earn
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Sunday, 19 May 2024 15:00 (two years ago)
Mitch McConnell: We Cannot Repeat the Mistakes of the 1930s
(admittedly I am a tiny bit curious which mistakes exactly he's talking about)
― rob, Thursday, 6 June 2024 19:31 (two years ago)
the New Deal
― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Thursday, 6 June 2024 19:44 (two years ago)
I clicked and he thinks the US isn't spending enough on defense -_-
― rob, Thursday, 6 June 2024 19:54 (two years ago)
We really fucked up in the 1930s when we didn't spend enough on the military and ended up losing to Hitler
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Thursday, 6 June 2024 19:55 (two years ago)
nyt opinion page has been worthless lately. david french ffs
― adam t. (abanana), Friday, 7 June 2024 05:05 (two years ago)
lately?
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Friday, 7 June 2024 13:49 (two years ago)
letters section: 3 academics saying the lab leak article was bullshit, balanced with 1 guy in Arizona who agrees with it. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/opinion/covid-origins-lab-market.html
― master of the pan (abanana), Thursday, 13 June 2024 21:46 (one year ago)
Pamela Paul's latest, about why protests aren't for her, reads like Jean Teasdale.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/opinion/protests.html
― jaymc, Thursday, 20 June 2024 23:58 (one year ago)
I refuse to believe Pamela Paul is real.
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 21 June 2024 11:46 (one year ago)
It’s weird that people want to protest when they could just publish their random thoughts in the New York Times.
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Friday, 21 June 2024 12:14 (one year ago)
https://i.imgur.com/QoZViuo.jpeg
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 July 2024 22:31 (one year ago)
everyone points this out and the just keep doing it
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 July 2024 23:44 (one year ago)
Pamela Paul
Why Is the U.S. Still Pretending We Know Gender-Affirming Care Works?
no clicks for transphobes
― rob, Friday, 12 July 2024 17:53 (one year ago)
A question a child might ask...
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Friday, 12 July 2024 18:02 (one year ago)
Why do transphobes think "I'm extremely concerned about the epistemological questions regarding this one single issue and this one single issue only. Btw no amount of social research or medical evidence will assuage me" is persuasive
(sincere apologies to Pam P if she also has deep concerns about the epistemology of vaccine science)
― rob, Friday, 12 July 2024 18:20 (one year ago)
Pamela Paul can eat shit and did
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 12 July 2024 18:33 (one year ago)
and die
You may have been right the first time too
― omar little, Friday, 12 July 2024 18:37 (one year ago)
lol amazing typo thanking u tabes
― rob, Friday, 12 July 2024 18:40 (one year ago)
Yea we can (and do)
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Friday, 12 July 2024 18:41 (one year ago)
Usha Vance and the Iconography of the Trump Women
The potential second lady models a new kind of Republican image-making, our fashion critic writes.
3 min read
― rob, Thursday, 18 July 2024 14:43 (one year ago)
barf
― budo jeru, Thursday, 18 July 2024 14:47 (one year ago)
The Evolution of Usha Vance
An accomplished Yale-educated lawyer, she has left her job at a top firm as she adjusts to the life of a high-profile political spouse.
10 min read
jfc *another* front-page puff piece
― rob, Friday, 26 July 2024 13:51 (one year ago)
JD Got Us Fallin' in Love
― Jersey Devil Vance (President Keyes), Friday, 26 July 2024 13:54 (one year ago)
how many op-eds about how democrats are anti-Semitic for not picking josh shapiro do we need
― master of the pan (abanana), Saturday, 17 August 2024 19:23 (one year ago)
https://i.imgur.com/heaFFuQ.png
― budo jeru, Monday, 19 August 2024 15:25 (one year ago)
she's running against famous policy wonk donald trump. but what are here policies???? hmm i'm stumped, i can't think of a single one
^ emma v taking this headline down on the majority report right now
― budo jeru, Monday, 19 August 2024 17:48 (one year ago)
― sarahell, Monday, 26 August 2024 15:46 (one year ago)
Rich LOLwry has a column today.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 August 2024 15:49 (one year ago)
Trump Can Win on Character
readying self to be intellectually challenged
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Monday, 26 August 2024 15:59 (one year ago)
i think they are taking pitchbot literally
― that's not my post, Monday, 26 August 2024 16:53 (one year ago)
tbf the article makes clear that it means "Trump Can Win on (attacking Harris's) Character"
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 27 August 2024 16:49 (one year ago)
it is still profoundly stupid and not worth reading
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 27 August 2024 16:50 (one year ago)
Today Pamela Paul wrote her column in the voice of RFK's brain worm.
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Tuesday, 27 August 2024 16:52 (one year ago)
accurate
― master of the pan (abanana), Tuesday, 27 August 2024 16:54 (one year ago)
they've achieved a new level of deranged here:
Harris and Trump Have Housing Plans. Economists Have Doubts.The two presidential nominees are talking about their approaches for solving America’s affordability crisis. But would their plans work?Harris: Expand Supply Using Tax Credits.Harris: A $25,000 Boost for First-Time Buyers.Trump: Deport Immigrants.
The two presidential nominees are talking about their approaches for solving America’s affordability crisis. But would their plans work?
Harris: Expand Supply Using Tax Credits.
Harris: A $25,000 Boost for First-Time Buyers.
Trump: Deport Immigrants.
― rob, Friday, 30 August 2024 14:49 (one year ago)
https://i.imgur.com/GoeAmSx.pngnot clicking on those tbh
― master of the pan (abanana), Wednesday, 4 September 2024 17:26 (one year ago)
the Brooks is tepid slash fiction
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 September 2024 17:28 (one year ago)
Isn’t everything Brooks writes tepid slash fiction tho? </trench>
― sarahell, Wednesday, 4 September 2024 17:30 (one year ago)
Biden Hopes for ‘Path to Peace,’ but Hamas Is Defiant
― rob, Friday, 18 October 2024 13:57 (one year ago)
i’m sure the next assassination of a Hamas leader will be the foundation stone for peace, or if not, the one after that
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 October 2024 18:11 (one year ago)
Here Is the Missing Context in Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ‘The Message’
barely worth posting tbh
― rob, Thursday, 24 October 2024 15:33 (one year ago)