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Bill Tipper

@tripleblip

Busting out my brains for the word. 1/3 of the podcast An Embarrassment of Prog. Asst. to The Amazing Sargasso. Editing things @WSJBooks. Opinions dumb, and my own.

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I never thought I would see this. States are legislating unenforceable laws that violate privacy and decency and basic human dignity, targeting Trans people over a bunch of horseshit lies and ignorance.

So some of the best people are leaving because of the worst, and the silence of the rest.

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10.03.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 888 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

This is 2026 in a glass and the mere idea of its taste is haunting me

11.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Medicaid work mandate could kick thousands of homeless Californians off coverage On a brisk January morning, physician assistant Brett Feldman searched the streets of Los Angeles for patients, knocking on car windows and peering into tents.

On Medicaid Work Requirements, as required by HR-1 (2025):

"Meeting those requirements will be particularly challenging for the state’s roughly 180,000 homeless people. They often have no phones or internet to complete a job application. They have limited access to meals, showers or clean clothes."

10.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Really good to the last drop stuff here

10.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Jam - That's Entertainment
The Jam - That's Entertainment YouTube video by TheJamVEVO

Scrolling dystopia on the subway into the office youtu.be/m-H0uIH5HHQ?...

10.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a chart of iwnd turbine isntallers

a chart of iwnd turbine isntallers

Global wind turbine installations hit a record last year! 😍

about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

10.03.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 284 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

i say this to my students a lot and am always surprised when they find it discouraging rather than exciting. no one cares as much as you do whether you write that book! you can write it however you want!

10.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 528 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 3

Yes, this is how literature works. You pull out passages from novels and you get a computer to pastiche them. Can’t spot the real one? Gotcha! The novel must be dead! That’s journalism and the singularity and entertainment!

10.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I watched episode 1 of season 1 based on Mo’s post re season 2. Liking the lead actress enough to go on but particularly enthusiastic given the recommendations from people with good taste.

09.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In my Vans, hailin’ the Hallen van.

09.03.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe U.S. military is the only force involved in the conflict that uses Tomahawk missiles.”https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/world/middleeast/iran-minab-school-strike.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

09.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

08.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 5990 πŸ” 3467 πŸ’¬ 286 πŸ“Œ 237

First they came for the trans people, and I said nothing because I wasn’t trans. Then they were like actually I’m pretty sure you are trans and I said no I’m not and they went okay well show us your penis then and I said what no get out of my face and they said that one’s a girl get her

06.03.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 2634 πŸ” 579 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

!!!!!!!!

07.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t emphasize enough how important that semi-subterranean junkyard hangout was to me

07.03.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Same!

07.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Did someone mention a stone cold banger

07.03.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wanted to look away (I looked anyway). Great work!

06.03.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.

05.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 3208 πŸ” 1345 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 124
Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out YouTube video by JoeJacksonVEVO

At once impeccably cool and aggressively unfashionable, Joe Jackson’s Steppin’ Out is four minutes of nightmare disco and nightclub jitters which paves the way from β€˜Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ to the Magnetic Fields. Detours through Motown and Freud. A perfect single. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJwt...

06.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 240 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 8

Kristi Noem will return in Avengers: Doomsday

06.03.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 258 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

We have always been at war with
**gestures vaguely**

04.03.2026 04:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Psychic parasites will literally drain the vitality from those they encounter rather than go to therapy

04.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My official response to that (very good) piece is the familiar but still applicable YIKES

04.03.2026 02:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a bombshell: "the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data"

This kind of agenda echoes the defunded Total Information Awareness effort, post-9/11

01.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 2325 πŸ” 1028 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 62

Augh. I’m sorry.

01.03.2026 03:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Polymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Draw Notice As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket β€” where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes β€” were cashing in. Almost immediately, blockchain sleuths began hunting for unusual patterns in recent bets.

As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket β€” where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes β€” were cashing in

01.03.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 1862 πŸ” 945 πŸ’¬ 295 πŸ“Œ 885

β€œHe paid his dues”

28.02.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is one of the videos the NYT has verified and links to in their reporting.

NYT: "Video verified by [NYT] showed ... rescuers digging through the rubble with building cranes and shovels, and piles of bloodied, dusty backpacks."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

28.02.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 922 πŸ” 601 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 167

America’s warfighters need an anthropic subscription. They’re vibe coding a restaurant app called Feest that lets you buy and sell dinner reservations on a secondary investment market

27.02.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0