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The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website

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Report: President Donald Trump Is Giving 'All The Boys' Dress Shoes That Don't Fit Right | Defector It goes without saying that there is a great deal of Psychology going on in Donald Trump’s second term. None of it is especially complicated, because the people involved are without exception clammy, ...

I wrote about The Florsheim Affair, and what kind of man wears the ill-fitting dress shoes his weird boss gave him to work. defector.com/report-presi...

10.03.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Thank you Pete

10.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Homer Simpson reading the latest issue of Hot Lotto Picks on The Simpsons.

Homer Simpson reading the latest issue of Hot Lotto Picks on The Simpsons.

09.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this guy loves making down payments on future 9/11s with other people's money

09.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 1626 πŸ” 294 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 7
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Is Nellie Bowles The Worst Writer In America? | Defector It is not difficult to find praise for Nellie Bowles, who writes a weekly column for The Free Press, a website owned by her wife, Bari Weiss. β€œIf you don’t read ⁦Nellie Bowles every Friday, you are…

Is Nellie Bowles the worst writer in America?

09.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 731 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 20

Exciting to see the art form evolving like this.

09.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Leon GΓ³mez
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this is our first time I went this location! so the handsome guy was on counter I don't know he's owner or manager but that guy working on point! the way he handled... more

Krauszer's Food Store (Owner)
8 months ago
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Leon GΓ³mez 1 review 8 months ago this is our first time I went this location! so the handsome guy was on counter I don't know he's owner or manager but that guy working on point! the way he handled... more Krauszer's Food Store (Owner) 8 months ago Hhjjuhgg

19.07.2024 21:18 πŸ‘ 2822 πŸ” 530 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 15
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How I Became A Target For Right-Wing Freaks At The Australian Open | Defector Before I went to Melbourne in January to cover the Australian Open for Defector and a couple other publications, I spent some time in New Zealand with my family. We lived there for five years when I w...

really great story by @owensports.bsky.social
defector.com/how-i-became...

05.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Canonically this is the setting for that sketch

08.03.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tweet from Daniel Pipes: "The uprising in Iran in early January suggested an even greater insurgency would then follow on the U.S.-Israeli campaign to erode regime power. Yet, the populace now appears cowed into near-silence.

This ranks as the most surprising and disappointing development of the past week. Without a new uprising, the regime will likely remain in power, less powerful but more awful than ever. 

(The picture below is from Jan. 10 in Tehran.)"

Tweet from Daniel Pipes: "The uprising in Iran in early January suggested an even greater insurgency would then follow on the U.S.-Israeli campaign to erode regime power. Yet, the populace now appears cowed into near-silence. This ranks as the most surprising and disappointing development of the past week. Without a new uprising, the regime will likely remain in power, less powerful but more awful than ever. (The picture below is from Jan. 10 in Tehran.)"

Amazing how quickly "We're fighting this war for freedom of the Iranian people" becomes "The Iranian people are at fault for not rising up."

08.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 2097 πŸ” 398 πŸ’¬ 138 πŸ“Œ 204

Oh very much so

08.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is something I did not know about

08.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A loading door in Long Island City, Queens that has "fright elebator" written on it

A loading door in Long Island City, Queens that has "fright elebator" written on it

/in a The Cryptkeeper voice

08.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 578 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 1
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when the edible hits and you try to play it cool

08.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 4618 πŸ” 643 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 20

This really is the energy of it.

08.03.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible Trump locutions here. "They got a little bit surprised and were owned, our brave men. They got owned severely, but sometimes it's like that,"

08.03.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 721 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 1

Claude is short for Jean Claude Van Damme. Are you saying Jean Claude Van Damme does not have consciousness? Because I agree with you.

08.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 626 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2

Jin Ramen AJ Ellis is such a powerful concept.

08.03.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We love to see Fake Kersh looking on don't we

08.03.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

It doesn't matter what I post you goof

08.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 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‘ 5918 πŸ” 3433 πŸ’¬ 285 πŸ“Œ 232

Having some of the most thoroughly redacted thoughts of my life.

08.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 8627 πŸ” 2081 πŸ’¬ 164 πŸ“Œ 53

Anti-Semites have agency so I don't want to let them off the hook but at the same time the groups that were supposed to enforce the cordon sanitaire blew their credibility on attacking a guy who went to more bar mitzvahs than most of us as an anti-Semite.

07.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 1071 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

Wrote about that Kansas mess

06.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 365 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

They're going to write books about all the big brain moves of this gang of imbeciles and among them will be "Spending a year trying to kill renewable energy and then launching a war that sends oil prices soaring"

07.03.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 8965 πŸ” 1757 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 56

Same impulse. Life finds a way.

07.03.2026 06:16 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I loved AJ being like "Padma yelling at me, my dream came true." He was right and he was right to say it.

07.03.2026 05:38 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Obviously the broader culture is not in a good place but it's heartening that television keeps returning to one of the eternal storytelling themes: Padma Lakshmi imperiously striding into the room and demanding that you make her a delicious treat.

07.03.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 1372 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 6

Thank you. I will not coordinate with it.

07.03.2026 03:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Road To Magic City Monday Is Paved With Good Intentions | Defector Here is a funny headline, from the CBS Sports website: β€œHawks will not cancel β€˜Magic City’ event despite Luke Kornet’s public plea.” Dang! My faith in Luke Kornet’s power to halt the promotional machi...

The road to Magic City Monday is paved with good intentions: defector.com/the-road-to-...

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