C_Kinbote

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Proud and professional flâneur, former restaurateur, political junkie, and New Yorker to the core. living w MS
Marble Hill NYC
C_KinboteFeb 28, 2023
Philip BumpFeb 28, 2023
We actually aren't significantly closer to knowing the origin of the coronavirus than we were a few days ago. But any indication that it leaked from a lab is an opportunity that will be used to hyperbolically cast officials and the media as wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/27/china-covid-wuhan-lab-energy-department/?itid=ap_philipbump
The weighted politics of the debate over covid-19 origins

We're not much closer to knowing how the pandemic began, but there's no shortage of people willing to declare victory.

The Washington Post
C_KinboteFeb 3, 2023
Matt BlazeFeb 3, 2023
Until proven otherwise, I am going to operate on the assumption that the mysterious spy balloon floating over the US is "Rover" from The Prisoner, on a mission to return a wayward agent to an isolated, whimsically anachronistic retirement island in which residents are referred to by number.
C_KinboteFeb 2, 2023
Philip BumpFeb 2, 2023
Either the blue garage at JFK prorates its parking fees to the second or maybe George Santos's campaign filings include a lot of sketchy, misleading stuff. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/02/george-santos-house-republicans-campaign-expenses/
The things that cost George Santos precisely $199.99

Federal law mandates receipts for campaign expenses of $200 or more. George Santos's campaign was good at spending $199.

The Washington Post
C_KinboteJan 3, 2023
Tom WatsonJan 3, 2023

RT @[email protected]

Talk about a rigged election. My man Hakeem Jeffries has now won three times and he's STILL not Speaker. STOP THE STEAL!!!!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1610387846484877314

Josh Marshall on Twitter

“Talk about a rigged election. My man Hakeem Jeffries has now won three times and he's STILL not Speaker. STOP THE STEAL!!!!”

Twitter
C_KinboteJan 3, 2023
Nice contrast - Nancy literally on back bench laughing with some of her pals- AOC is in front playing with another members baby and the GOP are grimly honing their hatchets For once I don't feel guilt wallowing in schadenfreude
C_KinboteDec 31, 2022
Show threadSeth CotlarDec 31, 2022
Back in the more innocent days of 2014, I made my first foray into the blogging world with this attempt to document conservative fake founders quotes. That blog seems pretty quaint and silly now...I abandoned it because it was both a) like shooting fish in a barrel and b) didn't really tell us much other than political hacks in America like to justify stupid opinions by attributing them to 18th century figures. https://www.tumblr.com/fakefoundersquotes
FakeFoundersQuotes

A clearinghouse for quotes falsely attributed to America's founders. 99% of these misattributions are by self-described Conservatives, who you would think would be a bit more respectful of the people they are quoting. When possible, I will offer alternative (and real) quotes that highlight the gap between 21st century Conservatism/ Libertarianism and the political philosophy of America's 18th century founders (defined inclusively). The point is not that 21st century Progressives have a special claim on the founders…it's not even clear that what someone thought was true 230 years ago should influence anything we do today (and there are great Jefferson and Paine quotes to that effect which I will post soon). My only point is to debunk those people today who would use the (supposed) words of the 18th century Founders to end 21st century arguments.

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C_KinboteDec 19, 2022
Taylor LorenzDec 19, 2022
The policy that I allegedly retroactively violated by promoting my Instagram and Mastodon account, has now been deleted from Twitter’s website.
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #tech #technologynews #news
C_KinboteDec 17, 2022
Show threadJudd LegumDec 17, 2022
24. Musk is concerned about privacy and safety
C_KinboteDec 17, 2022
Judd LegumDec 17, 2022

Last night was about @[email protected] sending a message to journalists that he OWNS THEIR ACCOUNTS and journalists need to be mindful of not pissing him off.

The only appropriate response is to reject this kind of bullying.

Whatever happens, happens.

C_KinboteDec 17, 2022
Matt RosenbergDec 17, 2022

Meow Mix: a poppy playlist & snappy social commentary connected by a common theme.

Episode 3: We Gotta Get Outta Here! Playlist: The Kinks; Marvin Gaye; Serge Gainsbourg; The Diodes; Olivia Rodrigo; Drive-by-Truckers; The Partridge Family.

Snippets: Dysfunction junction--how did we get here?; a plea for more sleep, less social media; the risk factors that drive some people down the radicalization rabbit hole.

https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioFreeRhinecliff/itty-bitty-kitty-corner-meow-mix-episode-3/

Soundbites: Ray Davies; Jonathan Haidt; Tristan Harris.

Itty Bitty Kitty Corner Meow Mix: Episode 3

Episode 3: We Gotta Get Outta Here!. Music from: The Kinks; Marvin Gaye; Serge Gainsbourg; The Diodes; Olivia Rodrigo; Drive-by-Truckers; The Partridge Family. Snippets: meet anomie, our collective enemy; the roadmap to dysfunction junction; Ray Davies takes a bullet, literally; the more things change, the more they stay the same; more sleep, less social media, please!; can we tame the media monster using the same sword that slayed Big Tobacco?; rerouting the path to the radicalization rabbit hole. Soundbites: Ray Davies; Jonathan Haidt; Tristan Harris.

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