An interesting phenomenon on this site is what I've come to think of as "reply guy decay": over the years, a small number of your dedicated guys will slowly become hostile to you, until you have to mute them. No one is quite sure why.

Hey just wanted to say your wedding was a lot of fun! Tell your brother he danced so lithely I thought him an eel.

I have a review of Maurizio Serrra's Curzio Malaparte biography in the New York Times. nytimes.com/2025/07/07/boo…

sorry but [smiling knowingly] I have a nose ring and tattoos, I don’t exactly “fit in” to academia…[smile widens] let’s just say I don’t conform to the model of the “proper” academic [turning to my colleague] remind me are we allowed to hit the waiters at this restaurant?

DOOCY: So what happened to the Epstein client list that the attorney general said she had on her desk?  LEAVITT: I think if you go back and look at what the attorney general said  DOOCY: I've got the quote. She said, it's sitting on my desk right now to review.

lolololol the context for this was a shitpost about getting more twitter followers

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For those that don’t live in NY or are too young to remember Paterson: • He took over as governor after Spitzer resigned, in office for <2 years • A year in he had a 60% disapproval rating • Faced corruption, perjury & witness tampering allegations in a domestic abuse case

One big rule of Being Normal is first one to bring up SAT scores loses

Enzo Traverso made the pt that Islamophobia takes on many of the classic features of antisemitism: figural Muslim is simultaneously an unassimilable racial threat that will “darken” the body politic, & dangerous precisely bc they are *too assimilable; they can pass for white

Freedom of speech is important and I don't believe in cancelling people. But I was surprised years ago to discover how many Silicon Valley people are basically sectarian hillbillies. Its not about agreeing or disagreeing with peoples views per se and there are obviously

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The Israeli military has announced that residents of Gaza will face a choice between exile and confinement in a concentration camp. If you accurately describe this policy you risk state persecution in much of the West

On guard for sharia queer liberation everywhere

Unions are popular. If we have to do things based on polling, you have to support unions. I didn’t make this rule.

James Elder, UNICEF spokesperson, on what he saw in Gaza

Full q&a here: newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/t…

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