Not an exciting basketball game (we had a blowout win) but my boy put in a few nice shots and assists. Here's a quick video for any fans of youth sports.
12:38 AM - Dec 19, 2023
no matter who the GOP nominee is, I'll vote Biden. But Trump failing to win the primaries is, in my mind, the ideal outcome for 2024. We need a repudiation of his openly anti-democratic goals. Haley would be a bad pres. but I doubt she'd want to, or be able to, pull off the same dictatorial moves
10:59 AM - Dec 18, 2023
we don't have a 'liberal' mainstream media. Just corporations chasing dollars. Fox doesn't believe Trumpism and MSNBC isn't progressive.
I'm counting on corp.s recognizing that a 2nd Trump term isn't just tax breaks. It's the end of freedoms and democracy. Please get with it media!
I'm counting on corp.s recognizing that a 2nd Trump term isn't just tax breaks. It's the end of freedoms and democracy. Please get with it media!
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Daily Kos @DailyKos✅ No more dog whistles
✅ No code words
✅ No efforts to hide the truth
When it comes to democracy, Republicans are against it.01:03 PM - Dec 05, 2023
01:13 PM - Dec 05, 2023
First game of middle school basketball! A lopsided win, but I'm really proud of my boy and his whole team for playing some beautiful, selfless ball with constant movement, always ready to give up the ball for an assist and to help and adapt on defense. Going to be a fun season to watch!
01:29 PM - Dec 01, 2023
Clearly, this will be the most impactful and awesome comma-based legal argument in history
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Cathy Leder @cathylederTurns out Mike Pence gave Jack Smith all kinds of legal ammunition against Donald Trump - Palmer Report
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11:55 PM - Nov 28, 2023
this was an insightful interview. I feel I might have some follow-up reading to do
What Liberals Get Wrong about the Right with Corey Robin - Factually! - 236 - YouTube
It's easy to caricature those on the political far right as outlandish, cartoonish, and bizarre, and easier still to dismiss their agendas as irrational or u...
12:39 AM - Nov 27, 2023
The Annunciation by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1898
Last time I saw this painting in person was the last time I visited Philadelphia, 15 years ago with @JenniferDesrosiers
Beautiful work and Tanner's standout masterpiece.
Last time I saw this painting in person was the last time I visited Philadelphia, 15 years ago with @JenniferDesrosiers
Beautiful work and Tanner's standout masterpiece.
03:55 PM - Nov 21, 2023
minor annoyance - is the app ever going to see an update that brings the new logo to my phone? Feels weird seeing that old Spouty still ...
03:08 PM - Nov 21, 2023
my favorite person @JenniferDesrosiers is on Spoutible! Give her a warm welcome, if you see this
11:00 PM - Nov 17, 2023
This video from @MeidasTouch is absolutely wild - I can hardly believe all of this (absurdity from the GOP) occurred in just the last 24 hours!
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10:33 PM - Nov 16, 2023
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after graduating art school approximately 1 million years ago, I lived in a tiny apartment above a restaurant. This is a portrait of my landlord and proprietor of the bar he's pictured in, who also lived in the same building and whom I still consider a good friend.
12:48 AM - Nov 16, 2023
It's been a few years since I've painted anything (fatherhood, alas) so this is older, but it's one of my favorite landscapes. Purchased by one of my few, ardent patrons as a gift to his eldest son - hoping to inculcate in him a similar enthusiasm to patronize local artists.
02:35 PM - Nov 14, 2023
A mountain scene, Val d'Aosta by
J. M. W. Turner (c. 1845)
Turner was immensely important to me in art school - wished I could paint like him for years (I can't) and still find myself utterly gobsmacked when viewing his paintings IRL.
J. M. W. Turner (c. 1845)
Turner was immensely important to me in art school - wished I could paint like him for years (I can't) and still find myself utterly gobsmacked when viewing his paintings IRL.
10:06 PM - Nov 12, 2023
short answer: yes
Longer answer: it may take some decades yet but eventually A.I. is coming for all jobs. There's *no* occupation that the machines won't be more capable and more tireless at while also cheaper to employ.
the world is nowhere near prepared for what's coming
Longer answer: it may take some decades yet but eventually A.I. is coming for all jobs. There's *no* occupation that the machines won't be more capable and more tireless at while also cheaper to employ.
the world is nowhere near prepared for what's coming
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Secret Agent @BookSellerXIs A.I. Coming For Black Jobs?01:22 PM - Nov 10, 2023
01:37 PM - Nov 10, 2023
Cezanne was famously insecure about his art, following years of rejection by the Paris Salon. One art history teacher in college related to me how he once stormed out of a dinner in his honor, feeling that they (a bunch of luminaries in art that took inspiration from his work) were mocking him
11:07 AM - Nov 10, 2023
a complex subject, but my hot take is that this is a positive development. I appreciate renting an AirBNB vs hotel room but the business model is wreaking havoc on housing and apt. rental markets, so I hope more cities/states find smart ways to regulate
12:39 PM - Nov 09, 2023
last weekend I took a trip with the family into Boston to visit the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Enjoyed all their exhibits, but especially blown away by the glass flowers - unbelievable, mind-boggling detail and gorgeous, perfect color and texture on these things
01:14 PM - Nov 06, 2023
Oh my goodness, Celtics? 155 points?! It can't be fun to be the Pacers tonight
09:46 PM - Nov 01, 2023
this video felt like a gut punch - because I let the New Yorker article get to me when it was first published. And it hurt to think one of my favorite comedian/pundits was conning me. My apologies to Hasan! That was an inexcusable hit job of "journalism"
My Response to The New Yorker article. - YouTube
I brought receipts.
08:14 PM - Nov 01, 2023
Surazeus gives us some lovely, contemplative poetry - a worthwhile change of pace from most online content
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Surazeus Simon Seamount @SurazeusWeird Way Of The Mystic Maze09:54 PM - Oct 29, 2023
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10:07 PM - Oct 29, 2023
I've long been a fan of this show (the format is a great hook, but the interviewer Sean Evans is fantastic even without the schtick) and Flea (from Red Hot Chili Peppers fame) but this was a particularly beautiful interview. Especially love Flea's appeal to support public art education at the end
Flea Is Red Hot While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones - YouTube
Flea is a six-time Grammy Award–winning artist, author of the 2019 memoir Acid For the Children, and a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. But how is he with ...
04:43 PM - Oct 26, 2023
research like this is why I don't bother so much with current polls. It doesn't matter at this stage how far ahead or behind someone is. And what moves the election will be the events/narratives that unfold closer to election day, not what's in today's headlines or polls.
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P. Audrey Rickards @AudreyRickards11:04 AM - Oct 25, 2023
12:15 PM - Oct 25, 2023
it was a beautiful sunrise this morning - which I'll take as a positive omen for my 46th birthday
04:32 PM - Oct 24, 2023
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Obvious criminal is obviously guilty. No more need to say 'allegedly' before describing Powell's election interference
11:02 AM - Oct 19, 2023
hilarious - the media is addicted to trying to appear balanced and always providing a 'both sides' narrative. They do the nation and the world a huge disservice. The failings of the GOP and the Democrats are not remotely comparable.
12:02 PM - Oct 18, 2023
these are fun! My personal preference (I know it's not happening, it's not like I was on the design committee or anything) would have been for less eye and mouth. To my taste the new logo goes just slightly too far toward cute cartoon and away from a solid brand identity logo - my take below:
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Goose @GooseThe new Spouty has a lot of personality. But is one personality really enough for a whale as great as Spouty? I think Spouty deserves so many more (and maybe a second eye too!)
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12:43 PM - Oct 17, 2023
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oh good! Truth be told, I kinda' hated the last version. This one's cartoon eye and mouth are a little much for me, but it's still about a 10x improvement.
Small point: I'd appreciate if you'd put some attention toward Android adaptive icon specs for this one. Would look nicer on my phone
Small point: I'd appreciate if you'd put some attention toward Android adaptive icon specs for this one. Would look nicer on my phone
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Christopher Bouzy @cbouzyEmbarking on a fresh chapter in Spoutible's journey, we proudly unveil our new logo! Drawing from the dynamic energy that embodies our community, this logo is a testament to our unwavering passion for growth and transformation. Let's embrace this new beginning and soar into this new era together.12:00 PM - Oct 16, 2023![Image]()
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02:29 PM - Oct 16, 2023
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pessimistic, but I tend to agree. Judge Chutkan has been pretty firm and consistent, but I don't imagine there's any judge who wants to be the first to order a former president held in prison, or even under house arrest, awaiting trial.
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Vanessa White @ECGetawaysAbsolutely irrelevant. He’s already shit all over the last gag order without any repercussion whatsoever 🙄🤷🏻♀️01:05 PM - Oct 16, 2023
01:52 PM - Oct 16, 2023
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back in in college, came home from classes and set an egg to boil, sat on the couch to listen to some music. Fell asleep and woke up to the most awful smell of an egg that had super-heated in an empty pot and exploded all over my kitchen.
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Connie Love @ConnieAzQuote Spout or Echo something you have done when half awake, tired or distracted.09:30 PM - Oct 15, 2023
I once put some popcorn in the microwave and somehow set it for 45 minutes.
10:16 PM - Oct 15, 2023
what kind of shithole party ousts Liz Cheney and protects George Santos
06:46 PM - Oct 10, 2023
