Zohran Mamdani: Excellent for New York City; awful for my insomnia.
I took the rest of the week off from work! Today, I’m celebrating the victory of Democratic Socialism to visiting a monument to Oligarchic Capitalism.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Nov 05, 2025 6:17:11 am PST #10045 of 10047
hwæt
Trudy Booth - Nov 05, 2025 6:32:56 am PST #10046 of 10047
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
If Mamdani can pull off any of this we'll be much better off. Its certainly a sea change I appreciate! If we manage to have actual elections next year they could go very well indeed.
I was at the Frick a few weeks ago! Several rooms are basically as they were and I spent the whole time in them going "this was this guy's house !"
-t - Nov 05, 2025 7:29:44 am PST #10047 of 10047
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good plan, Tom (aside from the insomnia part, I hope you can get away from that)
We have an atmospheric river sweeping through today. I very much want to curl up in a blanket and drink tea and read What Stalks the Deep and be happy I don’t have to go outside but stupid work keeps expecting me to do work.