Princess Diaries was important to me but not as important as Chris Pine in Princess Diaries 2.
2000s‘the princess diaries’ was released 25 years ago today
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Meredith Shiner
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this is an onion of layered pathetic but the "buddy" and "bro" is maybe somehow the cringiest part. to be clear, this is also the candidate with the current Senate Democratic leader's blessing and that could not be more embarrassing all around.
Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq.Personally as a Jewish American I would appreciate if “Protestant unspecified” candidates kept us out of their mouths
I think it's worth pointing out that I've seen some screenshots from X of takes on this topic from supposedly neutral sports reporters and it has not been mentioned enough that X is owned and operated by one of the world's most powerful and well-financed transphobes.
Frankie de la Cretazwe’ve reached the point in the Sophie Cunningham discourse where cis people are arguing with other cis people about what some other cis person actually meant by her transphobic comments and let’s give her the benefit of the doubt and meanwhile trans people are over here dying but like carry on
years ago at this point, I was talking in advance of a podcast interview with a left-leaning host and he was absolutely shook when I referred to AIPAC as a Republican front group and I remember being surprised that someone who pays attention to things considered this a particularly novel or hot take
#StupidSuezPeople tend to not hone in on this part but one of the biggest reasons AIPAC is so noxious for Democrats in particular is because the majority of their donors are Republicans and the majority of their endorsees are Republicans. It's bad that a Democrat courts them and votes with Republicans.
old enough to remember this (h/t @bubbaprog.xyz in 2014) deadspin.com/comcast-spor...
Deadspin | Comcast SportsNet Airs Our Version Of Cubs Mascot With Cock And BallsDeadspin | Comcast SportsNet Airs Our Version Of Cubs Mascot With Cock And Ballsdeadspin.comAwful Announcinga post that has Jonathan Chait, Adam Jentleson and a discussion of the ACA debates of 2009 and 2010 should come with a TW and maybe accurately touches on the purgatory I would be sent to if there is some sort of afterlife where I'm personally tortured by parts of my own lived experience.
Greg SargentGood @brianbeutler.bsky.social response to the Searchlight Institute's recent effort to package incremental health care reforms as universal health care. Brian prooses a rule: How easily Republicans can sabotage it? If fairly easily, it's not good enough. www.offmessage.net/p/obamacare-...
A wild part of working at the Capitol was that I have a very vivid memory of going to the Sweetgreen on the House side on a slow news day and just walking past Elena Kagan, headphones in, crossing the street a foot away from me in the opposite direction.
Matt FordA small, sad marker of the times from Justice Jackson. Until the late 2010s the justices rarely had security at all. DC folks would routinely see them alone at bookstores, farmers markets, and so on. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
As a sole-proprietor LLC, I have two thoughts on this: 1) AI could never help me in the moments I truly wish I had people supporting me (I am not sure I’m prepared for the stress of others being financially reliant on me) 2) these people are DEFINITELY not carrying big enough E&O policies
The Wall Street JournalOnce upon a time, running a business of a certain size required a team. AI is turning that assumption upside down, and more aspiring entrepreneurs are going it alone.
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Justin BaragonaNEW: Under Bari Weiss, CBS News has shifted to the right to try to grab some of Fox News' audience. Not only have they failed to do that, but they've driven off so much of their core audience that CBS Mornings is now perilously close to getting beaten by Fox & Friends. zeteo.com/p/mamdani-de...
In the case of Mike Quigley, if he successfully runs, what he is saying to his constituents is that he’d rather spend their money to hold a special election to replace him than face potential unemployment as an individual. For Alexi, he hands our power to pick a SoS to JB for JB’s preference.
Meredith Shinermy pet peeve is politicians actively running for two offices and asking for my vote in November for a job they telegraph they want less than the primary win they seek in February (also see "Quigley, Mike."). "Member of Congress" and "Secretary of State" should not be safety net jobs.
my pet peeve is politicians actively running for two offices and asking for my vote in November for a job they telegraph they want less than the primary win they seek in February (also see "Quigley, Mike."). "Member of Congress" and "Secretary of State" should not be safety net jobs.
Capitol FaxGiannoulias planning ’special announcement’ rally in Bronzeville this Sunday
Also, does the NYT know how much daycare costs in urban centers? "Do people making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year really need free child care?" It's wild to think about how expensive my college tuition was perceived in 2005 when daycare costs ~$35K/year just for the privilege of working.
Meredith ShinerThe New York Times "newsroom" (non-opinion) reporting, folks: "Could free buses turn the M4 into a daytime shelter for homeless people? The mayor’s office declined to comment on the Manhattan Institute."
obviously this is not the point and framing free buses like this in a news story is just a vehicle for classism and racism but I will say that in Chicago, kids under 7 ride free with a fare-paying adult and my kid's daycare class takes the CTA bus everywhere. Free bus opened the world to him!
Meredith ShinerThe New York Times "newsroom" (non-opinion) reporting, folks: "Could free buses turn the M4 into a daytime shelter for homeless people? The mayor’s office declined to comment on the Manhattan Institute."
The New York Times "newsroom" (non-opinion) reporting, folks: "Could free buses turn the M4 into a daytime shelter for homeless people? The mayor’s office declined to comment on the Manhattan Institute."
Can This Man Stop the Mamdani Agenda?Reihan Salam loves New York. He loves the free market. And he’s very worried.www.nytimes.comlook at all the members of the so-called "juicebox mafia" from 2011 and consider who has made the most money and how. it's not the person who has tacked furthest to the left and it's not the person who has tried to stick with more traditional reporting.
Washington’s New Brat Pack Masters Media (Published 2011)Young bloggers have become part of the journalistic establishment in Washington, and their sites are destination reading for the city’s power elite.www.nytimes.comPhilip Bump[guy who reportedly makes seven figures arguing for centrist positions]:
Just be normal, guys. “Sent from my iPhone” does not make you more authentic! Being authentic does.
Manisha KrishnanAuthors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...
A NEW YORK TIMES PUSH ALERT ABOUT DOUTHAT JOINING 60 MINUTES.
Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious PeopleALT: Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious Peoplestatic.klipy.comtl:dr all I could think about as I listened to this conversation today is how many rich dudes have given Ben Smith money in an endless chain of investments to do the dumbest warmed over shit for an audience that already is extremely well served.
Columbia Journalism ReviewWhat really happened at The Barbed Wire? @oliviamesser.bsky.social, the editor in chief, was admirably candid about what worked at the startup and what didn't. Listen to her conversation with Kicker host @greenwell.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...