#Jones

Aficionado Prodigiosus, Purveyor of the Strange

AProdigiosus

Happy birthday to DJ, music historian, and collector of weird novelty tunes Barret Hansen, better known as Dr Demento! Choice songlist to follow in a thread... "Cocktails for Two", one

David Jesse

reporterdavidj

Lawyers from the University of Michigan and lawyers representing the victims of former university doctor Robert Anderson are in federal court for a hearing, starting in about 5 minutes. Follow

Greg Bluestein

bluestein

“Georgia – go to the beach, lake or a state park!” @GovKemp’s allies defend decision to reopen Georgia beaches despite coastal pushback #gapol https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/kemp-allies-defend-decision-reopen-georgia-beaches-despite-coastal-pushba

Michael Hobbes

RottenInDenmark

Bret Stephens is the perfect example of how bankrupt the ideology of "challenging readers" has become in establishment media. (1/?) Nothing Stephens writes is actually challenging to the NYT's liberal

Nicklas

nyvinter

I've got that fantasy itch. Anyone got some recent good fantasy books to recommend?(Game of Thrones and Harry Potter recommendations will have the muted or banned consequences.) Want some guidance?

Alyssa Zeisler

a_zeisler

A year ago R&D build an internal tool to help our political reporters quickly find quotes and context from presidential candidates. Today, the user facing version, inspired by that tool

Tiff Roberts

shedefendsit

When the cops killed 7 y/o Aiyana Jones in Detroit during a no knock raid, they arrested her aunt saying she grabbed their gun. The aunt said she was grabbing

Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych

Nick_Carmody

Some thoughts on the Sandy Hook father, Jeremy Richman, who committed suicide, and the potential interplay to the political climate (thread): 1/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-word-that-sandy-hook-dad-jeremy-richman-lost-at-the-end For ov

Anthony B. Bradley

drantbradley

Keller’s analysis of Christian justice vs. secular justice is the best short treatise on justice in the BLM era that you’ll find. Evangelicals, however, likely won’t understand it because it’s

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

First opinion of the day is in Jones v. Mississippi. By a 6–3 vote with Kavanaugh writing, the court rules that a sentencer need NOT make a separate factual finding

Radley Balko

radleybalko

Before Breonna Taylor, there's a depressingly long list of black women who were killed in their own homes or homes they were visiting during unjust or unnecessary police raids. Here's

Renée

reneekapuku

Black women are routinely erased from public memory and historical narratives of resistance. Here’s a quick thread of Black British Female activists you probably didn’t know about. Olive Morris:Founding

Rachel Klein

racheleklein

THIS is the kind of Thanksgiving content we need! Let’s embrace #tinythanksgiving! Love that journey for us!https://twitter.com/slate/status/1330262300708712452 My nuclear family has lived a plane-ride away from the rest of the

Henry Jones

hthjones

#OTD in 1982, Lt Col H Jones VC was killed fighting for Goose Green during the Falklands Conflict. Today, like all days, I'm seriously proud of my grandfather. For those

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

.@ericbolling Have you no shame or decency. Truly. 142,000 AMERICANS are dead and you are poisoning people with outlandish conspiracy theories on your Right Wing Propaganda network as Covid rages

Giordano Bruno Jr. 🤡🌎💔

giordano_lives

My thoughts on Indiana Jones: or, the Redemption of a Jack Morm*n[If any #DezNat families don't have this trilogy (and it IS just a trilogy) on physical media in your