Rob Wert
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Rob Wert
@rswert
Father, business owner, student of human behavior, recovering attorney, and proudly politically homeless classical liberal.
Evanston, IL Katılım Aralık 2010
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Toned is good. These are not toned. She looks malnourished.
New York Post@nypost
Demi Moore’s toned arms take center stage on Cannes Film Festival 2026 red carpet trib.al/DYJYRNx
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Very important lesson for Blue Cities here: Every change Lurie has made has been opposed by screaming, bullying activists -- ignoring them has been the path to policy success and extremely high popularity. @skaushik100
sfchronicle.com/election/artic…
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Pedro Almodóvar calls out the #Oscars for being apolitical: "There were not many protests against the war [in Gaza] or against Trump."
“Maybe he wasn’t the only one, but the only real example I can remember came from a European, a friend of mine, Javier Bardem, who did directly say, “Free Palestine'... People are obviously very frightened. The U.S. is not a democracy right now. Some people say it’s maybe an imperfect democracy, but I really don’t think the U.S. is a democracy right now. The heartbreaking and ironic thing is that democracy has given rise, through the proper, right voting mechanism, to this kind of totalitarian regime. And it’s both a paradox and it’s also incredibly sad.” (via LA Times)
variety.com/2026/film/news…
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@_InfinitePest_ @JoyceCarolOates There are lots who would be C students if the grade inflation problem didn't also exist at the high school level.
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@JoyceCarolOates People massively underestimate the number of legacies/children of extreme wealth/athletes who get into ivies. There are lots of C students at Harvard.
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Ivy League universities admit only the very top students; it is hardly surprising when these students earn top grades.
if you want a wide distribution of grades, admit a wide distribution of students. if you admit only A students, why be surprised when they earn mostly A's?
nxthompson@nxthompson
This is a brilliant metaphor from Harvard professor Joshua Greene on why grade inflation is so harmful. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/…
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@SkeetMonth @LukewSavage I once got into an somewhat drunken "argument" with James Cameron about whether Spartacus Blood & Sand had any redeeming characteristics, especially as compared to Rome. I was unsuccessful in convincing him that it did.
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@LukewSavage Luke, did you like the Spartacus show?
Rome was kind of mid in my opinion because it's just the dabbling of two families whereas Spartacus was oppressed verses powerful and it made for a more compelling story.
Lucy Lawless is in that show as well.
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The sudden cancellation of this show was a crime against television
cinesthetic.@TheCinesthetic
Rome (2005–2007) genuinely looked bigger and richer than most movies airing at the time. The sets, costumes, crowd scenes, political drama …every episode felt like HBO accidentally dropped a full historical epic onto television every week.
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@gregoryrsinger @79Saints @CatsDangerous @DrDiGiorgio And I've never waited more than 24 hours to get a PCP appointment. Then again I'm one of few people still on my pre-Obamacare plan. Don't know if there's a correlation.
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@79Saints @CatsDangerous @DrDiGiorgio I have the best insurance. I can’t get an appointment with my PCP less than 2 months in advance
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This is the ultimate midwit healthcare take.
No, 32 countries have not “figured out” universal healthcare.
The UK has “free” healthcare, and roughly 1 in 3 cancer patients in England still fail to start treatment within 62 days of urgent referral.
Canada has “free” healthcare, and the median wait for neurosurgical treatment is around a year.
Australia has “free” healthcare, and over half the country still buys private insurance despite paying for a public universal system with their taxes.
Switzerland has universal coverage, because residents are required to buy private insurance. There is no government system where benevolent bureaucrats tuck you in at night with a warm blanket and an MRI appointment.
The actual lesson from other wealthy countries is not “they figured it out.”
America’s system has huge problems. Our prices are insane, insurance markets are distorted, and hospital systems are cartelized. Our regulations make care more expensive than it needs to be.
Yet we still guarantee access to even the 8% who don’t have coverage. We give easy routes to qualify for medicaid for those with disabilities.
Pretending the rest of the world solved healthcare because they slapped the word “universal” on a rationing scheme is not analysis.
It is bumper sticker policy for people who think access means having a card in your wallet while you wait a year to see the doctor you need.
daz@MetamateDaz
Free Universal Healthcare is so complicated and expensive that only 32 of the 33 wealthiest countries in the world have figured it out.
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@ASFleischman My kids were old enough when we divorced to need only a simple reminder (and a bit $). Had they been younger, I think I would have done more.
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Is it reasonable to expect the father of your kids to do something on Mother's Day if you're not married?
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This question made me wonder: do divorced men typically do something for Mother's Day?
H/t @DrPsychMom
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There is no such thing as leftover bacon.
Chef 👩🏻🍳@chefsevenn
What do you do with leftover bacon?
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@NewReaganCaucus I distrust anyone who connected themselves to him after say 2018 to ever support any of them for any government position. Scorched earth.
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@MarcACaputo Marc, I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't know he was your father. His work changed the way I thought about our country - toward a patriotism tempered by realism - as a teen. As someone who lost his father in last couple of weeks, my thoughts and prayers are with you.
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Philip Caputo wrote a best-selling classic about Vietnam, shared a Pulitzer for uncovering Chicago’s voting fraud, was captured by militants in Lebanon & shot by others, covered wars in Afghanistan to Africa, hunted big game & caught bigger fish
RIP dad
facebook.com/share/p/1EwYov…
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From anonymous member of the Supreme Court bar:
“I hope Neal knows he just announced his retirement in the form of a Ted talk bc he can never appear in front of the Court again.”
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We bet you didn't know that @SenatorCollins is the Cal Ripken Jr. of the Senate.
The Reagan Caucus@NewReaganCaucus
Did you know that Senator Susan Collins of Maine holds the record for longest perfect voting record in the Senate with around 10,000 consecutive votes? That's a woman who takes her job seriously.
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Funny that Democrats will cancel a teenager who once said the n word in a group chat when she was 14, but are all in for a white guy with a Nazi tattoo, who complained that black people don't tip and blamed women for sexual assault, just because he's running as a Democrat.
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Always amuses me that lawyers dislike other lawyers possibly more than non-lawyers do. 😁
SMB Attorney@SMB_Attorney
I’m at an event right now with all lawyers. Painful. Wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy
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@WesternLensman Like all of her colleagues, she's a second rate influencer at best.
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Jasmine Crockett: “The level of disrespect that is continuously lobbed against us as black women. I am one of the 535 most powerful people in this country. And for some reason, you think we on the same level, but you gonna disrespect me?"
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@JayCaruso It’s fun. Look I love Fire Birds and Kelly’s Heroes but I wouldn’t call them Great War movies.
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Underrated? Did you mean overrated?
All The Right Movies@ATRightMovies
What's the most underrated western?
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It was great to finally meet @DavidAFrench in person! (For those unfamiliar with him, he likes "Aquaman," hates "They Live," and is widely adored online).
John A. Daly@JohnDalyBooks
It's happening! (well, in about 30 minutes). The @AdvOpinions podcast, live in #Denver. @DavidAFrench @whignewtons @thedispatch
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@michaelpleahy As an attorney, it might withstand summary judgement, but I doubt it.
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BREAKING: As an award winning journalist, it is my view that Kash Patel has a very strong defamation case against The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick. This morning he filed a $250 million defamation case against them. tennesseestar.com/justice/leahy-…
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