@AmiEverAfter I'm a graduate of Gothard's Institute working on a memoir, love to talk to you about your experience. In my day, Bill called them "Chalk Talks," which dates Bill and me to the Cretaceous Period.
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timappelo
@timappelo
Ex-AARP movie/TV/music editor,Hollywood Reporter,EW,TheNation,got Bezos to buy IMDb. Last human Amazon homepage editor.
Washington, DC เข้าร่วม Aralık 2008
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I was born into the same religious cult the Duggars align with (IBLP). Thankfully, my parents eventually left. I typed up a novel, but it made me sick rereading it so I deleted. I can’t speak for their individual home, but the IBLP culture leaves children, especially girls, extremely vulnerable to abuse. May justice be served to the fullest extent of the law should those accused be found guilty.
Abby Libby@abbythelibb_
The Duggars raised not one, but two pedophiles, and they did it on national TV. I have really serious, really dark questions about what went on in that home, how many people knew, and for how long.
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Why did flu disappear during Covid?
Because lockdowns and social distancing was extremely effective at preventing flu transmission - much better than it was for stopping the spread of Covid
That's why
Higgy@higgyboson
Are there any Doctors out there who could explain to me EXACTLY why the flu mysteriously and completely disappeared for two years and then came back again once the government's of the World decided that covid was no longer a problem? I SPECIFICALLY need to know how the virus KNEW it was time to go on holiday for two years and how it KNEW it was time to come back again. Also, where did it go?
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The appeal of polyamory, for many journalists, lies in the thought of having more than one guaranteed reader.
x.com/KeithNHumphrey…
Keith Humphreys@KeithNHumphreys
BREAKING: The number of journalists writing about polyamory has now surpassed the number of people engaging in it. Congratulations to all.
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@KBAndersen All part of Thiel's plan to dumb down the cattle. Separate the AI-stupefied herd from the few "superior persons," replace dangerous democracy with tech elite autocracy. That'll keep us safe from the great totalitarian menace of liberty and justice for all!
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No joke. I’d bet that on average, people born before 2000-2005—i.e. really learned to read/think/write before AI-on-demand—will have more cognitive power and skill than people born after. OTOH: AI probably a boon to people born with less capacity and those who do learn to think.
Charlotte Alter@CharlotteAlter
not gonna lie one day this will make us the smartest people alive. Our brains are capable of things that the AI kids can't even fathom. In 40 years even the most mid millennials will be geniuses compared to the younger ppl who never had to develop these muscles x.com/KeruboSk/statu…
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This week in film teaching, I covered 1970s neo-noir in demythologization mode and focused on Chinatown (1974). J.J. Gittes often makes erroneous inferences and overlooks key clues, with the film’s restricted narration prompting the viewer to make the same errors.
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If Vladimir Putin had handpicked a US Secretary of Defense, he would have picked Pete Hegseth
Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦@AdamKinzinger
Blame Ukraine and Biden. The ole standby when you’re trapped. FYI we gave Ukraine the old stuff we were replacing already. We actually increased production, which would not be the case had we done nothing. And did it for far less than the 200 billion you’re now asking for.
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"Simple commonsense" is doing a lot of work for a bill that eliminates mail-in registration, online registration, and registration at a DMV, church, or college campus. Those aren't loopholes. They're how most Americans have registered for thirty years. Protecting elections means protecting access, not engineering a smaller electorate and calling it integrity.
Senator Ted Cruz@SenTedCruz
We are in the middle of the battle to pass the SAVE America Act. This is simple, commonsense legislation that will protect our elections. We need to get it done.
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More evidence Trump is handing the world over to China on a plate.
Tom Nichols@RadioFreeTom
We could argue that Trump 1 was a one-off, a freak occurrence. But electing him *twice*? Raises reasonable questions about what kind of electorate would do that.
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The only way to stop Trump from helping Russia is to remove him and start treating Russia as an enemy -
as they have been since 1945
Akash Maniam@ManiamAkash
If the US actually wanted to handle putin, they wouldn't keep sending Witkoff.
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timappelo รีทวีตแล้ว
Movies are that are better than the book:
No Country For Old Men
Goodfellas
The Godfather
Strangers On A Train
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in the 1920s, as a young writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald earned an extraordinary income from short stories alone: $386,000 which is the equivalent of $8 million in 2026.
to say that Fitzgerald "idolized" the rich is somewhat naive. his income placed him in the upper 1% of his time.
unfortunately, Fitzgerald & his wife Zelda spent literally all of this money. it is harder to believe that they spent this fortune than to believe that Fitzgerald ever earned it with slick commercial stories that, today, are scarcely readable.
(Fitzgerald took novels more seriously & was writing for posterity; ironically, the later novels were too subtly imagined for commercial success.)
Joyce Carol Oates@JoyceCarolOates
you "doubt that Scott Fitzgerald could think that deep"--seriously? as deep as you think? Fitzgerald knew the wealthy well, & was highly critical of them as a class, especially the Buchanans of "the Great Gatsby." he had been a bestseller in his early 20's & made an astonishing amount of money selling slick stories to magazines like "The Saturday Evening Post" even during the Depression; he was himself rich, & spent all that he had as if compulsively.
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As George Orwell would say, "If you want a picture of the future, imagine Elon Musk's boot stamping on a human face— forever."
James Surowiecki@JamesSurowiecki
The willful disingenuousness of this tweet is so tiresome. Ask Americans whether they want to have to prove their citizenship by providing a physical birth certificate or passport in order to register to vote. Then we'll have some sense of whether they support the SAVE Act.
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Republicans join forces with America's enemies, as usual.
John Cleese@JohnCleese
Clear evidence once again that Trump is a Russian asset
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@thetrueshelby I spent 7 days taking Bill Gothard's Institute as a kid. Strange guy. Got a link to source of this list?
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This is the Duggars religion: The Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) is a conservative Christian organization founded by Bill Gothard.
The organization has faced serious accusations of abuse and covering up misconduct.
Here is one of the lessons they teach on abuse.
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"I do not believe the administration’s decision-makers should be subject to public questioning by senators"
There are scared-to-death Russian legislators in Moscow who wouldn't say something this weak and obsequious.
Acyn@Acyn
Kaine: Chris asked Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Senator Jim Risch: ‘When are we going to have a public hearing about this war? When?’ Senator Risch responded: ‘I have decided that we will not have public hearings because I do not believe the administration’s decision-makers should be subject to public questioning by senators.’ I mean, can you believe that? I give him credit—I’ll give him credit for candor—but they do not believe that civilian decision-makers should be subject to questions by United States senators. If they were secure in the justness of their cause or the adequacy of their plan, they would not be afraid to answer public questions about what they’re doing.
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Republicans have repeatedly said the SAVE Act is the most important piece of legislation they have. Yet they cannot point to a single statistic to back up that claim.
Why? Because there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
There is, however, mountains of data that shows that the proof of citizenship requirement of the SAVE Act would disenfranchise millions of Americans. That’s why it’s important to them. That’s what they’re doing.
Headquarters@HQNewsNow
Q: Trump said the SAVE Act is his number 1 priority, can you give me one example of fraud conducted in a previous election? Mike Johnson: We're not going to litigate all of that
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