Russell Sharp

@russms.bsky.social

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Finance lawyer living in Brooklyn. New Jersey native. Rutgers undergrad, Michigan Law. Mets fan. he/him/his

The diet is the brainchild of Dr. Sean O’Mara, who advises his high-profile patients to eat fermented foods such as sauerkraut and kimchi, alongside grass-fed steak—and to abstain from alcohol and sugary food.
News alert about grades at Harvard, something that the Wall Street Journal thought was important enough to distract me from whatever else I was doing, for some reason
Still from Z, a movie with decidedly anti-chud politics
"Stick to sports" but just Nate Silver and Michael Powell
Cover of the album Warp Riders by the Sword; art by Dan McPharlin
Gandhi from (iirc) Civilization V
Passage describing dipshit gutter bigot Richard Hanania as a political scientist and asserting, dubiously, that he has moderated his views
“Papa Johns Pizza (2.3 miles from the Pentagon) is experiencing an extreme spike in activity at 476% as of Sunday evening. Extreme Pizza (0.5 miles from Pentagon) also reports a spike at 200%. DEFCON level is 3.” [Graphs]
“Stick to sports” but just Nate Silver and Michael Powell
“Stick to sports” but just Nate Silver and Michael Powell
Tweet that remains relevant: “Stick to sports” but just Nate Silver and Michael Powell
“The world if” meme picture
"Stick to sports" but just Nate Silver and Michael Powell
Classic Don Hughes tweet: “Bitcoin has not lost value. One bitcoin is still one bitcoin. This is just a temporary adjustment in the exchange rate to obsolete fiat currencies. Calm down.”
Among the disappointed was Stephen Fishler, 58, a businessman from New York who arrived with his family in good time for his 6pm slot, but was turned away without explanation. “What does he think he is, special?” complained Fishler, himself a Trump voter. “JD should have waited until the Americans who had tickets had their visit and then gone in.” His wife, Anila, tried to calm him down and blamed the Italians.
Fat, long-haired JD Vance with “Mission Accomplished”
“I’ve really liked that war on cars podcast but its so so difficult to listen without getting incredibly annoyed and disappointed in everything”
Columbia Journalism Review article exception which reads as follows (second sentence shown with highlighting): “The return of Donald Trump to the White House has prompted predictable worries among many DC-based reporters about how his administration might seek to control and intimidate the press. But for a surprising number of people on the daily White House beat, that concern is mixed with another, more privately expressed emotion: relief at finally being rid of the Joe Biden press operation.”
Screen shot of part of a bootlicking piece by Noah Smith where Smith includes an image of tweet from Elon Musk that misspells Genghis Khan’s name, after which Smith proceeds as follows: “Before you’re tempted to sneer at Elon for misspelling ‘Khan’, remember that Genghis Khan himself was unable to spell his own name, having never learned to read or write — another vivid reminder that book learning and organizational talent are two very different things. Progressives who comfort themselves that Elon could never conquer their country because he doesn’t have the world’s highest IQ are just as foolish as a scholar of the 13th century telling himself that his country could never be conquered by an illiterate man on a pony.” (The screen shot shows highlighting over “Before…his own name”.)
Dumb post from Shadi Hamid with 85 responses, 45 reskeets/quoteskeets and just one ‘like’ at the time of the screen shot
Passage from an interview with notorious right wing hack who masquerades as legal scholar Ilya Shapiro in which Shapiro refers to Ilan Wurman as a friend of his
Family Guy police stop/skin color meme with "wrongly prosecuted by the scume who weaponized the government" corresponding to lighter tones and "drug dealers" corresponding to darker ones
Dan Aykroid as his Coneheads character
Screen shot from p. 1 of today’s WSJ “Congestion pricing in New York City has reduced traffic, cheering backers but disappointing businesses that reported a decline in customer numbers. A2”
Screen shot of Facebook notification that an attempt to share a link to the bluesky post above has been removed
Stupid viral chart purporting to show the reliability and ideological disposition of various media outlets
Excerpt of an Ebert essay where he writes about Armond White: “I am forced to conclude that White is, as charged, a troll. A smart and knowing one, but a troll.”
Excerpt of Elisabeth Bumiller interview where she says that “during the first Trump administration we were getting an unusual amount of praise for what we were doing. It actually made us feel a little uneasy—we are used to getting criticized by both the right and the left.”
Screen shot of Politico article from October reporting that Project 2025 alums would be banned from a new Trump administration
Screenshot of NYT article Hed: Harris and Trump Trade Gender Attacks as He Floats Kennedy for ‘Women’s Health’ Subhed: Kamala Harris and her team seized on Donald Trump’s latest comments about women, including a statement that under him, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would work on “women’s health.” The Trump team lashed out over remarks by a top Harris supporter.
Screenshot of NYT article Headline: “Conservative Activist Seizes on Passages From Harris Book” Subhed: “A report by Christopher Rufo says the Democratic presidential nominee copied five short passages for her 2009 book on crime. A plagiarism expert said the lapses were not serious.” Below that is a picture of bigot Christopher Rufo
Video “If you want to continue to be effective you have to do it from inside your own party,” said DeWine, who has an overwhelmingly Republican legislature. “My goal has always been to get things done. I’ve been I think successful at it. And I’ve got two years and three months and I want to continue to get stuff done.”
"Today's ruling doesn't change the facts, so let's be very clear about what happened on January 6: Donald Trump snapped after he lost the 2020 election and encouraged a mob to overthrow the results of a free and fair election. Trump is already running for president as a convicted felon for the very same reason he sat idly by while the mob violently attacked the Capitol: he thinks he's above the law and is willing to do anything to gain and hold onto power for himself. "Since January 6, Trump has only grown more unhinged. He's promising to be a dictator 'on day one, calling for our Constitution to be 'terminated' so he can regain power, and promising a "bloodbath" if he loses. The American people already rejected Donald Trump's self-obsessed quest for power once - Joe Biden will make sure they reject it for good in November."
Sen Hoylman saying he supports CP
He’s voting no on this bullshit
“Stick to sports” but just Nate Silver and Michael Powell
NYT headline and related column asserting that “Biden’s Vow to Bring Calm Never Stood a Chance”
Ackman speculating about a thing that actually happened but that he couldn’t be bothered to be aware of
Tweet containing comments from insurrectionist Rep. Nicole Malliotakis calling for Rep. George Santos's resignation or expulsion from Congress