There it is

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

“Uncle Paul, when you were my age how’d you get girls to date you?”

“In the 80s I’d just go up to them and ask.”

“But what if she said no?”

“That’s why we invented the moonwalk.”

Remarkably, Democrats Are Winning the Shutdown Debate And it's not even close.

"Something’s not quite clicking... And yet, despite that, Democrats are still winning the public debate. Imagine how big these polling gaps would be if Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries had a comms strategy that had folks fired up."

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Okay, I can’t hide anymore. I’ve known Tilly for years and she’s a monster.

I saw her do coke then bite a baby outside of Nobu. When his mom intervened, Tilly shot her dead. As the baby cried, Tilly said, “What are YOU gonna do, become Batman? You’re TOO poor.” then spit in his face. #CancelTilly

No later than 3.

I have something from 12-2 in Wash Heights but I could come after that.

You are not! You are beloved.

This show is such a delight and S2 somehow manages to be even better than 1 which was fantastic.

One note, after rewatching, #EnricoColantoni is secret sauce. Can’t get over how exquisite his straight man is for a murderers row of comics.

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

"They will experience the consequences of this, but we have to be the consequence." is @democrats.org message, they just don't know it yet.

Just a reminder that in the many years when there were no prominent gay Christians on Twitter, Daniel was fighting the good fight, changing hearts and minds.
I am so grateful for his voice.

Ha!

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."

Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.

Pam Bondi deleted a government study showing that right-wingers commit more terrorism. The right cannot think coherently so instead of making their own studies, they censor legitimate ones.

But don't worry Pam, I saved it for you web.archive.org/web/20250911...

I’ve been reading Alan’s words since we were both part of a chat list about Homicide: Life on the Street, maybe pre-Star ledger days?

If you love television, there’s just nobody better to read.
His newsletter is fantastic. Make Rolling Stone’s bad decision your gain and subscribe!

Fun fact: Nancy Mace is trying to censure me over comments I never said.
 
Her res does not contain a single quote from me because she couldn’t find any.
 
Unlike her, I have routinely condemned political violence, no matter the political ideology.

four of Brad Lander's political opponents praising him and speaking out in his defense shows that not only does this crew understand the stakes but also the incentive structure created for candidates by ranked choice voting is dope

As a Very Serious Paper full of Very Serious People the NYT finds Trump embarrassing, and as such there is no behavior of his that it will not sanewash to avoid having to say something unseemly.

You share a name with my beloved sister which is so fun for me but also wild to rethink what I thought was your real name. :)
Loved your profile and hope voters see how great you would be. Wild to consider how similar our paths were though only 1 of us got a masters with 5 kids!

So we’ve got $90 million to throw the parade he wanted, but we don’t have the money to fix North Carolina. Got it!

I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?

Color me absolutely gobsmacked. I have been mostly offline lately so I didn’t know you were running for office —amazing! But I also didn’t know you used a pseudonym all this time! I’m sorry about whatever has happened. Sending you light and protection.

This is not an isolated incident. It’s systemic. The political class no longer sees itself as accountable to all constituents, only to the symbolic community they perform for. Everyone else becomes an enemy. Even students.

things that are objectively shown by scientific data to be beneficial to both individuals and society

- universal healthcare
- universal basic income
- vaccines
- DEI
- non-fossil fuel energy solutions

and now, remote work

Trump et al. have the answer: eliminate scientific data gathering

The same people who say Adriana Smith should stay hooked up to machines so a fetus can gestate inside her dead body for 7 months because “it’s a sacrifice a mother would make” can’t fathom a mother crossing the border with her children in hopes of providing a better life for them.

“well, my neighbor got thrown in a gulag, my kid has measles and the ps6 costs as much as a ford bronco, but i just can’t get past dems refusing to say joe biden was old in 2025” - a voter who definitely exists

Just logged in after being away for awhile and thought you’d lost Chester! So glad to know you are just on holiday? Any chance of getting to Inis Mor, my fav stop from last year’s holiday?

"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement. Pope Francis was absent from Vance’s conversation with Cardinal Pietro Parolin. However, the statement said there was “an exchange of opinions on the international situation, especially regarding countries affected by war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations, with particular attention to migrants, refugees, and prisoners.”"

Imagine basing so much of your public identity on your adult conversion to Catholicism, only to be publicly dismissed by the actual Catholic hierarchy.