Jeers to Viktor Orbán, and cheers to the Tisza Party, whose political ideology I will not be looking into further 👍

There is no more perfect a depiction of contemporary Zionism than Israel blowing up a shul in the name of Jewish safety (aka Israeli intransigence).

Crabapple has a leftist’s love of losers, the idealists with moral clarity on their side but who never really stood a chance. She admits as much: “So why did I write this book about the Bund — who lost?” she asks at the end of the book. “Because I am sick of monsters.”

tweet, name blocked: All you have to do to get in the @nytimes is be a kapo. Embedded tweet: Mark Horowitz @MarkHorowitz • 7h Times Opinion editor asks the question, "What Does Judaism Look Like Without Zionism?" But he leaves out the 6 million answers that history already provided. nytimes.com/2026/04/06/boo... via @NYTimes 2:13 PM • Apr 6, 2026

Great review of @mollycrabapple.bsky.social new book, which is already making monsters squirm and shriek.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/b...

Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Extract List of Jews From Penn The decision to allow the government to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus could allow the government to pursue similar tactics elsewhere. • Listen • 3:32 min < 1 TODAY

As a Jewish historian who works at a university, I think it’s great that an administration committed to destroying “the internal globalist enemy” which is staffed by groyper antisemites is collecting lists of Jews. Can’t see any potential downside here at all.

Doesn’t help that nearly all the spots people used to socialize at have been closed since 2020!

Fart Live is the cutting edge of live comedy technology

It was really impressive how quickly my alma mater kowtowed to fascism

Turn, Turn, Turn In a stroke of programming genius, the Gene Siskel Film Center here in Chicago turns its screens over to long watches every January with their Settle In series. Last month, I used the inclusion of Éri...

I watched a bunch of Rohmer and wrote about it. And then waited a month and a half to publish it. Enjoy! www.simplerandwithmorelaughter.com/turn-turn-tu...

if you ever want a laugh tru to imagine what podcast all the men on your train car or bus are listening to. One guys listening to the Fart Brothers Goofaround Hour and another‘s listening to Supervised Visitation Dads. One guy might be listening to This American Life.

Where’s that crook ending up…

If you liked that Ring commercial finding the doggo:

Now imagine instead of “Milo match” it says your name on a cop’s screen when you walk by.

You don’t but I want to help #boostengagement

Y’all didn’t realize they were using “Democracy dies in darkness” as a mission statement, not a salutary motto

I wrote it! Check it out !

Midnight at the Oasis - Waiting for Guffman HD YouTube video by artfilm33

anyway RIP to the greatest youtu.be/fggXs7oIP7Q?...

The next iteration of the 400 Theater - Chicago Reader The New 400 Theaters closed in 2023, leaving the far north side without a cinema. This year, new ownership will reopen the historic Rogers Park institution.

chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi... My latest for @chicagoreader.com — a very fun confluence of a bunch of different subjects I love! Enjoy :)

you do not heed it and it brings you to ruin. you keep crashing the bus

It feels vital that there be a cousin involved

HAHA

this is a 30 Rock bit that got cut for being “too boring”

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003

when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

I went to Hebrew school with a guy who has an under-5 in Marty Supreme so I think I get some kind of prize

Here is my big 2026 goal. How do I game Google to make me the first thing that appears when you google "Jewish guy". And NOT in an anti semitic way. In a Marty Mauser way.

The circle game - Chicago Reader At iO, the Orbit, an "artful, immersive show," experiments with long-form improv in the round that puts vulnerability first.

Very excited about my newest feature in @chicagoreader.com chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship? From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...

Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.

This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.

Have yourself a Benson little Boonemas

Odious is kind of the only word you can use to refer to Cuomo

“Do They Keep Their Washer and Dryer In Here?” This week on The Chair Company, Ron went further down the rabbit hole. What’s great about The Chair Company is that the whole show is built around a classically Robinsonian crash out, but here it’s ex...

New chair company recap! www.simplerandwithmorelaughter.com/do-they-keep...

I wrote about THE MASTERMIND for the @chicagoreader.com

“They’re Just Saying Stuff.” Welcome back to the Chair Company recap! When we last left our intrepid hero Ron Trosper, he was chasing down a man who hit him with a pipe. Ron’s prey evaded capture by unbuttoning his patterned shi...

www.simplerandwithmorelaughter.com/theyre-just-... I’m recapping THE CHAIR COMPANY over on my site!