Anyone else notice that a few recent New Yorker profiles border on hagiography?

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

Announcing the 2026 Alumni Awards Winners The Graduate Center will celebrate seven highly accomplished alumni at its Alumni Awards ceremony on April 30.

Congratulations to our 2026 Alumni Awards Winners! Learn more about the impact of Sophie Maríñez, Gaffar Gailani, Avishan Bodjnoud, Philip Kreniske, Ryan Donovan, Mary Sano, and Frank J. Fabozzi www.gc.cuny.edu/news/announc...
@smarinez.bsky.social @ryandonovan.bsky.social @kreniske.bsky.social

They are all over my bibliographies! So grateful to whoever it is

Never wanted to but always have....

Pege Hegseth's chief of staff tried to block the promotion of a black female combat veteran because, as the article notes, "President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events" in Washington DC

Sean Duffy should be impeached and removed from his cabinet post.

Eating at PF Chang’s in Manhattan should be a crime.

can it be closed down sooner

The first six days of the US war in Iran cost $12.7 billion The same cost as one year of: - Paying 9% of the US's elementary school teachers - Paying 47% of the US's firefighters - Medical care for 693,000 veterans - 1.5 million public housing units - Medicaid for 3.6 million children

A week after American and Israeli forces began their assault on Iran, Pentagon officials told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing that the cost of the war had already exceeded $11.3bn in its first six days.

But that figure is only part of the story 🧵

The cost of fresh vegetables is up a stunning FORTY EIGHT PERCENT from February 2025:

www.bls.gov/news.release...

Oh dear....I'm only on chapter 2 and I had to speed up the recording already!

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New York! I'm giving a talk on my new book-in-progress at The New School on March 23 at 5pm.

Come hear about how Broadway turned backbreaking.

event.newschool.edu/broadwaybodi...

and ugly to look at.

Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies

According to the NYT, it's now held up on music permission issues and not the Dolans.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...

See also "Something to Talk About"

The Kennedy Center was thriving until the hostile takeover...

crickets from the free speech crowd, of course

Ann Reinking as Cassie

the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.

stunning cover design!

Where does Liza fall for you? I know she played Roxie, but I think she'd also have been equally good as Velma...

I hate to say it but it really doesn't suit her own very special talents.

Has me wondering what will they call "Prince Faggot" in Japan...

Biden, Obama, Bush, Clinton. All former cabinet secretaries. All need to speak up. Why are they silent at this moment? Why is up to ordinary Americans to lead in this crisis?

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

American survived without ICE from 1776 to 2003

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."

- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.

Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!