Completely agree. Can’t believe I convinced myself I was having a stroke the entire time I worked there due to proximity to the toaster

Remember when I said NYC Mayor is one of the most powerful executive offices in the country? Honestly a lot of it is this kind of stuff. In many jurisdictions "I'm gonna hire 1000 people for a couple days for $30/hr" would require months hearings and council votes to actually do.

enrichment

New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST

In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.

She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.

So I confronted him.

Hug Lovers

my terrible sons

to the dark money operatives paying lib influencers: stop paying $8k a month to influencers whose fans are all true blue liberals. pay me $20k a month to plead with my audience of intransigent leftists.

Vanity Fair Will Boost Focus on Core Areas Like Hollywood While Cutting Back Some Coverage, Says New Editorial Director Vanity Fair will scale back certain areas of coverage, including shutting down The Hive, to focus on entertainment and culture, editorial director Mark Guiducci said.

rip the hive :( i dont understand anything in this totally incoherent memo! i’m very sad about what is happening to my former employer! variety.com/2025/digital...

canadian rockies are unreal. the water looks fake but it actually is that blue!!! also i need more context about the inevitable incident that led to the “no bear spray on the chairlift” sign

are you joking

Bloc Party playing at an outdoor concert venue

attended a nostalgic bloc party concert on a tennis court on an unseasonably but not uncomfortably cool sunny evening….this really is going to be the best summer of our lives…….

Just marveling at a media CEO getting rid of reporters and then on the same day saying that the company is growing and hiring folk as if nothing happened

after ~5 years at The Information, i've been laid off, alongside 2/3rds of our features team. i am devastated.

if you're looking for an experienced investigative reporter with a knack for producing high impact features about tech and business, please reach out: parismartineau@gmail.com DMs open

cat goop at night, felines delight

Orange and white cat on orange and white pillow

he recently has taken to spending like 18 hours a day on the couch pillow that weirdly matches his fur

i cannot stress enough that at the very least everyone in leadership needs to go. all of them. probably most electeds over 70 too. primary them all. while we're at it can we just drop the entirety of the ny dem party on a deserted island

Excel cultists will tell you this is impossible

It should be recognized that society is still grappling with the cultural and policy implications of the rapidly shifting understanding of gender. There are some issues - such as participation in sports and appropriate medical care for minors - that remain fiercely debated, even by those who broadly support trans rights. There should be room for those conversations. But what shouldn't be debated is whether the government should target a group of Americans to be stripped of their freedom and dignity to move through the world as they choose. This is a campaign in which cruelty and humiliation seem to be the fundamental point.

The idea that there should be a public debate about the appropriate medical care for a minuscule population of children remains one of the most absurd lies that these liberal transphobes, NYT edit board included, tell themselves. No there shouldn’t! It’s not an appropriate matter for public debate!

Mr. Ulevitch said in the memo that the firm plans to teach Mr. Penny “the business of investing” and that he will support several of the firm’s portfolio companies.

If he doesn’t already know “the business of investing,” that means his sole qualification for the job is that he murdered a homeless man and got away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/n...

two plates of pancakes

perhaps controversial but i would not describe myself as much of a “pancake person.” however the chez ma tante pancakes are thin and basically fried in clarified butter so it’s a different thing

I’m not sure who is the bigger loser here: Trump admin for going to Bari Weiss’ substack with an “exclusive” or Bari Weiss running this thing we all knew was coming as an exclusive

coward shit

DOCTOR: Hi everyone! Welcome back to group therapy for average post/election Bluesky repliers. What I’d like you all to do is imagine a post—
PATIENT 1: I’m mad at it
DOCTOR: Okay, okay, good honesty, but I was gonna say to imagine a post with a joke in it
PATIENT 2: I’m REALLY mad at it

DEM SENATOR: Well there’s always next time 😃 a hearty “good game” to my colleagues across the aisle as they shepherd our great nation in the spirit of collaboration and teamwork! 🦅🫡
REPUBLICAN SENATOR: Does anyone know when it’s technically legal for me to kill this [SLUR NO ONE HAS SAID SINCE 1889]

upstairs neighbor appears to have been watching fire walk with me while we’ve been finishing twin peaks: the return. i hope they come to our building’s tenant organizing meeting next weekend so we can discuss

not sure what rib trim is! short ribs have little rib bones surrounded by lots of good fatty meat. i had to google chicken normandy, it sounds divine!

picture of dinner in a white ceramic bowl: red wine braised short ribs; sautéed swiss chard, mushrooms and pearl onions; mashed potatoes; horseradish cream and au jus

anticipatory snow day project: red wine braised short ribs; sautéed swiss chard, mushrooms and pearl onions; mashed potatoes; horseradish cream and au jus

The Pathetic Billionaires’ Club How fuck-you money can become fuck-me money

“My best guess is that a billionaire, having climbed to incredible heights, realizes that he’s still an ordinary human being who puts his pants on one leg at a time, and asks, “Is this all there is?”

So he starts demanding things money can’t buy, like universal admiration.”