Who has enough low-key cool to play Jim Rockford in the year of our lord 2026? Is the question I have on my mind here.

A friend of mine believes that when we die, we remember everything we did in our lives. Every moment, every little detail, every interaction with everyone we ever met, with perfect, crystalline clarity. Whether that’s heaven or hell depends on us. I think about that a lot these days.

Hi! I'm Jamie Lee Rotante, I'm the Senior Director of Editorial at Archie Comics! I love to write culture pieces and personal essays. I recently launched a zine called "Neuroses, Nostalgia, and New York" which compiles essays, poetry, and art. Check out my work at jamieleerotante.net! #portfolioday

Gift link: George Saunders Says Ditching These Three Delusions Can Save You www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/m...

Came back to Bluesky after a couple of hours and the first half-dozen posts are all about Eric Adams’s memecoin. You gotta love a man who knows how to make an exit.

“Having life-and-death power over others is a lifelong education in what power can’t do.” www.johnrember.com/blog/skiing-...

Someone signed me up for a gun buyer's mailing list, and as always, I have to decide if it's: a) random spam b) one of my relatives, with sincere good intent, like "Look at these deals, Chris!" c) some reader who thinks I need a refresher course on firearms based on something I wrote

My latest books cartoon for Guardian Books #bookcops

Pam Bondi is going to announce tomorrow that Jerome Powell tried to ram Donald Trump with his car

I’d swear to God I saw that lost glasses bit on another awards show.

These people have been fine with the horse rampaging through the hospital, but they draw the line at having the horse manage their portfolios.

About to find out what scares politicians more: crossing Trump or tanking the market.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment related to his June congressional testimony on renovations of the Fed’s headquarters

the great Finding Out of our time has begun.

Gift link: Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

maybe heading towards some of those weeks where decades happen

We’re going to need a bigger fan.

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After the invasion, from Tom Kidd’s splendid 1999 illustrations for H. G. Wells’ “The War Of The Worlds”.

HELLO LOS ANGELES. Hope to see you at Diesel, located in the lovely Brentwood Country Mart, on Feb. 12 to discuss my new novel, ROBERT B. PARKER'S BIG SHOT. Come on down. It's going to be great. dieselbookstore.com/event/2026-0...

Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.

And Renee Good’s last words appear to be “We’re not mad at you.”

You do not need to watch the new footage -- I'm about to go brain scrub for five minutes, let's put it that way -- but you have got to be literally deranged with misogyny to think this makes the shooter look justified. Which explains why the Vice-President of the United States shared it.

i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane

In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.

Some longtime followers will remember when I used to keep and update nerdy google docs of all the water levels of CA reservoirs due to our state’s severe drought. Never thought this day would come: www.latimes.com/california/s...

I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.

confirmed katu.com/news/local/i...

Tears for Fears I don't care if it's been three years since you last spoke, two years since you last texted, and one year since you last saw each other on social media. You think a few years are going to stand in the way of decades? Call your best friend, go get coffee. Pick up what pieces you can.

Here's the Washington Post investigation: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... New York Times: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv... And Bellingcat's video bsky.app/profile/bell...

Breaking News: Gov. Kathy Hochul, partnering with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will unveil a plan to expand free or affordable child care for New Yorkers across the state.

you know what would be a genuinely useful site? "Was It Better or Were You Younger?" just take various elements of life and look at the actual facts of the past. because it is true of some stuff! but generally much less than nostalgia and aging leads us to believe

Perhaps you could alert someone in law enforcement.

I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.

I’ve been an evangelist for @kurtandersen.bsky.social’s novel TURN OF THE CENTURY ever since it came out. Not only is it a funny and compelling look at a family at the dawn of the 21st Century, the man predicted *everything.* This is one of his characters waxing rhapsodic about AI:

I don't think anyone knows the first goddamn thing about what's going to happen.

@nytimes.com viewing of the videos of the ICE shooting does not report any contact between the vehicle and the shooter. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...

Anyone live in Phoenix? Scottsdale? Any of the surrounding metro area? I'm going to be at the legendary Poisoned Pen bookstore for the launch of ROBERT B. PARKER'S BIG SHOT on Feb. 10 at 7 pm. Come on by. Would love to see you. calendar.time.ly/9plshfqx/pos...

I'm not going to share the video -- it's everywhere if you really want to see it -- but even over on Threads, which is usually a sewer, the comments are unanimous in their horror and outrage at the shooting. Maybe this is the final straw.

It is sad that a publisher would shut down a newspaper rather than pay its journalists what they are owed. But not surprising.

Gift link: "Mayor Frey described the person who was killed as a 37-year-old woman. 'We’ve dreaded this moment since the early stages of this ICE presence in Minneapolis,' he said. ICE, he said, was 'not here to cause safety in this city.'” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

My FAVE writer @bradmeltzer.com's new book is a thriller! I can't wait to dig in... join me! www.amazon.com/dp/0062892436

I kinda need Weezer to do another cover album just of theme songs for old PBS shows.

time to activate my sleeper agents of a certain age

Seems like a great time for the Dems to pass some bills. Maybe even hold a vote on impeachment.

Happy pub day to @bradmeltzer.com and THE VIPER, his first thriller in four years. You can check out all the details here: bradmeltzer.com/Books/The-Vi...

anyway if you want to help me celebrate my birthday instead of the anniversary of the insurrection feel free to leave a review of a book somewhere on the internet (maybe even mine)

Newt Gingrich was a back-bencher giving speeches to an empty gallery for years. Then he pretty much single-handedly convinced America that Democrats were corrupt and ended 40 years of Democratic house control. You're just a voice crying in the wilderness until you're not.

Gift link. Kennedy is going to kill as many kids as he can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...