In college we were road-tripping from RI to Florida for Spring Break. We got pulled over for speeding outside of Atlanta by a motorcycle cop who informed us that "no one goes that fast through Georgia", to which I replied (from the back seat) "Sherman did".

Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

@letsmeatdelray.bsky.social the NY strips I got from y’all were SO GOOD

ICYMI, I wrote up the ludicrous Comey indictment yesterday. Something to notice in the coverage and commentary, particularly from the justifications for the indictment: the distinction between threats and incitement. /1 www.popehat.com/p/the-comey-...

@capitalweather.bsky.social snapped a pic of a rainbow with no rain in sight on the evening commute on I-66 this evening.

crucial context if you're enjoying DeadLoch

It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened. And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.

KEEP IT UP, FOLK! POST YOUR #STANDUPFORSCIENCE POSTS!

Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data. Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here: newrepublic.com/article/2059...

🧑‍🍳💋 this whole thread but the audacity of this.

Magnificent

@capitalweather.bsky.social Somewhere between snow and sleet in Del Ray

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Hand to You Know Whomst, this is someone’s FB profile photo, and it’s the funniest thing I’ve seen all day.

It’s easy to be cynical about Silicon Valley trying to fix Silicon Valley, but at least someone is thinking about it. wapo.st/3Yw7yyk

Just tried reading it again for a new audience. Did not make it through. I mean, I didn't stop, but there were three interruptions, and was holding it in for about three quarters of it. Here's to Able Seacat Simon.

If you begin Star Trek: Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on New Year's Eve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join in a very dumb annual tradition and start 2026 off on the right hoof.

Confirmed now by a reputable source.

David Bowie opens The Concert for New York City, a benefit for September 11 first responders, with a song that took a long, last symbolic look at an America which would be forsaken and irreversibly transformed by the decades long War on Terror. youtu.be/afifZfUkU8I?...

Time to watch this Christmas classic

I probably need to visit iceland in the not-distant future I live in new york city so even on the rare occasions these things are theoretically visible in the northeastern US, forget about it

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben

🔭🧪 A+ thread below summarising what kind of incoming asteroids/objects we can, cannot, and *kind of* can track ahead of impact and thus protect ourselves from ⬇️ Then decide for yourself if you find it reassuring or not…

The full report on this alleged food crime, now posted at ye olde blogge:

IYKYK

Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.

Let’s talk about AI art. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

Not only is this brilliant, this is what the rich boys of AI want for us.

Americans take first and third in a French cheesemonger competition. www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/t...

"No matter how bleak it gets, you can’t stop scrolling."

Boring can be brilliant. In Pueblo, Colorado, they're planning to replace a coal plant with one of largest clean energy hubs in US. At its core: a thermal battery. These batteries can provide round-the-clock heat, slashing emissions, creating jobs, and improving public health.

We’re quite deep within the Singularity right now, though it’s turned out be the Singularity of Stupid (SoS), which effectively prevents the original concept of the Singularity from happening.

This song from 1926 randomly appeared in my playlist yesterday. Just shows that things ain’t what they used to be, and never really were. youtu.be/hdTIJ9dpX-w?...

credit where due

“The FBI reported that fully 43 cities in those three states had higher rates of violent crime in 2024 than did D.C.”

David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it

Shit @rusty.todayintabs.com nailed it www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to...

1. Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel want everyone to think the so-called Steele Dossier was a major source for the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. No, it wasn’t — an assessment of the “dossier” was included as an annex, which they haven’t released. Why?

🌩️ INCREDIBLE SHELF CLOUD seen over Bowie, Md. Captured tonight by Camryn D, this stunning video shows a dramatic shelf cloud rolling in ahead of strong storms. A shelf cloud is a low, horizontal cloud formation along the leading edge of a thunderstorm. 📹 Watch it here 👇

A great @owasow.bsky.social thread!

🧵 I often talk about VDA, Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, as the core functions that make democracy possible. But to understand what’s gone wrong, we need to look at how those functions have changed.

Had some thoughts on the narrative about Bluesky's exaggerated death and supposed bubble

@guygavrielkay.bsky.social looking forward to diving in!