John Bolton, sitting in his jail cell, doing the Larry David face for hours at a time

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back — theonion.com/health-exper...

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On this Easter Sunday, I am reading about the death of Arius, and praying

Hi folks. As part of my reporting, I'd like to talk to middle-class households about their alcohol purchasing. If that's you, please DM. (Your name can be withheld if desired.) * I'll use the Pew definition of middle class, which is households making $56K-$167K.

Yes, well.

black tartarian imp. cherries, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1912

This is exactly what my base case unilateral TACO scenario looks like, fwiw. WSJ: “Trump told aides he's willing to end the [Iran War] even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed … likely extending Tehran's firm grip on the waterway and leaving a complex operation to reopen it for [later].”

Cool map from #$JPM showing dated oil flows from the Strait of Hormuz will stop arriving. Keep in mind that (excluding Saudi flows through Yanbu and Iranian flows) the gap in flows then continues forward by 4 weeks and counting + some further time to stabilize tanker networks.

TRUMP RUINED BAD TASTE John Waters at #NoKings in Provincetown (Pic via petermarietoto on X)

I have posted a little about the Iran War. This is simply a heartfelt post about what I see coming. I think the Trump administration is essentially incapable of strategic thinking. As such, I think we are headed for an economic calamity. This isn’t investment advice but:

This is kinda fab! (And no, it's not AI.)

An unforgivable human rights atrocity getting approximately 10% of the news coverage it deserves.

My latest contribution to @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social is a primer on why the Iran War and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has the potential to spiral further into by far the biggest energy shock in history. And markets are sleepwalking into it. thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

seek-no-further apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1895

I don’t want to pick on this pub in particular, or this reporter, but I don’t like being treated like a complete moron when I read a newspaper article www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...

🛢️ OIL & IRAN WAR CONTEXT WEEKLY 🛢️ Crude rose in further fits and starts as the Iran War stretches into its 4th week and belligerents escalate to attacks on upstream infrastructure that have already wrought durable supply losses. Summary below, link to full report in reply.

Consensus is shifting, and rightly so: This third week of the war has fueled a shift from a short-term energy disruption to long-term structural damage. With that, the broader fallout—also marked by the non-linear risks … 1 of 2

I think that a big part of the reason that people think Trump will be in for the Iran War long haul is that they don’t appreciate how truly, insanely unhinged the energy market is about to get is this doesn’t end soon.

I am going to do a lengthy thread on the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Your best bet is to mute the thread, then come back to it in a few months to quote-tweet all of my bad predictions. I am not remotely an expert. This is really an exercise for me, so please don’t take it too seriously.

Everyone is posting about Ireland for some reason so I will offer an unsolicited opinion: Flann O’Brien is an astonishingly entertaining writer and is sadly under-appreciated in the USA. Probably the funniest writing I have come across. The Third Policeman is a good starting place in my view.

If I’m counting right Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender have collaborated three times so here’s hoping

With Mark Levin in the news, it’s worth making sure everyone is aware of the Mark Levin/Master Shake mashups from several years ago m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2BL...

Listen now!

Pondering whether Trump’s recent screed against Maggie Haberman was because he misread headlines about Habermas

I refused to believe this was real. But it is: www.c-span.org/clip/news-co...

I am very excited to announce the launch of a new podcast: “One Iconic Beer.” It will land in your favorite email service on Monday, and in the meantime, here’s an introduction about what it’s about.

Just a thought

The enemy gets a boat

“Ah Jesus, this is a real mine furor” [JD Vance perks up]

Oh this is really cool! A Spitz/Ben Davis cross. Looks delicious

Having some of the most thoroughly redacted thoughts of my life.

There’s Platner himself, who may well be stupid and not bigoted. But the other angle here is that if he gets the nomination, Collins is going to hit him hard over the tattoo. And Dems who want him to win are going to have to play it off. “Oh an SS tattoo, that’s not so bad! Grow up!”

#whatsJamescooking #whatrecipeisJamescooking #tastyfood #foodthatJamesiscooking #foodthatJamesiscookingtoday #recipesthatJamesiscooking #Jamesiscookingbutwhatisit cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024...

#whatsJamescooking #whatrecipeisJamescooking #tastyfood #foodthatJamesiscooking #foodthatJamesiscookingtoday #recipesthatJamesiscooking #Jamesiscookingbutwhatisit cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013...

Hmmmmm

I have said this before but I don’t think there’s any compelling evidence that Rosie Ruiz didn’t complete every marathon she ran in while obeying the rules

Saw Waymo in downtown NYC today, two cars traveling together with people in the driver’s seats

Stray Dog, but instead of having his gun stolen Murakami gets hit with a snowball

Before and after

Bro is gonna be mayor for 9 terms

I saw a lot of people struggling for days after the first snowstorm—people with mobility issues, but also parents and nannies with strollers. This looks like a massive improvement.

The difference between January's storm and this one is pretty striking. This is less than an hour ago