nyt website currently resembles one of those mock covers people made before 2016 election: economy floundering, war in the middle east, scandal-plagued cabinet sec, brazen corruption....

In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.

markwayne mullin’s mom: “and this is my son, Markwayne”

not surprising given the layoffs but anyone else notice WaPo news alerts tend to arrive last now. often well behind everyone else. bad!

👀👀👀

feels like INDUSTRY really cut through into the culture for the first time this season

Jasmine Crockett concedes to James Talarico this morning: “With the primary behind us, Democrats must rally around our nominee. I'm committed to doing my part and will continue working to elect Democrats up and down the ballot." #TxSen

the idea of needing to have a run-off election is so anathema to me. JUST USE PREFERENTIAL VOTING.

well done, everyone. huge white collar firms folded for nothing.

the end of that in memoriam segment. my god, we lost some legends this year

Harrison Ford! Weeping!

War! War! It’s the Department of War! Don’t be so afraid to say war, you beta cucks! Is this a war? No.

regina hall was extremely mad or upset about something during that OBAA intro at the SAG/Actor Awards

grown man alone at the bar eating a bowl of ice cream

Khamenei dead, Iranians confirm www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

it was all smooth sailing after this, right?

we are about to learn just how short everyone’s memory is

You can just say things.

The state of the union address was like 72 hours before the US and Israel chose to attack Iran’s capital and call for regime change, and Trump did not even mention his policy toward Iran before Congress, much less ask for a declaration of war.

For Playboy, I wrote about Clavicular, masculinity, and the digital image www.playboy.com/read/enterta...

incredible

so there’s this diva

"After a breakfast of chicken fingers, Clavicular decided on his first activity of the day: a date."

here's me clavicular explainermaxxing for @slate.com

This is a weird story request but I have a feeling it might be more common that we think: Has your mother or father ever checked into a hospital and not told you? Maybe they only revealed they were admitted after the fact? Or when things got worse? (My dad did this btw!) DM me.

“I think democracy versus oligarchy is going to be the battle of the 21st century. I don’t know how long it’s going to take for the Democratic Party to actually understand that.”

can report the jfk jr/carolyn bessette show is good! slate.com/culture/2026...

hooking up with your boss! relationship-ending affairs with colleagues! getting your company to pay for your hook-up hotel room! juicy new story from me on why office romances are more frequent than ever in 2026

From @theathletic.com: The pastor who officiated the wedding during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show told us the inside story of what happened. “I was confused. I said, ‘Well, am I going to marry Benito? What’s going on?'”

imagine being mad at that performance.

do we think drake maye is hot?

a sentence that australians won’t blink at but will sound insanely cutesy to everyone else: i was at the zebra crossing when i saw the lollipop lady, standing amongst the witches’ hats, eating fairy bread and fairy floss under the fairy lights

More than 10 years later, still true!

he said 👄

i love my tiny wife

my brain randomly for the past few weeks: ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................BABYJANEDOE

crazy to think people used to just walk around without music or headphones. just out here rawdogging reality

i fear i do not have the nostalgic ties to the muppet show as americans do bc what is this

cannot imagine what savannah guthrie is going through. felt sick for days just thinking about it. hoping for the best

He looks like Peter Griffin in "Death of a Salesman"

Shoutout to affected WaPo journos today. Getting laid off sucks and it stings even more when the people making bad decisions never seem to be affected by them. This job will break your heart.

incredible story about a little Australian boy who swam 4km/2.5m back to shore after his family got washed out to sea on watercraft. he made it to shore (the equivalent of running 2 marathons) just in time to send rescuers to save them

this oh mary fit

this is a teaser, not a trailer. let’s be serious

do they actually hand out any awards at the Grammys