In honor of Warren Zevon (finally!) being inducted into the RRHOF by David Letterman, here's Zevon on Letterman doing one of the best covers of all time (at least in my opinion). www.youtube.com/watch?v=heDR...

The Sound Of The Front Door Closing Forever: The Real Warren Zevon Story

Warren Zevon not already being inducted says all you need to know .

Warren Zevon is sometimes dismissed as a one-hit wonder, but his fans know better. His first two albums were basically perfect, and he absolutely had a HOF body of work, doing things his way, making music that mattered to him; creativity starts with that 💝 consequence.net/2025/11/davi...

Warren Zevon was a guy who had lived on the fringes of things; both as a struggling musician and someone who struggled with substance abuse. I don’t think he ever forgot that, and the odd characters he met along the way has a knack for showing up in his music www.avclub.com/talkin-about...

I'm gonna cry, we did it Joe

You’d have been pleased, Phil youtu.be/wXCly4X3cqw?...

This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media. Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

From "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen #RemembranceSunday

Right now: @xychelsea.tv’s keynote — and I’ll be moderating the Q&A with her right after. Don’t miss it!

And they say there are no new sitcom ideas

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

With the White Stripes’ induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this week, can we finally put the arguments about Meg White’s drumming to rest? She belongs there, and it’s way past time. Commentary ↓

Elon Musk’s AI service Grok is so drunkenly, transparently biased that it would be funny – if it weren’t a mortal threat to democracy This week’s column by Stewart Lee www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Half of UK public unaware of contribution made by 2.5m British Asian members of armed forces who served in Second World War

As someone who has previously been a starving writer treated like a disposable tool, this is both hilarious and hitting very close to home.

A fascinating programme, especially the insights about Bernard Lovell, and amazing music, of course, from @hannahpeel.bsky.social

This morning, I spoke at the SOMOS Labor Breakfast. "We are not looking to remake New York City in my image. We are looking to remake it in the image of struggling workers across the five boroughs."

Circles on Black by Vasily Kandinsky, 1921 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137221

In a grubby Paris hotel room with at least three ghosts. Goodnight.

#OtD 8 Nov 1926 Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci, was arrested by Mussolini's fascists during a crackdown on left-wing opposition in the country. Despite having parliamentary immunity, he was jailed, and eventually died in custody stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1120...

Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways: First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices. Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.

mainstream media report on jd vance’s twitter mutuals, challenge level: impossible

"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

got a feeling this will stop being funny pretty soon

Here are a couple good stories about the team and design choices grapheine.com/en/magazine/... abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html

This is good.

A very early entry in the "googly eyes make everything better" stakes...

Gimbir arrives right on time to provide breakfast for a hungry chick. Good morning from #OrangeNSW. #PeregrineFalcons

Beat they ass. I'm being SO serious.

The more people tell me that AI is the future, the more I know I just really want to make stuff with my hands and brain.

At this point, five years in, my response might not be so polite. “I find that wearing a mask really helps me to mind my own goddamn business. You ought to try it sometime.“ But yes, “I don’t wanna get sick“ is better.

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DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Targets Van Nuys and Panorama City, Snatching Street Vendors, Pedestrians, and Day Laborers Again Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-n...

Some much needed good news. “Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.” Guft link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...

Dr Assal Rad— "Israel killed 14-year-old Faris Odeh 25 years ago today. This photo was taken 10 days earlier. "For decades, they’ve tried to convince you that children throwing rocks are the problem and not the occupying force that murders them."

Here's some more AI making up a quote from me. It's gonna be a nightmare, so let's pray the bubble pops soon and big.

Never read him. Never wrote about him. "Murakami, conversely, has faced accusations of emotional detachment and circular storytelling. Yet, writer Rebecca Solnit defends his approach...." Did AI write this? pakobserver.net/lawrence-and...

Ha ha! said Bosse-de-Nage succinctly.

More Americans, especially Black adults, are dying before they can access Medicare benefits "A study by researchers at Brown University and Harvard University shows that a rising premature death rate means Medicare isn’t helping as many people as intended."

Occult and scholarly? Scholarly about the occult? Or just into some weird shit? We have room 😁

and i thought his understanding of Grocery was bad

Cobwebbery, but make it #Frockingfabulous. 1990's #fashionhistory by #VeraWang, via Artcurial.

In the name of "fighting antisemitism," Indiana University appointed a Christian scholar to tell Jewish scholars what they can and cannot say - all while they invited Tucker Carlson to speak on campus. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...

David French, the manliest guy who ever existed. Not working out any issues in public at all. No 50 year-old Baptist youth director vibes at all.

IU lecturer removed after *one* student complaint and no due process

A lawsuit would have been cheaper.

Republicans (shrieking): STOP OPPRESSING CHRISTIANS WE ARE SO PERSECUTED WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRAY IN PUBLIC WITHOUT YOUR SCORN Also Republicans: