This is so freaking good. 👇 As a new retiree, I never had the cottage-in-the-country retirement dream. I want a cafe, grocery store, pharmacy, bike lanes, bus line, and MDs in walking distance. I want a place where rallies & protests are normal. I want a functional *community.*

can someone make this make sense www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

I wrote about The Broken Logic of "The Best Place to Retire" www.patreon.com/posts/142988...

My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

It takes a lot for my jaw to drop during political rhetoric but "turn the volume up" fucking did it

Them: Zohran is a socialist (extremely derogatory) Zohran: Eugene Debs motherfuckers

I wrote about what I love about not having kids (before you @ me read the piece!) www.patreon.com/posts/big-no...

“I want to...ask for something and hear the word “no,” and feel emotionally safe in that exchange, but it’s not how I grew up. I grew up to believe that you only ask for help when you really need it, and at that point, it’s not OK for someone to say no.” substack.com/home/post/p-...

I wrote about what all of this aspirational resilience does to the body. The comments are a wreck but also a solace: annehelen.substack.com/p/who-else-i...

okay let's try this: who's the person you follow here who, when they link something, you always click

Read this wonderful, highly personal collection of essays on rec of @annehelen.bsky.social. Boosting it here because worried people will think they're in for a lecture rather than funny, poignant, gorgeous reflections on family, shopping, working, money, and stuff. www.vogue.com/article/emil...

honestly the reason I've kept away

Charlie seems to like it here on this site and we live in the same house so I figure I'll give it another try, here's his latest

I’m one of the many who’s caught this most recent strain of Covid - my case was mild, but wow have I had lingering sinus/tooth pain, which is apparently more common in Omicron cases

Smart take on why unions are what can actually protect us from AI taking jobs: https://open.substack.com/pub/garbageday/p/unions-are-our-only-defense-against?r=h567&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

WGA picket locations for folks in LA and NY who might be available to join in, cheer, bring some snacks, or just stop by https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike/picket-schedules-and-locations Sharing from the discord : https://discord.gg/vkwtZMyRqM

Coming in hot on this site with the news that you can indeed get covid for the first time 3 years 2 months into the pandemic and you can also test positive 2 days after running a marathon and 2 hours before boarding your flight to Paris