Every time a story goes viral about a bigoted decision in a rural or exurban community, know that there are also people in that place (often rad teens) pushing back. www.wdtimes.com/news/local/w...

Shout out to all the patients whose doctor was sitting next to me on a flight this afternoon (and who was holding his phone in a way that made it hard for me not to see). Don’t worry, I didn’t see your names, but all your rashes look really bad. I hope they clear up!!

Ok billionaires, here's the deal! Every week, a random American will call you up and tell you that you are all very special boys who worked hard for America. If we do that, can we tax and regulate you enough that, like, people don't have to live on the street or die bc they can't afford a surgery?

We are! And it matters that we are, not just because fatalism sucks, but because if we don’t believe that we’re winning we might give up. thewhitepages.net/p/it-is-impo...

I've seen this post (which makes a good point) used as a predictable Rorschach test (praised by writers not on Substack, critiqued by folks on it) which is a bummer. We've reached peak "writers being funneled into individualism/brand building" and there's an urgent need for collective organizing!

Man, I agree with everybody who loathes both this and every weird New York Times focus group article but also John's kind of a real one for this reflection specifically.

"...before belonging comes a very normal person who becomes just a bit brave and asks, 'I would like you to know about this thing that I am doing, because that seems way better than having to do it alone.'”

People really want to be invited to things and will be grateful that you did (even if they don’t show up). thewhitepages.net/p/invite-the...

Now I am become Chocolate Chunk Brownie Blast, adder of M&Ms Mini Chocolate Candies, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, and Oreo Cookie Pieces.

Hey you all, my shoes are old, so I'm looking for high performance, low latency AI compute hardware that provides access under long-term lease arrangements, meeting customer demand that spot markets and hyperscalers are unable to reliably service. Does anybody know a company that can help?

I've been thinking about this framing all day.

I’ll never forget how happy Coby White was when he found out how high Cam Johnson got drafted, just a good dude all around.

You know that thing they say about the Velvet Underground, about how only a few people ever saw them live but all of them joined bands. J.D. Vance speeches are like that but for people who will eventually appear in viral videos berating flight attendants.

"That’s one hell of a pair of truths to hold at once. The king, for all intents and purposes, is dead. But he might take you down with him.” thewhitepages.net/p/were-livin...

Man, I would have absolutely crushed as "idiot who yells at Hershey that he's crazy for thinking chocolate tastes good," why didn't I go into biopics?

It doesn't matter whether you are on twitter or bluesky, you will always see long threads of men arguing w/ each other about whether economic feelings are real without seeing anyone mention childcare costs, rising unsheltered homelessness or the fact that uncountable numbers of families live in cars

I realize that the vibes are always dizzying/weird, but I don’t think I’m totally crazy that it also feels different right now! thewhitepages.net/p/were-livin...

[Hank Williams Jr. Voice] "ARE YOU READY FOR... the inevitable fire hose of reactionary centrist takes about how Hungary teaches us that the ONLY way to defeat fascism is to throw people under the bus?" www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...

We made it one more year, you all. Happy Ruination Day. youtu.be/FjwatDksOvQ?...

There's an important new group launching tomorrow, that will channel money directly into building union power. We're having a big ass launch rally in Manhattan tomorrow with Bernie, Zohran, Sara Nelson, and a bunch of union people and you should come. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-put...

As we careen towards tax day and giving more money to this corrupt insane regime, here is a beautiful essay trying to explain why we do and why it's complicated. Thank you, @garrettbucks.bsky.social. I also have been clenching my heart. thewhitepages.net/p/i-filed-my...

CHATTING AND THIEVING! At the Finnish Bistro.

This is such a bizarre article! It presents as some grand mystery but there's all these quotes from activists that offer very reasonable explanations (the most important one: GOOD ORGANIZING TAKES TIME! The only mystery in here is why "some Dem officials" are being such weirdos about this!

One of my current problems is that too many people think fondly of me, which is why I'm pleased to announce the special guest at my next birthday party: MY CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND J.D. VANCE!

So good. Thank you for explaining this so eloquently.

"I know the damage wrought by the taxation is theft crowd. I flinch every time I hear the phrase “my tax dollars,” that righteous proclamation of entitlement and isolation. Like everything about my life, my family’s income doesn’t appear out of thin air. I walk on sidewalks, ride the city bus and.."

"The story I tell myself, when I pay my taxes, isn’t wholly untrue. But it relies on heavy redactions. I file my return and picture it funding libraries and food for hungry families. I do not picture bombs falling on schools and bridges in Tehran." thewhitepages.net/p/i-filed-my...

"I don’t know what comes next, but I am caught up in it. We all are. The man who threatened war crimes is still in power, in my country. Yesterday, I gifted him more money." thewhitepages.net/p/i-filed-my...

I'm a proud Wisconsinite, and I'll call out coastal bias when it's real, but this is a weird complaint. Outsiders OBSESS over our elections! We're a perennial bellwether. Every cycle, I get multiple postcards from CA urging me to vote. Musk made our penultimate court race his personal hobby horse...

My heart was clenched all day long, and it isn't unclenched fully, but I would rather have this news than the alternative.

This is absolutely beautiful writing. I felt every one of these things on Oscar night. So good to hear someone else articulate the same feeling 🙏

I'm going through my newsletter archives to clean up typos, etc. Fun process. This was the third essay I ever published, back in 2019, to a few hundred readers. It's a retrospective of the 2010s/awish for the 2020s and you know what... still holds up, I think! thewhitepages.net/p/under-the-...

Big iced tea matchup on Friday

movements aren't separate from society. they are part of society. every social problem in society will be found in movements.

Of course I’m gutted by the news that’s finally coming to light about Cesar Chavez, but a massive part of that grief is wishing for a world where news like this isn’t surprising.

It was a real delight to show my kids a discrete set of actions by a famous man and say "hey, look at these! pretty neat, huh?" thewhitepages.net/p/why-i-made...

Happy International Women's Day! As you probably heard, there was just a study released of views on gender by generation and oh buddy the news is bad! The kids (Gen Z Young Adults) are not all right! thewhitepages.net/p/an-open-le...

Don't go searching for OP, leave them alone. I just think that what they uplift is important and explains why many people simply cannot engage in activism and organizing regularly. And the truth is that it's hard to figure out actual ways around this because organizing in fact a labor.

Thoughts on Noem, as somebody who has spent more time than I'd like to admit writing about her self-presentation/ rise from South Dakota. In a lot of ways her firing has no real implications on this regime's actions, but it is symbolically meaningful, in a way that actually makes me nervous...

“The gatherings can spend their time [however] feels right (a party, a potluck, an organizing meeting, a neighborhood clean-up, a space for mourning, a dodgeball tournament). …participants will talk about what commitments they want to make—both to each other + to a whole nation of caring neighbors.”

This is what being a neighbor looks like

Read this and then call your congresspeople.

I don't hate this war because it wasn't "authorized properly," or because I am not a fan of the specific President waging it. I hate this war because it is a war. thewhitepages.net/p/you-will-n...

Sup chat this is Slouching Towards Bethlehem with your boy The Rough Beast, and it looks like today’s stream could be a big one, as some of you might’ve already seen there are rumors going around social media that the hour has come round at last, so we’re gonna get right into it

"abolish ice" does in fact require defunding the police because they are the same system causing harm. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Whose big dumb heart decided it would be a good idea to host (at least) 50 gatherings in 50 different states over the course of the next year? Mine. But maybe your big dumb heart wants to be a part of it thewhitepages.net/p/hop-in-gat...

www.jsonline.com/story/news/l... An absolutely gut wrenching story, showing a real hero doing what she can to help people. We need more people like Denise Flaherty.

I identify wholeheartedly with this!

Whoa. Really touched by Alysa Liu’s reaction to my Olympics essay thewhitepages.net/p/you-too-de...

You know how they fly flags half mast when something sad happens? Could we fly every flag in Wisconsin quadruple mast today? Like, just keep erecting taller and taller flagpoles, all the way up to the sun? HAPPY WE'RE ALMOST RID OF ROBIN VOS DAY, WISCONSIN!