I have voted for the deal that was on the Senate floor and which is probably caving to fascism Forgive me the flight delays were so annoying and so old

Currently locked in a (super niche!) battle with my co-author ranking our top-5 wartime diarists: My list: 1) Furukawa Roppa 2) Tokugawa Musei 3) Hashimoto Aiko 4) Nagai Kafu 5) Tokugawa Musei His: 1) Nagai Kafu 2) Kiyosawa Kiyoshi 3) Isshiki Jiro 4) Yoshizawa Hisako 5) Tokugawa Musei

My two cents is that at the end of the day, after everything, Senate Democrats identify more with Senate Republicans, and ultimately with Donald Trump, than they will ever identify with you and me

I’m not a highly paid political consultant, but it seems to me that “Republicans showed that they’d rather starve children and risk planes falling from the sky than lower health care costs” is a better message than this.

seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous

It’s truly a loss today. First time since 1948, the government didn’t collect information on unemployment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6isk...

An NPR reporter travels into Gaza. Some great takes. www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...

This sleepy, confused, unhealthy old man has sole and ultimate authority over whether, when, and how to use any or all of the approximately 1,770 deployed weapons in the US nuclear stockpile, up to 900 of which are maintained on 24/7 alert on Minuteman III ICBMs and Trident II D5LE SLBMs.

NEW: A lovely personal reflection from Laurence Tribe. I feel like this is the sort of article that people used to clip out of the newspaper and mail to one another, or stick on the fridge with magnets. @tribelaw.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...

another darling bites the dust

My latest piece for Tokyo Review:

ya know that thing that musicians sometimes do at the very end of recordings, when they sort of casually hit wrong notes and/or playfully let the song peter out in an unexpected way? i'm your guy for that, but for book endings

Texas… it’s not just Grijalva…. #TrumpEpsteinFilesCoverUp

Oh my god is that a Chiang-faced aircraft carrier?

another darling bites the dust

You'll be relieved to know that my coauthor shot down BOTH of my proposed chapter titles today—"The Dharma Bombs" and "EmPyre in Flames" And if you think those are the worst things I proposed today you are sorely mistaken. It's a real team effort.

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

I’m Jewish. I lived in New York for a decade. I am very, very concerned about antisemitism. I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists. I know where my allegiance lies.

NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.

“Live, laugh, loathe.”

Voters tonight said fuck this fascist shit. With Mamdani, they showed incredible courage to believe in change and a better future. The work doesn’t end here, but everything begins with courage and if we are going to get out of this mess it’s going to take courage to believe in better.

MAYOR MAMDANI!!!!!

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social dropped in on many online microfandoms to conquer the fragmented media problem, including a personal favorite of mine, the streamer who walks around New York making beats for strangers to freestyle to @ariathome.bsky.social

Seoul, Nov 25th

If you think your kids aren't old enough to hear about what's happening in this country, remember that there are millions of kids their same age who don't have that choice.

We've got you 👍

This is insane, and now I know why a helicopter buzzing repeatedly woke me up at 4:30am that day. This time they wanted to be done before the traffic started, but the helicopter might've given it away? This cruelty needs to be widely publicized. @marisakabas.bsky.social @georgetownuni.bsky.social

'Federal prosecutors opposed Dunn’s lawyers’ motion to dismiss the charge, writing that Dunn was “recorded throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range". POINT BLANK RANGE. A SANDWICH. LMAOOO

This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

This should be the biggest news story in the world right now

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

Against the backdrop of calls for renewed nuclear testing in the Pacific and the ongoing attacks on fishing vessels, my lecture on Lucky Dragon No. 5 is going to hit different in 2025!

There’s nothing too crazy for these folks

OPINION by Jack Criss, air traffic controller: “After my shift, I don’t go home to rest. I clock into DoorDash, trying to make ends meet for my daughter and me.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Bovino wants the community to see him as an occupying military commander. Trying to look like the driver of a military operation is part of the attempted subjugation. This is how fascists behave during the consolidation phase of their drive to power. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-man-i...

We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.

I'm no economist but the fact that more than 42 million Americans (1 in 8!) are on SNAP (i.e., food stamps) says that the federal minimum wage is way too low.

Extremely charming, and such a good decision to reference his earlier Spanish-ad outtakes video

I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.

Lia Smith, transgender student athlete at Middlebury College, died to suicide last week after being banned from participating in competition. A somber piece by @alyssaur.bsky.social describes how she's being remembered by her friends and family. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

The most major of Edo's many conflagrations

Defense News unusually publishes an anonymous op ed from a "DOD Employee" with legal concerns about the US strikes on boats off S. America. To be clear, not me, nor did I know this was coming. www.defensenews.com/opinion/2025...

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

Air raids were so disruptive in 1945 Japan that they began to hamper breast milk production in new moms. Demand for formula surged, prompting the state to launch "breast milk production" inspections to ensure women weren't falsely claiming need From our chapter on motherhood under falling bombs:

My new book, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," was published today! And here's a new article in @theconversation.com that explains how #solarstorms have influenced #history, and may threaten our future. Spoiler: it's really not a good idea to cut science at NASA. theconversation.com/solar-storms...