this is worth clicking on a substack link

hi @swordsjew.bsky.social strongly suspect you'll enjoy this thread & the link for several different reasons ❤️

this is a great, useful conversation, highly recommend & have a hold on lubrano's book at the library already.

This was a delight!

fridge cold ripe mango makes a cup of strong india tea with milk taste even better. so good.

1968 appears to have been the high water (ahem) mark of full fat milk as a beverage for adult men.

people who like to swim in the ocean have special affection for 7 of them, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceans_...

nice to know i haven't lost the cake knack.

i live in sf. we have more AVs than pretty much anywhere, as far as i can tell. we also have one of if not the densest public transit systems west of the mississippi. avs are decidedly not being used as last mile in conjunction with transit. there might exist a regulatory & fiscal framework

@scottwiener.bsky.social this is, in part, what inspired my call to your office earlier this week - missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-t... the missing piece here is the *extended* period of time during which sfusd staff have not been able to rely on receiving their pay in an accurate & timely manner.

having your own swift & ball winder is truly luxurious. perfect lazy sunday passtime.

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today's news is appalling. have a poem from frank o'hara, you will be grateful.

this is a god tier afternoon snack, particularly excellent in the winter - roast a small Japanese sweet potato, slitting it lengthwise 4-6 times. if you can, do this ahead so that the roasted potato is room temp or refrigerated. slice it open on its side, like a roll. then

An Inuit message of solidarity and support for our 🇬🇱 relatives from Inuit of Alaska and Canada ❤️ You are not alone. We love you and stand for your right to self-determine the future of your nunaat ✨️ #InuitNunaat #InuitNunangat #Greenland #KalaallitNunaat #KalaallitPigaat youtu.be/MeE8PHbLgfo?...

here's a gigantic fuck you to the turkeys that ate lee's salsify crop *twice* thereby depriving me of easy access for an entire year, & a huge thank you to juan who took out two of the culprits with an expert slingshot missile to the head, i hear the mole was delicious.

As I was being tailgated down W. River Parkway by a large SUV with tinted windows, the thought occurred to me that it might help if everyone drives a bit slower. Gives observers more time to identify feds. We have a 20 MPH speed limit on residential streets, let’s weaponize it

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 so good!

“Bring the War Home” by Kathleen Belew is an excellent resource though I assume OP is referencing the imperial boomerang (of which bringing the war home is a part) www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Often missed is how using the military in highly contested domestic security missions (immigration, crime, anti protest) enables politicization. Involving the military in controversial missions is a central tactic for politicizing it--it's a feature, not a bug of civilian politicization. 3/end

The number of Gestapo in Germany was 32,000. The population was 70 million. That's one Gestapo for every 2200 citizens. The number of ICE agents is 20,000. The population of the US is 348 million. That's one ICE agent for every 17,000 citizens. There are more of us.

Articles about Brigitte Bardot after her death on Sunday have referred to her far right sympathies, which supposedly emerged later in the film star's life. Here she is, though, in 1958 with Jean-Marie Le Pen and Pierre Lagaillarde, future founder of the extremist OAS terror group

here's to barbara walker, a hugely significant knitter. thanks for the ssk!

hi @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social hope you are having an absolutely lovely day! ❣️

in hopes that our really delicious feast last night may contribute to others' future delicious feasts - my god a capon is a wonderful & wonderfully laid back device! dry brined with salt & pepper for 2 days, into a hot oven, after a bit temp reduced. excellent drippings, all the flesh succulent &

James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.

this this this 👇

funny - in our house we spell that "stuffed quail"!

this halloween in the midst of an unrelenting torrent of bad news here in the u.s. we've had a small bright spot in our building. one of our neighbors is in the first grade & has really embraced the holiday. he waylaid my partner in the lobby a week ago to catch him up on the countdown of days

hmmm maybe @golikehellmachine.com might boost this? hi @golikehellmachine.com ! presto is an alternative streaming service for those who listen to classical & jazz, they pay per second listened. there's a link below to an article, from them, discussing the difference this can make.

& we aren't (yet! i live in hope!) charging them by weight for the excess wear on our streets.

before my sardinia trip in september i had a gel manicure & damn if that auto paint esque shit did not hold up astoundingly well to 7! straight days of 1) long swim early in the morning, & 2) every additional swim i could finagle among strolls, figs, gelato & insanely good seafood.

finder of fact finding his whole voice here.

@cwarzel.bsky.social @adamserwer.bsky.social as writers who publish in the atlantic, i urge you to use your access to amplify @kathleenbelew.bsky.social 's scholarship, which i frankly wish was less relevant to the moment.

I encourage all the media outlets who are about to send people to ”war ravaged” Portland to think twice. Some of the strongest extremism reporters in the country live in this region; journalists who understand the culture of the Northwest and the history of activism here. Do it right this time okay?

You can blather all you want about right of way, but our infrastructure gives right of way to cars by default. They might be legally wrong when they kill me, but it doesn’t make me less dead.

Caught 2 people breaking 5/7 of your rules! -not looking left or right -not visible in those dark clothes -distracted by eating -not wearing helmets -put themselves in danger even with the right of way

i didn't lend it, but my anton karas lp was not in its sleeve the morning after my pre-move-to-paris swan song party 😢😢😢

one of the lasting joys of my recent trip to italy was discovering & following the soc media account of a roman yarn store, cafilan. in the end i didn't trek out to visit in person but it never fails to delight when their endless parade of glittery, fluffy, blingy yarns pops up in a feed.

could we get the list of those who've told chotiner "thanks, but no thanks"? feel like it would be useful as an aide to talent spotting.

i have such simple, achievable, sensible, boring desires that yet appear utterly out of reach in my lifetime in this absurd country. like why is it crazy utopian to want to board an actually *slow* train at 9 p.m. in sf, tuck myself into a sleeper berth, & wake up in union station l.a. at 7 a.m.???

hi @marisakabas.bsky.social excellent follow up question below 👇

California needs to compete in Eurovision.

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

eternally grateful that my 84 yr old dad sends cc his children on emails to the local pu radio station re the credulousness of the morning/interview call in show hosts towards rightwing bs. 💓💓💓 know so many who've lost parents to the rightwing/conspiracist swamp

@walterscheidel.bsky.social 's escape from rome is an extremely interesting though (in this moment) nerve-wracking read, found this particularly alarming 👇

It would be inaccurate to say that at least one person is dead because the secretary of health and human services is a conspiracist creep. Partly because 80 Samoan children are also dead because of that fact