Hell yeah

V. excited to wear this to a press conference.

Chotiner: Have you checked your Bluesky notifications? Chotiner: Yes. Chotiner: And what was that like? Chotiner: Ok I think I see where I’m going with this--

the reason for this ranges from "world war 3 is about to kick off" to "someone wrote 'Pete Hegseth is whack' in marker on the bathroom stall" that's just life under rear echelon motherfuckers www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Yeah. It was.

Sorry but this is the exact right response, regardless of who it's from. www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

Look at Toad. His edible is just starting to take hold and he needs to tell Frog that instead they should watch Big Trouble in Little China

hot war take: the roundheads were, in relative terms, the good guys in the English Civil War and the cavalier romanticism is reactionary bullshit.

Remember: Isaac Chotiner can't see your Isaac Chotiner interview parody, but your friend who just finished telling Isaac Chotiner about his chummy Colorado ski trip with Peter Thiel and a reincarnated LLM avatar of Richard Nixon can.

Cyril E. Power, "The Escalator," c. 1929 collections.mfa.org/objects/479542

UCLA’s funds reinstated after yesterday’s court order! Thanks to the brave researchers and their amazing counsel, including Dean Chemerinsky, who brought suit. This is just another turn in the ongoing fight, but a great result for now.

Where have I heard that before

Kash Patel is the head of the FBI because he wrote pro-Trump fanfic for children. Keep this in mind when he is giving out briefings.

My friend’s autistic friend said: “'I'd like to let you all know that I now consider autistic a slur, and I want to be known as a Tylenol-American.’”

Fuck this is so upsetting. I wrote about Bluestocking Books in my newsletter last year, bc it's an indispensable community resource and one of the last feminist bookstores standing. I hate that it ended this way. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

This is such a nuanced and big-hearted piece on the evolution of autism as a diagnosis, by an anthropologist of mental health who is also the dad of a now-grown daughter on the spectrum. Great reading (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

“CNN identified more than 100 US citizen children, from newborns to teenagers, who have been left stranded without parents because of immigration actions this year …” www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p... #FamiliesBelongTogether

This is great.

Chotiner: So you ate a bunch of Hrothgar's warriors while-- Grendel: while they were asleep, yes C: And you did this why? G: You have to understand that the sounds of joy bring me pain. Always have. C: Always? G: Ever since I was a young monster.

Now, he must try to escape from our building alive.

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No, supporting trans rights doesn’t cost elections! “43 percent of voters were more likely to vote for a candidate who stands up for transgender people. Just 21 percent of voters would be less likely to support a candidate who supports trans rights.”

A spray-painted bronze statue titled “Best Friends Forever” showing President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was placed on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday. https://wapo.st/42Dy5vU

kids, remember that you're still on the record until the interviewer agrees that you are off the record

Unfortunately, everyone who predicted the rapture still seems to be here

I hate Obamacare, I’m more of an ACA guy

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Put a pin in this because it absolutely has to be a question in a 2028 primary debate if the federal government should do everything in its power to ensure this agent never sees the light of day. This is not a person who can be reformed.

Trump’s inability to pronounce “acetaminophen” raises new questions about Joe Biden’s mental state.

Just deleted Hinge again. Pray for me.

neurodiversity is Good Actually. just want to say that

New: We have just sued ICE to demand it turns over a secretive spyware contract that it refuses to release: www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

By the fantastic @jenavieve.bsky.social!!!

This is all Stephen Miller and his white nationalist project. Congrats, MAGA and tech bros. You just played yourselves. The best and brightest around the world are going to China and Europe now. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This is of course patently insane

It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know. Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/

This man is one of the campaign’s super volunteers, the nicest dude you’ll ever meet, wildly dependable, and apparently capable of taking the coolest photo of 2025.

if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

To recap: the site “Charlie’s Murderers,” which targeted those critical of Kirk and shared their personal info, went down Sunday night. It was replaced by “Charlie Kirk Data Foundation,” which never had an accessible database or functioning submission portal, and is now also gone

Rich people, especially rich people in the media & entertainment industries right this moment: The point of having fuck you money is saying “fuck you” when it counts.

As of this week, I’ve been at @sacbee.com for FOUR years!! Thousands of words later (and definitely some carpal tunnel!) I’m still so honored to be working at my hometown paper as a columnist. It’s truly a dream job 💕 My tradition to celebrate is to post a few of my fave pieces from the last year:

CNN has made the editorial decision to keep playing this clip on air for guests making sure they get the full context of what Kimmel said. Good.

So if we already had the red scare and the lavender scare… is this now the blue scare?

First Colbert, now Kimmel. Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval. Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.

reminder: Jimmy Kimmel is enough of a mensch that he devised a segment on which actors who are just short of having enough work to qualify for union healthcare come on his show and deliver a single line of dialogue deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...

you may need a tank to think but i guess im built different

As of this week, I’ve been at @sacbee.com for FOUR years!! Thousands of words later (and definitely some carpal tunnel!) I’m still so honored to be working at my hometown paper as a columnist. It’s truly a dream job 💕 My tradition to celebrate is to post a few of my fave pieces from the last year: