If you have not yet read @adamserwer.bsky.social on Minnesotans' heroics, you are going to feel way better when you do. He went there. He talked to the people doing the work. Then he thought about it and produced something rare. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... [gift link]

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

The Best 10-Minute Plays 2025 anthology from Smith & Kraus is out and available for purchase now! The book includes my short play Can I Go Now? 🎭 ✒️ Available at: www.amazon.com/dp/157525983...

Lots of Trump’s remarks are what I think of as “threesome jokes.” As in “Ha ha, of course I wasn’t serious about having a threesome with your friend. Unless you’re into it, in which case, how about Saturday?”

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

It’s hard to imagine Sen. Tuberville offering a clearer or more direct condemnation of the world’s second-largest religion. It certainly goes beyond anything he’s said before.

NO ONE WANTS TO GO TO SPACE TO WORK FOR BILLIONAIRES. ALIEN IS NOT ASPIRATIONAL.

What the holy hell is this

timeline cleanse: franky watches the garbage truck pick up the trash this morning

The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies. They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube. Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.

Noem is using the Brown University shooter to end an entire visa program, but it should be noted that Pete Hegseth, just today, murdered more than twice as many people

Thrillers should be on UK school curriculum to boost reading, says Lee Child

We’re delighted to feature Great Plains Theatre Commons, an NNPN Associate Member in Omaha dedicated to strengthening community by supporting the creation & sharing of diverse new stories🪡🧵

Beautiful. (I will hereby commence my unrealistic fantasizing that this could happen here in NYC)

I love this, especially after Barbie. Dear Simu, please keep doing hilarious gay shit

This is Deejay. He wanted to offer you a big nose and tiny tongue during this trying time. 14/10 (IG: deejayelgolden)

"There is no man smaller than a coward at a hero's wake." Irish proverb

I thought we'd get a breather from tragic news for a minute. We did not. Anthony Geary has passed. www.soapoperadigest.com/content/gene...

Every child, every student and every person deserves to feel safe in their community — no matter who they are, or where they are in the world. For parents and caregivers navigating difficult conversations with children about this weekend’s events, these resources may help guide your discussions:

This entire weekend

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

Think it's about time we take 2025 out back and put it out of its misery

Watched one of Reiner's episodes of The Bear earlier today and was about to start the Spinal Tap sequel to mitigate the Sunday scaries when I saw the news. Horrifying.

Tonight, as I lit the first candle of Hanukkah along with Jews around the world, I mourned the deadly antisemitic attack in Sydney. To my fellow Jews holding grief, fear, love, and joy at the same time: this is why we light the candles, a reminder that our resilience and continued presence matter.💙

'Hero' who disarmed Bondi gunman recovering after surgery, family says reut.rs/4pCTaAb

A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...

This cast did some GLORIOUS work tonight. Glorious. One of those evenings that made me proud to work at AADA. (Also great to see Luna Gale, a Rebecca Gilman play I DIDN'T know before!) #TheatreSky

A year ago, our lawsuits helped make sure congestion pricing would go into effect on January 1, 2025. Now, the results are clear:  Congestion pricing has resulted in a marked drop in air pollution – not just in Lower Manhattan, but throughout the metro region.

Someone recently asked what wealth inequality and oligarchy has to do with fascism and why we should focus on regulating billionaires and balancing the wealth inequality and not fascism. So I’m going to create a thread explaining how wealth inequality helps drive the fascism. It’s connected. 🧵

Seen on CMU campus ❤️

New extortion scam email going round (this was received via a writer's website contact form). I've seen a number of these recently but without the money demand; the translation angle is also a new one

Will continue to bang this drum: this is the system university admins are cramming into every aspect of education. This is the system we are told “isn’t going anywhere” so we all have to adjust to it.

This is truly awful. I have served in the university media board for 3 years and saw how brilliant and committed the student editors of these magazines were to quality and integrity. This is such a loss for the university community at large. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

A new study finds that when people feel distant from politics, conspiracy beliefs rise. And when researchers reduced that distance, conspiracy thinking fell. Making politics more accessible and relatable may help reduce conspiratorial beliefs. matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/please-red...

This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving

For years, plant-based offerings have been mimicking burgers, chicken, and fish. Mission Barns is one of a handful of startups taking the next step: growing real animal fat outside the animal, then marrying it with plants to create hybrids that look, cook, and taste more like the real thing.

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen

answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior

The earnings test is SINISTER. It’s in the Big Beautiful Bill…but they don’t want us to know.

So, special election next year for MTG seat. Here's the Democrat already in the race. 40-year military vet, retired as an Army Brigadier General. 5 children, 4 grandchildren. Wife Karla works as a family doctor. Plus, they run their grass-fed cattle farm. www.shawnforgeorgia.com/meet-the-can...

A short thread to plug my Highline custom feeds and why I built them! 1/7

As you’ve likely heard, Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced her resignation effective January 5, 2026. Get ready Georgia! Teachers, farmers, veterans, EVERYONE, I need your support. Let’s show everyone NWGA knows Leadership Matters!! More details to follow soon.

Big reminder, NYC! @handsoffnyc.bsky.social is doing know-your-rights and ICE watch trainings in every borough - 11/22 in Manhattan, 11/23 in Staten Island, 12/6 in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and 12/13 in Queens! Sign up today! We protect each other! www.handsoffnyc.com/take-action

From a spokesperson for U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin:

Hal hadn’t survived three Thanksgivings by being stupid.