Seen in Minneapolis this morning

I mean, c'mon

Thinking about stories that combine government/corporate conspiracies and science fiction, a la THE FURY and FIRESTARTER and SCANNERS. What were some notable ones before 1975? Comics, prose, movies, whatever.

Hello, 911? He’s back. Yeah, on his pony. Sticking feathers in his hat, calling it macaroni

As the kids say, some news: www.thelastcriticfilm.com

Hell yeah we’re going west.

"The union also wants limitations on hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence."

A long-lost newsreel of this march was discovered and restored quite recently and it is well worth watching—such a familiar route and It is extraordinary to see these brave people 108 years ago commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ne...

Today’s march took the same Fifth Ave route as the 1917 anti-lynching Silent Parade, one of the first American civil rights protests. Both started at 59th, by General Sherman’s statue, and headed downtown. For more on the Silent Parade: hyperallergic.com/naacp-silent...

We are heartbroken to hear of the passing of T. K. Carter, beloved by genre fans for his role as Nauls in John Carpenter’s 1982 classic THE THING.

Thelma Golden on the Literature of Harlem The director of the Studio Museum chooses some of her most beloved books about the neighborhood—both as a place and as an anchor for Black cultural consciousness. www.newyorker.com/books/book-c... | @newyorker.com

Mace, 1983 https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5239

no matter how bad things get, at least you don't have this guy's job

"Old ghosts, bigger risks, and a city turning glossy and ruthless, and you’ve got peak Whitehead." - Oprah Daily on @colsonwhitehead.com's upcoming book, COOL MACHINE: www.oprahdaily.com/entertainmen...

Two more good reasons to vote Lander just dropped

gigi's geisha palace, peoria, illinois, 1980

You can’t report illegal acts because you don’t want to compromise them being carried out is an interesting take, if true

No fucking around in 2026

A New Year's Toast from Patricia Highsmith (and me) 🥂🥂

Very pleased that New York City will have an inaugural poet and such a fine one in the great Cornelius Eady. Poet Elizabeth Alexander of the Mamdani arts and culture transition committee doing good work: “Poets and artists…can say things that politicians can’t say.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...

Dragged that sucker probably 300ft before he shook loose. Dark out, foggy as fuck

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/

Inauguration 2026. Let's welcome Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on January 1. As a member of the Inaugural Committee and New Yorker, l'd love to invite you. *Everyone* is welcome. RSVP: www.transition2025.com/inauguration

Bingo!

brown's corridor to night club, fallsburg, new york, 1977

Sonny Rollins getting ready to go onstage at the Apollo Theatre in New York City, 1961. Photograph by Steve Schapiro.

An unnoticed SISSY SPACEK - 76 Candles🎂 today - in front of a cinema showing CARRIE in 1976.

Israeli police arrest Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus at Christmas party

Before we all float away on a tide of eggnog, here's @time.com's preview of 36 anticipated books coming in 2026. Many thanks to Lucy Feldman for the opportunity. time.com/7341767/most...

started / going

billionaire: i have 3 brains. in my skull interviewer: incredible

joining the great machine consciousness

People out here seem oddly confused by elevators.

I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.

White men have been griping about the unfair advantages given to Black people since literally the day after slavery

A small good thing: @stephenharrigan.bsky.social, fired for discussing slavery in his draft interpretive panels for the Alamo, published this gem of a piece about another artifact on display: www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...

The Swinging Organs 🤭

They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead

these are my emotional support microplastics

You: But please, promise you won’t tell anyone. Me: I can’t imagine anyone who’d be interested in you or your boring anecdote, which I’ve already forgotten. I’m self-absorbed. Other people are really ghosts to me most of the time. You: Thanks, buddy!

I've loved all of Rinzler's "Making of" books that I've read but this one was probably my favorite.