Someone set the Artemis II audio to Contact by Daft Punk and it’s great

"so we talked to the author of the 25th amendment" is a good lede

Judaism on Shabbat:

It’s okay to be outraged and scared and tired and admit we don’t know what to politically do... and to still try to do something.

I know people love hating on Ep 1-3 but if people actually understood the nuance and ramifications of the political situation of those films, especially how a lot of the bad was kicked off by people attempting good in a corrupt system, I think we’d be in a better situation nowadays

Tonight is the beginning of the final portion of Passover. Going to be offline from tonight until Thursday night and I honestly do not know what sort of world we’ll exist in when I am back online

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lee jung-hyun and yoon sang hell yeah

Hi friends! I'm working on a reported feature about religious observance and its impact in fandom spaces. If you, or someone you know, are a religiously observant fan (doesn't matter what religion or fandom, or how you define religiosity) and interested in chatting, I'd love to connect with you!

WIRED is doing more hiring! Come be a staff editor and work across our newsroom and with our international editions. Great, dynamic gig, moving quickly so don’t hold off on applying:

World’s smallest violin all things considered, but Passover almond milk really shouldn’t be this bad in 2026

at some point everything in the cultural world became about numbers. Suddenly everyone cares about chart placements, streaming numbers, play counts, and engagement metrics on the apps, and I can't help but blame the brief period of time people spent being really into Math Rock.

Generational shift in K-pop breaking my heart this morning

writing sucks and I hate it

Sort of the opposite… I saw Carly Rae Jepsen in a small venue after her NYC Show had a rain date and she held impromptu live intimate sessions

Weird q: based on observation, many men i know in my peer group (white, 30-40 somethings) don’t use phone cases. Is this… a thing?

Thank you, @sneek.bsky.social, for including me alongside some of my favorite music writers, with impeccable taste in these picks! Please enjoy my overview of Lee Jung-Hyun’s 1999 monumental debut album, Let’s Go To My Star thissidejapan.substack.com/p/monthly-li...

I’m going to let myself read this after four days with my family for Passover because I don’t want to go into Seder tonight with even more existential dread than usual

the actual crisis with masculinity

I am so sorry for her, and hope she has a full recovery. I saw her on opening night and she was excellent

Preordering books is a powerful cultural statement that all readers can participate in, whether buying from a bookstore or requesting from your local public library. If there‘s an author you believe in who has a book coming out, do them a favor and preorder. #BookSky

Sometimes I wish K-pop concerts were photography free because what do you mean nobody is dancing during some NMIXX songs

Pride is my worst enemy

There’s definitely been a shift, and I think what you’re talking about leans into how performing authenticity has become a bigger deal in the social media age. It’s why I consider K-pop generations not musically but technologically notesonkpop.com/the-reports-...

Depends on what sort of investor you are. From the public ones… HYBE has major value, JYP has stability, and SM has legacy with upticks and downticks. YG and Cube have been relatively weak, but could surprise us notesonkpop.com/2025-k-pop-i...

Reflexive hatred of journalists and journalism as a whole is one of those right wing behaviors that doesn't get treated as such because the institution of journalism is in really bad shape, for reasons not actually journalist's fault. I am not a journalist so you cant get mad at me for saying this

The most obvious one is K-pop & protest culture, but I think a lot about society & how women are represented in K-pop. EXID going viral largely due to the male gaze with Up & Down then calling the phenomena out in follow up Ah Yeah’s MV, for example, or what it means to be “girl crush” vs “feminine”

I just know Sweetune loves oklou

Not basic at all, there are literal books about this, and presumably many more to be written! K-pop built on South Korea’s own history of music & culture, & it’s relationship with other countries & their industries, including J-pop idols, & America’s tech & music worlds (& all the baggage)

“K-pop” is not a genre, and K-pop as an idea (whatever it does or doesn’t mean) is explicitly in relationship to international appeal

Criticism is not a personal platform of moral righteousness, but the process of asking and attempting to answer questions

In the lead up to Passover, I need some quick breaks in between work and cleaning. Please AMA anything you're curious about regarding my thoughts on K-pop, music generally, Judaism, writing, or really anything you ever wanted to know about. I'll try to become an expert over the next two days

Just hit play on Irene’s album and she really said, “this is for all us 90s girlies”

Everything is terrible but Raye’s Click Clack Symphony with Hans Zimmer is perfectly synced to my 30-something single woman on lexapro brain

I’m happy Colbert is achieving his dream BUT the idea of more Fellowship related content when there’s the entire legendarium… Stephen just write an episode of Rings of Power, I beg you

Niche nerdy thing: idk if I’ve ever seen someone not put “this is their broadway debut” in a playbill before!

sometimes it really feels like a whole bunch of (mostly rich and powerful) people have completely given up on culture. which makes the average person’s resistance to slop even more compelling.

i love that “go woke go broke” is gospel to these people, and not only is it entirely incorrect, its the opposite! papers and legacy media that are capitulating to trumps regime are crumbling and being destroyed

Someone should remix BTS’ One More Night with Fei’s Fantasy youtu.be/GEF1Ah8QaXw?...

Throwback to the time after college the world shook beneath my feet when I realized a friend was never going to open up a laptop ever again of her own free will since she doesn't like writing

I can't recall a time when more talented reporters and writers on movies and culture who have real skill and knowledge are struggling to find a foothold. We live in an "Everyone's an expert" era. But everyone isn't. Editors: Please take a chance on folks you haven't tried before. Read their clips!

Jewsky, has anyone used the rock and roll Haggadah for seder? Contemplating buying it and avoid thinking about the bad things of this world

I have tickets to see Megan Thee Stallion in Moulin Rouge this week the same night I got invited to an event Rebecca Black is DJing and idk which to go to

My brain is broken because I just had the idea of writing a newsletter that somehow blends Arirang and Rings of Power coverage, but literally the only person on the planet who that would be of interest to is me.

I sadly cannot watch the BTS concert live due to my observance of sabbath, but going to turn my sorrow into positivity & use this moment to put a call out for fans of all denominations (religions & fandoms!) who would be open to talking with me for a piece about observance & beliefs in fandom.

We have ceded the moral high ground on Nazism. Well done, everyone!

It’s interesting that BTS is not listed as trending on Bluesky. This place really could use more culture discourse 😅

You’re hearing something most people never will. BTS’s new album “Arirang” features a 1,200-year-old Korean bell that is almost never rung — a national treasure brought into modern music. #BTS #Kpop #Arirang koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-03...

Someone on LinkedIn decided to tell me that I should listen to second and first gen K-pop groups if I’m bored and I’m sitting here like ….

I thought I was going to write about the expectations of the weight of an album, but ended up writing about my own expectations, and my emotions when a DSP crashed as I was anticipating clicking play