"to claim the inheritance according to the terms of my eccentric uncle's will, we have to spend the night in a haunted house"

they’ll have to learn how to pronounce his name now lol

I don't even care if Mamdani can't personally guarantee he can fulfill all of the policies he ran on. Or if he doesn't accomplish all of them as mayor. I don't care. What I care about is putting people in these positions that are actually going to try instead of hand waving it off.

here is a mockup

sorry but mamdani and cuomo should have worn blue and yellow hats, respectively

I keep getting waves of hope and inspiration, esp. after reading this; please don't let me down. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

Yeah, I have seasonal depression. Every season, I am depressed.

“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

Hot take: the NYC mayoral race needs a fourth candidate to enter the chat. And that fourth candidate should be Earth Angel.

My Polish father in law who enjoys fishing is now watching YouTube videos of Polish guys fishing.

Brooklyn Bridge = Bauhaus Williamsburg Bridge = Ministry Queensboro Bridge = Pet Shop Boys I will not be elaborating any further.

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

My champion.

it may feel a little like homework, but i genuinely think people should read the lincoln-douglas debates to see what the practical politics of anti-slavery looked like in an environment where the public was neutral to hostile to the question of emancipation

"There’s a reason the fascists and the right wing want so badly to promote the idea of toxic individualism[...]These are not admirable assets—these are ignoring the very things that make us humans. We need each other." Newest @razorcake.bsky.social essay is live now: razorcake.org/were-a-happy...

We’re a Happy Family by Jamie L. Rotante One Punk’s Look at Social Anxiety, Neuroticism, and Other Fun Stuff @jamieleerotante.net "It’s really not as cool to be a loner as the movies make it seem." razorcake.org/were-a-happy...

We made The Comic Shop tv show into a comic about getting the comic at the comic shop from the tv show. From me, @yonsoncb.bsky.social and @longtalljodie.com Read more here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

It meeeee

Absolutely none of us know what we're doing. Become a writer

Nobody knows what they're doing, nobody makes money, and nobody reads it either!! ARE YOU IN OR WHAT?????

“The confluence of crypto, fitness, right-wing populism, and misogyny is not accidental. This is a culture that sees all human relations as forms of hypercapitalist competition.” — @harikunzru.bsky.social on Adolescence

Bluesky GOURD FEED! bsky.app/profile/did:...

I will never financially recover from this

I think with hoodies like, I should be able to fit one of my homies in the hood

No, man, I totally think that’s a great meme with biting commentary on the current fascist regime, I just wish it wasn’t AI slop.

For some reason in the 70s/80s girls were supposed to pick Robert Redford OR Paul Newman as pinup heartthrob.

It's being reported that the Pentagon is authorizing military lawyers to serve as immigration judges. This is a threat to the Constitution. Don't say we didn't warn you. From the archives:

Labor unions helped build this country, and their work continues today to deliver fairness, freedom and security for Americans. Thank you to our hardworking union leaders— I’ll always stand with you. Happy Labor Day.

btw i’m at about $1800, or $900 each! the neurotic in me sure would love to be able to send each fund a cool thousand if ten more of you have $20 burning a hole in your pocket…

"If the grotesque scenarios and villainous characters that John Waters would include as over-the-top are our reality, could normalizing traditional values really be all that subversive?" In my newest essay, I'm talking about camp, satire, and propaganda. jamielrotante.substack.com/p/theater-camp

As I wrote earlier this week: "We must also remember that a real surge in crime would not excuse acts of authoritarian consolidation. We must be wary of logics that suggest Trump’s authoritarian maneuvers might be reasonable, if he were more accurately describing conditions on the ground."

We are still accepting applications for new staff members! Applications close on September 15.

Survival is also based on your ability to survive. Which is why we let elderly folks in nursing homes tough it out themselves during the height of COVID.

Just wrapped up my longest Substack piece to date, and it’s about the current state of pop stars. Nervously anticipating its release tomorrow…

DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.

He has to do this to save face. Because the truth is that (1) crime is trending down and has been for years and (2) Baltimore shows that when you have a Black progressive mayor instead of a token wolf in sheep's clothing funded by predatory oligarchs, the city improves for EVERYONE.

I'm having trouble finishing a comic book script because the villains in this story are vastly less scary than the real villains in the news today. 🤷

the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back

They won't believe it even as they're being marched to the gallows.

Better headline: Authoritarian President who pardoned violent, treasonous criminals in J6 plot to overthrow the US government, moves to deploy troops in fascist takeover of US capitol city.

I just sent an email from a shopping cart.

Anyone in the Tri-state area feel what might have been an aftershock from Saturday's earthquake? Or am I losing it entirely?

It was a damn fine mail day. @bossdog.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social

I'm back from medical leave with a piece about Epstein and so-called "distractions."

Fighting for my life at the public pool, taking scissor kicks to the head, backstrokes to the neck, and calling it self-care.

my new book is out today. it's about separatism and utopia and bodily autonomy and cults and capital and love and revolution and nature and sex and all the things we owe to each other. I'm so proud and excited and nervous for you to read it. i hope you do. simplicitybook.xyz