A good idea is a good idea.

Earlier 2 guys walked into a restaurant, one buffed and the other a little soft in the middle. Unsolicited, a casual acquaintance chimes in to me. Him: Damn, he's hot. Me: [silence] Him: Don't you think he's hot? Me: Yes... Him: I sense a "but" in there. Me: I had better sex with the other guy.

As of January 1, 2026: - California minimum wage: $16.90/hour - For health care workers: $25.00/hour - For fast food workers: $20.00/hour Yet more reasons to love living in California.

My latest post. "My first experiment was a simple one. In her book, Le Cunff mentions that 10 days is often an appropriate length of time to give a tiny experiment a try so that was the timeframe I used to launch an experiment to improve my fitness." racebannon.substack.com/p/my-first-t...

He's not well. Everyone knows it. MAGA knows it. Republicans know it. Anyone with eyes and a functioning brain knows it. Trump, 79, Goes on Very Weird Spree Posting About Dead Birds newrepublic.com/post/204871/... via @newrepublic.com

The Most Fooled Nation open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

How espresso was born. www.openculture.com/2026/01/the-...

Trump and Republicans did this. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is great news. "Starting Thursday, Californians can request more than 500 different data brokers to delete their personal information." www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/n...

Never forget that Elon Musk is an awful human being and that we should try to not give any of his companies money. "Elon Musk thinks it’s okay to post a picture of someone in the bathroom without that person’s consent–as long as the person is transgender." www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/elon...

I don't create New Year's resolutions or goals, or any long-term goals of any kind, but I do plan to keep on doing these four things this year. - Downsize, drastically. - Assume chaos. - Continue learning. - Build community. racebannon.substack.com/p/how-are-yo...

New York City has always been a great city. It's going to be even better now.

Happy New Year. 🍾 Now can we get back to getting the Epstein files released?

Capitalists don’t work. Workers aren’t capitalists. Figure it out. open.substack.com/pub/oliverko...

If you're new to kink and want to start exploring those interests in 2026, here's my advice along with input from many seasoned kinksters. racebannon.medium.com/so-youre-new...

To those in the leather and kink communities, I guess this bears constant repeating. If someone tries to tell you how you "must" be leather or kink or whatever in our scene, apart from basic human decency and consent, then it is not advice you should consider etched in stone. Be yourself.

I don't create New Year's goals but this is one for which I hope we can all aim.

This does not bode well for the trustworthiness of video content in the future. We are barely into the era of AI-generated video and already we're awash in it. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

As we start 2026, let me reiterate this for those exploring their leather or kink selves.

I don't do resolutions. That's not how I roll. But we all have hopes and dreams for ourselves and for humanity. What are some of your hopes and dreams?

If you're considering what to do in 2026, here are some great suggestions. We either focus on saving our democracy this year or we may all be living under fascist rule indefinitely. I wish that was an exaggeration. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

I don't typically believe in New Year's resolutions, but I think all of us reasonably good and decent people working hard to make sure Democrats sweep elections across the country for the Midterms is a rather good resolution.

You chose well New York City. 2025 Hero Of The Year: Zohran Kwame Mamdani! open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...

2025 Shitheels Of The Year: Trump’s Clown Car Cabinet open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...

Celebrate tonight with one of San Francisco's queer icons, Sylvester. Relive the disco icon’s unforgettable 1979 San Francisco concert with a livestream listening party of Live at the Opera House. Starting at 8 PM EST and spinning through midnight. www.youtube.com/live/6PKd85Q...

Every artist who has canceled their Kennedy Center appearance is engaging in meaningful resistance. We should thank them and going forward we should support their work.

Every word of this. Reclaim Life open.substack.com/pub/oliverko...

In case anyone is wondering, the gay consortium has met and decided people like Ric Grenell who are traitors to us and our cause are to be shunned anywhere they're seen in gay spaces. Make them the outcasts of gay society everywhere. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/a-fl...

Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies end tonight. Now millions of Americans who voted for Donald McCankles are going to suddenly realize that vote might bankrupt them due to medical expenses, or they'll get sick with no recourse but debt, or even worse might die. Good job MAGA!

This is my favorite thing on the internet today.

During questioning, Jack Smith reaffirms his belief that proof beyond a reasonable doubt existed in both cases against Trump. At (13:27) youtu.be/6YR8slAt3Ek?...

“Is this the American Dream? Is this the land of the free?” 😕🇺🇸

The two people behind me at the coffee shop have their laptops open and I overheard that they are rewriting a company report using ChatGPT. Some might want to resist using AI, but AI is here and it's being used by a lot of people on a daily basis.

I know some think it's just "entertainment," but as a former professional astrologer in my youth who had a crisis of faith when I realized it was all nonsense, anytime I see a publication with a horoscope section it makes me think less of the publication.

Yesterday I went on a sex "date" with a friend. Not a hookup. A date. Many hours of play, followed by a great dinner out, and then cigars and conversation. It was satisfying in a way hookup sex (which I don't do much these days) is not usually. This is personal data I am considering going forward.

"By now, everyone knows that Elon Musk is very much an optimist when it comes to making predictions. That's the nice way to put it. To be blunt, Musk is a 'bullshit artist.' He makes promises he can't keep." mashable.com/article/elon...

17 predictions for AI in 2026 open.substack.com/pub/understa...

Of the 165 posts published on my Love at the Edges newsletter page, here are the most read 10 posts as of December 31, 2015. open.substack.com/pub/bannon/p...

Of the 365 posts published on this Musings from a Curious Mind newsletter page, here are the most read 10 posts as of December 30, 2025. racebannon.substack.com/p/2025-top-10

I wish I was a performer scheduled to appear at the Kennedy Center just so I could cancel it because clearly all the best people are doing it.

It's absolutely no one's business why someone is wearing a mask. This made me think less of Stewart. Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If you're LGBTQ, this is worth reading and pondering. www.losangelesblade.com/2025/12/10/t...

We're getting close to reaching our goal for the @sfsisters.bsky.social end of year fundraising campaign. If you have a few bucks to toss their way, they do good things with the money. givebutter.com/thesisters-d...

Still MAGA? Have you seen how quickly decent people have shunned Nicki Minaj? That's what happens when people bend the knee to Trump. They get shunned. They lose friends. It impacts their career and job prospects. It's a blemish on their record as a human being that is difficult to get rid of.

I am not a fan of MTG, but I have no doubt this is true. Everyone knows Trump is in the Epstein files. We know he's protecting himself and other wealthy or influential friends. I believe the women who came forward, not Trump. newrepublic.com/post/204771/... via @newrepublic.com

Trump is Putin's puppet. Putin doesn't have to destroy the US or Europe. Trump is doing it for him. BREAKING: Trump Repeats Putin’s Claim of a Kyiv Attack and Does the Kremlin’s Messaging for It open.substack.com/pub/reallyam...

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The billionaire class is the Marie Antoinette problem of our time.

If anyone in your family is still MAGA, after all the evil, hate, and criminality we've seen, I suggest you avoid all contact from now on. If a year into the current shitshow hasn't change their mind, what will? You can't be MAGA today and be a good person. The two are incompatible with each other.

Voting Is Downstream of the Real Solution open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...