The award for weirdest thing to get stuck in my algorithm in 2025 goes to a fragrance influencer named Overspray Jay who advocates for basically emptying an entire bottle of cologne on to yourself every time you apply. “Nothin’ less then a hundy” is his catchphrase.

My most read story for 2025 was inspired by @davidjroth.bsky.social and @dhm.bsky.social of @defector.com. 8 months later I would still prefer our country to be run by Dorothy's oafish ex-husband.

Now you tell me!

My most read story for 2025 was inspired by @davidjroth.bsky.social and @dhm.bsky.social of @defector.com. 8 months later I would still prefer our country to be run by Dorothy's oafish ex-husband.

“Bite your teeth into the ass of life!!!!” Fu*king Ian Holm. Legend.

She’s a criminal.

Our 8th most-read piece of 2025 perfectly crystallizes the internet in 520 words. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/did...

ABSOLUTELY NOT! What am I supposed to do with myself at 1:30 on a Tuesday afternoon in December if I can’t watch Ohio play Wyoming in the Palantir Technologies Independence Bowl? Work? Spend time with my family? Read a book?

The Peace President

Full kit wanker.

It would be impossible for me to feel closer to a complete stranger than I do to Mamdani knowing he lived in this apartment. A NY Post reader looks at these pictures and thinks, "Where's the cupola?" and I think, "Hey, I lived there!"

You have to like us now. It's the law!

@davidjroth.bsky.social for no discernible reason my algo has started feeding me Daren Puppa (poo-pa) content. I know he’s a hockey guy and that’s not really your thing, but is there a baseball or basketball guy where the simple act of saying the name brings you this kind of joy?

I don’t think we’ve been more thoroughly dominated in a half this season. And I’m including Coventry.

My friends, Michael Shannon was in 8 Mile.

♫ Oh there’s no place like home for the holidays,

A little Christmas Eve taste of my Regular Season (coming in 2026!) conversation with @arif.bsky.social of Wide Left. Just two high school debate geeks talking about the final round of the 2005 Concordia College High School Debate Tournament, which he competed in..and won!

A little Christmas Eve taste of my Regular Season (coming in 2026!) conversation with @arif.bsky.social of Wide Left. Just two high school debate geeks talking about the final round of the 2005 Concordia College High School Debate Tournament, which he competed in..and won!

Perfect Vermont weather.

My take away is that Ezra finally gets that there was NO real vibe shift. It was just the typically vacuous analysis we always get. The 65% of voters that bothered to show up were given two choices. 49.8% of them picked Trump and this is somehow proof that we’re living in 1000-year Reich.

My take away is that Ezra finally gets that there was NO real vibe shift. It was just the typically vacuous analysis we always get. The 65% of voters that bothered to show up were given two choices. 49.8% of them picked Trump and this is somehow proof that we’re living in 1000-year Reich.

@dhm.bsky.social my local card store replenished their supply of 1980s “tips” cards. The 1989 Packers this time. The writer was truly a craftsman. “Drugs can lead to sudden death. Establish yourself as a winner—don’t do drugs.”

The heuristic that I apply to every flashpoint issue of Trump II applies here. Keep your eye on the big picture. I haven’t seen the piece that was pulled so I won’t argue it on its merits. What I do know is that the current iteration of CBSN (run by Weiss) exists only to flatter those in power.

The heuristic that I apply to every flashpoint issue of Trump II applies here. Keep your eye on the big picture. I haven’t seen the piece that was pulled so I won’t argue it on its merits. What I do know is that the current iteration of CBSN (run by Weiss) exists only to flatter those in power.

Just had a thought. Aaron Harang.

Ezra has finally conceded that Trump didn't kick anyone's butt in 2024 (a claim he made as recently as the Coates interview while claiming that Biden's 7 million vote majority in 2020 was 'narrow'). At least he used a Marist Poll.

Vacation has begun!

@mattbrown.bsky.social doing some cool coverage of D1 college football’s newest mark, err member. To use a multi-level marketing term it’s important to always be adding to your downline.

A thing I find myself fixating on lately is the wild asymmetry between what I imagine I would do with my free time if I were a fabulously wealthy celebrity (give $ away, travel, eat well and indulge my harmless vices) and what actual fabulously wealthy celebrities do which is, apparently, this.

A thing I find myself fixating on lately is the wild asymmetry between what I imagine I would do with my free time if I were a fabulously wealthy celebrity (give $ away, travel, eat well and indulge my harmless vices) and what actual fabulously wealthy celebrities do which is, apparently, this.

I spent the first 4 years of my career in radio calling Mike LaValliere-grade guys in their hotel room's and begging them to give me 5 minutes. We usually just talked about baseball.

The Things Mothers Keep, Episode 2. Apparently I was spitting bars about Donyell Marshall in 1994.

Ronnie Pudding

“You can’t really dust for vomit”

“I thought President Tromp had great leadership skills,” Ehardt told Seven Days. She nevertheless led an effort to have Boise State’s entire faculty sent to a concentration camp.

like his complaint is literally that there are people who believe in things, believe those things are right, and believe in those things regardless of whether they are popular.

I’d love to do some sort of scientific study of which of the four major leagues has the most weirdos per capita. I need help with the “scientific” part but would be happy to write the final report or maybe do some ethnographic work. Spend a day with Mack Hollins or something.

UVM's new President seems really great and I'm glad we have her, but the part in this piece in @sevendaysvt.bsky.social where they try to tell a just so story about the value of working with her ideological opponents in Idaho made me laugh out loud. The last line kills me.

UVM's new President seems really great and I'm glad we have her, but the part in this piece in @sevendaysvt.bsky.social where they try to tell a just so story about the value of working with her ideological opponents in Idaho made me laugh out loud. The last line kills me.

The Cinnabon story is bad enough, but make sure you read through to the bit about the woman who hurled a racial epithet at a child on a playground. Great sign for our society that **clears throat** HURLING RACIAL EPITHETS AT A CHILD can earn you the MLB league minimum.

Hell yeah!

I guess this is a new holiday tradition. Can you guess where the castle is?

Earlier this week I wrote about the privilege of being invisible to your students and also imagined what Donald Trump riffing on women's tennis might sound like. Subscribe, it's free!

If your wondering why the hair on the back of your neck stood up around 6:45 EST last night it's because @sethrosenthal.bsky.social and I said "I love Blue Edwards" at exactly the same time. New podcast Regular Season, about the meaningless games that matter most coming in the new year.

I can't believe it's been seven years since I DM'ed Dick Cavett (who was 82 at the time) on Facebook to ask him if he would co-host a show with my comedian friend. I'm doing much better now, thanks.

I want to hear about a game that is totally lost to history, but means a lot to you. It can stick in your memory for any reason, but the game itself should be (mostly) forgettable. It does not have to be a game you attended in person, but you should have experienced it in real time.

I want to hear about a meaningless game that is really meaningful to you so maybe we can talk about it.

If your wondering why the hair on the back of your neck stood up around 6:45 EST last night it's because @sethrosenthal.bsky.social and I said "I love Blue Edwards" at exactly the same time. New podcast Regular Season, about the meaningless games that matter most coming in the new year.

/Sebastian Gorka voice “Anke Huber!”