Delivery apps are a societal scourge that must be eradicated for the good of mankind, but my favorite taqueria near work let its website for takeout orders lapse and it’s ruining my life a little

Two years prior to deadly Esparto blast, state officials received a tip linking a fireworks fire in San Jose to Esparto based Devastating Pyrotechnics, but failed to act.

Hearing from more than a dozen trans journalists, H Conley's takeaway was simply to keep talking to them: don’t assume what they need or restrict their reporting, keep an open dialogue about what they are comfortable doing, and create protective structures. www.cjr.org/feature/repo...

Here's what you need to know ahead of tomorrow's SCOTUS arguments on transgender athletes www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Live: Thousands gather to memorialize woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis "The mother of the woman who was killed identified her as Renee Nicole Good, 37, a Minneapolis resident."

BBC is reporting that the same ICE officer who murdered Renee Good was involved in another violent incident in June.

Breaking some news for @coyotemedia.org here. Incredibly sad about this — some of the best nights of my life have involved this club — but I’m also so honored and grateful to Ramona, Kathleen and Lynn for trusting me with this story. www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...

I think people are underestimating how much Mamdani, even more so than your average elected leftist, see it as his top priority to not be seen as a failed mayor. He is not going to be another Brandon Johnson, I’d wager

Happy New Year Burn the old Turner, Fire at the Grand Storehouse of the Tower of London 1841

I read 73 books this year. Favorites were “Postman Always Rings Twice,” Max Delsohn’s Crawl, Neko Case’s memoir, Aggregated Discontent by Harron Walker, Love in Exile by Shon Faye, and “If He Hollers Let Him Go” docs.google.com/document/d/1...

OUT for 2026: deadlifting in the squat racks at peak hours

Most brain dead conversation about billionaire tax happening on x, the everything app

john waters' 1995 christmas card with steve buscemi as him

As well as @billshaner.bsky.social @gonebabygone.bsky.social @samthielman.com @unraveledpress.com @karengeier.com @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social @acatwithnews.bsky.social @rickpaulas.bsky.social @melbuer.bsky.social @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social ... www.welcometohellworld.com/the-best-of-...

I'm so lucky to have been able to publish a great array of talented reporters and writers this year. Here's the best stuff they wrote for Hell World in 2025. Ft: @seantcollins.com @davidjroth.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @parkermolloy.com + ... www.welcometohellworld.com/the-best-of-...

This entire story is bananas and I can’t wait to watch the 10-part miniseries on HBO in 18 months

You do everything in your power to get every relevant voice in a story. But as one of my former colleagues told a local official who thought his silence would kill a piece: “I’d like to have you. But the story is being written with or without you.”

Guy in front of me at the gas station AM/PM won big on scratchers so he bought a 30-rack of natty light then turned to me and bought my iced tea

James Ransone, who played Ziggy Sobotka on “The Wire,” has died. He was 46. “He committed not only to the work but to the camaraderie that turns every good film production into something familial and caring,” said David Simon, the show’s creator. www.thebanner.com/culture/film...

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The Wire is my all time favorite show, but I always felt that James Ransone was at his best when paired with Sean Baker. Remember, Tangerine is a Christmas movie. Condolences to his friends and family. Heartbreaking. youtu.be/Cm3c3PU0DxM?...

[preparing to get screamed at] I think I officially don’t need to know if you’re mad that an article is paywalled. Perhaps that can be an Inside Thought

Waymo was just approved to operate in Baltimore, a city that felt like it had on average at least 3-5 blackouts a year for the 2 years I lived there

Need some cosmic explanation for why I’ve heard the word “aligned” more than I ever have in my life since moving back to California

SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill www.notus.org/congress/mcb...

On more than one occasion, I've "gotten the story" after people said they first saw my tattoos and liked them so much they decided to start talking to me

Emails obtained by The Sacramento Bee show that she raised concerns about “absurd” and “disrespectful” treatment only weeks before her departure.

Eric Swalwell did not respond to repeated requests for comment about his congressional attendance for our story earlier this week. Today, he came out to boast that a recent poll puts him in the lead for Ds running in the 2026 #CAgov race, but still tied w/ 2 Rs www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

can not handle one more profile that describes a wealthy new yorker being “in exile” in LA as if the mayor had them banished

someone please explain the Geese propaganda to me. I've listened to the latest album multiple times and I still don't get it

I’ve been a Firefox user for decades despite ridicule because they avoided the dumb stuff chrome did and now this. Is nothing sacred

every article now is like this

Wow, the horror. Completely shut out of an industry that … promoted him to senior reporter by 40

If you can believe it, January 1, 2026 marks ten years since the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. For Portland Monthly, I wrote about how the ensuing decade was dominated by anxious men and a culture of lawlessness. www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...

Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?

Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.

This entire weekend

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

Despite speculation otherwise, Kamala Harris reaffirmed she's not running for governor of CA in 2026, w/ @nicolenixon.bsky.social www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

SF’s well-dressed men come out of hiding: “People are sick of the tech vest. [Tech] heroes all wear hoodies and shit. Our heroes are Ralph Lauren — people that have a lot of swag.” sfstandard.com/2025/12/09/s... via @sfstandard.com

nice try but i've read enough carl hiaasen, you can't trick me into taking miami politics seriously even when the outcome is good

NEW: A gay Houston immigrant was arrested by ICE when he showed up to his asylum interview on Nov. 4th despite having no criminal history. He's been in ICE detention since then. His husband, a U.S. citizen, says ICE laid "a trap," and is now working for his release. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery. My story:

NEW: The unindicted lobbyist aiding an #FBI probe in Sacramento remains on a state board and made her 1st public appearance today after the FBI arrested her alleged co-conspirators last month www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

I love being a reporter bc our local animal shelter has been making completely unhinged posts and I emailed the county PIO about it and was like "is this u?" and then she let me and a photojournalist who's won a Pulitzer follow her around and pet dogs for a few hours www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

"The class dimension is impossible to miss. Two elite political journalists have turned the collapse of their relationship into serialized content at the exact moment the rest of the profession is collapsing. Newsrooms are dissolving; reporters are losing jobs." www.mediaite.com/opinion/ryan...

One nice thing about bad writing is that it inspires good writing

i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing

I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...