Will never not be funny to me that the Latin name for the American Robin is Turdus migratorius

I firmly believe that a major difference between the liberal progressive position and the socialist position is the difference between still kind of figuring out exactly how fucked we are and having arrived at figuring out what we have to do about it

Huge TY to @hels.bsky.social for her review and recommendation of Bong in Crown Heights! The food was great, service as well, look forward to returning soon. And yes we turned the whole fish over…and devoured it! Proof below.

It’s autumn so it’s time for me to repeat my demand that Over the Garden Wall get a stage adaptation

Literally jealous and angry that someone wrote (beautifully, sensitively) about the wonderful Sato the Rabbit books and now everyone will know about them instead of them being my daughter’s special secret www.newyorker.com/a-childrens-...

Oh thank god www.dropsitenews.com/p/hind-rajab...

Loser behavior imo to base your derangement/tech cult around existing faith traditions. Be creative. Show a little verve.

I feel like it’s maybe a sign of terrible writing that it took all the way until the section turn for me to know if that essay was pro- or anti-LitHub

This is some good activism

AND along with everything else Rev is sunsetting their call recorder app???

when the interview goes well: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

22-year-old Ward Sakeik, a Palestinian woman who has lived in Texas since she was 9, says her experience in federal detainment could only be identified as “human trafficking.” And she’s not staying quiet about the women she was forced to leave behind. thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/22/w...

I broke my foot 10 weeks ago, it’s healed up great, but I’m now on my fourth cascading compensation injury and just… I hate this. I’m so angry. My body needs to be sent to jail.

Some smart publication should reach out to every single person who signed the Harper’s letter and get their comment / explicit no-comment

I signed the Harper's letter to show I was brave enough to stand up to the left on free speech. But I've decided that I'm not brave enough to stand up to the right about it.

Eavesdropping on a woman rn who’s complaining that she wants to cancel Disney+ but her kids will go apeshit without Bluey and it’s taking every fiber of my being not to interrupt and ask if she’s heard the good news about our lord and savior Blu-Ray

I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.

i really, really fucking loathe "steelmanning" as a concept. it is not my job to make the best possible version of your argument for you if oppose you, if i oppose you, i intend to attack both your shitty ideas *and* the shitty way in which you present them, because fuck you, that's why.

Queen shit

My husband just referred to “Joanie Ive,” totally unaware that it’s pronounced “Johnny,” and I got to go on this rant, which is my favorite rant, and I had been in such a foul mood but it turned my whole day around, thank you Jim, I love you

I loved this piece. God, gorgeous. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Man if Butch and Sundance hit NOW, there wouldnt be room for anything else on AO3

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

Why is one minute and thirty seconds such a flawless amount of time to microwave something for

idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

An itsy-bitsy, absolutely electrifying Cambodian restaurant in Crown Heights is exciting even while you’re waiting on the sidewalk for your table, @hels.bsky.social writes.

There’s always a restaurant angle

My 2yo tried fish sticks before she ever tried chicken nuggets, so she calls chicken nuggets “chicken fish sticks.” Today this food product entered our home and does anyone have contact info for Baudrillard

We’re condemning political violence right

Some unhedged good news

Today has been a great opportunity to learn who does and who does not have an emotionally fulfilling group chat

Why don’t more establishments sell movie theater-style popcorn

Listen i love all my friends’ books but I *love* Jaime’s book. LOVE.

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

I put “objective” in quotes not bc I think some orgs are bullshit (though some are), but because objectivity in news is a false idea

I feel like more ppl need to know that one of the tells for an ostensibly “objective” news org souring on one of their heroes (or attempting to normalize a previous villain) is how flattering or unflattering their photo choices are

Yoto is Costco and Toniebox is Sam’s Club I can’t explain it

Learned last week that flying NCE > JFK is the exact amount of time to watch all four Oceans 11 movies in a row, which I highly recommend

Look there has been no official word on why all our salt trucks are out. But Chicago having all our Salt trucks blocking street access while ICE is trying to invade our city is just perfection. We are the City of Big Shoulders; we are also a poem.

If you want to get into Pratchett but you don’t know where to start (there are a TON of Discworld books, and the first ones published are, let’s be honest, not very good) the answer you’re looking for is Monstrous Regiment

Ok so I understand why people claim Night Watch is the “best” Discworld book (I disagree, but I understand), but I’m medium judgmental of anyone who says it’s their favorite

Reading Pratchett’s “Night Watch” for the zillionth time rn and, not to be all shitlib or anything, but man the whole “the kidnapping cop squad wear masks and no badges” and “the leader is insane and his advisers are all criminals” stuff is really hitting close to home

Yall remember “spice drops”? Those extremely geriatric-coded gumdrops that are flavored like assorted mints and spices rather than fruits? I bought a tub of them at the grocery store the other day and they fucking rule

NJ students in grades 6-12 will now learn about “the history of organized labor, notable strikes throughout history, unionization drives, and the collective bargaining process and existing legal protections in the workplace.” This is genuinely so important, and so good to see. Jersey strong, baby!!

At the @newyorker.com Festival this year I’ll be in conversation with the LEGEND Danny Meyer — it’ll be a hell of a lot of fun. Tix here: nyer.cm/zCmbo30

No, actually, it’s sort of massively important to interrogate people’s aesthetic & artistic preferences whenever they align excessively with the monoculture, especially when the social-issues upshot of engagement is made explicit