Finally, scientists have found a way to synthesize that precious resource we have in such short supply: young female actresses.

Epic and Lovely is not getting reviewed. If you feel like doing me a big favor, I'm now in the position of begging for Amazon reviews. If you want to support small press fiction, me personally, oddly-shaped people, or survivors of abuse, please tell someone, or Amazon, about the book.

Hey, book lover! Don’t miss this IndieNext pick for Sept, written by my talented wife Mo Daviau! It is dark and hilarious and deep and so many other things…

F the NYT for giving them air, and F anyone who thinks the way out if this mess is to get “more moderate” on social issues. Address the real issues of wealth disparity, health care, and jobs and stand firm on social issues without giving MAGA air.

Hate speech isn't political discourse, nor is it protected, for that matter.

I hesitated to use a paper towel this morning, and it made me think that the scarcity mentality drilled into the Left is probably a big factor in the Right’s rejection of progressive policies. Is there any way we can reframe conservation so it doesn’t feel like flagellation?

I recorded a narrator named Erik Bauersfeld for years for audio tours before learning that he was the voice of Admiral Akbar.

As a regular defender of the press, I'm truly gobsmacked by the lack of coverage of Trump's disappearance. Are the editors and owners just proactively capitulating out of fear? Are they operating on an old fashioned idea of decorum? How are we not getting coverage of the disappearance and coverup?

Completed my Denis Villeneuve scorecard with his film Polytechnique, a reinactment/dramatization of a school shooting in Montreal. It is stark, heartbreaking, and visceral. I wish he wasn’t mired in Dune.

I saw somewhere that it would only take 130,000 progressives to move to Wyoming to swing the balance of the national elections. Highly mobile Gen Z activists, make it happen!

Jillian Michaels is doing what MAGA does: act like they are victims of an oppressive agenda where white people are forced to feel bad about themselves. Understanding the past, reconciling wrongs, and uplifting others makes us all better people and a better country. Don’t “not all whites” me.

Cannot wait for the day that gaudy gold Dollar Tree shit is pried off the walls of the White House.

I heard from a local movie theater owner that the distributors force them to carry all their films or they’ll be cut off, which is how we end up with the big blockbusters in every theater. It’s absurd, because no one wants to see the big action flicks on a tiny arthouse screen.

I hope this entire administration is enslaved in a fiery angry Black god hell for this.

The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement. The President does not run the Smithsonian. The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law. Release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I know the outrages pile up, but this kind of outrageous lawlessness sticks in my craw. Govt. agencies CANNOT be allowed to loot and pillage. Govt agencies CANNOT detain people purely for their ethnicity. This must stop.

Portland "moderates" love to complain that if we increase any taxes to pay for quality-of-life programs like Preschool for All, housing the homeless, and maintaining our parks, that the rich people will flee. The data disagrees. Thanks Commissioner Moyer! www.wweek.com/news/2025/08...

I’m boycotting Amazon as much as possible, but had to order some things I can’t find anywhere else. It always strikes me how the shipping is like a hostage situation - you can pay a fee for exploitative labor to rush it, or they will hold your package for a few days as punishment.

I’m back here, sloughing off Threads for these more independent grounds. Hope to keep informed and inform in return. Power to the people, down with the oligarchy and the techno-fascists. Up with art, movies, music, and empathy.

It's just enormously important to understand that the goal of this tariff policy isn't to raise money or to increase manufacturing in the United States. The goal is to make some of the nation's largest companies subject to Trump's personal discretion and dependent on his favor.

More truly heinous corruption from our President.

Somehow I missed this Friday: Federal judge issued a restraining order on DOGE hiring and firing in other agencies. www.npr.org/2025/02/27/n...

There seems to be a deliberate shut-out of coverage of Buy Nothing Day. Only headline I've found completely misunderstands the message and says it is a protest against high prices. Anyone seeing anything?

This is bullshit. He can’t gut an agency as a political operative under the guise of cost-cutting then replace it with his own private company with its own costs!! This is kleptocracy.

If Congress were to pass a law doing what DOGE is now doing, (1) the head of DOGE would have to be Senate confirmed; (2) by extension, that person would be eligible for impeachment; (3) its actions would have to undergo congressional oversight, including that related to annual appropriations; ...

Happy 100th birthday to the @newyorker.com , still the news source I trust the most for relevant, intelligent journalism.

I wonder how many stories of Federal workers bravely “throwing themselves upon the gears” we aren’t hearing about?

New from Hulu: Ads on plans where you pay for "no ads". Beautifully twisted logic there.

Good on ya, my San Franciscans. Resist DOGE (though it sounds like these guys were fakers).

QUESTION: Years ago, I worked on a LACMA exhibit of mid-century modern arts and craftspeople. Most were in their 90s, still practicing their craft and achieving their own zen awareness through repetition and refinement. I'm seeking my own craft for comfort as I age. What should I make?

This year is the 30th anniversary of a record I never shut up about, the first album by Latin Playboys. The AV Club described it as "found sounds, low-fidelity recording techniques, distorted drum loops, deep-dungeon blues, fragmented guitar parts, and some gorgeous songs." 1/4 #music

Subscription services (streaming, news, Substack, Patreon, etc) should be required to email you every time they charge.

I'm writing a fantasy book for kids, so I picked up The Hobbit for inspiration. I thought I might get discouraged reading the master, but I'm pleased to discover that he's fallible and it is definitely not perfect.

Do we still think "defund the police" is an overreaction? boingboing.net/2024/12/05/t...

This burns me up. The Portland Police Bureau has learned nothing. Their insistence that "riots" were going to happen after the election and they had to spend $1.2 million preparing for it is so emblematic of the deeply-rooted problem. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/1...

In 2028, I say the Dems fight fire with fire and get a beloved celebrity (Tom Hanks?) to run for president along with a highly competent staff that do the actual work.

Rewatching Better Call Saul with Mo and I'm struck again at what an incredible actor Jonathan Banks is. He does this thing when he's disgusted with someone where he pulls back his upper lips that is so terrifying.

Apparently the party is over here, thanks to a growing desire to flee Zuck and Musk. I was settling in to Threads, but I am 100% behind disinvesting in corporate America and not supporting shitty billionaires.