they made a movie about how she very successfully sued Fox News for years of sexual harassment

Kind of find myself pressing the skip button on Paranoid Android in my old age

The no. 1 reason people like Zohran is that he is a normal dude. A 30something guy who is into early 2010s soundcloud rap and leftism is an extremely archetypical millennial character. I've known *hundreds* of dudes exactly like him. This is the thing the opposition can't really grasp!

Interviewed my guy Stav about Bugonia and the United States of America.

Can't stop, won't stop with the SCHAUDENFRIDAY magic (thanks to @lukewinkie.bsky.social for being game for our weird, wild experiment) slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

The concept of "fourth wave ska"

Unironically the most cogent and obvious use-case for the technology

People don’t want to admit it now but 2006-2015 was the real End of History

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the, like, Shakespearean tragedy of Biden’s political career, so I wrote about it!

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the, like, Shakespearean tragedy of Biden’s political career, so I wrote about it!

I interviewed Ross Douthat about his podcast, and the one-of-kind position he holds in legacy media. It features maybe my favorite headline we’ve ever published.

I interviewed Ross Douthat about his podcast, and the one-of-kind position he holds in legacy media. It features maybe my favorite headline we’ve ever published.

The one thing you can say about Bari Weiss is she seems to be singularly adept at getting extremely rich guys to give her money.

The only thing I have to add is that maybe we weren’t giving Jack Antonoff enough credit

You know how our mothers have a taste for regaling us with random horrific tragedies, often about people we don't really know, whenever we catch up? I decided to write about where that instinct comes from. Here is a deep dive on the Doom Moms 💖

You know how our mothers have a taste for regaling us with random horrific tragedies, often about people we don't really know, whenever we catch up? I decided to write about where that instinct comes from. Here is a deep dive on the Doom Moms 💖

My take on the return of Kimmel.

My take on the return of Kimmel.

Time is a flat circle

One last thought on Kimmel, which is, it's so embarrassing that an existential first amendment crisis requires one to come to the defense of Jimmy Kimmel Live lmfao. Of all shows! Of all people!

My thoughts on Kimmel, “cancel culture,” the stupidity of this era, gullible marks, and so on.

Cannot believe MAGA offered an off ramp for liberals to finally shed their reputation as humorless scolds. All-time unforced error.

Threw this on the big screen last night.

I think about this a lot.

I am writing about how it's impossible to find a comfortable position to read - neck gets sore looking down at book while sitting, arms get sore holding it above your head while laying down, etc. If you have cracked the code and have come up with the ideal Reading Posture, I'd love to hear about it!

maybe the biggest lesson here is that some level of fluency in internet culture is essential to a full understanding of where we are today and anyone waving it away with “online is not real life” has lost the plot. we all spend our lives with our phones in our hands and you ignore that at your peril

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Stayed up late to write about Charlie Kirk.

Stayed up late to write about Charlie Kirk.

Becca just pronounced "SSENSE" out loud and it blew my fucking mind. Had no idea...

Hello! I'm putting the finishing touches on a story about Doom Moms -- as in, the way our beautiful mothers have a way of telling us extremely tragic news about people we barely know whenever we catch up. Looking for a few more sources that have experienced this baffling ritual. Please get in touch!

I went to a Banana Ball game and learned just how gloriously thirsty this whole enterprise is.

I went to a Banana Ball game and learned just how gloriously thirsty this whole enterprise is.

I wrote about how Trump is not dead yet but, someday, he will be. slate.com/news-and-pol...

I wrote about the end of WTF With Marc Maron, my first-ever favorite podcast.

I wrote about the end of WTF With Marc Maron, my first-ever favorite podcast.

I was trying to make the case that the anti-phone discourse has gotten a little overheated, and my friend countered that the zoomers had to invent a new word for masturbation that meant "masturbating for eight hours straight," and I don't really have a great counter for that.

I wrote about Gavin Newsom, a sleazy operator with a moral compass that is constantly up for negotiation, who nonetheless might be the man for the moment -- and what a sorry moment it is, indeed.

We’re already way over our skis.

Why does it feel like we all have the day off now.

I wish prime Kotaku still existed because “how did Gengar become an egirl icon” would be such an awesome Kotaku story.

Jeff Passan rules because on top of being the premiere scoop guy in baseball he also has retained an ability to deliver absolute bars.

Wrote about ESPN, a network that has slowly and deliberately shedded all of its defining characteristics in order to chase the Slop Dollar.

Great new piece from my favorite writer

Wrote about ESPN, a network that has slowly and deliberately shedded all of its defining characteristics in order to chase the Slop Dollar.

I wrote about the Mile High Club which — I swear — was more of a *thing* in the 90s/2000s than it is now. Why has airplane sex declined in the annals of collective fantasy? I tried to figure it out!

I wrote about the Mile High Club which — I swear — was more of a *thing* in the 90s/2000s than it is now. Why has airplane sex declined in the annals of collective fantasy? I tried to figure it out!

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