I was in Florida recently and I had to drop by Trump National Doral Miami to see the giant gold Trump statue. It got me thinking apocalyptically about all the different buildings/monuments/arches the president is desperate to engrave his name upon.

Had to quickly blog about the obviously-fake Knicks fandom of Donald Trump, a man who does not like sports.

Colbert "being funny" again... extremely good omen. Maybe we are going to win after all.

Would love if my guy Stephen Colbert used this opportunity to be funny again. Would really make me feel like nature is healing.

New: I spoke to a dozen sources about John Fetterman's dwindling inner circle; his closest confidant is an unpaid adviser named David Safier. Jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers, Safier has coordinated calls w/Bibi and sits in on big meetings. Fetterman's actual chief of staff quit yesterday

If you were reading a lot of Pitchfork in the 2012-2014 range this name will take you out.

One of the funniest things I've ever seen

What makes the whole Duffy roadtrip so galling is something @lukewinkie.bsky.social articulates well here -- it's part of the larger MAGA project to shrink the American dream into the vain pursuit of "more Instagram followers" slate.com/life/2026/05...

Living in an elevator apartment building has shown me that there is truly nothing more exciting for kids under the age of 5 than "pushing the button"

I wrote about Sean Duffy's reality show, which sure looks to be funded by a bunch of corporate interests, and is perfectly representative of the clammy, low-rent nature of Trump 2.0 corruption.

people in my overnight oats facebook group have started calling themselves “ooners” and i need them to change their ways

Pretty good!

I’ve always been curious about how @willsommer.bsky.social does his job, and how he built up his insane encyclopedic fluency in right wing media. So I interviewed him about it!

Photo my wife sent me of her doing white wine, leftover Keens Chophouse, and Civ 6. Peak zen…

Had a couple parting thoughts on the most recent Trump assassination attempt, which basically boil down to, “Normal people are weird now.”

Endless Shrimp — the all-you-can-eat promotion that helped bankrupt Red Lobster two years ago — is back. I took a trip to the restaurant to witness the carnage firsthand, with the assistance of some hilarious internal Red Lobster documents that one employee was kind enough to send me.

Endless Shrimp — the all-you-can-eat promotion that helped bankrupt Red Lobster two years ago — is back. I took a trip to the restaurant to witness the carnage firsthand, with the assistance of some hilarious internal Red Lobster documents that one employee was kind enough to send me.

Here’s a photo of me and my wife

lmao

I wrote about the Hulk Hogan documentary, which is mostly a study in how it is impossible to make a good Hulk Hogan documentary.

Wrote a quick blog about Ron Desantis's surreal Diners Drive-Ins and Dives-esque series, which I do think signals a very subtle pivot.

Had some thoughts about Graham Platner, the final bastion of millennial wokeness on Bluesky, and how something as tasteless as a Nazi tattoo has revealed two vectors of progressivism headed in different directions.

Had some thoughts about Graham Platner, the final bastion of millennial wokeness on Bluesky, and how something as tasteless as a Nazi tattoo has revealed two vectors of progressivism headed in different directions.

I spent the last month cooking with beef tallow, and talking to hardcore beef tallow boosters, to get a better feel for the MAHA crowd. It ended up turning into a sizable feature about how I just don’t really believe in *science* in the way I once did.

I spent the last month cooking with beef tallow, and talking to hardcore beef tallow boosters, to get a better feel for the MAHA crowd. It ended up turning into a sizable feature about how I just don’t really believe in *science* in the way I once did.

When did arcades turn into mini versions of Las Vegas? They're the closest young children can engage in our society’s ever-expanding gambling complex. Games your children are certain to lose. They are scams. My latest at @crossplayblog.bsky.social www.crossplay.news/p/most-arcad...

There is, indeed, a romance — a tenderness! — to turning to your wife/girlfriend/fiancee and saying something like, “Who is Ivy Wolk?”

I used to try and make the slightly contrarian argument that other presidents were worse -- Andrew Johnson, George W. Bush, et al. I would like to formally announce that I was wrong and that was cope. Donald Trump is the worst president of all time, and it isn't even close.

I am once again thinking about the 1999 Tom Junod profile of Nicole Kidman in Esquire, and its lede that essentially asserts, “I almost had sex with Nicole Kidman.” They really would let you do anything in those days…

Just had a giant gulp of Guinness and asked my wife who WoahVicky is

I spent the last week wearing Tucker Carlson’s viral merchandise around central Brooklyn, which gave me a chance to test my theory that, in part, the stuff is manufactured to fit the tastes of irony-poisoned leftists.

the way i would literally wear all of this

I spent the last week wearing Tucker Carlson’s viral merchandise around central Brooklyn, which gave me a chance to test my theory that, in part, the stuff is manufactured to fit the tastes of irony-poisoned leftists.

Been thinking about Nicki Minaj lately. I really think she put together the most poorly-timed MAGA pivot in history. Had to write about it…

Been thinking about Nicki Minaj lately. I really think she put together the most poorly-timed MAGA pivot in history. Had to write about it…

After seeing a gazillion posts about "Number Two Ranked Chad" ASU Frat Leader, I tracked down the 20-year old responsible for the “Official Chad Rankings.” Also gave me a chance to weigh in on the looksmaxxing moment writ large.

All-time relic from before the vibe shift. So far from the current cultural temperament it’s basically out of another plane of existence. Will be completely impossible to explain to basically anyone in a few more years.

After seeing a gazillion posts about "Number Two Ranked Chad" ASU Frat Leader, I tracked down the 20-year old responsible for the “Official Chad Rankings.” Also gave me a chance to weigh in on the looksmaxxing moment writ large.

It’s been interesting to see a lot of people reacting to this piece like it’s emblematic of an end-of-the-world literary crisis, because that’s the exact opposite point I was trying to make!

People are saying this…

I wrote about this trend in modern booktok-style romance where readers very much prefer first-person—to the point of flat out refusing to read the more traditional third-person—and what that means for literary culture as a whole.

I wrote about the disorienting combination of pure evil and high camp that has defined Trump’s Iran adventure thus far.

I wrote about the disorienting combination of pure evil and high camp that has defined Trump’s Iran adventure thus far.

I assume the calculus for tapping Markwayne Mullin is you have to pick someone stupid enough to get excited about a job offer phone call from Donald Trump; someone who, in their excitement, does not consider how 2 years as DHS head under a lame duck is 100x worse than being a Senator in a safe seat

For Slate's breakup week, I interviewed a woman whose boyfriend dumped her for a girl in a cult. slate.com/life/2026/03...

The AI editor in Gmail can fuck off. One of the worst features ever introduced by anyone. "We think our users would like it if we're constantly telling them to add a preposition or switch a word choice." No! Go to tell! Why is everything like this now!

They can kill the Kennedys but they can’t get “Cartoons & Cereal” on Spotify.

No it doesn't!!!