McSweeney’s is undefeated.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

“We didn’t do all that because we are heroes and saviors. We did it because we understand the meaning of our faith: that we are all connected. We join together. We are a part of a people, a body of humanity that is made in the image of a loving and beautiful God that wants all God’s children free.”

Share someone who looks stylish wearing boots.

See also the 1945 educational film created by the US Department of Defence, Department of the Army, about fascism, entitled "Don't be a sucker". It seems more needed now than in 1945. youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?...

That last paragraph..man

In May 1945, the War Dept publish a pamphlet on fascism for the US Army. It brings to light what the Trump regime and the Rs are doing now. We must continue to fight this regime w/ everything we have even when they’re flooding the zone w/awfulness to make us exhausted. We must not relent!

“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.

capybara reading a good book

If we're doing an economic civil war, then blue states need to prevent their residents from paying federal taxes

Please read the whole article. There are some fascinating data in here!

Another astonishing night at the theatre. I first saw BUG by Tracy Letts in 2004 and it has only gotten more potent. So happy to be out on the town with @jfoster.bsky.social & @mmdevoe.bsky.social! #Broadway #TDF #roots

Well okay!

this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted. www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

The wee hours of 2025 were spent, eating too much rich food and laughing with @jfoster.bsky.social, @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social and Alexa (who is not on bsky). A fine finish & a wonderful beginning. “Every exit is an entrance somewhere else.” Here’s to a happy, prosperous & peaceful 2026!

JUST IN: House Judiciary Committee releases a full transcript and video of former special counsel Jack Smith's closed-door deposition before the Republican-led panel earlier this month.

How I’m walking out of 2025

I don't want gen AI in my browser. I don't want gen AI in my PC. I don't want gen AI in my art. I don't want gen AI in my games. I don't want gen AI in my music. I don't want gen AI in my movies. I don't want gen AI in my books. I don't want gen AI in my cart. I don't want gen AI in my LIFE.

From our house to yours, Merry Christmas!

Sadness arrives uninvited. Joy demands more—it requires us to search, to kindle, to protect the flame against every wind. When we choose joy despite everything that argues against it, we don't just save ourselves—we illuminate the way for everyone around us.

The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.

This, this, this! “Translation at the literary level is creative work.” A translation can be brilliant and revelatory, but it takes extraordinary human skill, talent, sensitivity, training, experience and perspective. Only a human is capable of doing this kind of fine detail work well.

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

My favorite year-end stat: all the accents I’ve performed this year, characters large & small. Huge thanks to all the authors & publishers who have given me their words & their trust & a whole wide world in which to play! 📖📚❤️ #audiobook #audiobooks #actor #narrator #actornarrator #amnarrating

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

Tomorrow's @thisishorror.bsky.social news just got scheduled but #ICYMI, here's last week's new & forthcoming horrors: www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-u... Final Boys by @jfoster.bsky.social - out now @bleedingedgepub.bsky.social, Humbug by Luciano Marano - out now @crystallake.bsky.social... 1/2

I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

For those too young, here it is: the turkey drop on WKRP in Cincinnati. youtu.be/zTCaibFcEHg

This story is nuts. "ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."

It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika

Public service is an honor, not an opportunity for self-enrichment at the expense of our constituents.  My bill, the Stock Act 2.0, would ban stock trading for members of Congress, the Judiciary, and the Executive Branch. It’s time to bring accountability back to government.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

I know I’m a libtard but I think it’s bad the U.S. president keeps calling for the killing of specific sitting elected officials who didn’t even commit crimes

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

This is not only a fabulous list of books, but a wonderful affirmation of their power and endurance. Love seeing what people are reading!

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

#filmnoir #Noirvember #moviesky #filmsky #lunaediesophobia Oh no. Is that Monday?

According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.

“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!” --Megyn R. Kelly “Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!” --Also Megyn R. Kelly

the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."

“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is NYT: but her emails

My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!) According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.