This is such a great story.

Always interesting 🪩🇫🇷🎤🎧 take

Hey y'all. I'm hiring. Are you interested in building instruments for astrophysics? wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...

Movie #5 for 2026 @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social DC

i’m not sure if this is real or Photoshop. However, I love it. #Badbunny

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lemonadamedia.com/podcast/juli... I can’t believe that Julia told that joke, knowing how catholic Catherine O’Hara was. “A good joke is a good joke.” She’s always been a cultural touch point in my life. It’s hard to believe that she’s gone. #catherineohara

The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force. @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

This woman speaks for the majority of Americans. 🙌🙏🫶👇

I don’t think they’re set up to direct it to a specific thing, but you can make a one-time donation to Minnesota Public Radio any time, at mpr.org.

Wishing a very happy birthday to the one and only Jim Jarmusch 🖤 Celebrate with our collection of the American auteur's films on the Criterion Channel—including STRANGER THAN PARADISE, DOWN BY LAW, MYSTERY TRAIN, NIGHT ON EARTH, and GHOST DOG alongside archival interviews, commentaries, and more!

Calling published SFF authors! I’m researching the work lives & well-being of science fiction and fantasy authors for my doctoral dissertation, and I'm looking for participants! If you’re a published SFF author interested in participating, then DM me and I can provide details

Happy birthday to the queen of our hearts, Dolly Parton!

If you’re in the Evanston/Chicago area, check this out!

@slate.com #outward podcast mentioned this wonderful series Check out this podcast I found!

Like this meditation from Lion’s Roar mag: Breathe into the possibility that your suffering is a response to toxic systems, not personal failure. Gently affirm: "This pain is not my fault. I am not broken; I am responding to a broken world. My worth is not defined by my productivity or perfection."

Most of what I wrote this year was a book. And I can't share that yet. But I did write a handful of stories that I liked, and since this is the week many of us share our year's work, here are three. 1) An essay on Paul Reubens and the painful history of the closet. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/t... >

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It was a big scary year for me and I could not have done it alone. There are so many people who showed up and this one’s for Mallory Rubin. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/0IZp...

www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar... #houseofr @ringerverse.bsky.social

My oral history of the orgy scene from EYES WIDE SHUT. www.vulture.com/2019/06/eyes...

This weeks newsletter: the origin of my Evil Squirrel cartoons, and a little timeline on its evolution:

I don’t normally post these kind of things to my feed, but this is an incredible couple gofund.me/590924dcb 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Your friendly chart nerd—on video! I had a blast w/musicians & fellow record nerds Peter Martin & Adam Maness on their video+audio podcast #YoullHearIt dissecting Stevie Wonder’s masterwork 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦. How did Wonder integrate funk+jazz+pop? How was it a chart phenom? Feel it all over.

This is so gorgeous #publiclibraries

@marcbernardin.bsky.social and @princesmweekes.bsky.social breaking down all tge (body) horror in the first episode #welcometoderry open.spotify.com/episode/0IH1...

@estherc.bsky.social I can’t tell you how much I love your singing in the morning on @wamu.org don’t ever stop ❤️🌈🦄👨‍🎤

A fast machine, kept his motor clean: My new #HitParadePod on @slate.com is about superproducer “Mutt” Lange, mystery man of arena-rocking überpop. Mutt’s anthemic sound worked across genres—AC/DC to the Cars, Foreigner to Billy Ocean, Def Leppard to Shania. Let the magic man pour some sugar on you.

FYI, if you're someone that likes to tuck into some Christmas TV movie rom-coms this time of year, I've directed two with Asian-American casts: A SUGAR & SPICE HOLIDAY (2020) can be streamed right on Lifetime's website (US only). A BIG FAT FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2022) is on Hallmark+ or Crave in Canada.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u... How about, rather than squealing to a politician, you bring this up in class and actually discuss the pros and cons of this particular position? This reminds me of that wonderful line from After the Hunt, “‘Not everything is supposed to make you comfortable”

@jowrotethis.bsky.social was right. And why is no one talking about Kathleen swinging down her oxy with white wine 🙃 #hbo #task

I do hell yeah

@aishaharris.bsky.social put together a fabulous panel for this discussion. I cannot wait to see this adaptation, with @theslaygawd.bsky.social and Liz Metzger, who I could not find on BlueSky www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...

from @theguardian.com …”“Every time I travel to the United Kingdom with President Trump and am forced to watch the BBC in our hotel rooms.” as my dear mother used to always say “you know there’s an off switch on that television.” #bbc

What a great story.

Hey! Calling all Wonder Women! We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit. 50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.

#RheaSeehorn is amazing in Pluribus

@ghweldon.bsky.social is very correct, Daddy Superior is amazing…more in the episode www.npr.org/2025/10/31/n...

Thanks for making this readable! In this newsletter I explore the idea of songs/artists making it "if there's any justice," and what exactly creates the unfair circumstances in the pop marketplace.

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Zandi Holup is touring with Steve Earle right now and it totally makes sense, she's telling outlaw stories from a woman's point of view, love her voice www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Ot...

Great turn out at #politicsandprose for authors talk politics-prose.com/john-davis-1... #johndavis #dcpunk

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

The first of the Federalist papers was posted on this day. Our essay on what it says: substack.com/profile/5411...

As an alumnus, i’m not sure how I feel about this decision! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/b...

This is a Chicago food bank. If you wanna help the people in my city, this is a great way ❤️

If you’re local and you’re looking for a great organization to volunteer: volunteer.capitalareafoodbank.org