The idea that I have to be charismatic and stuff at Kickball events for the next three days is so proactively exhausting

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm via hearts530

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

New episode of Organized Money is out: we talked to Lindsay Owens about how Google is working to create bots that do your shopping for you, personally, with your very own personalized prices. Scary stuff! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Sen. Dick Durbin, another one of the 8 Democratic YES votes on Nov funding bill, is a NO on this DHS measure: “I will not vote to fund the illegal DHS and ICE operations that terrorize Chicago, Minneapolis, and many other communities.” This bill doesn’t have the votes.

What if we got back into impeaching judges?

Google combining monopoly profits with a sort of price-fixing, cartelization scheme is so brazen and insane. Judge Mehta's choice not to take a hammer to Google should be remembered as a huge stain on his career open.spotify.com/episode/4xqA...

The narrative the White House and Fox News is pushing that protesters are too organized and funded is right out of the authoritarian playbook. It’s a way to delegitimize and criminalize left-wing groups, donors, and the Democratic Party. It’s not gonna work.

Great work by @wepowerdc.bsky.social. Harrison is one of the smartest and coolest ppl I know and I'm very proud of him www.commondreams.org/opinion/ener...

READ: "The Ephemeral Presidency" washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/19/t...

The source of my anxiety for the last two months, Kickball Registration, is now in full swing. Today is the easiest day, and it's all downhill from here.

To the diva that was puking at Horse Meat Disco, please take care of yourself

#Boots was the latest in a series of LGBTQ shows canceled after one season. I wanted to understand the market structure that allows for a few hegemonic voices to be the sole decision makers around our stories. Moreover, how the WB sale would make that worse open.substack.com/pub/broadlys...

democratic majority isn’t playing around!!

Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country — every single one of them.

And THIS is why I'm trying to have all kickball games away from the mall

As a local I think I’m going to be more rankled by the corny statue garden than the ballroom

Did @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social just put the final nail in the "Abundance" coffin? She challenged its advocates to prove they are advancing the public good, rather than give the wealthy interests championing it more of what they want. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

As we talk to voters around Ward 1, one issue has come up more than any other: RATS 🐀🚫 Today, we’re releasing our “Ratform” on how we plan to address the rat crisis, part of our larger constituent services platform, Making Government Work For You: aparnafordc.com/platform

Cerebro helps a lot when I'm missing my gay friends

Mary Peltola enters Alaska U.S. Senate race. She takes on Sen. Dan Sullivan. Dems say Peltola makes Alaska one of their top chances to flip a seat. It puts Sen. Murkowski in a spot. She's endorsed Peltola before. Now she's endorsing her GOP colleague. alaskapublic.org/news/politic...

I Like America, and America Likes Me

Recently, I've been surviving butch fantasies when out n about and I dont know if thats a subtle gender crisis or its just too cold to dress f*ggy

bathurst streetcar whizzing by sunday evening traffic on dedicated lanes!

I just think prosecuting ICE agents would help with the vibes. Whatever resources governors and mayors can summon to help in that endeavor, they should.

Last year I was like "In 2025, I'm gonna be a hater" and was too soft to keep up the bit. Luckily, in 2026, Im like "most ppl are dreadful. Let's go dance."

One thing they dont tell you about running Stonewall Kickball is that the off-season planning and admin shit is avtually the more exhausting work

I need to finish my substack post about Boots and Netflix (he says for the umpteenth time)

The only true personality is being a One Piece fan

Too many gay dudes think that having abs or being lean is a substitute for a personality

Watching my ex devolve into an utterly vain douchebag after getting abs does feel vindicating

NEWS: The D.C. Board of Elections has published its new website with information on ranked-choice voting and a interactive sample ballot where you get to rank five of your favorite singers. (Aretha, no contest. No Mariah on there? Sad.) Check it out here: vr.dcboe.org/253434754272...

Interesting: D.C. Police Chief Jeffery Carroll is not responding to detailed written questions from the D.C. Council about MPD's cooperation with federal agencies on immigration enforcement. "The council and the public need answers to these questions," says Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto today.

I love Bowen

Black Blue MAGA is alive and well, and, as a leftist, it's wild to see all of this energy for a corporate Dem

The way the internet has turned so many Black folks into absolute reactionaries is really troubling. It's stan behavior.

I have no beef with Jasmine Crockett. I do have beef with Black folks defending a politician or political campaign from even criticism solely because Black

1) Matt Roger's is right and everyone is being insane 2) Ppl are like "lol why is he blocking ppl" as though they arent being absolutely deranged and sending hordes of stans after him

Colombian President Petro commenting on the US; “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."

Of course, he lives in different city. I'm noticing a trend for me but I'm not sure what I should be learning from that

Meeting and kissing a cute guy on New Years was actually a fantastic start to 2026

My goal is to workout more in 2026 so that barbacking is easier on my body and I'm better at kickball (faster arm, more stamina, etc)

Maybe internet fascism is more properly understood as one of those millenarian movements where uneducated peasants rise up because they believe they can build the kingdom of heaven here on earth, except the “kingdom of heaven” is Captain Crunch commercials from 1993 they’ve been watching on YouTube

Apple telling me my headphones too loud like I didn’t grow up and ride around with niggas who had six 12s in their trunk.

Christopher Caldwell is a regular contributor to the @nytimes.com by the way, if you want to get a sense of what opinions the intelligentsia think are respectable and intriguing and which they think are beyond the pale.

Got a special bonus episode of Organized Money. I did an event with Cory Doctorow for his amazing book Enshittification and we taped it for our Xmas week show: www.organizedmoney.fm/p/the-enshit...

AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce

Choose your top 25 favorite female characters, who are chaotic queens. One per day for 25 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. Day 19: Polaris