The problem with scammers and loneliness these days is that everything is digital, so the scammer never gets the chance to fall in love with a plucky local librarian and change his wicked ways. And forget about the implications of not even having to buy a bunch of marching band instruments.

Go see Josh.

Jay Jurden, who is so funny, has a new standup special out today, and I’m excited to watch it!!!

we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...

Why do we keep making shows about the same serial killers? Can't we just go back to making up weirdos to create dramas about? The IP of actual murders can't be THAT valuable, can it?

It's that time of year when Halloween decorations haven't all come down, and Christmas decorations are about to start going up. We're in...the Tim Burton Zone.

There's a new @themountaingoats.bsky.social album about a maritime accident out today, and @maris.bsky.social is away for the weekend. She's going to come back to find me gazing out the window smoking a pipe and scratching a thick bushy beard.

Another classic Hamilton blog!

i hear this is an app for talking about sports so I wanted to let you guys know about my new newsletter and YouTube channel where we can talk about sports

Today in @thenation.com: thrilled to have @gbbranstetter.bsky.social on how this week's elections should bury once and for all the toxic myth that trans people are to blame for the Democratic Party's political failures www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Doing a show tonight in Greenpoint! Fun lineup! Excited for this!

Minneapolis is one of my favorite cities in America to tell jokes in, and I'll be back to the Parkway Theater in just a few weeks (11/23)! Grab a ticket and come in from the cold to enjoy some new jokes!!!

PORTLAND (west): I'm coming to Helium for three shows on 12/30 and 12/31! If you are the kind of person who wants to have MORE fun or LESS fun than a comedy show on New Year's Eve, come out the night before! Otherwise, your NYE plans can be locked in TODAY! portland.heliumcomedy.com/shows/342084

I got my ticket! Can’t wait!!!

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

PORTLAND (west): I'm coming to Helium for three shows on 12/30 and 12/31! If you are the kind of person who wants to have MORE fun or LESS fun than a comedy show on New Year's Eve, come out the night before! Otherwise, your NYE plans can be locked in TODAY! portland.heliumcomedy.com/shows/342084

this will be a delight

Minneapolis is one of my favorite cities in America to tell jokes in, and I'll be back to the Parkway Theater in just a few weeks (11/23)! Grab a ticket and come in from the cold to enjoy some new jokes!!!

Doing a show tonight in Greenpoint! Fun lineup! Excited for this!

I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...

I did a voice on this week's episode of Circle Round, recorded live at Symphony Hall in Boston! It's called "Whatever You Like" and it's fun to listen to with your kids if you have kids!

Well this piece just won an IACP award!

Feeling inspired to take action this morning? Join us in calling our City Council members and demand .5% of the budget be committed to fund our libraries! Already called? Tell us how it went: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Your whole family can enjoy these, don’t sleep on Circle Round.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Sterlin Harjo about “The Lowdown”: the real-life inspiration for the series, that incredibly cathartic season finale, and why he believes there’s hope for the future of our deeply broken country.

Life hack: You can cross things off your to-do list even if you haven't done them. Nobody checks.

icymi, read BASKETBALL FEELINGS and win a @flagrantmag.com subscription

When rich people say they are "leaving New York" that just means they're doing retail therapy by buying an additional house somewhere else.

I'm in this one too!

Last night in Brooklyn the vibes were so good I saw a DJ play "Macarena" as a heat check and the crowd's response was like...fuck it, we'll make it work.

This month marks the three year anniversary of That's Marvelous! Here's a little excerpt from this week's installment. Read the whole thing here: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/156-pep-talk...

I did a voice on this week's episode of Circle Round, recorded live at Symphony Hall in Boston! It's called "Whatever You Like" and it's fun to listen to with your kids if you have kids!

It feels a bit weird to post right now in light of what has happened to @teenvogue.com and so much of the incredible team there. What sources shared here is important, & I’m grateful I got to work on this. I reported on how young people are being impacted by delays to SNAP: “It’s about survival.”

A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked. “Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.” thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...

I’m not sure Eric Adams realized there was an election today.

Okay now that he’s conceded, it’s time for Curtis Sliwa to hang upside down by his feet like a bat for three years or whatever he does between elections.

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

This month marks the three year anniversary of That's Marvelous! Here's a little excerpt from this week's installment. Read the whole thing here: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/156-pep-talk...

five months of @autonomynews.co. :') we've got a story coming out tomorrow and multiple investigations in the works. Can we get 50 people to drop us $5? Or 5 people to give $50??

Let me honor Josh’s request: fuck Cuomo and Adams, two loser turds that the history books/pdfs will mock till the end of humanity. Bye bitches! Just voted for Zohran and feeling fucking awesome!!

Okay I was HUMILIATINGLY bad at this, but I'm glad I did it! Thank you to the Sunday comedians run for letting me play!

Remember: Dick Cheney won't see your mean jokes about Dick Cheney, but your horrible warmonger ghoul friends...well, they'll probably only see them if you post them on Twitter.

Let's all allow Dick Cheney's peaceful passing at the ripe old age of 84 to remind us of the importance and joy of speaking ill of the dead when the dead were assholes.

People always use "taking candy from a baby" as an example of something easy to do, but it's waaaaay simpler to GIVE candy TO a baby. And yes, it looks suspicious, but so does robbing a child.

This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers

On this episode of Try Hard, Josh Gondelman plays pickup basketball: defector.com/josh-plays-p...

This week's That's Marvelous newsletter is about Halloween plus a speed round of pep talks for people who have been donating to food banks and ALSO a very aughts song I like a lot!

Okay I was HUMILIATINGLY bad at this, but I'm glad I did it! Thank you to the Sunday comedians run for letting me play!