I thought of myself as appropriately pessimistic about the state of mass transit in the US, then I tried to arrange a bus or train trip home to NYC for a college student coming from Cleveland.

hot take i think we should ban sports gambling before someone gets shot

Probably the loveliest thing you’ll encounter on the timeline today.

The defining trait of the AI push is the braiding together of monstrous dreams for technology with a real unconcern for explaining how these ghoulish miracles are actually going to work.

“If you’re really poor how come you’re not in black and white?!” 👌

Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."

I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.

Heat not working properly at the office followed by choir practice in the most notoriously overheated practice room in the facility. A day that would have killed most characters in Victorian novels.

Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue." Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...

@durbin.senate.gov made it infinitely easier for Senators to sue Jack Smith for trying to uncover their treason than for this man to sue ICE for pepper spraying his toddler.

Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"

“You’re out of gunge/ I’m out of slime” - Out Of Touch by Hall & Oates if it was about running out of various oozes and glops

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

not the most important part of this story but can we talk about how they made a robot that talks like reddit? the entire model of "intelligence" and human interaction this approximates is "forum douche." they built a thing that simulates posting online

Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Given what I understand the rules of ghosts to be (you can’t manipulate objects but you can see) a good repertory movie theater is really your only option to make this bearable. I’m looking for multiple screens, interesting approach to genres and great Q&A bookings.

Sauté Scallion (or onion) in saucepan in oil until soft + minced garlic & Tbspn cumin Stir over heat to lightly cook garlic Add any rice +liquid (broth or water; jarred better than boullion v. good here) in 2:1 ratio. Salt as needed. Bring to boil, reduce to simmer Cover until done Vary as desired

Aloof Aloof Aloof is on fire

forgot to post my annual pumpkin #art

If you’re near downtown Manhattan on Wednesday, this is a not-to-miss triple bill. LIAB are still providing weirdness & rock joy in equal measure. Jessie’s voice soars along with the emotions of her songwriting. Charlie’s latest material is shoegazey, hypnotic, transporting. Incredible value!!

Piloting a new ennui button feature for posts that merely exist

Thanks to @jasondiamond.bsky.social ‘s newsletter I think I’ll spend today listening to the Cramps youtu.be/RVhdHAqoE_c?...

Excited about the next phase of the CDU (Charles Dickens Universe) SON OF DOMBEY & SON DEATH NELL: KURIOSITY KILLS DIMEBAS QUARTERLY HARD TIMES 2: 2X HARDER TEAM TINY: TIM VS JO HEEP

at my patient’s deathbed, his family around him in tears: “You’ve read your last free article”

These systems are going to get people hurt. "Baltimore county high schools last year began using a gun detection system using school cameras and AI to detect potential weapons. If it spots something it believes to be suspicious, it sends an alert to the school and law enforcement officials."

Idea: What if communities all over the country could enjoy the equivalent of the pro-stadium boondoggles that burden the taxpayers of large cities? But—here’s the innovative bit—offering environmental AND economic damage?

Letter of recommendation: Listening to a bunch of Shudder to Think songs.

Both “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret” and the “Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing” EP were enormous for me as a young teen and offered a glimpse of a very different world than my southern American one, wonderfully theatrical, funny, and sad. As a straight kid I didn’t get much of the gay context, but I loved them.

Hi just so I'm clear. I wrote "donate to food banks" and do "food runs for mutual aid" because they are different things! Food banks want your money! they can do more with your money than with stuff. Mutual aid groups often want stuff! Mine has a food fridge!

The University of Virginia has capitulated to Trump on transgender and race (affirmative action) issues. The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Watching Steve Hackett perform last night there was the special feeling that comes from being in a room filled with people who have two things in common: we all could sing along with “The Carpet Crawlers” and we all, one presumes, have regular appointments at the dermatologist.

Ay me! I see the ruin of my house

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

Immigration is good and we need to say so. It is in our best interest when people want to come to this country to make a better life for themselves. My family story is the shtelt to the American dream in three generations. Other people should have this opportunity, too.

The new WHO global report on antimicrobial resistance is grim 1 in 6 bacterial infections worldwide is now resistant to antibiotics. That’s 16% of common bacterial infections that no longer respond to standard treatments. www.who.int/news/item/13...

Hoping the AI bubble collapses soon so we can get a bunch of new Spirit Halloweens in these data centers

It’s once again almost … (checks notes) …Boss’s Day? For all who, um, Smithersbrate?!

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.** reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

In stadia across the world tonight: KRASZ-Na HOR-Kai! CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP

Couldn’t be happier that the Nobel has gone to Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Back in 2012 I tried to astroturf a movement claiming him as the Next Big Thjng but it didn’t take off because he’s too difficult www.theguardian.com/books/2012/j...

It’s still a little bit wonderful (after years) to be on the subway & come up out of the tunnel onto the Manhattan Bridge & see the harbor & the Brooklyn Bridge, on the other side the traffic moving slightly out of sync. If you visit NYC, find a reason to take the N, Q, D or B to Brooklyn or back.

This is the kind of book that makes an essential dog eared paperback [extreme complimentary]

I like the word “betrayal” in this like the guy gave the Tyrannosaurus Rex a good job in his office but then the Tyrannosaurus Rex destroyed everything and slept with his wife

Glad to see this re-upping of “Ducks,” which is superb.

"The Official Release Party of a Showgirl" sounds like an obscure social satire from the Czechoslovak New Wave (1966) you can watch on Criterion Channel

The purest possible timeline cleanse

Feeling somehow both critiqued and validated

BREAKING: Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported to a Louisiana immigration facility, from where his family said he will be deported to El Salvador tomorrow at 11 a.m. www.wabe.org/family-says-...

I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane. Congress has not authorized The use of military force.