Wait, what? My son’s friend, traveling in China, is staying at a hotel chain called ‘James Joyce Coffetel’, and instead of a Gideon Bible, they leave a copy of Ulysses by the bedside.

Good thread.

I got very into Hartley's films during the 90's and enjoyed them for how he showed how weird the experience of everyday life could be through his choices in direction. Good article looking over his work. Reminds me I should catch up on his more recent films. (And I can hear that header photo.)

in the end, the future of cinema is Hundreds of Beavers

45 years ago Paranoid Time is the debut EP by American hardcore punk band Minutemen, released in December 1980 It was the second release from the SST record label founded by Greg Ginn and Chuck Dukowski. Album cover by Raymond Pettibon American punk rock was a great family 👌

i asked @davidjroth.bsky.social to write a "a quick 2-3 graf sub appeal" based on his typically excellent blog earlier this week. because he can only be himself, roth turned in 600 original words, trimmed down and reproduced here. if you also liked reading this, consider a sub: defector.com/products

"Comparing what we're looking for misses the point. It's wanting to know that makes us matter. Otherwise we're going out the way we came in." Tom Stoppard, Arcadia

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

you gotta remember that from a conservative perspective, these programs are a failure. they don't want to reduce homelessness, they want to punish homeless people. they'd pay 10x as much for that happily

Only on days ending in "y."

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

w/r/t that last repost, here are two of my favorite moments from The Last Crusade, both directly the result of Stoppard's changes.

For the Venn diagram overlap of Tom Stoppard fans & Indiana Jones fans, here is a very detailed breakdown of Stoppard's *extensive* (and uncredited) script revisions to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (source: mffilm.wixsite.com/lastcrusade ). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I started reading this Derek Guy thread looking (successfully, as always) to learn things about tailoring and menswear, but unexpectedly found myself looking at a photo of F. Scott Fitzgerald and realizing somehow I made it this far (and read him a lot) without knowing what he looked like.

“We shed as we pick up, like travelers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those left behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.” — Tom Stoppard

Oh damn. Going to give our vinyl copy of The Harder They Come a spin tonight.

my refrigerator stopped screaming! (that's good) my freezer defrosted and everything melted. (that's bad)

Here’s a handy protocol to determine whether AI could be helpful with your problem or project.

TIL Linus is Woke. I use Linux BTW 🐧 social.kernel.org/notice/AWSXo...

Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...

I love everything about this, both the zine vending machine concept and making it all about the local lore.

Sports highlight of the week for me.

Pope Leo absolutely cooking

Just now on the ABC crawl: "Michigan kicks game winning FG to beat Navy / South Florida falls at Navy." Impressive feat by Navy being in two games at once.

The stakes for including trans athletes are real and high. Meanwhile, the idea of keeping sports “fair” is transparently a wedge designed to justify the exclusion of people from enriching—even lifesaving—activities. defector.com/what-does-a-...

I post this a lot, but it's Sesame Street's birthday and I can't think of a better time to share my favourite clip. Elvis Costello and Elmo duet on "A Monster Went and Ate My Red 2". This version has supplanted the Costello original in my head now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxar...

Woke up this morning to find that the people of New York City have re-lit the torch of the Statue of Liberty, sending a signal out to the rest of America that Trump's bullying tactics that seek to divide and debase any notion of solidarity among diverse communities can be defeated #TurnUpTheVolume

I correctly guessed the race had been called when hearing cheers from the bar across the street from us. While not as loud as this video, it was much the same vibe.

I grew up in Bucks County and this result brings me a special bit of joy.

posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch

For a bit I forgot that the current political movement was won with a weak minority and is managed by annoying dorks who nobody likes who have terrible vibes. This video has 1.3 million likes and is a good reminder that better things are possible, even for those of us outside NYC. A good night!

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant." SAY. THAT. SHIT!

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

Getting hit in the chest from point blank range with a footlong sub and an enormous Peckinpah-style squib of sweet onion teriyaki sauce explodes from my chest.

Once again, congratulations to the Phillies for eliminating the Phillies from the playoffs and avoiding the tragedy of unearthing all of the 1993 trauma.

Grokipedia proves you can get everything you want and still be a thin-skinned, childish, anti-factual piece of shit.

The NOAA hurricane hunter crews going without pay during the government shutdown operate two venerable P-3 Orion aircraft, nicknamed "Kermit" and "Miss Piggy." They typically fly 8-10 hour missions while cutting through the hurricane eyewall and deploying probes. www.omao.noaa.gov/aircraft-ope...

Excellent clip on the history of hostile architecture in NYC-it’s current form seen in the leaning benches in subways &lack of any seating (except Amtrak Lounge) in Moynihan station impacting ppl who are unhoused, older, and/or disabled. Of course, Robert Moses & his legacy are responsible for this.

I could just stop doing interviews and send this

This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)

"The man with the most power has expended enormous energy targeting those with the least." - Zohran Mamdani, 10/11/2025

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning: www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

You actually don’t have to hand it to Donald Trump. You don’t have to give him credit for anything. He’s a horrible human being who has never known a day of suffering in his life. Nor does he care an ounce about the suffering of anybody else. Hope that helps.

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry. (He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Only about 127 days until pitchers and catchers report to camp.

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption. My full statement:

Baseball is the best.

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