Aug. 26: Stephen Miller says "the Democrat Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization." Sept. 25: Miller put in charge of coordinating a federal campaign to prosecute "domestic terrorist organizations."

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For the October issue of @gqmagazine.bsky.social, I went to Beverly Hills to spend time with the manosphere's favorite plastic surgeon, who helped me make sense of how podcasts dictate male beauty standards and why Joe Rogan is Goop for guys. Read it here: www.gq.com/story/how-po...

Always read Katy Waldman! The New Yorker's most reliably interesting critic.

For the October issue of @gqmagazine.bsky.social, I went to Beverly Hills to spend time with the manosphere's favorite plastic surgeon, who helped me make sense of how podcasts dictate male beauty standards and why Joe Rogan is Goop for guys. Read it here: www.gq.com/story/how-po...

An @nytimes investigation finds staggering levels of insider dealing: The Trump administration confers benefits on the UAE (despite security concerns) as the UAE confers riches on the Trump family. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

Pure speculation but I wouldn't be surprised if Trump sent the FBI after John Bolton because he learned this story was coming and suspects his former national security director is the one who brought it to the New York Times. Hence searching his home for classified documents.

“It’s almost impressive how incorrect he’s able to be about an article he’s looking directly at… It’s also an incredible example of how climate misinformation sneaks into extremely popular media and then gets absorbed into the brains of millions of Americans.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This story about a failed SEAL Team 6 operation in North Korea is fucking nuts. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

This is a great dive: by turns technical and cultural, with a nice arc about how Americans struggled to comprehend, let alone localize, anime for Western audiences.

For The New York Times Magazine I wrote about How Anime Took Over America. (Gift link). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

For The New York Times Magazine I wrote about How Anime Took Over America. (Gift link). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.

I went on @marketplace.org to talk about my @businessweektr.bsky.social feature on Japanese zipper giant YKK. www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

Canadian billionaire Kevin O’Leary thinks he should be entitled to a meeting with Zohran Mamdani

“In contrast to Americans, who profess belief in principles they don’t adhere to, Japanese people often claim not to believe in the Shinto and Buddhist rituals they practice.” —from “Mount Fear Diary,” an essay by @viajoshhunt.bsky.social www.thebeliever.net/mount-fear-d...

Reaaaaally love this Businessweek story from @viajoshhunt.bsky.social about the world’s largest zipper-maker, YKK, which is totally fascinating in too many ways to enumerate in a post. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

The world’s largest zipper manufacturer has spent decades mastering the global supply chain. Now it has to weather the Trump-tariff era.

A great deep dive in a genre I love–how supply chains explain the world—about YKK, whose products you almost certainly own even if you don't know it. By @viajoshhunt.bsky.social

"Free Press" means becoming part of a company that paid off an administration attempting to stifle the free press www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/b...

The cop yelling about how it’s all your fault after the cops shot you in the head. Really sums it up.

a friend just sent me this great 2023 GQ article by @viajoshhunt.bsky.social (in pdx no less) about the death of Italian bespoke tailoring. Good read. Sad - but also, a death of their own making in a lot of ways. #sewing getpocket.com/explore/item...

chat, is there anything in christianity about forgiving the people who killed your son

NEW: In an unprecedented move, Nintendo has pushed preorders for its highly-anticipated Switch 2 to an unknown date. Why? Trump's tariffs.

When Social Security declared him dead and his Medicare was canceled, his credit score was also marked “deceased, do not issue credit,” and set to zero. “The good news is I don’t think it can go any lower than that,” he said. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Saddened to learn that Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has died. I was lucky enough to spend time with her a few years ago and write about her life and her art. We won't see the likes of her again. www.vulture.com/article/jaun...

NEW: Federal immigration officials launched their first high-profile raids in NYC under President Donald Trump. A motorcade of heavily militarized federal agents converged at the parking lot of the Bronx Terminal Market in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday morning.

I wrote about Jesse James, Luigi Mangione and the assassination of Shinzo Abe for The New York Times Magazine. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/m...

When I'm back in the U.S. I always go through my storage space and find stuff I don't use and don't need. This time: A like-new Sony PCM-D10 audio recorder (retail $495) that I'd be happy to let go for $175 shipped if any radio or podcast folks out there are interested. transom.org/2019/sony-pc...

This is fascinating. “Williams is part of a larger cold war, radical vs. radical, that’s stayed mostly in the shadows. A left-wing activist told me he personally knows about 30 people who’ve gone undercover in militias or white supremacist groups.”

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@hamrahrama.bsky.social's 25 best movies of 2024! www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

Philip Jeck: 'rpm' out now. "This record is an extraordinary gift, grand on every level." philipjeck.bandcamp.com/album/rpm

Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said that federally required tallies taken across the country in January found that more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless.

It’s very Fight Club that these guys are obsessed with the language of ancient warfare in the context of their e-mail jobs

A cop is clearly visible in the subway video doing nothing.

Whoever is in charge of Timmy's press tour for "A Complete Unknown" is a genius.

Sophie Smith's piece in the LRB on the rape trial, and on men in general, is chillingly, vividly brilliant. Via @helenbarrett.bsky.social www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Der Spiegel reporting that the terrorist who attacked a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany tonight was a supporter of the far-right AfD and was a fan of Elon Musk: www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...

If you're a literary agent who loves my writing, or a writer who loves your literary agent, please shoot me a DM. I'm on the market and looking to sell two manuscripts, one nonfiction reporting and the other nonfiction memoir. (The memoir is based partly on this: www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/o...)

Isn't this a business-model problem, not a legal problem? It's impossible for many creative people to make money from their work without copyright claims. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...

If you're a literary agent who loves my writing, or a writer who loves your literary agent, please shoot me a DM. I'm on the market and looking to sell two manuscripts, one nonfiction reporting and the other nonfiction memoir. (The memoir is based partly on this: www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/o...)

Kyrsten Sinema had maybe the single most breathtakingly cynical evolution as a politician I’ve ever seen, from Green Party firebrand to one of the purest sellouts in DC I hope I never have to read about her ever again

New Yorkers be like, "I am subletting my apartment when I go see The Brutalist on Sunday between the hours of 12 pm and 3:45 pm"

“I’m waiting for an ambulance. I might be going into labor. Is that okay?” “You’re being detained because you’re unlawfully camping.” This is the “culture of life” I’ve heard so much about. www.lpm.org/news/2024-12...