Against the odds, Trump has succeeded in peacefully uniting the world. Unfortunately, he's uniting it against us. This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday, as Canadian PM Mark Carney wrapped up a trip to China--the first by a Canadian PM in 8+ years. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-maki...

I've heard that at the very end of your life, as the light fades for the last time, someone will come into your room and show you a pair of perfectly fitting trousers you could have been wearing this whole time had you only known where to look for them

This is a remarkable story. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...

It has unfortunately come to my attention that @pnwdude18.bsky.social recently passed away. He was a kind, funny, insightful person, and a good friend. Please pray for the repose of his soul.

Today was the first snow day my kids have experienced since my oldest started school two and a half years ago. It's still coming down, making it look as though someone dumped the world's largest bag of powdered sugar over our dooryard

i think i’m fully in on “the white house is run by thirtysomething chuds who think grand strategy games are real life”

don't talk to me until I've had my coughing (I'm a bit congested)

“These are tens of thousands of people that will lose access to services, hundreds of providers, thousands of providers that are going to lose access to their training and technical assistance resources…”

I now know why my 6yo and 4yo wanted me to replace the batteries in several of our candles

he ain’t sick; but no, he isn’t well either

my worst idea so far today: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold with muppets; Alec Leamas is a Jim Hensonified version of this owl; Liz is the only human character

the Tuscarawas

Good reason to re-up this story, in case others missed it too.

wow

Inhaled it this morning, fantastic story www.vulture.com/article/larr...

Good thread.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the stove

Costco, thank you

Timeline cleanser: black sand beach, Kauai, August 2025. Sound on.

Billy bookcase enjoyers: am pleased to report IKEA’s new version has been much improved. Mainly, the 16 or 20 little nails you formerly had to pound into the plastic backing after marking the spots in pencil yourself are gone, replaced by a mere six plastic plugs that go in pre-cut spots.

a government agent, who murdered a civilian for peacefully protesting, flying a dont-tread-on-me flag is such a perfect distillation of the maga ethos it almost feels fake

All I want for this app is for it to eventually become possible to open the TL on a Friday night right before bed and just happen to catch Elizabeth Holmes (I thought she was in prison?) telling Bryan Johnson to castrate himself

helpful thread.

👇🏽

I’ve surely memory-holed some of the schizophrenia of Trump’s first term, but genuinely I am unable to think of a 72-hour period that broke more consequential bad news at any earlier point in my life.

it’s a wicked world in all meridians

a welcome thread

When I was writing about A.I. video slop and docs last year, it became very clear that the objective of anyone who is flooding the zone with A.I. video, no matter how nonsensical, is to ensure that in the near future, all video evidence will be de facto unbelievable. We're not quite there yet.

Someone is impersonating me on Substack—bit of a weird milestone, but it feels appropriate for 2026. If you have an account on the platform, would you mind reporting this person? They are apparently sending messages while posing as me, which is not great

stop what you're doing and let Amber Glenn take you to church #USPrevagenChamps #figureskating

The image of the blood-soaked airbag next to the glove compartment overflowing with stuffed animals is going to stick with me for a very long time.

well thats enough news for today

Abolish ICE. Really.

my heart is just completely broken for this woman, killed trying to protect her community and her friends, and for all the people of Minneapolis, who always seems to unfairly caught in the crosshairs of our national malaise

Now’s a great time to check your BlueSky video settings.

Dr. Fukuyama, you can't miss

they're calling it the most Press Pass edition of Press Pass to ever be Press Passed . . . www.thebulwark.com/i/183549676/...

He drew pictures of animals as fat as we could demand them. —Virginia Woolf, remembering her father when she and her siblings were kids

At my blog, a brief statement on the past & the future of the Empyrean Series, which will turn 5 years old this April jsief.com/2026/01/05/s...

The first-ever winner of the FIFA Peace Prize did WHAT

Just back in the door after spending the day traveling home from AMERICA. I always enjoy driving back on a Saturday when little is typically happening in the world

it’s actually Martyn Supreme

Saw Bluesky described as where elder millennials go to retire from the internet, and immediately felt the peace that passes all understanding wash over me. None of have to struggle any longer. We completed our time.

Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...

Dasein

Absolutely going to evangelize about it: working to get out of the cardio mindset I was taught (suffer as hard as possible to 'earn' calories to eat) into the cardio mindset I wanted (a lovely slow nature run to help my brain and my heart) was one of the best things I've ever done. Good luck!

"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.) www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...

that gets a full “hell yeah brother” and a welcome to the Dudes Rock canon