I helped make this Tarte Tatin (my partner did 95% of the work). Happy thanksgiving!

People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.

you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking

I'm an "A.i." abolitionist. No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything. Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine. But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires? No.

imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry

Mayor-elect Mamdani references the "Ruthkanda forever" tweet

There’s nothing more irritating than a fun lakers team

It’s always sad when beloved NBA players age out and boy has it been tough to watch Brook Lopez play this year. Real shame, he theoretically fit what the team needed but he just can’t move at the level needed for a rotation player.

I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.

I reviewed HAIL, CAESAR!, an underappreciated gem in the Coens' filmography. A film about the place of the cinema and Hollywood in the debased, ridiculous American pantheon. www.patreon.com/posts/144188...

James Harden not only scored 55 points but he really played a great brand of basketball. Gave the ball up early to beat the double teams, had no silly turnovers. One of his all time best performances, Hornets or no

My son got diagnosed with epilepsy this year and has been in the hospital four times; his stitch doll helps him get through it so you bet your butt we’re giving out stitch dolls

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Idc about any high minded analysis, the Mamdani thing is funny

Shot + chaser

I’m telling you, save the Marxist analysis for later and just enjoy how fucked up the reactionaries are right now. It’ll all be shit again by tomorrow. Just enjoy this reformist socdem wilding out a little and triggering the funniest wave of reactions

This guy has his finger on the pulse of his party's base in a way that others in his caucus unequivocally just do not

TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that? We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to

Mamdani going in there calling Trump sir a couple times and singing the 1-800-588-EMPIRE jingle with him and effortlessly turning him into a committed socialist.

House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks

trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker

center left nation with electoral structures that generate center right results

Good morning. I've got a banger new post out today that develops a new method for placing voters on the left-right ideological spectrum, and adds a new, "non-ideological"/affordability axis to usual way we chart & think about US voters (esp swing voters). www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...

WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...

oh my god he was rooting for Cersei?!

On Tyrese Maxey staging another superstar showing and the value of his in-between scoring on top of his unmatched combination of speed and pull-up shooting... Plus: Paul George was awesome tonight. Sixers don't win without him, either. Crazy one. Tap in! www.phillyvoice.com/sixers-vs-bu...

Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:

The Clippers are somehow, someway not the most depressing team in their own division

I am very curious if the Clippers make any serious changes if they don’t start playing better as the calendar hits December.

Barring a change over these final 14 minutes tonight, the LA Clippers will be 7 games under .500 for the first time since December 2017, when they were 8-15 and then later 11-18. They did go 42-40 that year.

Against my better judgment, I wrote about the Kings. 🔓 www.teamziller.com/sacramento-k...

Onyeka Okongwu has scored 20+ points in 4 straight games for the first time in his career.

Tough to see Harden try to carry this Clippers team. @kofie.bsky.social

My mind has been spinning the last few days as multiple crises of journalism converged—the Nuzzi book, Epstein’s emails revealing journalists hid information, Trump berating a reporter with no consequence—and it occurred to me they all stemmed from the same source: elite impunity.

New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:

So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?

New: Paul George did not have the sort of season debut players dream of, but he was relieved to finally get back on the floor over eight months since his last NBA appearance. George talks here about a "rusty" debut, his "challenging" recovery process and more: www.phillyvoice.com/sixers-news-...

Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.

Larry Summers can't suffer a consequence for being buddies with the most notorious sex criminal in modern history. What would be next? Chuck Schumer resigning for leading a serially-losing caucus? Rahm Emanuel not getting another TV interview? Olivia Nuzzi being forced to leave journalism?

Funny how everything has only gotten worse with the introduction of AI and whatever cost savings it's created, if any, never gets passed on to consumers. Everything is just worse for everyone but shareholders.

Tyrese Maxey saying that he and James Harden still stay in contact regularly "I love James" "He works extremely hard... I've seen it... he really cares about the game of basketball... I learned a lot from him"

Disaster Zu game. That’s just been the Clippers season. Have not been horrible much but just can’t get the whole team to play well in a single game, ever

Andre Drummond has outplayed Ivica Zubac tonight, crazy that the Clippers are even in this

It’s really tough how disappointing John Collins has been this year. We were all hyped about his addition and it just feels like he hasn’t made any of the plays that the Clippers have needed him to, especially on the glass. Brutal on top of all the other issues the Clippers have dealt with.

Execution hadn’t necessarily been great but can’t complain about the Clippers fight or defensive intensity in this one

forgot how racist she is

it didn't even really provide me with any new information but that one email between epstein and some other random rich elite saying "when will the madness end" about the metoo movement felt like a key unlocking my brain that will explain every unforced institutional capitulation we've seen

"sympathy for some of the GOP's voters but contempt for their elected and appointed leaders" is the proper position for dem electeds, and instead we get "sympathy for GOP elected and appointed leaders, but contempt for ~Dem~ voters" it's truly insane fuck all these assholes

New: If there’s any Sixers pregame Q&A worth reading, it’s this one. Here’s @richhomieflom.bsky.social on the Clippers: Aspiration, LA’s rough start to 2025-26, and most importantly… How should the Sixers value their LAC picks acquired in the James Harden trade? www.phillyvoice.com/sixers-news-...

The Clippers are up there for most depressing NBA franchise this season, and I wrote a bit about them for my guy Adam