I am so sad about losing Paul. I spoke to him only a few days before he died. He was a huge presence on the NYC youth soccer world. He truly believed the game was for everyone no matter your level. He had an enormous personality. He screamed at me the first time I met him. I miss him. RIP

The Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost Donald Niedekker Wonderful and original!

For those not deep in insane right wing bullshit, 11 is a popular number because the confederacy was founded by 11 states who seceded. They're making fun of lincoln.

One of my favorite Thanksgiving(ish) poems

I was lyin' in a burned-out basement With a full moon in my eyes I was hopin' for replacement When the sun burst through the sky There was a band playin' in my head And I felt like getting high I was thinkin' about what a friend had said I was hopin' it was a lie

Perfection Vincenzo Latronico A scathing portrait of two empty lives lived online for likes and comments. The characters, a couple, are stand-ins for contemporary lives. For me it was hard to move past the author’s contempt for his own characters-this is not the great novel about online existence.

It’s not a “Mamdani inflamed tensions“ story. It’s a “Mamdani refuses to bow to the views of a bunch of international lawbreakers and thieves hiding behind religion” story. 4/

Liadan Ní Chuinn Every One Still Here Outstanding short fiction from a pseudonymous Northern Irish writer that while not set during the Troubles deals with the aftermath of the Troubles. Some powerful stories among these.

i loom over you. i boop your nose. stop hitting yourself. i mean for you to snarfle up my pungent harvest. i intend that you absolutely motorboat it. i mean for you to nuzzle it. here comes the airplane. soups on. im dominating you with my various fluids. my precious

For 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock, Charlie Brown

The future Assemblymember for AD36 (Zohran’s current seat), Diana Moreno at her campaign launch @dianaforqueens.com

guy looked like a make a wish kid meeting Mamdani

Folks, Zohran Mamdani—smart guy, reminds me of a young me—you know what he said, I told him, “Zohran, I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna say the shahada,” and he said to me “Mr. President, you should say a third line confirming your belief in the wilayat of Ali,” should we do it folks? Should we say it?

I love that in all these pictures Zohran essentially becomes a Zohran Mamdani cardboard cutout, and Trump looks like he's best friends with it.

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

“It’s a myth that the writer is a solitary thing. Writers are like house cats – fiercely independent but reliant on a system they don’t understand. I am no libertarian. I do not write my books all by myself. It takes a family.” — @rabihalameddine.bsky.social

“It’s hard to think in celebratory terms when I’ve written a book about a genocide.” We thank you, Omar El Alkad.

Transportation veterans say that incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani needs to completely reorganize the parking placard giveaway, and enforce against the scofflaws who abuse it. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/20/a...

Truly wouldn’t have guessed some of these Cale picks in a million years which is perfectly in character for the man

To my friends who are *still* on X, why are you on X?

People are going to wildly misinterpret this, and already are, and the reporting itself is misleading. You can want Osse to win. You can donate to his campaign. You can volunteer for his campaign. And you can, at the same time, be opposed to DSA endorsing the campaign!

Omar El Akkad’s One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This wins the National Book Award for Nonfiction! Read more here: buff.ly/r2NOkNr

I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte. ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018. We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:

I did nuzzi that coming!!

I will be stepping back from my public commitments but I will continue being around teenagers all the time

Dominion Addie Citchens I loved this until it was overtaken by plot and then it lost me so to speak. I love some of the writing, especially earlier in the book.

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

'Another Green World is a thoughtful, melancholy, fragile record, arguably one of Eno’s most emotionally resonant moments...' Listen to John and Luke discussing this seminal album as #BrianEno's Another Green World turns 50 today! buff.ly/CiQ7g6F

Defunding the police by winning

Worth reminding everyone that the current highest ranking Democrat in America openly admits he bases his decisions on what he thinks an imaginary person would want and today he and most of his allies are struggling to understand how somebody like Mamdani won by talking to voters who actually exist

unfortunately peter thiel is still smart. i keep getting maximum smart and maximum crazy from the guy. i don't like the maximum smart and maximum crazy guy being a player

“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

attn: senate Dems

Mamdani is going to impose Bendtner Law. Everyone will have to sign a document saying Nicklas Bendtner is the greatest striker of all time.

yes senator they're roasting you on Bluesky, sir yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir

Sleep Phase Mohamed Kheir National Book Award longlist. Compact, punchy, Post-Arab Spring lit with a nod toward Kafka, and another toward someone like Cesar Aira in Kheir’s conjuring of a dreamworld. Fantastic book.

if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it

Kaba is quoted in Kelly Hayes's powerful essay, the latter writes: "I see you, Chicago. I see you brave and beautiful in your cars, tailing ICE vehicles. I see you charging out of your homes before you’ve brushed your teeth to blow your whistles, shout down ICE agents, and hold onto your neighbors."

This morning, I spoke at the SOMOS Labor Breakfast. "We are not looking to remake New York City in my image. We are looking to remake it in the image of struggling workers across the five boroughs."

It's not really a coincidence that the people who freak out the most about Mamdani are also the people most feverishly opposed to anything, anything at all being done to punish Israel behavior that virtually everyone agrees is bad

The motte and bailey this guy and thousands of other pro Israel pundits do on this is really quite pernicious. They talk about supporting two states and Palestinian freedom in the abstract and then call you an antisemite if you suggest that a settler who kills a Palestinian should be jailed.

One of the highlights of ‘26 will be watching this bigot fall on her face

Quick recap of some of the many things going over the past two days since Zohran has been elected! Have been organizing with Zohran for past fews years what’s happening with the campaign/admin inside and outside. As well as upcoming local candidates that have just announced today.

After 30 years of intense study I’ve concluded that Perverted By Language is the best Fall album

Was compelled by the rock gods to capture this three-song sonic magic from the first North American performance of any iteration of The Saints. Enjoy The Saints '73-78 from their tour-opening show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DG8... #teragramballroom #losangeles #rocknroll

Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets. He'll make a great mayor

Oh hey look it’s the group Patel labeled domestic extremists not being able to properly identify the enemy

On Israel-Palestine, Mamdani's coalition of anti-Zionists and liberal Zionists represents the future of the Democratic Party

Sliwa is all bluster. 3 years ago he vowed to go into Astoria ("the belly of the beast"!) and beat leftists and return NYC to its natural state. How's that going? Tiffany Caban was just on the ballot for reelection...unopposed. A mouth bigger than his brain. www.amny.com/politics/cur...