I have truly had enough of 2025.

Okay, what holiday movies are we revisiting this year? Time to get started.

I’m sorry, are we doing Xmas trees BEFORE Thanksgiving? My mom sent me a pic of hers last night and I’m seeing a ton on social media. WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?

If I did consider a Substack/newsletter, what would you want to read from me?

I truly can’t tell if people love or hate Brandon Johnson? Help?

Learned this via Pub Lunch this morning and screamed. Helen Garner forever!

Good day in NYC.

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Happy Zohran Day to all who celebrate!!

mamdani is going to break 50% and centrist pundits are going to convolute themselves in new ways to say he doesn’t have a mandate

As the election results come in, will there be some kind of Bill Ackman reaction live feed because I think I would enjoy that

YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE

May we all get to go to sleep in Mamdani’s New York 🤞🏾

I am unreasonably excited about Mamdani-era New York.

I miss doing author talks!

Gayle King, the face of CBS News' morning show for more than a decade, is expected to depart as an anchor of the morning program next year, Variety reports

This article made me want to give up on humanity entirely.

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

Replies turned off but I want so badly to be like “this is how and why this is like this!!”

A Washington resident has filed a lawsuit after he was handcuffed and briefly detained last month for protesting members of the National Guard patrolling D.C. neighborhoods by playing 'The Imperial March' from the "Star Wars" franchise.

And just like their parents before them, Brooding columnist Kathryn Jezer-Morton writes, their vigilance is suffused with anxiety.

The worst hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Super glad to see the Booker add a young people’s literature category.

For reasons unknown, I can’t stop thinking about hibachi!? I haven’t been to one of those spots since I was a suburban 10 year old.

People across the country are fighting for their lives and also to protect their neighbors. They are doing so in the 100s of thousands every single day. You can choose to join the fight or you can pretend that "no one is doing anything."

Today’s City Lit purchase

A beautiful piece on our dear D’Angelo from Niela Orr in the LRB.

Lololol

Every time something like the GOP chat leak occurs I hear smart people arguing that shame could be a useful tactic. But shame only works if the bad actors think their actions are bad. Hypocrisy, shame, these Victorian-ish norms are just that, norms, guardrails, and they don't work against fascism.

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

2025 is not a great year for anyone, it seems. Maybe Bezos.

D’Angelo 💔

LFG

"We have nothing to lose but our chains." A forever bar for a forever icon. Rest in Power Assata Shakur.

Outraged at the media. Outraged.

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age." She was 78.

Why are major news outlets not sharing this news????

James Comey responds on Instagram: "I'm not afraid." He adds: "I'm innocent, so let's have a trial."

24 hours in Maine LFG

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Long live the book.

Trump-aligned billionaires owning all the social media platforms is a really big deal

Sometimes a deal just dies, even if no one involved wants it to. Sigh. *sad trombone*

Hey #BookSky For many bookstores & small retail in general, the holiday season is make or break for the year for them. Of course, money is tight for everyone this year so here's a thread of ways to support your local bookstore WITHOUT spending more $$ than you already intended to...

Yup

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Ben Shapiro and I Talk Political De-escalation The state — and stakes — of political disagreement in America, both before and after the Charlie Kirk shooting. open.spotify.com/episode/136V... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

Yeah. The @karenattiah.bsky.social firing for those posts are a bridge too far. Just awful.

Who knows stuff about working with SBA loans? Lord I’m in deep 😂