Look what showed up today from @johnlingan.bsky.social: his next book! Out November 11. I’m looking forward to arguing with him about it. He once called me a cockroach (complimentary).

Been waiting for Michael Thomas' The Broken King so long I didn't realize the book dropped a few months ago. h/t @groveatlantic.bsky.social groveatlantic.com/book/the-bro...

Man these people said I didn’t do yesterday’s Strands and I know I did. Ended my streak at 41. Bout to shed thug tears.

I started a newsletter, friends. this-not-that.ghost.io

Serious dust storm action tonight. Turned pitch black a minute after I shot this.

Jump They Say, followed by Win.

Well well well: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLAv...

There's nothing like cooking a fresh fish fillet to teach you just how much of a cookware company's claim of "non-stick" is actually a giant load of horseshit.

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I have an essay in this month’s @harpers.bsky.social on freaking out during the pandemic & hiring a dominatrix & how this relates to our historical moment of deranged vibes probably TMI

"That’s easy. Marilynne Robinson has said, 'If you had to summarize the Old Testament, the summary would be: stop doing this to yourselves. But it is not in our nature to stop harming ourselves.'" harpers.org/archive/2025...

I told my exceedingly smart 19-year-old nephew the other night to reject the metaphor of the human brain as a computer. I’m sure that sounds especially insane/nonsensical to someone so young, but (and?) I got almost emotional saying it.

Perfect weather wasted on a Tuesday. SMH.

Many thanks to @joelcalahan.com for pointing out Ayoade's @nybooks.com piece (under the name of his alter ego Chloë Clifton-Wright) about Hughes, "Posterity Is Vulgar." www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Today’s Connections was BS and they blew up my streak.

I think Ezra Pound is the obvious answer for me.

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky

My goodness I actually remember this.

The range of interest and quality of engagement @philipchristman.bsky.social shows in his reviewing is wonderful and rare. I think he convinced me to read three books with this column.

. @tayari.bsky.social and @danaawilliams.bsky.social conversating about "Toni At Random": www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPeo...

Blazing hot take: Jodeci's "Lately" >>>>>> Stevie Wonder's "Lately".

. @tayari.bsky.social and @danaawilliams.bsky.social conversating about "Toni At Random": www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPeo...

In 1995, Nikky Finney received "the most important postcard of my life." It was from Toni Cade Bambara and said, "Do not leave the arena to the fools." Word.

Anthony Cummins considers "What our obsession with Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life says about us" @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book... but fails to address what my complete lack of interest in this "book of our times" says about me.

This is my too-late contribution to the Discourse about the Coldplay couple. Powel was fond of noting that affairs, like war, are mostly about logistics.

Jon Lee Anderson and Scott Anderson are brothers who try not to be in the same war zone at the same time, but I caught up with them while they both happened to be in New Jersey. We talked about their unconventional lives and their unconventional upbringing.

wait what if we’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl year after year

Treme >>>>

U2 or Simple Minds?

Currently listening to a two song playlist on a loop. This: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyj5...

Student loans are a mofo.

my wee-small-hours top 5 Louis Armstrong, "Blueberry Hill" (Live) Frank Sinatra, "I Can't Get Started" Billie Holiday w/ Lester Young, "I Must Have That Man" Louis Armstrong, "Black and Blue" Chet Baker, "My Funny Valentine"

And they published Herman Melville's books, including MOBY-DICK and Herm died in debt to the firm.

You've been reading Cyrus Colter?