Colson Whitehead Michael Cunningham Lorrie Moore Ta-Nehisi Coates Louise Erdrich David Mitchell Michael Chabon This is harder than I thought it would be - several writers I thought of whose entire oeuvre I've read have written 3 or 4 books

My colleague Toby is already doing a thread that covers some of this (love the chart), but here's my take on why the liberals and centrists in Platner's broad coalition loved him and wouldn't hear a word against him...

I believe Jenny. Graham Platner should not be Democrats’ nominee for U.S. Senate.

If roughing up a girlfriend and locking her in a room was a virile, authentic a rejection of “smoothgroined” “HR lady” politics, but a rape is too far, then what’s at stake is not a principled rejection of violence against women but a cynical assessment of how much violence a man can get away with.

Is there blame to go around? Sure. But I believe the lion’s share belongs to Graham Platner, who out of rank arrogance gambled with the lives and safety of millions if not billions of people, who thought he could outrun accountability and be rewarded with power and acclaim. *This is his fault*

When we win, the first bill I’m filing is a comprehensive anti-corruption package: Overturn Citizens United Ban corporate PACs and super PACs Ban members of Congress from trading stocks Once we defeat the most corrupt politician in America, we can defeat this entire corrupt system.

All of the video of Knicks celebrations colliding with Pride celebrations (and all of the videos of both separately) represents an excellent reminder: There is *nothing* wrong with America that cannot be solved by what is *right* with America.

"Working class" in 2026 means a blue haired barista with they/them pronouns, a Asian immigrant nail technician, and an undocumented hotel cleaner. And we are going to keep having the same fights until we let the midcentury illustrator mirage of the white guy in plaid with the lunch pail go.

The fact that "Anthony Head" and "Giles" are trending above "GOP Senate" and "Bari Weiss" on this website is strangely encouraging to me today

This made me happier than anything has in quite some time

And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made

@thepressbox.bsky.social I can think of at least one example of “loudly” deleting old tweets:

I believe in a promised land

if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things

Or, you know, alternatively, you could do the job a lot of people worked really hard to elect you to do, that they depend on you to do, instead of lecturing those people about their (extremely justified) anger and their desire to do something with it. This fucking sucks! You fucked up! Own it!

“Donald Trump and his MAGA allies fought tooth and nail to starve children instead of working across the aisle to bring down your healthcare costs” Say it with me roughly 5 billion times until next November

“Donald Trump and his MAGA allies fought tooth and nail to starve children instead of working across the aisle to bring down your healthcare costs” Say it with me roughly 5 billion times until next November

Amen

The NY mayoral election shouldn't really be a referendum on anything national, but I can't help but see it that way when the choice is this existential or this stark: a guy who stands for the idea that politics can still help people vs a guy who stands for nothing but power and no one but himself

So much of this can be solved with “wow is that about you in any way? No? Cool. Mind your own fucking business.” This what the conservative people I grew up around claimed to want: for the government to leave everyone alone to live their lives.

Maybe today is not a silver bullet or a tipping point. But today is a day where someone who is afraid to stand up but wants to has that opportunity, who doesn’t know what to do, but they’re mad and tired and want something more than this. We can go today to help them stand up straighter.

Maybe today is not a silver bullet or a tipping point. But today is a day where someone who is afraid to stand up but wants to has that opportunity, who doesn’t know what to do, but they’re mad and tired and want something more than this. We can go today to help them stand up straighter.

I haven't seen any of the accounts people are talking about (yet, I guess?) and I am choosing to view that as this website working the way it is intended to (i.e. "we just use the nuclear block, that's what it's for")

Somehow Thiel is doing the Boss Baby meme except he is substituting...the Antichrist

this is the third time Donald Trump has shut down the government while his party controls both houses of Congress

I am so tired of this profoundly ignorant person being this in-charge, it is an intolerable condition that has been imposed upon us that we do not fucking deserve

I don't know that it is the *biggest* problem with Right Now, but I definitely think the most annoying problem is people in positions of power and prestige asserting that Things Happened based solely on vibes

This is confirmation of something I didn't totally know how to put it into words: when given the choice between just doing regular government stuff and doing a crime, they are choosing to do a crime. And like - kind of just because they can?

These people are targeting food service employees who already deal with so much bullshit in the course of their workday and I simply do not have words to express how angry this makes me, leave the people at Starbucks alone, they don't get paid enough for this shit

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

Remember when a government shutdown was a totally unacceptable nuclear option and not, like, the cost of doing business?

I have to say “more alive than ever” is uhhhh not my takeaway from any of this

This is unconscionable and no one should accept it

I do not believe in Hell, but if it is real, there is a special section reserved for anyone who attempts to comfort people lost to totally preventable and senseless murder with this bullshit.

I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today. Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American. There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

This mess about "eliminating the trans gene" makes me very angry and pretty sad, but I do think it is an opportunity to clarify (and maybe to celebrate) some things. It makes me think about a close friend I grew up with, came out as trans in her early 30s. She was the first trans person I knew 1/?

QT this post with someone you wish was still alive

Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs

This is a fucking disgrace

he always strikes the perfect balance of evil and pathetic

TIMELINE: ok i hear what you're saying. but what if things got dumber

Unquestionably the very best thing about this country is that you can come from anywhere in the world and become an American. We are poorer for the fact that there is not a single leader with enough courage to just say this, in public and for public consumption, every time someone asks.

I wish I could say for certain that this is the bottom, that this is as vile and as cruel as it can possibly get. It is a testament to their commitment to hatred that there is no way to be sure.

Words to live by (Spokane, Washington - Riverfront Park)

Lots of talk today about the demise of BlueSky. For whatever it's worth, it's been a boon to indie publishers like us. Twitter and Facebook have pretty much silenced us, so the engagement here has, and continues to be, wonderful.

Hey man, I have a lot of respect for how you’ve handled Trump Pt 2, but this sucks, and I wish you wouldn’t do it.