Spring cooking. That’s it.

Ashley Etienne on NBC just now said, “I’m smiling so much because of Gavin Newsom” and if that isn’t emblematic of the Democratic Party’s addiction to mediocre white men who turn out to be disappointments I don’t what is.

Travel Is A Nightmare: A saga. (I will update this thread.) Well. As we were taxiing towards the runway we stopped. Now going back to the gate because one of the left engines (the one that controls pressurization? If I understood the pilot) is not functioning properly. (1/?)

I am “get on the plane and immediately put the pillow behind my lower back” years old.

Counterpoint - your parents are never too old to find new ways to disappoint you.

The older I get the more tattoos I want and you know what? I think I might just go for it. We can’t take our flesh bags with us!

I had two beers at Barktoberfest this weekend and ended up buying this giant tomato vase from an interior designer.

My only hope, in the face of this loss, is that gravitational pull of this Rule of Threes activation brings down the Orange One.

This is true and they are super endangered by poachers who shovel them up by the hundreds and sell them at flea markets and shit. You should not buy the plants and if you happen to kick the poacher in the shins on accident, no one will hear about it from me.

Made another mortadella platter for a work potluck earlier this week. Thinking this might become my signature party offer.

Chuseok dinner last night was amazing. I think I will now start celebrating Korean Thanksgiving each year in addition to American Thanksgiving.

Pretty much my favorite time of year at the farmers’ market.

People who don’t know how to mute/unmute themselves on Zoom in 2025 are my ultimate nemesis.

This did some numbers on TikTok and also made some people BIG MAD, so sharing it here with a disclaimer: if you feel like my choices are a personal insult then you should try therapy, not me.

Obsessed with this gremlin.

It’s not a true charcuter-arm without a baguette!

White gays who adopt AAVE as an affectation: maybe don’t?

I’m at an event and was just reminded of why I try to interact with straight men as little as possible: Woman (swatting away a bee, clearly afraid): Oh no! He’s back! Her friend’s Husband: *She’s* back, actually.

I really need it to be colder so that I can wear all the sweaters and vests and coats I can’t stop myself from buying.

Prosciutto ends, leftover cheesy bechamel, potatoes, leeks, dill, lemon juice. Soup!

Timeline Cleanse: Absolutely Epic Charcuterie Edition. (This was at Wedgewood Cheese Bar in Carrboro, NC for Chapel Hill Magazine’s Foodie Issue launch.)

She should have won.

Political violence is a feature of the American system, not a bug. We are a nation founded in violence and that has always used violence to achieve political ends. Say it shouldn’t be that way, say we need to change, but don’t say, “this isn’t how we do things.” We have always done this.

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

The only 2026 Presidential platform I’ll support: expand SCOTUS, prosecute lawbreakers from previous admin (ignore pardons), seize ill-gotten Trump family money, Truth & Reconciliation commission, judicial & congressional term limits, assist w/ Netanyahu’s war crimes arrest.

If Newsom is a serious opposition leader, then it’s time to deploy local law enforcement against ICE. There is no guarantee that a masked vigilante is even a federal agent, and there have been too many legal residents, US citizens, and journalists arrested or injured during these lawless sweeps.

The amount of times I tell people my name is Matt and I get, “Natt?” back is wild to me. Am I mispronouncing my own name? Have people never met a Matt? You can see my lips form “M”, and today I literally spelled it out and this woman still got it wrong.

My friends designed a new logo for their wine bar and I loved it so much I got it tattooed on my thigh.

Hi. Happy Friday.

Finally watched K-Pop Demon Hunters and I fear the critics and public and general zeitgeist might be correct—it is amazing.

I am LOVING that folks are finally coming for Taylor Lorenz and her performative, self-centering “journalism”.

I was raised center left by my parents (thank god) but even as a relatively informed kid (vis a vis the atrocities committed by the US) I never could have imagined that as an adult my best option for a safe and financially secure future would be to leave the country.

Another wonderful experience at Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley, NC. This place is pure bliss.

We're still shy of our GoFundMe goal for departing Eater staff! These are our brilliant colleagues who've done so much for journalism and for this union. If you can contribute, share, or pass this on, please do! Thank you all! #voxunion #1u #unionstrong www.gofundme.com/f/eater-isnt...

The fact that I rarely get racist, homophobic, or unhinged replies to most of my social media posts is a testament to the judicious & regular trimming of my followers/who I follow. Tend to your accounts like you do your garden—weed regularly & don’t replant things that don’t provide benefit!

Explain to me how my father, a smart man who was a Department Head at a college & ran his own business for decades, can’t seem to grasp geography? Because I’ve gotten multiple texts about how “The NC governor ordered evacuations!” & “Are you safe!?” Sir we are 4.5 hours from the Outer Banks.

This is advice I give myself often.

This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen

I don't think anyone who 'just moved to Durham' follows me but here's a municipal election protip If victoria peterson shows up it is your DUTY to call out her homophobia and look at who is palling around. Those folks do not deserve support in Durham.

Printing this out and taping it to my bathroom mirror.

Lunch looks amazing though! Spicy fried beef lagman, lamb tomchi samosa, side salad.

Walked into the Uzbek restaurant for lunch and the server looked me up and down and asked, “water with ice?”

The fact that this is happening at Brown, historically one of the most queer-friendly universities in the nation, is even more distressing. My husband is a Brown alum and deeply hurt and angered by this. It definitely affects how we plan on engaging with Brown in the future.

"It's just fields and fields of gray ash." www.instagram.com/reel/DM8H5L2...

My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us. It’s time to fight back.

A good red sauce joint is a must for any community. So glad we’ve now got Dino’s in Durham. Pure perfection last night!

I wrote an article about YouTuber Joshua Weissman and his plagiarism, abusive behavior, sexual misconduct, and exploitation of his staff. You can click through or click the link in my bio to read it.