Wish I could still afford therapy because I have some super dark thoughts.

6 am, time to read about cadavers. “Unclaimed bodies can’t consent at all, and the use of unclaimed bodies in medical education is widely considered unethical.”

Certain right wing assholes understand this perfectly, whereas almost all people in power that are ostensibly on the side of democracy have no idea how to communicate this well.

The only real power (which could be substantial!) they have/had is leaning into actual reporting/defending their own interests. Welp.

Sure, you can joke about anything! Except being a journalist and being decapitated in another country. Or sex. Or misogyny. Or anti-Semitism. Or MBS. Are any of the thousands of princes. But really, almost total freedom!

Filling out my certificate of awareness from 1927.

Today I spoke with Greg Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol chief, as he led dozens of feds in military gear through downtown Chicago. He said they were arresting folks based on “how they look.” “How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said, referring to me. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Shoutout to Godofredo, the original owner of my Subaru, who meticulously maintained it for 33 years until he died in 2023. It was just his regular everyday car, but he took such good care of it that it's now one of the best remaining examples of a first-generation Subaru Legacy in the Midwest.

Asking my dad just now “how ya doing, dad?” Is the most compassion I can muster. He knows I have a trans girlfriend. He knows I have leftist opinions. I dunno what to say.

The incredible variety of an hour along the Hudson Line

The owls, moons, ghosts, horizons, broken hearts and iron ore of his lyrical menagerie are tantamount to hieroglyphics etched in stone-immortal and mysterious, affecting and singular, a series of clues that transport its audience to a specific place in time www.welcometohellworld.com/i-hear-the-g...

A 3.4 trillion dollar deal, more than a single years GDP, with basically one guy building each aircraft? I, myself, trust in the United States government.

I try not to have too many regrets in life, but not knowing about/seeing Edge of Tomorrow in theaters when it came out might be one of them.

If you're against anti fascists, you're a fascist.

When you’re a very, very popular president but can’t afford gold-plated snow plows to protect one of your homes

The “I’m just a bill” cartoon being the most damaging piece of art to ever exist in the modern era

To go on about this, it’s so fucking obvious how that this is how media works now. Money made ____ whomever, indeed, and it’s especially true now.

Hakeem Jeffries supporting Charlie Kirk before endorsing Zohran Mamdani is really fucking nasty.

Also today another great one by @coreyatad.com on the uniquely American carnage of the films of Jeremy Saulnier. Saulnier's Blue Ruin and Green Room are two of my absolute favorite films of the 2010s. www.welcometohellworld.com/jeremy-sauln...

Holy shit, Queens, we cannot be doing this

Pickleball: Not Even Once

There’s no way. I don’t believe almost all humans in this context. Absolutely wild if true, would have thought it was like 80% regular, 20% people that somehow avoided all references to death until they were 35

Planes landing at LGA this afternoon

Get their asses

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

Sunday morning on Long Island is for a little, you guessed it, Squirrel Nut Zippers.

A gentle reminder that Hell or High Water is one of the best Westerns ever made

Detroit Red Wings star Gordie Howe (9) checks a Chicago Blackhawks player into the boards during an NHL game in Detroit in the mid-1950s.

We’re gonna consider this a whoopsie doodle.

This sort of talk isn’t hyperbolic

Fight on fucking everything. People respect that.

Oh, I dunno, as an Democrat Strategist, I’m very stupid. I think it’s good to ignore moral standpoints, both because they’re too popular *and* because they upset the opposition.

I think calling it the Department of War is a step up, actually. For once, they’re doing the thing and calling it what it is.

This is a deeply reported, heart-pounding read Gift link ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Pretty good

A fan at PNC Park said they flew 23 hours to watch the Pirates on their sign in English/Japanese (I Believe) on the Jumbotron The fan then flipped the sign, which said "Bob, Sell The Team!" in both English and Japanese, to which the Jumbotron focused on another fan

I think the fact that its a platform-based criticism is also a signal of terminal online brain. It is also deeply embarrassing on a personal level, far more so than any association with like. The imagined fantasy of a loony activist. Imagine going to a rust belt diner and talking about Blueskyism

Folks, can we not bring house rats into Central Park for a photo op? It’s chock full of the real deal. Thank you.

really great defector.com/butlerian-ji...

Chicago White Sox edition

Driving in Lower Manhattan is easy and fun, I don’t understand all the fuss.

if people yell at you for advocating "moderation" on trans rights on Bluesky but not on Twitter the reason for that might be because Elon Musk, the guy who runs and owns Twitter, explicitly censored trans people's accounts and posts.

It’s my fault, I admit. I’ve been warning for years of what fascism is and what it does, relating stories from 1930s and 40s Europe and Japan to my extremely patient friends. I didn’t attempt to reach a wider audience because this shit is depressing and annoying. It’s on me, folks.

This is one of those things. Every alarm in every sector is being sounded, even in some mainstream media(!!) but zero people with actual power are calling this emergency out for what it is.

As Bubbles said, “it’s a thin line between heaven and here.”

This needs to be on every billboard

Going to the 9/11 museum gift shop, which extremely exists, asking for the manager, demanding that a children’s necklace honoring the sacrifices of the brave pilots of Al-Qaeda be sold there.

It’s the entire point of all bureaucracy. Have people that know what they’re doing be just-under control of things

NYC is wonderful, and diverse. Greatest city in the world. We have accredited agencies galore. We’re talkin’ Administrative Services Police, Health and Mental Hygiene Police, Department of Homeless Services Police, Human Resources Administration Police.