if you enjoy fun, you should go to Rippers on Rockaway Beach tonight for night two of the @hellgatenyc.com Beach Party. I went last night and it’s great music, burgers, beers, beaches, and just A+ vibes

my life experience of the world cup is watching all the same teams go far while the teams I actually like lose. sigh. but I’ll never forget you, vozinha

ANDA LÁ CABO VERDE!!!

I have never loved a man the way I love Vozinha

I’ll be wearing my Gonçalo Ramos jersey everywhere for the next week. thank god they finally let this boy play. he needs to be starting the round of 16 game

that was a weak penalty. ronaldo is damn lucky that he can use that to claim he can still score goals

ronaldo is literally getting in portugal’s way. he’s only hurting the team at this point. he needs to be benched and roberto martinez needs to be fired. idk how a professional manager can watch these games and think ronaldo should be on the field. give me back fernando santos!

Portugal is looking terrible idk why I ever get my hopes up

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Insightful talk (as always) from @isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social tonight on how Johnny Appleseed helped him understand the way we blend personal myths and truths to create the stories by which we decide to live our lives. I can’t wait to read American Rambler!

It's live! IT'S LIVE! The Kickstarter for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF: Volume Four is now LIVE! Award-winning series, best of 2025, and (with your help) the biggest volume yet. Can you back early enough to land The Canucklehead tier and get to choose the dedication for the book?? Pls SHARE WIDELY!

As the world somehow survives into a new year, so does the blog that no one asked me for. This year I plan to make some changes with a new look and new types of posts as I track my #writinglife from obscurity to (I assume) fame and fortune. buttondown.com/dereksilva/a...

I will simply never recover from reading this sentence: "Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

Hell Gate's news team is very good. This my favorite subscription and it could be yours too! Support them!

For the November/December issue of @motherjones.com, I dove into the history of the word "able-bodied"—including how it's been harmful to disabled Americans since the 1930s and it most certainly will be when Medicaid work reqs come into play again. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Flying into Friday. #grickledoodle #cartoon #cat #catnip #drawing #art #funny #high

True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing. Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter. Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵 x.com/andrewcuomo/...

He proposes releasing some ICE prisoners to labor on farms where the employers will “own them” and be responsible for them. Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.

No doubt. #grickledoodle #chameleon #pets #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Love thyself. #grickledoodle #death #horror #pretty #love #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #fashion

Two-thirds of NYers support city-owned grocery stores. Three-fourths support free buses. Nearly 80% support a rent-freeze. I'm running for mayor to deliver these exact policies. Our campaign is surging because unlike Andrew Cuomo, we know what working people need and deserve.

Do not rank Cuomo. But it’s clear we need to spend just as much time telling people who to vote FOR. My faves are Brad Lander & Zohran Mamdani.

the muppets in famous works of art: thread

if the eagles can make it through, maybe we can too open.substack.com/pub/justamix...

I just published story on secretive NYPD unit led by Eric Adams buddies Things they've done: Purposely crashed into motorcyclist, killing him Punched unarmed driver in head then kicked him Shoved a man into a car window after he protested stop WE HAVE VIDEOS www.propublica.org/article/eric...

I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.

Master doc of mutual aid groups helping people and animals on the ground in LA. Please share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

how about pardons/commutations for the prisoners fighting these fires

my latest post as I continue the foolish effort to survive off my own writing: Thanksgiving as creation myth (+ an actual lost waltz) buttondown.com/dereksilva/a...

my latest post as I continue the foolish effort to survive off my own writing: Thanksgiving as creation myth (+ an actual lost waltz) buttondown.com/dereksilva/a...

I can't figure out if vaccines work or not. Tough one. I can see why RFK Jr is so concerned. Need Sherlock Holmes on this one.

Are you interested in following the rise of an author from nothing to (hopefully) something? Then you should read my blog in the form of a newsletter. I can't guarantee every post is a banger but I can guarantee I've seen worse blogs. buttondown.com/dereksilva?t...

Our newsroom has been following the Turkish connections for months. The highlights: www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/09/f...

Time is running out to register before June 25. Here is what you need to know to make sure you can cast your ballot for everything from Congress to the state Legislature. www.thecity.nyc/2024/06/10/c...

Forget gollum. I want a four-hour Twitch-stream-style movie watching Tom Bombadil fuck around in the woods

About a year ago I almost died from a fluke heart condition. How close I got to death depends on which day you catch me telling the story, but you can also hear @laurenapsilva.bsky.social tell it much more eloquently from her perspective: open.substack.com/pub/justamix...

Not one single person involved with this monstrous decision considered the existence of the disability community for a single second. “the selected hubs have enough turnstiles for masses of riders to quickly escape actual emergencies” uuuhhmmm only if you’re abled! secretnyc.co/no-more-fare...

You should all follow Just a Mix of Things by @laurenapsilva.bsky.social. It's a good time. #writing #essays open.substack.com/pub/justamix...

My 2023 reading summary from @thestorygraph.com. Beside Alice in Borderland, some fave books: Lord of the Rings, The Lives of Brian (AC/DC memoir), the The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (story 3 stars but audiobook 5 stars), Queen Charlotte, Built to Move by Kelly and Juliet Starrett. #booksky 💙📚

I've been a member of @thecity.bsky.social for a few years and it's my go-to source for what's happening in NYC. Please donate if you can! And sign up for their newsletter while you're at it – it's got daily news, weather, and fun events around the city! donorbox.org/nycdonate

Today @thesicktimes.bsky.social: I wrote about a potential change to how the U.S. Census tracks disability, which would lead to significant drops in estimates of how many Americans are disabled, including estimates of #LongCovid.

Every time I invite a new person to Bluesky, I feel like I have to explain a lot of things about what it is, its culture, and how to use it, so last week I wrote an introduction to the app: plutopsyche.medium.com/how-to-blues...

I can’t believe I have to respond to emails for the rest of my life

"Can you finally use OMNY on the godforsaken AirTrain?" and other pressing questions answered, from @timdonnelly.bsky.social:

If you value Amtrak, let your Representative know. The House will vote this week on a bill (H.R. 4820) that will significantly slash funding for passenger rail, including a 92 percent reduction in funds to the Northeast Corridor (NEC), the busiest rail corridor in the Western Hemisphere.

This can’t be true.