It’s been a solid year of me getting Cameron Winter’s “Love Takes Miles,” in my head, not really knowing the words, and then just making stuff up: walking around/doing some stuff/listening to Creed/eating a pie/learning sitar/rooting for Leeds/having a chat/ghosting your mom” etc.

if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now

No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts

Mary gets it.

Beyond just “get yours in time for Christmas,” a tip: I’ve learned something having a modestly successful book. Very excited to say that there’s a paperback coming out in April (huge, unexpected coup, they’re excited, etc.) BUT, that means that it is slightly difficult all of a sudden..: 1/2

The way that Rowlf passes off the vocal with a small, “John…” is, no joke, one of my favorite moments in all recorded music. youtu.be/kZSVfxk8ouM?...

She thinks Paula Dana is bad at acting.

A robust Consumer Protection Bureau would never allow the stark discrepancy between the mirror in the bathroom in this Marriott and the one in the room. In one I look like a million bucks, in the other, like that million bucks were stuffed into a burlap sack.

Making draconian changes to Amercian copyright law for decades to protect Mickey and now they're -- just giving him away? Oh wait I paying $1 billion for the privilege of handing him over.

VERY EXCITED FOR THIS!!!

BAY AREA! Hey folks, I'll be doing a live show and book signing at KQED in January with @romanmars.bsky.social . Come on out and BE ENTERTAINED. www.kqed.org/event/5912

For those willing to make the commitment, the American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.social is going to screen all 48 episodes of TWIN PEAKS twice every Tuesday night at the Los Feliz 3 which will take the entire year.

Here’s the latest episode of The Memory Palace. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I’m surprised to say that last year’s can’t-miss gift is also this year’s, yet, here we are.

Favorite thing about the parade is how the singers use backing tracks that include crowd noise so the impression is that tens of thousands of people are roaring when the chorus comes in a Ciara song she’s debuting that day like it’s Champaign Supernova at an Oasis reunion.

Caring about and remembering other human beings is just too woke for the GOP, which, not coincidentally, did its very best to usher them into the grave.

Oh cool. There was far too much community and human connection in the holiday season.

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but you must try/try and try/try and try

BIG: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists for quietly sitting in on court cases, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Public announcement: I will buy any Golden Globes voter one (1) lavender shortbread cookie at Trails Cafe and use the phrase “Hey! You look great! No, seriously, you look terrific. It’s so nice to see you,” in exchange for their vote for The Memory Palace as Best Podcast.

Telos less

Listen, you, regular person, likely can’t, say, stop your government from murdering fishermen. You can’t re-imprison a pardoned crook. You can’t stop drilling in whichever formerly protected forest. But you can, right now, find ways to protect your neighbors. There are people doing it. Join them.

Oreoboros

“Amo letttboxd! Hodie diu exspectavi. Sine me telephonum meum capere. Primo, voluptas culpabilis, Con Air eligo. Cage summi ordinis.”

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“Chuck Schumer” works as the campaign slogan for any primary challenger

no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy

dawg not the steakhouse wedding font

Ghost of Eugene Debs making a surprise leap off the top rope

Spare a thought for the lawyers who spent years working toward their degrees, toward passing the bar, toiling away on briefs, filing motions, all of it, and never getting their chance to do the kind of My Cousin Vinny shit happening here.

It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.

Today kicks off the Radiotopia fundraiser. We're so proud @thisdaypod.com is part of the collective. Look around the media world...how many places are letting folks make exactly the show they want...how many places are *adding* shows?! Only possible because of... you! Support --> bit.ly/4ofxAkv

Massive New Yorker profile of @sheaserrano.bsky.social, national treasure/publishing-industry innovator/impossibly charming and idiosyncratic weirdo when?

Setting aside the racism and xenophobia and incuriousness and a million other things, what a cowardly way to live.

Victory Boulevard

In today’s Guardian with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, explaining why teach-ins (like the one we’re holding Sunday!) are a vital part of activism.

An audio flyer and a flyer-flyer for a teach-in this Sunday on the National Mall. dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...

See you on the Mall, this coming Sunday!

Please read this flyer in your best monster-truck-rally voice after first saying “Sunday! Sunday! Sunday”

DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin

Only If You Get Caught S1E1 is about the most infamous basketball conspiracy theory: Did the NBA fix Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals? Our guest is the great @tcraggs22.bsky.social. Subscribe now, Or Else!!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Just posted a ton of new info/FAQs/rough schedule and more for this Sunday's* Teach-In in Washington, DC. Keep spreading the word! docs.google.com/document/d/1... *deleted a post that accidentaly said Saturday! Whoops.

Perhaps the gravity of the office may yet change the man.

My daughter and I are going to see Wednesday tonight in L.A. which is, I realized just now, a four-year-old tradition we've had since she was 13. It is the best thing. (also, Karly Hartzman is a generational songwriting talent, dammit. All-timer).

Sure, a complex travel itinerary, expertly and meticulously constructed by my wife and I was just upended to the point of a full-cancellation by TSA disruptions, but at least I don't have to wait in line watching a video of Kristi Noem telling me it's the fault of radical democrats.

this headline would be fine without that last s

On today's episdoe, we chatted with our pal @natedimeo.bsky.social about the first Teach-Ins, our upcoming event in DC, and why we need to re-fill the tank with learning and community... Take a listen --> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...