step right up folks

watching some prestige TV this year and remember how SUCCESSION produced some of the most nail-biting-est tense cliffhanger TV without ever resorting to a single a) dead body* b) pulled gun or c) murder *I mean okay there was that one but it was different, you know what I mean

hey all here's my super bowl commercials round-up!!! I've rated from 1 through kidding they sucked they all sucked, loading up your absurdist yogurt fever dream with random celebrities does not make it funny, the apple 1984 ad you all secretly dream of making had zero stars in it, you've all failed

searched "bichette mets jersey" 😭😭😭

I can buy where

old enough to remember a time pre-internet when “world’s most popular performer does Super Bowl halftime show” was a thing that just would have happened and been widely viewed as normal and sensible, w/out much commentary, and certainly not much outrage, and definitely not much performative outrage

oh so the jobs report is going to be BAD bad

Our "Do not panic" e-mail has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the email.

congratulations to sam darnold super bowl champion!!!

drake maye having his calvin schiraldi moment

hey remember when the World Series was one of the best ever that was fun

wow way to let kid rock know you weren’t watching his alternate halftime show

ironically, when Jesus returns, He will not be coming to take any of the people who bet on his return

all else aside very funny that libs get halftime show in the national divorce.

two-ish weeks of unseasonably cold weather has made me reevaluate my core belief that i would be fine living in an isolated lighthouse along a desolate rocky coastline

kid rock

looking forward to another Super Bowl featuring two teams I barely care about in a tight-fought battle that comes down to the final minutes/total blowout

They’ll be hearing from his father

'"talent" is a gatekeeping mechanism' 10/10 no notes

if you haven't read it, read it

This is the top of the NYT webpage right now

A significant part of my integration into Canadian life has involved listening to Buck Martinez's color commentary. The distinct timbre of his voice and the cadence of his stories are seared into my experience of Jays games. Baseball color commentary is an art form, and Martinez was an artist.

tired: please clap wired: please don’t boo

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Every time I see a girl, a dog, a scarecrow, a lion, and a tin man walking around together, I think of that one old movie

if you prefer to start your day with something uplifting rather than disheartening, watch this video

The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit. Gentle Spades "I'm a veteran"

this should be disqualifying

hmmm kind of sounds like the penny and look how that ended up

This is extraordinary. I will miss Colbert so much, but he is going out blazing.

rough to be outperformed by fartcoin

"Billie Eilish's theory of property." OK guys!

"It is DIY or die." Great post on the (exciting, terrifying) future of literature in a world increasingly barren of mainstream book coverage

they can just put it back as an artwork www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/w...

A blessing on those who read pieces in literary journals and send kind words to their authors.

tfw when your movie contains lingering takes of "suggestive textures"

this looks like a concept drawing for a lost coen bros movie

A+ ad placement on ESPN’s trade tracker

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

For those looking for freelance work in the wake of WaPo layoffs: I'm an editor at large overseeing Ideas & Culture at Bloomberg, including our Books coverage. Find me at [email protected]

For everyone who's insisting that the Post's decline is part of a pre-planned plot.

me too

Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.

Everything about the Washington Post news is depressing, but to lose what was once one of the best book sections in the English-language world is a gut punch.

exactly. this is not difficult. as.ft.com/r/58ed1b23-d...

which animal’s excrement will be added to the lexicon next

this whole sequence is what I like to imagine happens at Lauryn Hill's house every weekend

not sure there's a way to avoid this but the Grammy memorial format can't help but feel like "lots of people died this year but some people REALLY died"

so zero days then