Gift link: Trump Blows Through His Iran Red Lines www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Woke up incredibly glad to find that Past Chris had pre-ordered Concrete: Stars Over Sand by @paulchadwick.bsky.social. Made my whole day. So happy to see Ron and Maureen and Larry again.

Oh, if we’re talking kids’ shows…. Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you. youtu.be/AZMIhphyu9Q?...

Scorpion remains undefeated in scorpion v. frog.

Name a TV show you’re positive no one else remembers but you. I loved "John Doe” and really would have loved to see that second season. watch.plex.tv/show/john-do...

I’ve joked that someone needs to do a Watchmen-style, grim-and-gritty reboot of the Harvey characters (Casper, Richie Rich) but holy crap, Geoff Johns is really going for it. imagecomics.com/comics/relea...

OH BOY @dcoffical.bsky.social @stevepugh.bsky.social @chrisohalloran.bsky.social and me put out a good one today!

I'd tell anyone if they haven't had the wondrous pleasure of reading Concrete, to do so. Now that Paul's let the cat out of the bag on a new book, DO SO.

Wow. Iran gets sanctions relief, the release of frozen funds, the ability to export oil, and a $300 billion reconstruction fund. The U.S. gets a reiteration of the vague promise Iran won’t develop a nuke. Hard to imagine a more thorough capitulation.

Breaking News: the algae has agreed to accept $300 billion to consider vacating the reflecting pool

Congratulations to @lavietidhar.bsky.social and THE THREE COFFIN PROBLEM, out TODAY wherever books are sold. The investigations of my favorite vampire, Judge Dee, in one convenient volume. If you’ve been missing Terry Pratchett, this is the book for you. lavietidhar.wordpress.com/the-three-co...

There are a couple dozen variations of this T-shirt on Amazon. I don’t see this line of argument going well for the prosecution.

Gift link. The NYT’s latest deep dive into Epstein. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Exclusive: I have seen OpenAI's audited financials for 2024 and 2025. In 2025, OpenAI had $13.07 billion in revenue and $34 billion in costs. $867 million of its revenue came from SoftBank, and $303 million came from Microsoft. www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-op...

There is a Simpsons screenshot for everything.

Breaking: Iran can immediately resume selling oil under Trump's deal to end the war. on.wsj.com/4uFpaoS

Happy pub day to @bradmeltzer.com and I AM TEDDY ROOSEVELT. www.ordinarypeoplechangetheworld.com/Books/I-Am-T...

Losses of $38.5 billion in 2025.

Gift link: bsky.app/profile/sara...

Great piece by @sarahweinman.com on Zodiac (the case and the movie) and the sticky, troubling aspects of true crime, on @flaminghydra.com today. flaminghydra.com/issue-586/

Finlay always hits hard.

I still have a can of Buzz Cola from The Simpsons movie launch/400th episode party at the Fox lot in 2007, which remains a highlight of my existence. (Thanks again to @rickporter.bsky.social for making me his plus-one.)

"According to a recent report from the California Housing Partnership, Orange County renters need to earn about $56 per hour, or about $116,000 on a full-time salary, in order to afford the region’s average monthly asking rent of $2,913." laist.com/brief/news/h...

Battlezone (1980) #Arcade

“The audit found the L.A. Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) underspent its overall budget by $108 million in the last fiscal year ending in June 2025, mainly because of ‘program delays.’ The year before, the underspend was nearly $150 million.” laist.com/news/housing...

Helsinki’s district cooling is pretty neat too. Although the interest of existing properties to connecting to it has been, ahem, lukewarm afaik. yle.fi/a/74-2017456...

New Yorkers singing Empire State of Mind

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

HISTORY.

That’s awesome.

Brooklyn. 🏀 (via Paul Williams) 💕

The sarcastic clapping from the White Sox fans behind home plate when Rock managed to throw a strike.

look, i hope the knicks win tonight but if they don’t, it’s all part of the plan spike lee dreamed a vision the prophecy: knicks in 6 at the garden and lo, it is written (in the nyt opinion section)

[taking the deepest possible breath] the Dutch East India Company was established in 1602,

Man, what keeps you up late on a Friday night really changes as you get older

Nathan J Robinson: Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-elo...

imagine drawing a crowd in the middle of the night to watch them remove your name from a building

As someone who keeps a toe in the world of investing and the business media, I can tell you that people out there have only the faintest notion of any of this; it’s barely on their radar, and when it comes up, it’s filed under “eccentric genius.”

Today is the birthday of the great Len Wein. Here's an excerpt from a tribute to Len I wrote a decade or so back. We miss you, Len.

Anthony Kay leading the league in hit batters, apparently. #LetsGoDodgers

"Trillionaire" feels like a word you should only hear in a sci-fi film where two characters are talking about what wiped out all life on Mylar-5 centuries ago. "Surviving records are scarce, and make only passing references to The Trillionaire, we believe this might have been a death god."

There are paintings that change your life. This one changed mine. RIP, David Hockney.

Honestly one of my favorite genres on social media is “Gail Simone meets a self-appointed comic book expert who doesn’t know who Gail Simone is.” 100 percent always a good time.

Curt Swan the GOAT Superman artist

‘These experiences are not just frustrating. US households are losing $165bn a year on the “annoyance economy” or “what we pay in time, fees and irritation to navigate our daily lives”’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... (Via @doctorow.pluralistic.net)

Judge Dee is my favorite vampire. You should pick this up if you’re looking for humor, mystery, and monsters.

Out next week! Get all your medieval vampire mystery needs here! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-t...

Life moves pretty fast. If you need proof, FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, written and directed by John Hughes, opened on this day in 1986. Slow down so you don't miss the 40th anniversary on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/on-demand/mo...