Great explainer

Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back. That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

Mood

Re-upping the dedication of Mahmood Mamdani's 2020 book, 'Neither Settler nor Native': "For Zohran, You teach us how to engage the world in difficult times. May you inspire many and blaze a trail!"

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

Congrats to Mira Nair’s son, this is nowhere near the level of achievement as directing Mississippi Masala but a good start

the Cuomo coalition 👇🏽

HELL FUCKING YEAH

Girl, bye.

huge night for this classic

Anyway, Dick Cheney is a fossil fuel now. It's what he loved most. Besides killing.

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

Eugene Debs, a Midwestern socialist? The coastal divide is being united

By way of update ten !! folks reached out to publish this op ed! I am so grateful & moved. Given the vulnerability this process left me with, I took up the incredible @roxanegay.bsky.social on her offer to publish the piece & yall the edits this time were money. Keep a look out for it this week!

Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969

We just want to take a moment to thank all the poll workers today. It’s been a hectic day, and we know everyone is working hard to keep things running smoothly! 💚

TURN THE VOLUME UP! King sh*t.

People who are leaving NYC, please post pix of your U-Hauls!

Qui parmi nous?

Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge. As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city. Tomorrow, we win it together.

Tina Aumont in Partner (1968)

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

I’m crying www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

The Academic Film Archive of North America is a wonderful resource and its founder Geoff Alexander is a tireless champion for preserving legacy of educational film. Glad to see his collection has found at home at Johns Hopkins! afana.org

Tasmania-based French artist, Julia Drouhin uses silicone molds to make chocolate records, then freezes them – allowing listeners to play them up to 10 times, before eating them. #NationalChocolateDay

Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.

this video was a delight, A) because she’s genuinely terrific at ASMR, B) because I like PNB, and C) because if you don’t roll with a gang of ballerinas like I do and you’ve never seen the FUCKING WILD process of how each dancer mangles/customizes a new pair of pointe shoes to fit, you simply must

Article on my visit last week with Mumia Abu-Jamal. There was a LOT going on: the return of his eyesight, his previous night's remarks at an event for Assata Shakur, a forthcoming march, and then drama with the guards that may have killed irony forever www.thenation.com/article/soci...

A beautiful piece on our dear D’Angelo from Niela Orr in the LRB.

Maybe he’s going to flip it?

tonight is the night I became Dale Gribble and blocked the feds

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

Some dogs on vintage matchbox labels

More of this please.

amazing opening www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs. Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

L.A.! Monday October 20 @8P @acropoliscinema.bsky.social presenting @2220arts.bsky.social 2 eclipse films by Kevin Jerome Everson spotlighting composer David Dominique’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️score for the 2025 work “When The Sun is Eaten (Chi’bal K’iin)” + exclusive vinyl pre-release - celluloid + wax!