Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Chubby Checker's "The Twist" joyful, carefree, infectious Chubby Checker's "Twist Again" melancholy, plaintive, bittersweet

Every time I want to give up I put my clothes in the trash like Spider-Man.

adding the New York Public Library to my close friends on Instagram

fascinating www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

My favorite part of this Sopranos bit is the goon immediately going "I never got that at all" even though nobody has ever looked more like the Shah of Iran than Phil Leotardo

we're going to see unprecedented levels of situation-monitoring today

"Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obraining a nuclear weapon"

What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

Amazon scraps partnership with Flock surveillance company after Super Bowl ad backlash apnews.com/article/amaz...

it's always "they're colonizing us" and never "they're bringing civilization"

good essay

fuckin brutal lol

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...

same energy

Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.

Holy hell, what an obituary

lmao www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

Everyone is allowed to eat a little extra plastic today, as a treat.

it's 2026, every wikipedia entry about a song should include the lyrics

"We are going to run the country" - Trump says of Venezuela.

We are actively monitoring the situation.

Relatable.

this is an incredible conversation, where John Catsimatidis keeps making insane claims without evidence and insists it's true just because he feels that way open.substack.com/pub/nyeditor...

Cecilia Giménez, famed for ‘Monkey Christ’ mural mishap, dies at 94

What's good? This is your Spotify DJ. Starting things off with the Chainsmokers *skip* OK, let's try again. Here's the Chainsmokers *skip* All right, so you're in the mood for something different… Let's try a little Chainsmokers *skip* This next one is really popular with fans of the Chainsmokers

my new theory is that once you have a certain amount of money and wealth you start to go crazy and detach from reality. that number is different for everyone. for me it's $20

still my favorite christmas post

I watched AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH in Portugal today and I just want everyone to know that the entire movie was subtitled in English in Papyrus. The entire movie.

When you are definitely the bad guys. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/n...

Everyone who is having a pleasant holiday season because they aren't in the Epstein files, step forward. Not so fast, David Brooks.

Chomsky on the Lolita Express...

Breaking: Warner Bros. is planning to reject Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid due to concerns about financing and other terms

You’re still trying to find the millennial Tom Hanks. I told you we can’t do it, and we can’t do it. Now, what we might be able to do it is recreate him. Recreate him but make him British.

Didn't Chomsky justify his relationship with Epstein at some point by saying it let him meet the world's top minds? And all this time he meant Steve fucking Bannon???

I used to think Tom Jones was terrible but since getting a cat "what's new pussycat?" is the question I care about most in life. I simply must know what he's up to and how he's feeling at all times, so I think Tom Jones was on to something profound.

Me trying to remember the word "bluegrass"

Finally a single place to see Casablanca, 2 Casa 2 Blanca, Casablanca Tokyo Drift, and the rest of this great franchise.

I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism. A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count. If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!

FINALLY.

Why it matters

Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders joined the @sbworkersunited.org picket line in Brooklyn today. Mamdani said he would keep joining picket lines even after he is sworn in as mayor.

They’re burying the weirdest part of this story, which is that this congressman’s twin brother keeps trying and failing to replace him in various jobs and is now hoping to replace him in this one

Went to see a play with nudity yesterday and they had the entire audience lock up their phones in those Yondr magnetic pouches that schools are using now. It worked really well, and now I'm wondering how long before movie theaters start doing this.

Obama speaking from personal experience as a huge disappointment

me waking up and opening this app

this is depressing as hell

Bangladesh sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death on.ft.com/3XxAvcx

There are no words for how evil this is

It'd be great if these people would just skip this bullshit and get the calipers out. They're doing phrenology. That's all it is.