Jody Rosen

Wild! (The whole "vomit hose" thing really breaks the spell, too.)

Haha nicely done, one of the best I've seen

Fair

Don't want to hear you ChotinerHeads complain about Swifties ever again. Privileges revoked.

Thanking my lord Jesus Christ that Bluesky didn't exist in Mencken's heyday

[Facepalm emoji]

Love Isaac Chotiner; agree with him more or less always; definitely on his side in this Ben Smith/Semafor squabble.

Also want to gently suggest that the intensity of the Chotiner hero-worship on my timeline is getting weird & embarrassing. Maybe chill?

RIP Jamil Al Amin. Also known as H. Rap Brown.

Great find. Brief item in the Chicago Defender (5/8/20) suggests that a.) Carpenter may have barnstormed AME churches w/this sermon—or at very least delivered it more than once, i.e. in Chicago as well as Philly; and b.) the subject of the sermon was exactly what its title suggests.

Cf.

Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez

Grumps Blame It for Everything From the Rise of Taylor to the Fall of Pitchfork. They Don’t Even Understand It. Criticism’s most abused straw man.

It's here:

Love Wesley & K but suggest you read Carl Wilson’s (lengthy but worth it) recent Slate piece, a quasi-rejoinder to K that delves into structural Qs K glides over. Carl’s essay is nominally about the (esoteric) “poptimism wars”—but it’s really a great cover-the-waterfront overview of 21c pop crit

Great points. The Democrats focus grouped empty platitudes and technocratic talking points couldn't be further from what voters respond to in this modern media environment.

Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools

"Only one of 102 antisemitism complaints the authors reviewed raises antisemitism claims unrelated to criticism of Israel... The surge in complaints has been in part the work of a small group of pro-Israel actors" @alicesperi.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

So struck by the case Mamdani's triumph makes for the value of Africana/post-colonial studies. His moral vision & approach to politics clearly shaped by both lived experience as an African/S. Asian immigrant & by a theory of that experience—ideas central to his parents' work too ofc. Education, man

“Taxis will be replaced by camels”—baller

Mayor Mamdani, please make this happen?

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

Every Democratic mayor and governor should say this.

Should have been said for months.

ICE AGENTS will be held ACCOUNTABLE.

Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think Ross Douthat

the cope, it's so beautiful

100 percent accurate

I think Dick Cheney’s death today highlighted this divide.

The Democrats who still say shit like “reach across the aisle” and praise evil people are playing to a political audience that no longer exists.

Mamdani wasn’t cruel to Cuomo in a Trumpism style, but he didn’t concede anything either.

*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions

“New York Jews who want to survive…” Amazing stuff

😮

Cf. these drama queens

Jokes aside, I have no patience for these clowns or those who indulge their bogeyman fears. NYC isn’t unsafe for Jews. It’s modestly less amenable to those whose sense of well-being is based on denying Palestinians’ humanity & who wish to glide thru life w/out hearing a different opinion on the subj

🚨REAL ESTATE ALERT!!🚨

UWS apt, possibly classic six but not sure, coming on market as huge moron skips town

Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.

He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.

Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate and Democratic official to stand up to the Trump administration over the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, which he saw as a violation of the First Amendment.

GET FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKED