Phillip Maciak

It reminded me of the quote that is often attributed to Felix the Cat that states, "No risk-it, no biscuit."

You don't have to use AI stop it right now

"When you’ve gotten used to forgoing all the little frictions of thought, all the pleasures and annoyances of grappling, then even the ethical imagination can come seem like the sort of thing you may as well 'streamline.'"

Becca Rothfeld, folks: afeteworsethandeath.substack.com/p/you-dont-h...

“Love Story” Captures the Strangeness of Being a Kennedy Love Story explores the corrosive effects of celebrity.

LOVE STORY: JFK Jr & CAROLYN BESSETTE is like listening to a 90s alternative radio playlist on spotify while two incredible good-looking people argue in front of you.

10/10, would recommend:

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Claire Danes [talking to Timothee Chalamet in 2012]: I thank Timothee for his service on "Homeland."

“Love Story” Captures the Strangeness of Being a Kennedy Love Story explores the corrosive effects of celebrity.

My best pitch for LOVE STORY: JFK Jr & CAROLYN BESSETTE is that it's a 1990s nostalgia jukebox musical set in the Sex and the City TV universe.

No way these people slow danced to Radiohead at their wedding. But that's the vibe, and I love it. For @newrepublic.com

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Watched some Unrivaled tonight and it’s kinda nuts how good it is. The quality of the play, the buy-in from the players and fans, the flow of the game… what do you mean this is an offseason 3-on-3 league they invented last year???

Federal funding for people in poverty heading to anti-abortion centers instead The bulk of the money Missouri gives to its crisis pregnancy centers comes from federal funds meant to assist families experiencing poverty with basic necessities and child care, Republican Rep. Jason...

The bulk of the money Missouri gives to pregnancy centers comes from federal funds meant to assist families with basic necessities and child care.

As many as $3 of every $4 was from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program in 2024, and in 2026, it will be $2 out of $3.

From me:

Headline of a Q&A in New Yorker formatting Headline: A panicked middle-aged man refuses to tell me directions to the bathroom. Subhed: Please, I just have to pee. I'm in a hurry. By Isaac Chotiner March 4, 2026

Excuse me. Oh, God. Oh, no. Holy shit. Get away from me. I was wondering if you knew where the bathrooms are. Look, I'm ... it's not a crime to scroll through your high school girlfriend's Instagram account. We remained friends after high school! I was at her wedding! It's only natural to see how she's doing.

I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I'm afraid that if I choose the wrong corridor, I'll be late for my train. I think they're down that way, but I'm actually from out of town. Please stop talking to me.

Real quick, though. I agree that it's natural to be interested in an old friend, but aren't you afraid about the message you might be sending by liking a picture of her at the beach from 2015? If that did happen, and I'm only going off your word, it was probably an accident. They put the ... scroll bars or whatever ... close to the thumbs up button. People have been complaining about that for years. I've been complaining about that for years.

Isaac Chotiner please renegotiate my phone and internet plan.

Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler are both really interesting and charismatic actors, and Lindelof's post-LOST tv career is unimpeachable, so I'm going to allow that this trailer is so dull because HBO is a little confused about what they've got on their hands.

Or this could be a dud.

I was a bog standard woke male feminist before and then I had a daughter and now I want scientists to invent a theoretically-unstable form of unbelievably high potency feminism that would make Dworkin and Firestone write an Atlantic op-ed about how things have gone too far

Do I have a forthcoming book 4 you!

Opinion | This Masculinity Influencer Is Loud and Wrong About Paternity Leave

I've been, regrettably, reading a lot of recent advice about masculinity for book research, and a lot of it boils down to making men feel less stigma about being pricks. Every minor sacrifice you make for others earns you the right to act like a jag about it.

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I'm not a big Colin Jost fan, but his Pete Hegseth impression is one of the best pieces of political satire that SNL has done in a really long time.

Can the Democrats Get It Together? The fight over the 2028 primary calendar is one of several proxies for a broader battle about the future of the Party—and the search for the best nominee.

I want to go back to the days when presidential candidates had authorized biographies published about them during their campaigns. Why read a ghostwritten memoir by Andy Beshear, when you could read a slim partisan biography of Andy Beshear by Barbara Kingsolver?
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A small pizza, breadsticks, and two sodas in red cups on a red + white checkerboard tablecloth

Seeing this photo in the Times brings back such potent multisensory memories! PizzaHut launched Book It!, its reading incentive program, in 1984.
There was a PH right next door to my family’s hardware store, and I was a voracious reader — so we cashed in our stars for 🍕 weekly 📚⭐️

Stephen Malkmus was a CIA asset.

lol — I guess?

Dad Achievement: I got Maeve (10) to do a spit-take at dinner last night by saying that, if Taylor Swift has a baby, she should name them Kelsey Swift-Kelce.

uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%) Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose U.S. adult citizens 39 Party ID Democrats 14 Independents 35 Republicans 68

Per The Economist/YouGov, half of Americans support ABOLISHING ICE.

Literally, "abolishing."

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"The proposed deal has attracted a lot of criticism, largely because it sucks. That’s a broad statement, so let me be more specific: It only sucks for every affected industry, the United States, and humanity as a whole."

Talking To A. Natasha Joukovsky About Men, Myths, And March Madness | Defector The odds of filling out a perfect NCAA bracket are one in nine quintillion, two hundred twenty-three quadrillion, three-hundred-seventy-two trillion, thirty-six billion, eight-hundred-fifty-four milli...

This looks awesome. defector.com/talking-to-a...

"and guess what? surprise! this whole post was written by AI! bet you couldn't even tell."
we could. and the fact that _you_ couldn't speaks volumes...

headline: Literature Has a Stay At Home Dad Problem

headline : Enough with the bros

headline; Pete Buttigieg in the Wilderness

headline: In Defense of Effeminate Boys

The Atlantic is having a real-time masculinity crisis this week. They're spiraling! Hold it together, gang!

What do you mean Dr. Javadi is treating a patient who was brutally frame-mogged by a CMU frat leader? They shot this episode six months ago!

Writing a sci-fi short story about a TV critic watching screeners of THE PITT who realizes that the ripped-from-the-headlines story arcs are predicting events that haven't even happened yet.

HBO made a show about a meteorologist from St Louis, but, unfortunately, it is not a show about god-emperor of the Doppler radar Steve Templeton.

literally your customer base was 90% parents of young children who want a good future for their kids in which they can be free to be themselves, no matter who they are. you told those people to go fuck themselves. they won't be back

Easy.

We've renamed the DOD the Department of War. Our troops are Warfighters. No of course we're not "at war" you dumb lib