Brian Goldstein

Yes, and hand-in-hand with widespread availability of alternative media!

Lots of Get Your War On in my head today

That grout will be trouble though!

Never forget

Two different things that are basically the same

Annette Lemieux fan here

Funny because these days apparently no one has to hide that they are a grifter!

“Longevity influencer” like that’s a real thing

The Political Lean of Pro Sports Using publicly available voter registration data, this analysis provides the first systematic, league-by-league examination of political partisanship among professional athletes in the United States.

Via votehub.com/2026/01/20/t...

Sharing because it's relevant. (I wish PWHL and NWSL were on here too though.)

I am very much waiting for someone to ask, "Are you sad because Jeffrey Epstein was the only real friend you've ever had?"

Looking forward to the check refunding all the illegal tariffs I've paid for over the last year. Kristi Noem may have to sell her flying Shaggin' Wagon but I expect my money back.

Maybe she will be fired for calling the US only "sort of like" the greatest country.

Astute analysis from Chamberlain Harris, the newest member of the Commission of Fine Arts, 26 years old and without a day of architectural experience of any sort.

Fashion's Favourite Architect In Court New York architect Peter Marino is at the centre of an unfair dismissal lawsuit - all the details

Did they pick him because he has the necessary qualifications to serve this administration? www.vogue.co.uk/article/pete...

So apparently if you are a world leader who engages in insurrection you get in trouble and if you are a world leader who was part of Epstein’s crimes you get in trouble but you get off scot-free if you are guilty of both?

I've gotten a couple like this recently, related to my book out in Sept. One a library system event, one a goodreads book club...in the first case, quickly became clear it was AI generated and they asked for money. Second I didn't bother responding to. Both scams.

I mean this is all a big commercial for that, so...

Am I the only person who thinks that Stanley Tucci seems like he is always in character?

Monobloc chairs made an appearance too (best design moment in the Super Bowl so far; #2 was Matthew McConaughey comparing the Pro Football HOF to a lemon juicer).

A Jon Ossoff/Jacob Frey ticket has amazing Parent Trap potential.

If you were ever on a shipwreck with this dweeb he would 100% be the first on the lifeboat

Definitely has some of this, but without the spaces hitting quite the same resonance as some of the fixtures. But it grows on you.

Especially because there is a 90% chance this was a complete whim while he was bored and posting. You can tell bc everyone fell in line in the typical way while clearly knowing nothing about what they were agreeing with.

Hard to wrap my mind around losing a $200m addition that is 7 years old (practically speaking); hard to wrap my mind around losing the chandeliers (aesthetically speaking); hard to wrap my mind around losing the NSO (symbolically speaking). Gotta think that a judge is going to halt this if they can.

The chandeliers are awesome though:

"Louche magnificence," as @according-to-fact.bsky.social described it, is on target. It's really a bunch of different-sized performance spaces with a roof over them, so bound to be imperfect. But I quite like it.

I think the interior has gained in charm over time. It's a relic of an era and the opulence is fun while the place has gotten way more democratic in its programming. Outside isn't great. The terrace over the Potomac is nice. The spaces on the other side are tough--overscaled and barren.

See? It's remarkably effective. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

That aside, this would be easy to stop in Congress if there weren't so many cowards in its halls. We shall see. The courts will have a say but gotta move a lot faster than with the WH.