Jason Diamond

A color portrait of American country singer Lyle Lovett, emphasizing his distinctive pompadour and angular chin. Yìchén hadn’t heard of Lovett before, but now he takes a few minutes from his current investigation to search out Lovett on QQ Music. Yìchén surprises himself by liking what he hears. At night he catches himself humming the melody to “That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas).”

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I will be chasing that blissful colonoscopy sleep I just had for a long time.

Very pro-colon blowing.

I’ve been thinking with all the talk of colorectal cancer being up in younger folks that now is the time to bring them back.

America’s Most Powerful CEOs Are Awfully Quiet Lately Trump has exposed an ugly truth about corporations: They’re no longer even pretending to be good citizens.

I wrote about the cowardly lions of corporate America under Trump and their decades-long push to shape the country’s political life and democracy, no matter their protestations to the contrary now. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Going to see Iron and Wine at a winery tonight.

At least it’s pączki season.

Nah. We knew how this would end.

remnants: ode to the tuna melt I wrote this in 2015 for a sandwich project someone was working on; it didn't make it into the project, so it's been sitting here for 7 years, waiting for its moment. This is the construction of your...

i was writing about the tuna melt 10 years ago!!! jukeboxgraduate.com/remnants-ode... originally wrote it for some sandwich project @jasondiamond.bsky.social was putting together.

Billy Bragg Releases New Song "City of Heroes" Supporting Minneapolis Protesters Billy Bragg has shared a new song, "City of Heroes," written, recorded, and released within 24 hours as a tribute to those protesting ICE in Minneapolis.

I’ll always be grateful to the very scary skinhead who basically bullied me into listening to Billy Bragg when I was 15. consequence.net/2026/01/bill...

Ever!

A Mall I Loved Is Going Pitch Black | Defector The vote looked like a funeral. Residents showed up to the council meeting dressed in black, carrying prop tombstones. One carried drooping flowers. “I feel that what the council has just done has sen...

Sorry to hear Dan McQuade has passed on. I’ve read about a thousand things on malls closing and this one he wrote for @defector.com ranks among my favorites. defector.com/a-mall-i-lov...

We need to take action!

Why the Pumpernickel Bagel Is Disappearing At shops around town, a once-standard flavor has become an endangered species.

something needs to be done about this. calling on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to immediately make @jasondiamond.bsky.social the bagel czar and get this fixed.

www.grubstreet.com/article/why-...

Everyone is making fun of this but I hope I look that good when I'm Fran Lebowitz's age

Minneapolis remains my favorite city I’ve never lived in.

Art Shanty Projects: Art Ice Shanties on Lake Harriet in MN Art Shanty Projects is a four-weekend winter art program that hosts artist-built shanties, performances and more on the frozen Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, MN.

cannot tot up the levels of dumb that is "invade MPLS in the winter." Not only do we all thrive in these conditions, we build ART INSTALLATIONS in them.

Thank you!

This is my first step towards an EJOT.

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I’ve been playing Prince pretty steadily for my daughter for the first 19 months of her life and this morning she heard “Let’s Go Crazy” and lit up. She gets it.

If there ends up being another Bears/Patriots Super Bowl it will be proof we’re in the matrix.

The first morning waking up after my cat of 17 years passed away. Suddenly realizing what a little mental assassin she was. Like, I realized she wasn’t around to drink my water in the middle of the night and I didn’t go to the bathroom at 6 AM to her yelling at me to let her drink from the faucet.

My wife is currently in Chicago and called me freaking out because it’s snowing and all I could say was “It’s so magical!!!”

I’m screaming into a pillow so much

Sorry, sir. I so rarely get this. Good news is that Caleb and Jordan slugging it out for the next decade? The rivalry will be better than ever.

Breaking: Green Bay sucks.

It’s kinda wild having lived through Bush lying about Iraq and Afghanistan not being about oil to see the US now being like “Yeah, we’re doing war crimes for oil. So what?”

I keep joking that I’m going to start a “Jewish Dads for Brad” group but I might actually do it?

one of the best things about @jasondiamond.bsky.social's novel Kaplan's Plot is the detail/description given to food in diff eras of Chicago bsky.app/profile/thec...