Robin Barber

If you're not reading the New York Times you're missing out

I know it's ridiculous to try to figure out his brain, but who exactly does he think is packing the court?

Maybe Mamdani finally has a shot at the Schumer endorsement

We were all waiting for you to make the call, John.

The night before DST ends/the morning after DST ends: Best Day Ever
Realizing the sun will now set before 5pm (almost 2 months before the Winter Solstice): Worst Day Ever

Agreed! They are two years old and have only known one set of parents and one home. Just leave them be 😭

She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.

Wow. Just Wow. 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/m...

I Wish I Went Before Mary Shelley in This Storytelling Contest “‘We will each write a ghost story,’ said Lord Byron; and his proposition was acceded to. There were four of us.” – Mary Shelley, in the introducti...

"I kind of wish I had gone first. My thing isn’t even that scary. Or about humankind. It’s just, well, did everyone else do this overnight? Because I feel like Mary Shelley may have pre-written her idea."

Is this what 6-7 means?

So sorry for your loss 💔

California will dispatch observers to watch DOJ’s election monitors U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the federal administration would deploy staff to evaluate California’s Nov. 4 redistricting election.

perfect response: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

It could be both things ;)

But yes this is bullshit.

YouTube video by Andżejek KoRn - One (cover) Metallica MTV Icon

Korn's version of Metallica's One is also great :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oeV...

YouTube video by youtubkeeper Punch Brothers Cover The Strokes - Reptilia A V Undercover

The Punch Brothers cover of Reptilia is great!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Z4...

Ohio is so pretty this time of year. 🥰

Looking Back With Jim Downey, the King of Comedy Writers After decades of influencing the style of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ the most influential comedy institution in America, Downey is finally ready allow himself some retrospection

Fantastic piece on the incredible Jim Downey. www.theringer.com/2025/10/21/t...

I can't believe I'm watching a game show that reveals a photo of a clock and people are yelling out what time that clock shows. #TheFloor

Wow, the impressions category on #TheFloor last week. Rough.

I love Canada 🍁

Ways the National Guard Can Actually Help “War-Ravaged” Portland “President Trump’s declaration on Saturday that he had authorized the use of federal forces to ‘protect war-ravaged’ Portland, Ore., prompted bewil...

"Subdue the real domestic terrorists—i.e., drivers who don’t know how to merge onto I-5."

"brown liquid" somehow way grosser than what it actually was supposed to be

Today Was a Good Day An old friend of mine, the actress Eliza Coupe (with whom I once did a series of Sierra Mist commercials in which we were part of a made-up sketch troupe called “The Mist-Takes.” I’m so sorry.), invit...

"With talk of 'soft secession' kind of floating around, it’s worth noting that the GOP has already seceded from America. At least the America I thought I knew." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/today-was-...

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

Today Tony Fitzpatrick passed.

I'm only now learning he had a fairly storied career, but the only thing I knew him for was my favourite show Patriot. Here he plays Jack Birdbath, a disgraced ex-cop turned security guard who blackmails a spy.

Watch this clip. Celebrate this incredible man with me.

An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump

I swear it's not all bad news, except when it is 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/c...

How Can We Share a Country If We Don’t Share a Reality? Note from the author: An earlier version of this piece appeared under a different title.

Brutal but important read.
open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

That #DetroitTigers game was nuts, but I mostly blame the loss on my Mom and sister back in Michigan (who went to bed before the 15th inning) for the loss. 🤣

I'm glad the Tigers lost now because it pissed him off. I hope.

(not really, sorry #DetroitTigers)

I feel so bad for y'all back in Michigan trying to stay awake this whole time. At least it was a good game 👍