text I just got from a friend:
“What level of membership did you choose for Hyden’s newsletter that he’s doing an Extremely Your Shit column about Ryan Adams through the lense of Lydia Tar?”
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
the vice president usually only endorses war crimes in secret memos so i feel like this is a big step forward for us
I will forever argue that 2007 South Carolina was the epitome of Gamecock football. A 6-1 start punctuated by a sloppy road win against Georgia and a respectable loss at eventual champion LSU. Rose to #6, lost to Vandy at home, finished on a 5-game losing streak and was not selected for a bowl game.
nothing to promise but blood, sweat, tears, and a thousand reps of "Sandstorm"
How many Springsteen-inspired bar bands were called "The Backstreet Boys" before the late 90s, ya think?
So much to love and chew on in Richard Brody’s new defense of written reviews www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
I love this piece as an argument for why arena rock shows are (or can be) great. It's a different thing that a club show, kind of a lower floor / higher ceiling deal.
I finished @caseyjohnston.bsky.social's book last night & it is as excellent as promised - a perfect combo of memoir & research. Worth reading if you are a person with a body, especially if you have complicated feelings about that body. bookshop.org/a/100021/978...
None of this crap would be happening if we hadn’t switched to settled agriculture. Idiots.
"By including dozens of changes to dates, deadlines, document requirements and rules, Republicans have turned paperwork into one of the bill’s crucial policy-making tools, yielding hundreds of billions of dollars in savings to help offset their signature tax cuts." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
"Routinely" is doing a lot of work here, but I hear you.
I've successfully added AI into my workflow in that I now fiddle with it for 15-20 minutes before I end up mostly writing/doing what I was going to do anyway.
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
Actual best album of the 90s, sorry y'all. #DadRock #DadLife open.spotify.com/album/3YA5Dd...
Somewhat obsessed with this debut LP from Maya Delilah, a 24-year-old singer/songwriter and guitarist from Britain. Already one of my favorites of the year. open.spotify.com/album/0wrJiW...
"46% of Head Start funding goes to rural areas, often in places without any other child care option..."
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I can't decide if this is valuable insight into "regular" voters or just a feature designed to slowly drive me insane. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is objectively hilarious.
The Michael Lewis heads are gonna feel this one.
Happy 30th annual Rex Manning Day
The latest B-side from my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS is about Yo La Tengo, that semi-viral concert review from a college journalist, and the vast gulf between this band's version of "indie" and the one the common 2025 understanding of the term
I'm feeling liberated from buying pretty much anything ever again.
Agreed. Not sure what the alternative is though tbh.
Imagine having to eat a vegan meal after all that.
I've now been made aware that it's not technically a filibuster. Alas.
The 10 longest Senate filibusters prior to Booker, just for the nerds.
Jason is one of many South Carolinian Medicaid recipients we've heard from recently.
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Oh cool Rick likes Passion Pit.
