FT

Hamnet, or as I like to call it, 2 Ham 2 Let

If you stay innocuous you don’t have to get innocuous.

The reason LCD Soundsystem were so popular 15 years ago is the exact reason they can never be that popular again: they were the shepherd that guided heterosexual America from “Dancing is gay” to “Bro check out this sick EDM mix.”

Now that every college student wants to be a DJ, their job is done.

Strong argument for making academics comb their hair imo

Just want to point out that these smelly tech people didn’t grow up in the wildness, they graduate from Stanford, from MIT, from Harvard, and probably grew up in upper-middle class or wealthy households.

Lipstick on pigs.

Knockdown Center report: LCD Soundsystem’s rider apparently forbids them from having to mingle with anyone else performing in any other part of the building so everyone else is exiled to a separate makeshift green room area.

“Do you know how much I care? Zero point zero zero percent.”

When they guy who watches the Oscars at home and says “I could put on a better show than this!” actually gets to put on a show

“After they broke up, Ferreira said in court records that Michael Leavitt had in the past threatened to try to get her deported.”

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.

New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

Did you know Madison Avenue is Graham Avenue and Marcy Avenue’s daughter

Can we get past $2000 by midnight? That would mean we're 10% of the way to our goal.

Creepy, good read

FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals Are you on Trump's naughty list?

The FBI is coming after those of us with "political and social agendas, including opposition to law and immigration enforcement; extreme views in favor of mass migration and open borders; adherence to radical gender ideology, anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, or anti-Christianity..."

Plato

The number of convicted criminals in immigration detention is about 1.8x what it was when Trump took office.
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**

open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)

Made pineapple fried rice today and it came out really good but I forgot to add cashews

Unreal levels of civic engagement happening here

In Elgin, ICE agents have been in a standoff with the community as they’re trying to arrest a man. Here’s an altercation between the feds and residents ending with arrest and pepper spray. Video from Sophia Peterson

Tfw you already finished 2000 years ago but he’s still flailing around saying “any second now, hang on, hang on”

YouTube video by StereoSound Diamanda Galás - Let's Not Chat About Despair (HQ Stereo)

Diamanda Galás - “Let’s Not Chat About Despair” (1988)

“Gay music for straight people” is one of the most lucrative niches in the music industry.

Sidewalk by the New School on 13th

I need to go outside and I don’t want to.

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

When I think of peace I also imagine giant zombie hands ripping the earth apart

Sick, sad world.

These tech people deserve [redacted].

Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE

The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.

ICE just released new detention statistics.

As of November 30, 2025, ICE was detaining 65,735 people across the United States.

www.ice.gov/detain/deten...