Seth Pollack

Passed a guy wearing a Mr. Plow jacket and a Futurama hat. Just casually Groeninged out

It’s time. We need a Bluesky liaison work slot (cc @joshuajfriedman.com)

How busy is the @foodcoop.bsky.social?

No one told me that The Righteous Gemstones season 2 includes both Eric Andre and Jason Schwartzman. This information was withheld from me, I believe maliciously

A pigeon and rat canoodle atop street signs for 143 Place and 143 Street and 143 Avenue. Caption: Against All Odds, We Found Each Other

Found this incredible Queens valentine

Any recent high scores? I just saw footage from a place called Lucky Charlie in Bushwick with an ancient coal oven that seems to produce beautiful charring

I just read a book about left wing radicals of the 60s and 70s. It mentioned that one of the most prolific bomb makers in the country is now retired in Park Slope. I looked him up and he’s quoted here opining against a local bar getting licensed to have a patio

I hadn’t known that The Righteous Gemstones features Walton Goggins as an untrustworthy preacher called Uncle Baby Billy. I know better now

The balding pill company advertising like they occupied Zucotti Park

We need a truth and reconciliation commission for the 2021 Super Bowl advertisers

The Patriots should have cavalry and Seattle should have one Boeing drone

The NFL should work like Red Alert 2, with each team having access to a unique unit that represents their region

This short story collection introduces the writer John O’Hara by mentioning his epitaph: “He told the truth about his time. He wrote honestly and well.”

Turns out the epitaph actually starts “Better than anyone else,” and he wrote it himself

Sorry, I’m hearing some wailing of damned souls and gnashing of teeth. Could whoever is in Hell please mute themselves?

The final and canonical excuse has been posted. None can do better

If you’re going to blame Zohran for the temperature staying below freezing all week, you might as well go all in. Why isn’t he also improving the humidity out?

Dream big!

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The NY Times frame sucks (typical) but the goal here isn’t “let’s find the truth in the middle,” it’s “what are the reactionaries saying directly to their people?”

I joined one session. It’s a screened group of left wing people trying to understand the set of very online bigots who rule our country, not for fun, but for analysis. It isn’t hugely different than Know Your Enemy. But maybe I’m naive

We applaud the efforts of SMC members Jana and @christianaraos.bsky.social in working with @progintl.bsky.social at Neustra America for the adoption of the San Carlos Declaration. Christian and Jana successfully advocated for the inclusion of language concerning the rights of migrants in the US.

On top of everything else, it’s a level of cold in Minneapolis today that I really can’t imagine

I thought my book of Richard Yates short stories would be fun to read on the train and was immediately confronted with a story of heartbreak in a 1950s VA tuberculosis ward

It’s so cold out that the rear brake on my bike won’t work. But I should be totally fine as long as I don’t encounter any unusually slippery surfaces

He calls himself my friend, but @lurrie.bsky.social only came up with the slogan “Seth Before Dishonor” when he heard some other guy named Seth is running for office. Interesting

Going to another concert here tonight or I’d take a Chinatown bus down and see them again, they were that good

How did Eric Adams add MORE levels of scammery here?

Going to the Bishop Allen and Mates of State show Friday, posting on the millennial app where someone will recognize at least one of those bands

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

Conditions have degraded so much that my dad (onetime Giuliani Republican) and brother (aircraft mechanic) are calling ME to complain about Republicans and ICE