That’s a hurtful stereotype and I’m noting it on my parchment, in the dark
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Stories for Atlantic, NYT, Pop-Up Magazine (RIP), 99% Invisible, NewYorker, Outside. Contributing writer Afar, California Sunday (RIP). Make José Andrés's podcast. Make music for other podcasts. Editor @ Stanford. I dunno. http://www.chriscolin.com
That’s a hurtful stereotype and I’m noting it on my parchment, in the dark
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
Slash is like Dread Pirate Roberts. “November Rain” was actually eight Slashes ago.
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
that’s what mine looks like up close too
CNN headline writer clearly getting paid by the word
Democrats are simultaneously beginning to refer to ICE and CBP agents as "poorly trained."
This message comes from leadership. They're trying to use it as a substitute for dismantling ICE and CBP and imprisoning their current employees. Don't fall for it; don't take any Dem seriously who uses it.
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
Denmark renames Greenland Epstein Island so that Trump will never talk about it again.
Thanks @longreads.com! Innies 4ever
Thank you Hugh! Ten (10) full admin points awarded for this! (Must use log-in portal to redeem.)
Thankful for the heroic work being done by Stanford’s Three Strikes Project, getting people out of prison who shouldn’t be there. If you need some good feels this week, click on this. (Don’t miss the short vid at the end!)
momentum.stanford.edu/stories/undo...
report back!
It me! If you need tips on starting your own A.N., drop me a line. (But you don’t! Simple as it sounds!)
Thanks @maxkennerly.bsky.social! And for those out there who are starting your own Admin Nights: Report back please! I'm eager for this thing to spread.
Thank you Don! Also, for those who are starting their own Admin Nights: Report back please! I'd love to hear how it goes.
Thanks Don! And this gift link miiiiiight work: www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
Thanks Anna! Admin foreva!
(Thank you!)
I invented a thing called Admin Night and I've come to recruit for it. Get hip to the tiny obligations grinding us down, isolating us and stealing our time! Wake up to the structural reasons why! Get shit done! Admin Night is fun and funny and helpful! Start your own!
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Thank you Katy!
The Post editorial page may be falling apart, but their coverage of administrative problems in Social Security has been excellent.
The brazenness with which they lie is something that is hard to metabolize, even now
thank you!
Hear @romanmars.bsky.social and me discuss sludge, sabotage and the state of Fuck It. Bonus life-improving idea at the end!
Thanks Andy!
"Moonlight poured through a hole in the roof, bathing the floor in a pale blue and illuminating a column of dust. In normal life, I struggle to summon visuals in my head; here I was Rembrandt."
@chriscolin3000.bsky.social for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/m...
Who turned out the lights? (Me.) Thanks to the nature of existence and Seth Meyers slicing blue cheese for the cameos. In this Sunday’s NYT Magazine. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/m...