As a lifelong fan, someone who played for years, followed for years, there is so much surrounding this World Cup that has soured me on it. A personal boycott seems…silly? Yet I can’t say I’m looking fwd one bit. Now teams pulling out because their children are being obliterated by the host country
17/ Memory Piece, Lisa Ko
I think this deserves at least as much sustained attention from US media as Claudine Gay's dissertation
They deserve each other. Evil recognize evil
Shocker
The fascists come to town and there’s violence
They never saw it coming. They were sleeping a little. Most of our people over there, wouldn’t have happened to them.
don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free
OHHHHH WHAT A FEEEEELIN!
Having some of the most thoroughly redacted thoughts of my life.
Reservoir Ducks
“I get so tired of the idea that progressives have gone too far in asserting that every human being deserves human rights when people are being shot in the streets of Minneapolis.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...
SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26
NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%
16/ Monk Fruit, Edward Salem
Fantastic collection
Really appreciated the opportunity to talk to @brookegladstone.bsky.social @onthemedia.bsky.social about the Anthropic-OpenAI-Pentagon mess. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Fwiw, from someone who has been in the industry a while, the pendulum swings back and forth on this. Not long ago it was fiction that was struggling. The trend will reverse. Broadly speaking, in dark times people read more fiction.
15/ The Safekeep, Yael Van Der Wouden
Amazing, moving. Worthy of any hype.
Me to Paul Newman’s family at the funeral: may his memory be a dressing
One of my most painful memories of watching Fulham was against West Ham. A game so bad it couldn’t finish fast enough
time for her to consider that the groceries are too big
he's just a brianless teenager who likes to blow shtt up
I’ve seen enough. Not about the election. Just generally.
Too bad they didn’t succeed in marginalizing Smashing Pumpkins
ShamWow guy is a classic GOP sex pest
Shlomi is the perfect Republican
Sad news. I didn’t personally know him but he seemed like a nice guy, I bought a bunch of Blue Navigators from him over the years
Colson Whitehead Harlem Shuffle
14/ Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead
Catching up on Whitehead.
NEW: The definitive story of how Trump took an almost inevitable path to a new Middle East war: Netanyahu repeatedly urged him to attack Iran with Israel, and no aides voiced opposition. Netanyahu also undermined diplomacy. Regime change became the goal. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
Lmfaaaaao
You have to go
