Abe vanderBent

I’m partial to the Al pastor at Taqueria La Hacienda myself

Love that place!

Favorite current White Sox player?

Him or Golden fit best. Could also see Conerly/Simmons as the 2026 Rasheed Walker replacement

The Mystics entire offseason feels like they keep forgetting they have Stef Dolson (Kiki pick included)

My spiciest MCU take is that the only reason that Captain America: Civil War isn’t the worst MCU movie is because Thor: The Dark World exists. But it’s close.

The Trylon in Minneapolis is screening every PTA movie except Hard Eight in February/March, if anyone in that area wants to get a head start: www.trylon.org/film-series/...

Good news: I now know who owns the vanity license plate “SEXY” in the state of Minnesota

Bad news: it’s a middle-aged dude with a white Tesla

Every organization has an ass, a metonym for a shared, core center of identity, where the vulnerability of one is the vulnerability of all. Our ass is in part queer, nonwhite, multiply gendered, non-Christian, disabled, and other modes of selfhood that Donald Trump has routinely mocked or abused.

So our revised editorial policy as of 2025 is that Donald Trump, his administration, and his allies can kiss our ass. No matter what powers they may possess or claim to possess, or which threats they may issue, they can just kiss our entire, collective ass.

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