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Josh Gondelman

@joshgondelman.bsky.social

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Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · Jun 28

This is now out in the world, and it would mean a lot if you checked it out, and if you enjoy it, maybe spread the word! Thanks for your time! :)

Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · Jun 27

My new standup special Positive Reinforcement premieres TONIGHT at 8pm eastern time on Blonde Medicine’s YouTube channel. I’m really proud of this hour and grateful to all the people who helped make the special happen.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvN...

Positive Reinforcement cover art!!! I’m wearing a cardigan with another cardigan draped over my shoulders. My name and the title are kind of styled like the Big Lebowski opening titles!

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 5h

It’s important!!!

Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 13h

You absolutely cannot. When you get there, ONLY.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 13h

Oh yeah do NOT phone it in.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 13h

I think it's precious how baseball has all these rigid unwritten rules and one of them is that if you get a hit you CAN do a little dance when you reach the base.

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 14h

I also think there should be more comedies so the other shows can stay what they are!

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

I went a little bit long on Chris Kraus's excellent new true crime novel and what it has to do with the Red Scare girls. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...

The Maris Review, vol 76

What I read this week The Four Spent the Day Together by Chris Kraus There are so many things I want to say about this book. But let's start with this: The Four Spent the Day Together is an excellen...

www.themarisreview.com

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 15h

Hey NYC Bluesky, this lovely little restaurant that just happens to be down the street from me is struggling and could use your help. Please support, their food is excellent (and we are in dire need of good places to eat on Franklin)! agiscounter.com

Agi's Cafe

Hungarian & Jewish Classics Reimagined for the Modern Table

agiscounter.com

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 16h

Bring! Back! Shame!

Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 18h

Oh no.

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 8d

It's pub day for my book, "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," which chronicles the rise of the tech right and their role in the 2024 election. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way.
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Gilded Rage | Linktree

A searing look at the rise of Silicon Valley's far right. Out October 2025.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a little bit about the inflatable frog suit protests against ICE, which feel platonic yet furry-adjacent. Read the whole thing here: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/153-frogs-ag...

There have been many kinds of opposition to ICE's assault on cities across the United States. I get choked up every time I see a video of concerned bystanders intervening to help someone safely escape an unjust arrest/abduction. But nothing has quite underscored the asymmetry between the "war" that Donald Trump has claimed is breaking out in urban areas and the reality of those regions (imperfect but largely peaceful). Nothing illustrates public safety more effectively than someone dressing like a dumbass and not getting beat up. And by that standard, Portland may statistically be the safest place in the history of the world.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 23h

Now I am listening to D'Angelo while taking care of the tasks I already had planned for the day, and I am slightly worried I'm going to buy my mom an inordinately sexy birthday present.

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Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social · 11d

"Sports are a drug, but drugs are also a drug." -- L. O'Neil

Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 14d

Big one this week: @joshgondelman.bsky.social and @lukeoneil47.bsky.social describe what it was like to root FOR the Brady/Belichick Patriots, Boston sports fandom in general, and being Lefty sports fans as everything gets Trumpier podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

New England Patriots (with Josh Gondelman and Luke O'Neil)

Podcast Episode · Thrill Of Defeat · 09/30/2025 · 1h 15m

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 23h

I was saying to someone earlier this year (kind of tongue in cheek) that we're only about three years away from new D'Angelo music and I'm really crushed thinking about that now!

Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 23h

Absolutely! And it shows in the work!

Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 23h

It's so sad that he's gone, and it's an additional twist of the knife knowing that he was so young, and he doesn't have a longer catalog because it took so much time to make work that perfect.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 23h

The one time I ever asked a friend to get me into Saturday Night Live was a real scramble to see D'Angelo live when I missed out on getting tickets to his Apollo show after Black Messiah came out, and I didn't know if I'd get the chance to see him again! He was great! That album! Dammit

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 1d

I'm really sad about D'Angelo! He made so much of the best music in the history of music! Everyone's remembrances of the artist and his work are making me emotional!

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Liz Miele @lizmiele.bsky.social · 1d

This Friday I’m producing a show that I did during the pandemic called “zoom diner” where me & my comedy friends try new jokes, give notes, tags, & tell stories to help shape new ideas. this Friday @ 9:30 @ Flophouse with Shafi Hossain & @joshgondelman.bsky.social • all info & tix at lizmiele.com

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 1d

One of the best nights on that app EVER. My husband and I only paused the music once to make our then roommate watch the Untitled video which she had somehow never seen. She had her mind blown. Then we got right back to it.

Crazygemini12 @crazygemini12.bsky.social · 1d

One of my fave memories from Old Twitter was everyone on Black Twitter staying up together to listen to the album all the way through, like we didn’t have to be at work the next morning. Just sitting there in awe

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 1d

I listened to that album twice in a row when it dropped in the middle of the night. Absolute classic.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah absolutely!!

Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 1d

The super rich are torn between their desires to 1. Remake the whole world in their terrible image and 2. Be seen as cool.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly how I feel about Bari Weiss at CBS News. If she turns it into a functioning conservative outlet, she’s done her job, and if she causes it to fully implode, she’s done her job almost as well.

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