Mark Aldrich
@markaldrich.bsky.social
The NY Post called me a "writer" once, with quotes. NYPA award-winning humorist. Comedy performer once a week. Author of essay about Covid loss in 'Who We Lost.' Sober: 7/15/2010. Disabled: SMA IV. New Paltz, NY. https://linktr.ee/Mark.Aldrich
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Two years ago on my birthday, I responded to a food photo posted by the great @nigella.bsky.social with, "This looks perfect for my birthday today." Her account wished me a Happy Birthday, which moved me deeply because of life-things at that moment. It's a sweet gesture for which I'm ever-grateful.
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A column I wrote years ago about seeing Cary Grant on his live tour in 1984 (even longer ago) is attracting attention for some reason:
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
A Memory of Cary Grant
A memoir about the night I saw Cary Grant in person: * * * * Starting in the mid-1980s, Cary Grant toured in a one-man question-and-answer show, A Conversation with Cary Grant, in which he spent ni…
thegadabouttown.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A column I wrote years ago about seeing Cary Grant on his live tour in 1984 (even longer ago) is attracting attention for some reason:
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
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The two simultaneous WH messages on the economy (both used today) are:
1) It’s Biden’s economy and it sucks
2) It’s Trump’s economy and it’s an A++++
1) It’s Biden’s economy and it sucks
2) It’s Trump’s economy and it’s an A++++
December 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The two simultaneous WH messages on the economy (both used today) are:
1) It’s Biden’s economy and it sucks
2) It’s Trump’s economy and it’s an A++++
1) It’s Biden’s economy and it sucks
2) It’s Trump’s economy and it’s an A++++
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One final thing. It's now been weeks and Mark Kelly still does not have any resources on his website for anyone who feels they might need to defy illegal orders.
Whatever happened to all that "we have your back" talk?
Whatever happened to all that "we have your back" talk?
December 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
One final thing. It's now been weeks and Mark Kelly still does not have any resources on his website for anyone who feels they might need to defy illegal orders.
Whatever happened to all that "we have your back" talk?
Whatever happened to all that "we have your back" talk?
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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I don't give a goddamn about Nuzzi. I never have. But apart from our previously discussed personal interest which I think necessitates occasional comment, it's not about her. It's about all the slobbering bastards who keep giving her work. Rub it in their faces.
Please stop saying her name. Just pray she disappears. Which she will if everyone stops saying her damn name.
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I don't give a goddamn about Nuzzi. I never have. But apart from our previously discussed personal interest which I think necessitates occasional comment, it's not about her. It's about all the slobbering bastards who keep giving her work. Rub it in their faces.
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This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
NEW
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
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listen
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
ok it’s legitimately funny that they can’t even throw red meat to Catholics without falling into heresy
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
listen
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
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Attention NYC: We made it past the earliest sunset of the year.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Attention NYC: We made it past the earliest sunset of the year.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
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Sammy Davis Jr. would have been 100 today. We saw him in the 80s at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, and he and my late dad had a moment, which I recalled in my May 2020 eulogy for my dad when he died of Covif: thegadabouttown.com/2020/05/12/p... #SDJ100 #SammyDavisJr #Covid
Pandemic Diary: Just a Box of Rain
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the …
thegadabouttown.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Sammy Davis Jr. would have been 100 today. We saw him in the 80s at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, and he and my late dad had a moment, which I recalled in my May 2020 eulogy for my dad when he died of Covif: thegadabouttown.com/2020/05/12/p... #SDJ100 #SammyDavisJr #Covid
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The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
I haven't flown in 20 years. Is this what TSA requires now if you don't have one of those "Real" state IDs? (rfkjr should have established for himself at home in private this morning whether he can pull off a pull up before a public failure to launch.)
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I haven't flown in 20 years. Is this what TSA requires now if you don't have one of those "Real" state IDs? (rfkjr should have established for himself at home in private this morning whether he can pull off a pull up before a public failure to launch.)
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An incredible story from @shaneharris.bsky.social - on the Iranian cyber officer he once knew.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
They Killed My Source
A man claiming to be an Iranian intelligence officer promised me he would reveal his country’s secrets. Then he disappeared.
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
An incredible story from @shaneharris.bsky.social - on the Iranian cyber officer he once knew.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Winning!
Scientists are warning that the ongoing measles outbreak might force the U.S. to lose its elimination status for the first time in decades.
Here's why the measles outbreak just took a dangerous new turn
Measles outbreaks seen in Utah and Arizona remain the biggest in the country.
www.axios.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Winning!
A column I wrote years ago about seeing Cary Grant on his live tour in 1984 (even longer ago) is attracting attention for some reason:
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
A Memory of Cary Grant
A memoir about the night I saw Cary Grant in person: * * * * Starting in the mid-1980s, Cary Grant toured in a one-man question-and-answer show, A Conversation with Cary Grant, in which he spent ni…
thegadabouttown.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A column I wrote years ago about seeing Cary Grant on his live tour in 1984 (even longer ago) is attracting attention for some reason:
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
Sammy Davis Jr. would have been 100 today. We saw him in the 80s at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, and he and my late dad had a moment, which I recalled in my May 2020 eulogy for my dad when he died of Covif: thegadabouttown.com/2020/05/12/p... #SDJ100 #SammyDavisJr #Covid
Pandemic Diary: Just a Box of Rain
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the …
thegadabouttown.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Sammy Davis Jr. would have been 100 today. We saw him in the 80s at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, and he and my late dad had a moment, which I recalled in my May 2020 eulogy for my dad when he died of Covif: thegadabouttown.com/2020/05/12/p... #SDJ100 #SammyDavisJr #Covid
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I stand by my take from two weeks ago: newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...
I'm actually working on a video to go with this for the non-readers out there.
I'm actually working on a video to go with this for the non-readers out there.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I stand by my take from two weeks ago: newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...
I'm actually working on a video to go with this for the non-readers out there.
I'm actually working on a video to go with this for the non-readers out there.
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Cory Lewandowski is like the Pete Davidson of the right-wing world.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Cory Lewandowski is like the Pete Davidson of the right-wing world.
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My respected long-time producer friends who worked on Broadway and The West End w Spacey thought he was the absolute worst person in the business.
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My respected long-time producer friends who worked on Broadway and The West End w Spacey thought he was the absolute worst person in the business.
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Two things can be true:
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Two things can be true:
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
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Since the admin no longer reports reliable employment nums, it's telling that the admin & its media enablers still feel the need to declare a rhetorical end to unemployment in our time. Even they know there is a disparity between the rhetoric & reality. They're not "unemployed"; it's something else.
Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Since the admin no longer reports reliable employment nums, it's telling that the admin & its media enablers still feel the need to declare a rhetorical end to unemployment in our time. Even they know there is a disparity between the rhetoric & reality. They're not "unemployed"; it's something else.
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He falls into a cryptomine.
I know everyone is looking forward to his father's passing, but I'm positive that when the failson-in-chief goes it's going to be in some spectacularly hilarious way.
The president of the United States’ son
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
He falls into a cryptomine.