things im learning from this tweet:
- everyone on this site was a really annoying kid
- really annoying kids today love newspaper comics too
- there was apparently a generation that preceded millennials, but they've all died out and little is known about them
- everyone on this site was a really annoying kid
- really annoying kids today love newspaper comics too
- there was apparently a generation that preceded millennials, but they've all died out and little is known about them
why did so many millennials read so many newspaper comics? easily 60 percent of my reading diet in elementary/middle school was collected editions of calvin and hobbes, farside, dilbert, peanuts, doonesbury (!), foxtrot (?!?) and i know im not alone. historically unique phenomenon
rather than talk about Scott Adams I want to talk about something weirder (me). Who else was really into Dilbert when you were 12. Who else was like, boy, I can't wait to work a cubicle job
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
things im learning from this tweet:
- everyone on this site was a really annoying kid
- really annoying kids today love newspaper comics too
- there was apparently a generation that preceded millennials, but they've all died out and little is known about them
- everyone on this site was a really annoying kid
- really annoying kids today love newspaper comics too
- there was apparently a generation that preceded millennials, but they've all died out and little is known about them
why did so many millennials read so many newspaper comics? easily 60 percent of my reading diet in elementary/middle school was collected editions of calvin and hobbes, farside, dilbert, peanuts, doonesbury (!), foxtrot (?!?) and i know im not alone. historically unique phenomenon
rather than talk about Scott Adams I want to talk about something weirder (me). Who else was really into Dilbert when you were 12. Who else was like, boy, I can't wait to work a cubicle job
January 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
why did so many millennials read so many newspaper comics? easily 60 percent of my reading diet in elementary/middle school was collected editions of calvin and hobbes, farside, dilbert, peanuts, doonesbury (!), foxtrot (?!?) and i know im not alone. historically unique phenomenon
publishing james pogue on marie glusenkamp perez in january 2026 should result in a fine and multi-week suspension
January 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
publishing james pogue on marie glusenkamp perez in january 2026 should result in a fine and multi-week suspension
I’d say a big thing we’re all learning from the pats-chargers game is that skyrizi works for crohns as well as plaque psoriasis
January 12, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I’d say a big thing we’re all learning from the pats-chargers game is that skyrizi works for crohns as well as plaque psoriasis
trying to explain to jd vance why it's bad that renee good was killed by federal agents: ok, so, imagine that she was a squirrel belonging to an IG/onlyfans influencer,
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
trying to explain to jd vance why it's bad that renee good was killed by federal agents: ok, so, imagine that she was a squirrel belonging to an IG/onlyfans influencer,
wrote about this exact point yesterday in the context of figuring out what/where/how musk's power lies. musk making himself twitter (and vice versa) is a strength for musk but a weakness for twitter maxread.substack.com/p/why-wont-s...
January 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
wrote about this exact point yesterday in the context of figuring out what/where/how musk's power lies. musk making himself twitter (and vice versa) is a strength for musk but a weakness for twitter maxread.substack.com/p/why-wont-s...
didn't realize that libs had turned on tooze. sad!!
Tooze's Wages of Destruction remains a masterpiece. Just don't look at his output post-2022 on public affairs, because there's been a sad decline
No and I mean logistics is a real thing. But if you really pressed me I'd probably pick Wages of Destruction or The Allure of Battle over that.
January 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
didn't realize that libs had turned on tooze. sad!!
out from 2025: butlerian jihad
in for 2026: full prohibition on graven images
in for 2026: full prohibition on graven images
January 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
out from 2025: butlerian jihad
in for 2026: full prohibition on graven images
in for 2026: full prohibition on graven images
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this week's "work friend" advice column features an extended mo salah/liverpool metaphor, proof that the premier league transfer market has lessons for all workers and workplaces
My Job Is Making Me Sick
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
this week's "work friend" advice column features an extended mo salah/liverpool metaphor, proof that the premier league transfer market has lessons for all workers and workplaces
this week's "work friend" advice column features an extended mo salah/liverpool metaphor, proof that the premier league transfer market has lessons for all workers and workplaces
My Job Is Making Me Sick
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
this week's "work friend" advice column features an extended mo salah/liverpool metaphor, proof that the premier league transfer market has lessons for all workers and workplaces
very interesting !
What if Readers Like A.I.-Generated Fiction?
If economic and technological transformations have changed our relationship with literature before, they could do so again.
www.newyorker.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
very interesting !
30 lists and 15,000 words to round out the year from (among others) @tomscocca.bsky.social ! @bcmerchant.bsky.social ! @caseyjohnston.bsky.social ! @taylorlorenz.bsky.social ! @choire.bsky.social ! @rilaws.bsky.social ! @libbycwatson.com ! @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social !
The Read Max year in review 2025
Over 30 lists and 15,000 words from Read Max friends, foes, and family
maxread.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
30 lists and 15,000 words to round out the year from (among others) @tomscocca.bsky.social ! @bcmerchant.bsky.social ! @caseyjohnston.bsky.social ! @taylorlorenz.bsky.social ! @choire.bsky.social ! @rilaws.bsky.social ! @libbycwatson.com ! @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social !
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really really enjoyed talking about this with the great @maxread.info felt like we got to a place at the end where some broader attention economy stuff locked into place! www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Prediction Markets and the ‘Suckerifcation’ Crisis, With Max Read
Everyone’s betting; nobody’s winning.
www.theatlantic.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
really really enjoyed talking about this with the great @maxread.info felt like we got to a place at the end where some broader attention economy stuff locked into place! www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
what is slop? wrote up this short tweet thread at only slightly greater length: maxread.substack.com/p/what-is-sl...
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
what is slop? wrote up this short tweet thread at only slightly greater length: maxread.substack.com/p/what-is-sl...
one thing about roger ailes i feel like people sometimes lose track of is that in addition to being a propagandist he was a genius tv producer
Bari Weiss’ Next CBS News Move: Town Halls With JD Vance, Sam Altman and Debates About God and Feminism
The news division is also planning a town hall with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the 'Things That Matter' series, with Bank of America lined up as a sponsor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
one thing about roger ailes i feel like people sometimes lose track of is that in addition to being a propagandist he was a genius tv producer
if you went to an ivy league school and traveled out to LA with a pilot in the peak tv/streamers era and couldn't get a solitary job in a writers room you must have been an UNBELIEVABLY bad hang
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
if you went to an ivy league school and traveled out to LA with a pilot in the peak tv/streamers era and couldn't get a solitary job in a writers room you must have been an UNBELIEVABLY bad hang
went to see pirates of the carribbean with two really beautiful older girls from my high school and they taught me the trick where you pour reeses pieces into your bag of hot popcorn and get a sort of makeshift peanut-butter candy popcorn. nothing happened otherwise but it was a life highlight
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
went to see pirates of the carribbean with two really beautiful older girls from my high school and they taught me the trick where you pour reeses pieces into your bag of hot popcorn and get a sort of makeshift peanut-butter candy popcorn. nothing happened otherwise but it was a life highlight
I'm live with Ganz right now open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE NOW: Read Max x Unpopular Front
Max Read on Substack
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December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'm live with Ganz right now open.substack.com/live-stream/...
literally don’t think my 5 y/o would believe me if I told him that Santa is not real. I don’t have the credibility
Noticing a lot of other toddler parents going hard on telling their 3 and 4 year olds that "Santa is not real.". I get the impulse but I don't know: myth is pretty foundational to imagination? They need to be allowed to believe in things that are mysterious and perhaps a little bit dark.
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
literally don’t think my 5 y/o would believe me if I told him that Santa is not real. I don’t have the credibility
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An interesting shift in perspective: LLMs not as replacements for individual workers, but as replacements for the output of a whole industry (from maxread.substack.com/p/will-ai-wr...)
December 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
An interesting shift in perspective: LLMs not as replacements for individual workers, but as replacements for the output of a whole industry (from maxread.substack.com/p/will-ai-wr...)
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feel like an ethnography of the people who get paid by the piece to "rank" LLM outputs would also explain a lot about the kind of prose the models are optimized to generate
maxread.substack.com/p/will-ai-wr...
maxread.substack.com/p/will-ai-wr...
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
feel like an ethnography of the people who get paid by the piece to "rank" LLM outputs would also explain a lot about the kind of prose the models are optimized to generate
maxread.substack.com/p/will-ai-wr...
maxread.substack.com/p/will-ai-wr...
read max paid subscribers were put on to los thuthanaka two weeks before pfork's review. 'being on the cutting edge of culture' not even a listed subscriber benefit!!
A unique history of Paris' underbelly, a fluffy '90s heist thriller, and a new album from the best act I saw live last year
Roundup 03/22/2025
maxread.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
read max paid subscribers were put on to los thuthanaka two weeks before pfork's review. 'being on the cutting edge of culture' not even a listed subscriber benefit!!
as a kid who also went to CTY, it's crazy how recognizable the culture of late silicon valley (thinking not just of yarvin but of like "tpot" and the "post-rats") is identifiable as and identical to "gifted-kid camp" culture
December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
as a kid who also went to CTY, it's crazy how recognizable the culture of late silicon valley (thinking not just of yarvin but of like "tpot" and the "post-rats") is identifiable as and identical to "gifted-kid camp" culture
here's this week's work friend, about racist jokes and italian dreams. please submit your work-related advice questions to workfriend at nytimes dot com !
I Made an Offensive Joke. But So Did Everyone Else! Why Did I Get Fired?
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
here's this week's work friend, about racist jokes and italian dreams. please submit your work-related advice questions to workfriend at nytimes dot com !