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the only things i published this year that i really care about
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a haggard Rose Byrne, in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, playing Guided by Voices on her phone as she sneaks a cigarette poolside at a cheap motel at 2am is the realest depiction of Gen X midlife meltdown I have ever seen
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
a haggard Rose Byrne, in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, playing Guided by Voices on her phone as she sneaks a cigarette poolside at a cheap motel at 2am is the realest depiction of Gen X midlife meltdown I have ever seen
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I feel like the Presbyterian Church of Upper Montclair could’ve spent a bit more time on their URL
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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this writing is so bad the only recent comparison is that piece on Cormac McCarthy that appeared in … oh.
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Hang it all, Robert Kennedy
ok I’m sorry to ever say anything but what the fuck does she think a canto is
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
this writing is so bad the only recent comparison is that piece on Cormac McCarthy that appeared in … oh.
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
well if we’re just listing guys who never urinated on us, pull up a chair
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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oh man, Todd Snider. way too fucking young

open.spotify.com/track/5Kgoem...
Looking for a Job
open.spotify.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
oh man, Todd Snider. way too fucking young

open.spotify.com/track/5Kgoem...
Looking for a Job
open.spotify.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
missed the third anniversary of Mimi Parker’s death, which I’d meant to mark by posting my Low playlist that I made after I heard the news, but I will post it late, because Low makes me want to be late to things anyway

open.spotify.com/playlist/3rM...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
hate when the ai overview is accurate
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A teenager drops his phone in the creek and becomes the first earthling to daydream
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
lol they are melting
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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But can he make insane videos about used crack pipes in children’s backpacks
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
But can he make insane videos about used crack pipes in children’s backpacks
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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I hate this misuse of "whom." I see it every single day. It's irrelevant that the relative pronoun precedes another pronoun; the question is what is the subject of the relevant verb

cc @nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I hate this misuse of "whom." I see it every single day. It's irrelevant that the relative pronoun precedes another pronoun; the question is what is the subject of the relevant verb

cc @nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
How long will we allow them to steal an hour of daylight from the people in the darkest months of the year? Standard time is theft
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I hereby anathematize this sentence from Mark Jarman
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM