Tal Shiar Slough House
@ericmorse.bsky.social
📰 Something something editor something something New York something
🌆 NYC
✊ Union member
🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+
♾️ Autistic
☕️ Sober
🐈 Cat dad
❎ Gen X
🌆 NYC
✊ Union member
🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+
♾️ Autistic
☕️ Sober
🐈 Cat dad
❎ Gen X
Apropos to nothing, whoever wrote this apparently thinks that University Park is a place that exists and can be visited rather than just the postal designation for the Penn State campus
January 31, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Apropos to nothing, whoever wrote this apparently thinks that University Park is a place that exists and can be visited rather than just the postal designation for the Penn State campus
Was already leaning toward not renewing my digital subscription. Final nail in the coffin, if this is true
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Was already leaning toward not renewing my digital subscription. Final nail in the coffin, if this is true
I wouldn't want a cleaner going into places where one of these ducks would be out of plain view (other than the cupboard with the cleaning supplies)
January 26, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I wouldn't want a cleaner going into places where one of these ducks would be out of plain view (other than the cupboard with the cleaning supplies)
I'll say it's bad. That should be "whom to admit" in the hed
January 21, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I'll say it's bad. That should be "whom to admit" in the hed
Me: [Washington Heights intersection], please
Cabbie: Is that Yonkers?
***
Me: [Washington Heights intersection], please
Cabbie: Uptown?
Me: Yeah, Washington Heights
Cabbie: Shit
Cabbie: Is that Yonkers?
***
Me: [Washington Heights intersection], please
Cabbie: Uptown?
Me: Yeah, Washington Heights
Cabbie: Shit
January 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Me: [Washington Heights intersection], please
Cabbie: Is that Yonkers?
***
Me: [Washington Heights intersection], please
Cabbie: Uptown?
Me: Yeah, Washington Heights
Cabbie: Shit
Cabbie: Is that Yonkers?
***
Me: [Washington Heights intersection], please
Cabbie: Uptown?
Me: Yeah, Washington Heights
Cabbie: Shit
Next will be its sister ships, Puttanesca and Alla Vodka
January 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Next will be its sister ships, Puttanesca and Alla Vodka
Never did that, but for weeks — MONTHS — after moving back to NYC from Hong Kong, I would pull out my wallet as I was leaving the subway
January 5, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Never did that, but for weeks — MONTHS — after moving back to NYC from Hong Kong, I would pull out my wallet as I was leaving the subway
Always had a good juvenile snicker when I spotted one of Hong Kong's cum recycling bins
December 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Always had a good juvenile snicker when I spotted one of Hong Kong's cum recycling bins
He's in for a shock when he has to adjust to actual pizza instead of casserole pretending to be pizza
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
He's in for a shock when he has to adjust to actual pizza instead of casserole pretending to be pizza
As did "Bostoo Yook Yarters"
December 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As did "Bostoo Yook Yarters"
"Toronto Blue'ns" made me snort-laugh
December 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Toronto Blue'ns" made me snort-laugh
What is this, an Eagles game?
December 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What is this, an Eagles game?
Is that like the brown acid at Woodstock?
December 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Is that like the brown acid at Woodstock?
Puts me in mind of another piece assessing a veteran actor's late-career work, with an all-time great headline:
www.npr.org/2012/01/25/1...
www.npr.org/2012/01/25/1...
What Should Liam Neeson Punch Next?
In The Grey, Liam Neeson takes on some wolves. We wonder what he can possibly take on next.
www.npr.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Puts me in mind of another piece assessing a veteran actor's late-career work, with an all-time great headline:
www.npr.org/2012/01/25/1...
www.npr.org/2012/01/25/1...
I got one a similar message on LinkedIn telling me my background made me an excellent candidate to enroll in a master's degree program in electrical engineering. It was the best laugh I've had in a long time
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I got one a similar message on LinkedIn telling me my background made me an excellent candidate to enroll in a master's degree program in electrical engineering. It was the best laugh I've had in a long time
I have read cricket articles out loud to British and Australian people and gotten blank looks in return
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have read cricket articles out loud to British and Australian people and gotten blank looks in return
The What Is New York account on Instagram just had a post where someone saw one in Wisconsin, which I think is where the factory is. They just drive them over from there
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The What Is New York account on Instagram just had a post where someone saw one in Wisconsin, which I think is where the factory is. They just drive them over from there
These Bond guys are amateurs. The last Terminator film killed off a still-teenage John Connor, effectively retconning the two previous films out of existence. More franchises need to set themselves this kind of challenge
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
These Bond guys are amateurs. The last Terminator film killed off a still-teenage John Connor, effectively retconning the two previous films out of existence. More franchises need to set themselves this kind of challenge
Is he largely forgotten though? There's a popular show on Prime Video based on his books
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Is he largely forgotten though? There's a popular show on Prime Video based on his books
Where are the MythBusters when we need them the most?
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Where are the MythBusters when we need them the most?
It used to be fairly common for leaders in fields like tech and finance to talk about hiring liberal-arts grads because those grads could learn techy/financey things on the job but came in already possessing critical and syncretic thinking abilities
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It used to be fairly common for leaders in fields like tech and finance to talk about hiring liberal-arts grads because those grads could learn techy/financey things on the job but came in already possessing critical and syncretic thinking abilities
Also New York knows the difference between pizza and casserole
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Also New York knows the difference between pizza and casserole
Giggling? Cackling!
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Giggling? Cackling!