Michael Kusek
@michaelkusek.bsky.social
Publisher of Different Leaf. Former Take magazine. I never have enough good sense to stay home. Always looking for art, design, ideas & trends.
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please read this
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
please read this
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sue the fucker for every last bit of his liquor money, Frank
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
sue the fucker for every last bit of his liquor money, Frank
We lost so, so much with each death. Such a talent taken far too soon.
In honor of World AIDS Day, I'd like to share a story that breaks my heart whenever I tell it. Please read it. It's the story of David Carroll.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We lost so, so much with each death. Such a talent taken far too soon.
OK. Think of a conversation you had with a friend or family member that just had an MRI. Did they have a vague idea of what was being scanned and why? Were they unaware of the results?
No, they knew every detail...and so does Trump. The results are bad enough that he's needs to lie about it.
No, they knew every detail...and so does Trump. The results are bad enough that he's needs to lie about it.
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
OK. Think of a conversation you had with a friend or family member that just had an MRI. Did they have a vague idea of what was being scanned and why? Were they unaware of the results?
No, they knew every detail...and so does Trump. The results are bad enough that he's needs to lie about it.
No, they knew every detail...and so does Trump. The results are bad enough that he's needs to lie about it.
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In 1982 someone tampered with Tylenol bottles in Chicago and every single bottle of Tylenol was immediately removed from the nation's shelves, during the Reagan presidency. Today, an AI bot coaches a kid into committing suicide and it's crickets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago...
Chicago Tylenol murders - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In 1982 someone tampered with Tylenol bottles in Chicago and every single bottle of Tylenol was immediately removed from the nation's shelves, during the Reagan presidency. Today, an AI bot coaches a kid into committing suicide and it's crickets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago...
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19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
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The good lord gave me the soul of a theater kid, but not the voice of one--and that is my burden to bear.
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The good lord gave me the soul of a theater kid, but not the voice of one--and that is my burden to bear.
Making hasselback potatoes is more enjoyable in theory.
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Making hasselback potatoes is more enjoyable in theory.
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[August 29th, 1980] Patti LuPone, star of the Broadway musical "Evita," sings pop songs at a New York nightclub called Les Mouches after her shows. Despite concerns that it strains her voice, LuPone says it has actually made her stronger.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
[August 29th, 1980] Patti LuPone, star of the Broadway musical "Evita," sings pop songs at a New York nightclub called Les Mouches after her shows. Despite concerns that it strains her voice, LuPone says it has actually made her stronger.
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Roy Cohn could not be reached for comment.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
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Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Roy Cohn could not be reached for comment.
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Just in time for World AIDS Day (which the US has pulled out of, in addition to wrecking the global AIDS response). #RFKJr is an AIDS denialist. Yes. A la Peter Duesberg. Thabo Mbeki. Just mind-boggling.
This week’s Whopper of the Week we focus on RFK Jr.'s embrace of AIDS denialism- which parallels RFK's other anti-science beliefs.
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Has Plainly Stated His Belief in the Falsehoods of AIDS Denialism | Defend Public Health
In June 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told New York Magazine, "There are much better candidates than HIV for what causes AIDS." This is blatantly false, contradicted by mountains of data and real-world ...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just in time for World AIDS Day (which the US has pulled out of, in addition to wrecking the global AIDS response). #RFKJr is an AIDS denialist. Yes. A la Peter Duesberg. Thabo Mbeki. Just mind-boggling.
If ever there was a year where the US adopted hosting Krampus parades. There are just so many people who need a public spanking with a switch.
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
If ever there was a year where the US adopted hosting Krampus parades. There are just so many people who need a public spanking with a switch.
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This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
Add “unfucking the Venice Biennale selection process” to all the things we’re going to have to do, eventually.
What Is the Mysterious New Group Behind Trump's Venice Biennale Pick? | Artnet News
What is the American Arts Conservancy? Who are its advisors? Why is a pet foods entrepreneur in charge of the U.S. Venice Biennale pavilion?
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November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Add “unfucking the Venice Biennale selection process” to all the things we’re going to have to do, eventually.
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NEW!
Rachel Maddow tells the story of one of the most shocking decisions in American history in her new podcast, “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order.”
Listen to the trailer now and follow the series. New episodes drop Mondays.
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow tells the story of one of the most shocking decisions in American history in her new podcast, “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order.”
Listen to the trailer now and follow the series. New episodes drop Mondays.
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW!
Rachel Maddow tells the story of one of the most shocking decisions in American history in her new podcast, “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order.”
Listen to the trailer now and follow the series. New episodes drop Mondays.
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow tells the story of one of the most shocking decisions in American history in her new podcast, “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order.”
Listen to the trailer now and follow the series. New episodes drop Mondays.
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
I’ve had the pleasure of working with some amazing editors at my magazines. Pretty certain there never was a suggestion to run semi-nude portraits of them.
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I’ve had the pleasure of working with some amazing editors at my magazines. Pretty certain there never was a suggestion to run semi-nude portraits of them.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
Dear God, hope you get the letter, and-
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat from God
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat from God
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Dear God, hope you get the letter, and-
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat from God
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat from God
Think someone should do a post-press conference check on Debra Messing?
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Think someone should do a post-press conference check on Debra Messing?
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Which reminds me of one of my favorite New Yorker corrections
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Which reminds me of one of my favorite New Yorker corrections
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Trump had already thrown Elise under the bus, but I am here for every time he backs up over her.
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump had already thrown Elise under the bus, but I am here for every time he backs up over her.
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Between the Mamdani campaign and the new Rosalía album, radical multilingualism is having a moment.
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Between the Mamdani campaign and the new Rosalía album, radical multilingualism is having a moment.
I was watching this live and rewound it to watch it again because it was just such an unexpected moment.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I was watching this live and rewound it to watch it again because it was just such an unexpected moment.
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The way every bad economic news graph looks just like the felon’s signature
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The way every bad economic news graph looks just like the felon’s signature
Does this say what I think it says? Is there a gas leak in my house?
The Trump administration has reportedly recruited rapper and musician Nicki Minaj in an apparent effort to back its proposed invasion of Nigeria to stop purported persecution of Christians.
Trump admin recruits rapper Nicki Minaj in bizarre move to promote military invasion plans
The Trump administration has reportedly recruited rapper and musician Nicki Minaj in an apparent effort to back its proposed invasion of Nigeria to stop purported persecution of Christians.“U.S. envoy to the U.N. Mike Waltz and rap superstar Nicki Minaj will deliver remarks early this week on the pe...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Does this say what I think it says? Is there a gas leak in my house?