Will Leitch

Right? As long as you can still find your laughter, you'll never grow old. (Even if all your skin has rotten away, apparently.)

To bring back another Old Social Media Guy term: Blocked, and Reported.

At least he is only 17!

Not knowing anyone in the Lollapalooza lineup is the first sign that you're now the Cryptkeeper, but watching Manny Ramirez's SON hit a homer officially has me ready to spend the rest of my days ingesting solely tapioca and Werther's Originals.

This is probably the right move.

I keep thinking this. And yet.

Literally the first joke I ever made in print, my freshman year at the Daily Illini, was that Orel Hershiser and Steve Sax should marry so we could have Orel Sax-Hershiser.

Congratulations, man!

This is indeed helpful context!

The Wild Olympic Curling Scandal Is a Sign of the Times Shamelessness comes to a sport not well-equipped to deal with it.

For @nymag, I wrote about curling, and the end of a world that cares about rules. nymag.com/intelligence...

Those are very, very strong words. We shall see!

It's always wonderful, whatever the context.

Finally I have a use for all these muskets. (Note: I might be a little confused by which weapons were used for which war.)

Also please treat Ayo well we love him.

Who wouldn’t?

I could not possibly agree more. They could barely lift their heads by the midway point of the second half.

The Bad Bunny Super Bowl Was a Needed Respite From Trump President Trump didn’t attend the Super Bowl this year. And Will Leitch writes that at Levi’s Stadium, the whole production — highlighted by Bad Bunny’s halftime show — felt packed with stuff Trump would hate,

President Trump didn’t attend the Super Bowl this year. And Will Leitch writes that at Levi’s Stadium, the whole production — highlighted by Bad Bunny’s halftime show — felt packed with stuff Trump would hate,

Had an absolutely miserable night in every way … and still scored 16 on 16 shots. That’s as bad as he can play, and his basement is still kinda efficient.

Every broadcast should do this.

They should have sent a poet.

Chuck Klosterman Thinks He Might Live to See the NFL Crumble The author and commentator discusses Football, his characteristically unique take on an American institution.

I spoke with Chuck Klosterman about his new book "Football." nymag.com/intelligence...

Opinion | ICE Took Liam Conejo Ramos. His Classmates Have Something to Say.

This is something to see. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...

Rest in peace to one of the great bloggers and the de facto mayor of Philadelphia. It was my honor and pleasure to work with him. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

DEFINITELY very cool to quote Woody Allen but he *does* have a good joke about this from his Keaton AFI tribute:

"If you’ve ever had a colonoscopy, they give you an injection and you’re out. And it’s black and peaceful, and nice. And so death is like a colonoscopy. The problem is life is the prep."

It shouldn't bother me. But it does.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

The People vs. ICE Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.

I wrote about Minneapolis.

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Ranking the nominees (by how much I liked them, not by who will win):

1. One Battle After Another
2. Marty Supreme
3. The Secret Agent
4. Sinners
5. Train Dreams
6. Sentimental Value
7. Hamnet
8. Bugonia
9. Frankenstein
10. F1