US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
Apparently America no longer produces anything other than AI and snack food.
"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
To paraphrase the great Nina Simone:
Minnesota Goddam
France is our first and oldest ally.
The fact that they are sending troops to fight against us should actually fill every American with horror and shame.
As a consequence of some of them having committed fraud, I call for the arrest and deportation of all insurance executives
Trump was asked by reporters on Sunday whether he had discussed with the Venezuelan government the release of political prisoners or the return of opposition politicians to Venezuela. “We haven’t gotten to that yet,” he responded. “What we want to do now is fix up the oil.”
Now *there’s* a sentence!
“He screwed onto the side of the desk a pencil sharpener — that highly satisfying implement that goes ticonderoga-ticonderoga, feeding on the yellow finish and sweet wood, and ends up in a kind of soundlessly spinning ethereal void as we all must.”
— Nabokov
#skybooks
If you would like to learn more about lunar bat people fornicating and the man that had the entire world talking about it, check out "The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth Century New York" by Matthew Goodman. /🧵
Welcoming in the traditional Christmas feast!
Hey, I’m quoted in this!
Perfectly willing to see this happen to the Kennedy Center — as long as Trump’s name is likewise being added in memoriam
I saw this scene ONCE when I was a kid and still think about it when I’m putting on my socks in the morning. There’s genuine comic brilliance here from both men. Mr. Reiner, your memory is a blessing.
False report. It turned out that the girlfriend was from Canada and nobody knew her.
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
It’s going to be fascinating to watch GOP response to Trump’s rapid decline — mental, physical, and political. Will they eventually abandon the sinking ship, or stay with it to the bitter end?
No more Halloween sightings of Steve Buscemi dressed up as Daniel Day-Lewis!
Today was the day Zohran Mamdani finally became president
@jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social
Pausing the doomscrolling momentarily to say that I’m thrilled that the WaPo has just named my book PARIS UNDERCOVER as one of the top 50 nonfiction books of the year! (Happy too to be on the list alongside my pal @gilbertking.bsky.social.)
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
Boom!
The very use of the word “insubordinate” indicates his baseline belief that the press is (or should be) subordinate to the ruler.
“An author’s fondest dream is to turn the reader into a spectator.” — Vladimir Nabokov
#writing #blueskywriters
Print dictionaries: the original large language models
11/18/25
On November 13, we are told, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife.
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
To those threatening to leave NYC in the wake of Zohran’s victory, I say the same thing I said to those who fled the city after 9/11:
