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Assistant editor @reason.com | John Brown stan, power pop aficionado
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Past presidents may have been "dumb," but that doesn't make a new war smart.

“When it’s time for a cold drink on a hot day, the last thing you need is to wonder if the water or the ice is clean. That’s why I only trust *glances quickly* Ex-Wife brand refrigerator filters.”

PSA for everyone going to protests

why did he format this like the “plums in the icebox” poem

T2 for the girlies is here youtu.be/1FeiTZMtwLA?...

When Scott Weiland died, megaphone stocks plummeted

Gonna steal Vought’s car and when he objects tell him “I’m not in love with the law”

I think @janecoaston.bsky.social called it 6 years ago that Tuberville would skip out as soon as another offer came along, just like he did to Auburn and Ole Miss www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

Hillbilly Elegy looks like a gag in 30 Rock where Jenna is playing both roles in an attempt to win two Oscars for the same movie.

I’m watching THE STUDIO and ADOLESCENCE at the same time, each of which is wall-to-wall oners, and to compensate I feel like I need to go watch that awful sequence from BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY with like 600 cuts in 15 seconds

My feature article in the June issue of @reason.com is now out from behind the paywall. It's about how the legendary satirical newspaper @theonion.com mirrored many of the ups and downs of the news industry, and how it ironically could offer a way forward reason.com/2025/05/18/a...?

My god, what have I done

That highway scene from Final Destination 2 was Jaws for millennials.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms, even the haters and losers

“Bustin’ makes me feel good”

hey, how would you like to write something for IHTOV. pitches are open and i'm looking for *you* to write about your collection, your favorite album, favorite record stores. looking for personal essays about your love of music and vinyl...

Just occurred to me: the entire MAGA movement’s messaging campaign is like a particularly lazy Judah Friedlander bit

You don't need to pretend Kamala Harris wasn't a monster just because Trump is a disaster. Harris would certainly have been less of a disaster than Trump, because she was at least a NORMAL kind of evil. But let's not pretend she was a good candidate or anything but a power-seeking sociopath.

If you want to increase the national population, you know what costs a lot less than paying people to have babies with tax dollars? Immigration.

"the most reviled, lowbrow forms of popular entertainment were instrumental in creating many things we enjoy today"

It’s fucked up that in all the time we’ve had dogs, we can’t just replace their spines with new ones made of steel and carbon fiber, or whatever. They can still just get hurt and deteriorate.

Van Hollen doing the Full Ginsburg

Jesus on Good Friday:

Imagine for a moment the Republican reaction if a Democratic president had bragged that imposing sky-high taxes on American businesses and consumers was “making us rich.”

“Donald Trump will bring back the rule of law. Also, if your name has punctuation over any of the letters, he may ship you to a Central American prison just for fun.” reason.com/2025/04/17/t...

Upon reentry, the spacecraft is bombarded with radiation. Suddenly, Gayle King can stretch her appendages to frightening lengths. Katy Perry’s skin turns to rock. Jeff Bezos’ wife turns invisible.

How is it a “drinking problem” if Judge Jeanine starts chugging wine at 9:17 in the morning but doesn’t go on air until 5pm??