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Writer, creative director, cyclist, city slicker. Washington, DC
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Hello friends. I'm launching a weekly newsletter for @thenation.com. Check out my first installment, where I have, among other things, *all the smoke* for Elissa's Slotkin's pathetic, Republican-coded nonsense. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

“Do something nice for yourself” OK, I’ll watch this video of corgis wearing life jackets floating down a stream in corgi shaped rubber rings on a loop.

More of this, please. (And especially from white men, not just people of color!)

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested at a city council meeting after stating, “MAGA is explicitly a Nazi movement. You may have replaced a swastika with a red hat, but that is what it is,” before engaging in peaceful civil disobedience.

"When you ride TESLA, you ride with Hitler. Join Public Transportation Today!" Reworked WW2 poster spotted in Oakland

I needed this. You do too.

Under the Wave off Kanagawa, by Katsushika Hokusai, 1830-32, 📸 by @edgarpix

Not cool. Harpers does a deep dive into allegations that Spotify has been filling playlists (like “jazz,” “chill,” and “peaceful piano”) with generic music from "ghost" artists, to reduce its royalty payouts. You'll want to delete Spotify after reading. harpers.org/archive/2025... @kottke.org

here come old laptop he come bootin up slowly he got broken touchpad he need one more update he got no space on this pc one thing i can tell you its got no warranty

NPR's list of best books of 2024 is out. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...

Leaving WAPO and NYT for The Guardian led me to Wordiply, another once-a-day word game that's as addictive as Wordle. www.wordiply.com

If you like #NinaSimone, you'll love this collection of covers from modern-day artists, all recorded in Paris. Beautiful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bRn...

The Best Things I Pointed My Eyeballs at, 2024 Edition. #films #books #📚 @seejanemarie.bsky.social @rexchapman.bsky.social