I don't know that I am a "nerd" for recovery per se but I do get bent out of shape when people do 12-step meetings "wrong" in movies, TV, etc (I love the Carmy monologue in S1 of The Bear for ex. but at a real meeting the chair would be like "Jesus guy wrap it the fuck up already")

Ethan Kocak@ethankocak.com · last wk.

I have a personal belief that the more a person is a nerd for something: dinosaurs, The Odyssey, etc, the less likely they are to enjoy a popular entertainment version of that thing.

Colson Whitehead Michael Cunningham Lorrie Moore Ta-Nehisi Coates Louise Erdrich David Mitchell Michael Chabon This is harder than I thought it would be - several writers I thought of whose entire oeuvre I've read have written 3 or 4 books

Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 4w ago

five living writers that you've read five books by each Rita Dove Tasha Suri Courtney Milan Grant Morrison Tom Perrotta

My colleague Toby is already doing a thread that covers some of this (love the chart), but here's my take on why the liberals and centrists in Platner's broad coalition loved him and wouldn't hear a word against him...

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · 4w ago

"what's with the weird coaltion of internet left & annoying centrists who pushed platner?" allow me to explain

I believe Jenny. Graham Platner should not be Democrats’ nominee for U.S. Senate.

If roughing up a girlfriend and locking her in a room was a virile, authentic a rejection of “smoothgroined” “HR lady” politics, but a rape is too far, then what’s at stake is not a principled rejection of violence against women but a cynical assessment of how much violence a man can get away with.

AdotSad@adotsad.bsky.social · 4w ago

Oh its OVER OVER

Is there blame to go around? Sure. But I believe the lion’s share belongs to Graham Platner, who out of rank arrogance gambled with the lives and safety of millions if not billions of people, who thought he could outrun accountability and be rewarded with power and acclaim. *This is his fault*

When we win, the first bill I’m filing is a comprehensive anti-corruption package: Overturn Citizens United Ban corporate PACs and super PACs Ban members of Congress from trading stocks Once we defeat the most corrupt politician in America, we can defeat this entire corrupt system.

All of the video of Knicks celebrations colliding with Pride celebrations (and all of the videos of both separately) represents an excellent reminder: There is *nothing* wrong with America that cannot be solved by what is *right* with America.

"Working class" in 2026 means a blue haired barista with they/them pronouns, a Asian immigrant nail technician, and an undocumented hotel cleaner. And we are going to keep having the same fights until we let the midcentury illustrator mirage of the white guy in plaid with the lunch pail go.

The fact that "Anthony Head" and "Giles" are trending above "GOP Senate" and "Bari Weiss" on this website is strangely encouraging to me today

This made me happier than anything has in quite some time

WuTangIsForTheChildren@wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy Pride 🌈

And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made

@thepressbox.bsky.social I can think of at least one example of “loudly” deleting old tweets:

I believe in a promised land

if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things

Or, you know, alternatively, you could do the job a lot of people worked really hard to elect you to do, that they depend on you to do, instead of lecturing those people about their (extremely justified) anger and their desire to do something with it. This fucking sucks! You fucked up! Own it!

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov · 9mo ago

The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.

“Donald Trump and his MAGA allies fought tooth and nail to starve children instead of working across the aisle to bring down your healthcare costs” Say it with me roughly 5 billion times until next November

“Donald Trump and his MAGA allies fought tooth and nail to starve children instead of working across the aisle to bring down your healthcare costs” Say it with me roughly 5 billion times until next November

Amen

☀️ Starshine@starshine.bsky.social · 9mo ago

imo the correct dem immigration position is engraved in stone on ellis island

The NY mayoral election shouldn't really be a referendum on anything national, but I can't help but see it that way when the choice is this existential or this stark: a guy who stands for the idea that politics can still help people vs a guy who stands for nothing but power and no one but himself

So much of this can be solved with “wow is that about you in any way? No? Cool. Mind your own fucking business.” This what the conservative people I grew up around claimed to want: for the government to leave everyone alone to live their lives.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do

Maybe today is not a silver bullet or a tipping point. But today is a day where someone who is afraid to stand up but wants to has that opportunity, who doesn’t know what to do, but they’re mad and tired and want something more than this. We can go today to help them stand up straighter.

Maybe today is not a silver bullet or a tipping point. But today is a day where someone who is afraid to stand up but wants to has that opportunity, who doesn’t know what to do, but they’re mad and tired and want something more than this. We can go today to help them stand up straighter.

I haven't seen any of the accounts people are talking about (yet, I guess?) and I am choosing to view that as this website working the way it is intended to (i.e. "we just use the nuclear block, that's what it's for")

Somehow Thiel is doing the Boss Baby meme except he is substituting...the Antichrist

Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 10mo ago

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

this is the third time Donald Trump has shut down the government while his party controls both houses of Congress

I am so tired of this profoundly ignorant person being this in-charge, it is an intolerable condition that has been imposed upon us that we do not fucking deserve