Jason Fry
@jasoncfry.bsky.social
Writer, Mets fan, Star Wars dork, genial malcontent.
Braced for impact but exhaled when I saw the Pincus brothers are the likely buyers. Their bar Holywater is a great spot!
The most important local story of the year: The Montero family is finally selling Montero nygroove.nyc/breaking-leg...
Legendary Brooklyn Heights dive Montero is on the cusp of being sold
Brooklyn Heights’ legendary nautical dive bar Montero is set to change hands soon, with the Montero family planning to sell the drinkery to a pair of businessesmen who also own a string of nautical ba...
nygroove.nyc
January 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Braced for impact but exhaled when I saw the Pincus brothers are the likely buyers. Their bar Holywater is a great spot!
Huh. Who knew?!
Tantivy [tan-TIV-ee]
(n.)
- A fast ride. A rapid gallop on horseback.
Used in a sentence:
“What began as a gentlemanly trot soon became a tantivy, driven by the sobering realization that delay meant either an undignified encounter with a ditch or the ignominy of imbulbitation.”
(n.)
- A fast ride. A rapid gallop on horseback.
Used in a sentence:
“What began as a gentlemanly trot soon became a tantivy, driven by the sobering realization that delay meant either an undignified encounter with a ditch or the ignominy of imbulbitation.”
January 7, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Huh. Who knew?!
YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME I WAS JUST THINKING MY MOUTH WAS UNPLEASANTLY WET
January 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME I WAS JUST THINKING MY MOUTH WAS UNPLEASANTLY WET
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If you missed this story when it came out:
This piece is easily on the short list for the best feature of 2025. What a talent this writer is.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
This piece is easily on the short list for the best feature of 2025. What a talent this writer is.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Missing Kayaker
What happened to Ryan Borgwardt?
www.theatlantic.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
If you missed this story when it came out:
This piece is easily on the short list for the best feature of 2025. What a talent this writer is.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
This piece is easily on the short list for the best feature of 2025. What a talent this writer is.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
It’s not the usual lens, but was doing some map work over the weekend and found myself marveling at the richness and depth the High Republic stories have brought to the geography, particularly in the Outer Rim. Thanks Luminous Folks!
5 years ago today we launched #StarWarsTheHighRepublic w/ LIGHT OF THE JEDI and A TEST OF COURAGE. What an overwhelming, surreal, and incredible journey it’s been. Thank you to all the readers, fans, & creators for joining us on this grand adventure. We still have many more tales to tell!
January 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
It’s not the usual lens, but was doing some map work over the weekend and found myself marveling at the richness and depth the High Republic stories have brought to the geography, particularly in the Outer Rim. Thanks Luminous Folks!
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here?
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
January 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here?
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
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did this a few times last year it rules
Hey Mets people @aprilglick.bsky.social @jessespector.com @maggie162.bsky.social Costco already has its Mets 2026 ticket deal out
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
did this a few times last year it rules
Working my way through the last third of the Iliad and let out a little whoop whenever* my guess at a pronunciation is correct.
* at the present time i will not be providing metrics for how often these guesses are correct
* at the present time i will not be providing metrics for how often these guesses are correct
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Working my way through the last third of the Iliad and let out a little whoop whenever* my guess at a pronunciation is correct.
* at the present time i will not be providing metrics for how often these guesses are correct
* at the present time i will not be providing metrics for how often these guesses are correct
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
He won’t even have to pretend to fall asleep on the downtown 6 to get there!
EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.
EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Will Be Sworn In At Abandoned Original City Hall Subway Station
The mayor-elect will kick off a new era by throwing things back to an older one.
buff.ly
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
He won’t even have to pretend to fall asleep on the downtown 6 to get there!
Hey Siri, please show me a NYT article perfectly designed to enrage me. Ideally it should feature equal parts elitist huffiness and parochial dipshittery.
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hey Siri, please show me a NYT article perfectly designed to enrage me. Ideally it should feature equal parts elitist huffiness and parochial dipshittery.
Whole new wardrobe for Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Whole new wardrobe for Christmas!
Stop-motion snow monsters are terrifying and if the world burns down that's OK because then at least one of them won't tear my little body limb from limb.
What was your takeaway from Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, when you watched it at a kid?
a stuffed reindeer with a red nose and a white tail
Alt: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Stop-motion snow monsters are terrifying and if the world burns down that's OK because then at least one of them won't tear my little body limb from limb.
Properly attired for the annual viewing of It’s a Wonderful Life!
December 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Properly attired for the annual viewing of It’s a Wonderful Life!
Heeee
So everyone's watching the 60 Minutes that was supposed to be banned and everyone who knows how PDFs work can unredact the Epstein files, it's like the Christmas spirit has irony poisoning this year
December 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Heeee
Working on a geeky Star Wars thing that’s really difficult to do, won’t be publicized, and will go unnoticed by 95% of its target audience. Given the above, it’s a little comical how happy it’s making me. 😀😀😀
December 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Working on a geeky Star Wars thing that’s really difficult to do, won’t be publicized, and will go unnoticed by 95% of its target audience. Given the above, it’s a little comical how happy it’s making me. 😀😀😀
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
A New Year's resolution for Ancestry.com would be to rethink this communications strategy. These emails sound like invitations to get into a fist fight at recess.
December 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A New Year's resolution for Ancestry.com would be to rethink this communications strategy. These emails sound like invitations to get into a fist fight at recess.
Love these so much!
I wrote a continuity breakdown for the Star Wars stories released in 2025!
Star Wars in 2025 Continuity Breakdown
While technically a lot of Skeleton Crew aired in December 2024, there's enough overlap I'll cover it some since I never gave it a full breakdown. As confirmed by the creators, the show's frequent mentions of At Attin's role in the Republic's "Great Work" is intended to call to mind the High Republic and the…
numidianprime.wordpress.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Love these so much!
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kind of charmed by the fact that quirks of modern tech mean folks are walking around with cell phone numbers with area codes from cities they haven't lived in for decades
you learn a little something about someone the second you get their number. that's... nice!
you learn a little something about someone the second you get their number. that's... nice!
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
kind of charmed by the fact that quirks of modern tech mean folks are walking around with cell phone numbers with area codes from cities they haven't lived in for decades
you learn a little something about someone the second you get their number. that's... nice!
you learn a little something about someone the second you get their number. that's... nice!
My lasting TFA memory will always be watching Harrison Ford growl about how they should have checked the Western Reaches, a galactic cultural region I invented for the Essential Atlas.
“Well, there’s my epitaph,” I thought and smiled, a little ruefully but mostly proudly.
“Well, there’s my epitaph,” I thought and smiled, a little ruefully but mostly proudly.
The Force Awakens is ten years old!
So let's look back at the movie and talk about how it holds up, as well as how it has impacted the last decade of the Star Wars franchise: youtu.be/giKxFBuwGUo
So let's look back at the movie and talk about how it holds up, as well as how it has impacted the last decade of the Star Wars franchise: youtu.be/giKxFBuwGUo
The Force Awakens Ten Years Later
YouTube video by Star Wars Explained
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My lasting TFA memory will always be watching Harrison Ford growl about how they should have checked the Western Reaches, a galactic cultural region I invented for the Essential Atlas.
“Well, there’s my epitaph,” I thought and smiled, a little ruefully but mostly proudly.
“Well, there’s my epitaph,” I thought and smiled, a little ruefully but mostly proudly.
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Really not sure WTF CNN is doing here. Through the looking glass shit.
Susie Wiles is one of the most brilliant political operators in the business, having guided DeSantis and then Trump to significant victories, and the idea that she doesn't know how 'on the record' worked is like saying a pilot doesn't know how to land a plane.
CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆
December 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Really not sure WTF CNN is doing here. Through the looking glass shit.
Sheehan, as usual, nails it.
Because it‘s anti-spending, anti-innovation, and punitive to the teams that have invested in the future of the game.
More than *anything* else, MLB owners hate competition. Hate it. Everything they have done since the Seitz decision has been to roll back competition.
More than *anything* else, MLB owners hate competition. Hate it. Everything they have done since the Seitz decision has been to roll back competition.
Baseball will now centralize all in-game data & tech at minor league level as they have with Statcast at the major league level. This will bring the bottom up, but critics say it's anti-spending, anti-innovation, and punitive to the teams that have invested in the future of the game. t.co/0UuQei8EtW
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Sheehan, as usual, nails it.