Jason Diamond
@jasondiamond.bsky.social
“Writer" - The New Yorker. “Author” - New York Times. “A fabulous old soul” - Russ & Daughters Instagram account. “Unlikely model” - BBC. My novel “Kaplan’s Plot” is out fall of 2025 on Flatiron.
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I wrote about the cowardly lions of corporate America under Trump and their decades-long push to shape the country’s political life and democracy, no matter their protestations to the contrary now. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
America’s Most Powerful CEOs Are Awfully Quiet Lately
Trump has exposed an ugly truth about corporations: They’re no longer even pretending to be good citizens.
www.bloomberg.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I wrote about the cowardly lions of corporate America under Trump and their decades-long push to shape the country’s political life and democracy, no matter their protestations to the contrary now. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Going to see Iron and Wine at a winery tonight.
February 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Going to see Iron and Wine at a winery tonight.
At least it’s pączki season.
February 5, 2026 at 1:17 AM
At least it’s pączki season.
Nah. We knew how this would end.
February 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Nah. We knew how this would end.
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i was writing about the tuna melt 10 years ago!!! jukeboxgraduate.com/remnants-ode... originally wrote it for some sandwich project @jasondiamond.bsky.social was putting together.
remnants: ode to the tuna melt
I wrote this in 2015 for a sandwich project someone was working on; it didn't make it into the project, so it's been sitting here for 7 years, waiting for its moment.
This is the construction of your...
jukeboxgraduate.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
i was writing about the tuna melt 10 years ago!!! jukeboxgraduate.com/remnants-ode... originally wrote it for some sandwich project @jasondiamond.bsky.social was putting together.
I’ll always be grateful to the very scary skinhead who basically bullied me into listening to Billy Bragg when I was 15. consequence.net/2026/01/bill...
Billy Bragg Releases New Song "City of Heroes" Supporting Minneapolis Protesters
Billy Bragg has shared a new song, "City of Heroes," written, recorded, and released within 24 hours as a tribute to those protesting ICE in Minneapolis.
consequence.net
January 31, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I’ll always be grateful to the very scary skinhead who basically bullied me into listening to Billy Bragg when I was 15. consequence.net/2026/01/bill...
Ever!
I am heartbroken to share this. From the time I first saw her on SCTV, I loved Catherine O'Hara. She was simply one of the funniest actresses who ever lived. deadline.com/2026/01/cath...
Catherine O’Hara Dies: Beloved ‘Schitt’s Creek’, ‘SCTV’, ‘Home Alone’ Actor Was 71
Catherine O'Hara, the beloved, multi-award-winning actor, writer and comedian died today at her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness.
deadline.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Ever!
Sorry to hear Dan McQuade has passed on. I’ve read about a thousand things on malls closing and this one he wrote for @defector.com ranks among my favorites. defector.com/a-mall-i-lov...
A Mall I Loved Is Going Pitch Black | Defector
The vote looked like a funeral. Residents showed up to the council meeting dressed in black, carrying prop tombstones. One carried drooping flowers. “I feel that what the council has just done has sen...
defector.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Sorry to hear Dan McQuade has passed on. I’ve read about a thousand things on malls closing and this one he wrote for @defector.com ranks among my favorites. defector.com/a-mall-i-lov...
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something needs to be done about this. calling on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to immediately make @jasondiamond.bsky.social the bagel czar and get this fixed.
www.grubstreet.com/article/why-...
www.grubstreet.com/article/why-...
Why the Pumpernickel Bagel Is Disappearing
At shops around town, a once-standard flavor has become an endangered species.
www.grubstreet.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 PM
something needs to be done about this. calling on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to immediately make @jasondiamond.bsky.social the bagel czar and get this fixed.
www.grubstreet.com/article/why-...
www.grubstreet.com/article/why-...
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Everyone is making fun of this but I hope I look that good when I'm Fran Lebowitz's age
we need to go back to athletes not trying to be fashionable
January 25, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Everyone is making fun of this but I hope I look that good when I'm Fran Lebowitz's age
Minneapolis remains my favorite city I’ve never lived in.
Outside the Twin Cities this morning, where it is -19F—
Minnesotans are gathered early outside the Whipple Federal Building. ICE and DHS agents currently arriving at work to much disapproval.
Minnesotans are gathered early outside the Whipple Federal Building. ICE and DHS agents currently arriving at work to much disapproval.
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Minneapolis remains my favorite city I’ve never lived in.
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cannot tot up the levels of dumb that is "invade MPLS in the winter." Not only do we all thrive in these conditions, we build ART INSTALLATIONS in them.
Art Shanty Projects: Art Ice Shanties on Lake Harriet in MN
Art Shanty Projects is a four-weekend winter art program that hosts artist-built shanties, performances and more on the frozen Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, MN.
artshantyprojects.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:58 PM
cannot tot up the levels of dumb that is "invade MPLS in the winter." Not only do we all thrive in these conditions, we build ART INSTALLATIONS in them.
This is my first step towards an EJOT.
January 21, 2026 at 6:31 PM
This is my first step towards an EJOT.
I’ve been playing Prince pretty steadily for my daughter for the first 19 months of her life and this morning she heard “Let’s Go Crazy” and lit up. She gets it.
January 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been playing Prince pretty steadily for my daughter for the first 19 months of her life and this morning she heard “Let’s Go Crazy” and lit up. She gets it.
If there ends up being another Bears/Patriots Super Bowl it will be proof we’re in the matrix.
January 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM
If there ends up being another Bears/Patriots Super Bowl it will be proof we’re in the matrix.
The first morning waking up after my cat of 17 years passed away. Suddenly realizing what a little mental assassin she was. Like, I realized she wasn’t around to drink my water in the middle of the night and I didn’t go to the bathroom at 6 AM to her yelling at me to let her drink from the faucet.
January 18, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The first morning waking up after my cat of 17 years passed away. Suddenly realizing what a little mental assassin she was. Like, I realized she wasn’t around to drink my water in the middle of the night and I didn’t go to the bathroom at 6 AM to her yelling at me to let her drink from the faucet.
My wife is currently in Chicago and called me freaking out because it’s snowing and all I could say was “It’s so magical!!!”
January 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
My wife is currently in Chicago and called me freaking out because it’s snowing and all I could say was “It’s so magical!!!”
Breaking: Green Bay sucks.
January 11, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Breaking: Green Bay sucks.
It’s kinda wild having lived through Bush lying about Iraq and Afghanistan not being about oil to see the US now being like “Yeah, we’re doing war crimes for oil. So what?”
January 7, 2026 at 9:55 PM
It’s kinda wild having lived through Bush lying about Iraq and Afghanistan not being about oil to see the US now being like “Yeah, we’re doing war crimes for oil. So what?”
I keep joking that I’m going to start a “Jewish Dads for Brad” group but I might actually do it?
January 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I keep joking that I’m going to start a “Jewish Dads for Brad” group but I might actually do it?
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one of the best things about @jasondiamond.bsky.social's novel Kaplan's Plot is the detail/description given to food in diff eras of Chicago bsky.app/profile/thec...
January 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
one of the best things about @jasondiamond.bsky.social's novel Kaplan's Plot is the detail/description given to food in diff eras of Chicago bsky.app/profile/thec...
Still haven’t seen Heated Rivalry, but there was this one hockey team we used to play against when I was 14 that had a couple of guys who would circle jerk into a helmet before big games.
January 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Still haven’t seen Heated Rivalry, but there was this one hockey team we used to play against when I was 14 that had a couple of guys who would circle jerk into a helmet before big games.
He needs to get better caine.
Trump is really fighting to keep his eyes open while Caine goes on and on
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
He needs to get better caine.
Going with whatever pizza is available at 2 a.m. when they’re waging an illegal war seems like a bad decision but also very in-step with everything this administration does. nypost.com/2026/01/03/w...
Pizza orders near Pentagon ‘suddenly surged in traffic’ during Venezuela attack — and it might be connected to bizarre theory
A pizza place near the Pentagon received an unusual rush in orders just an hour after the US launched its attack on Venezuela.
nypost.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Going with whatever pizza is available at 2 a.m. when they’re waging an illegal war seems like a bad decision but also very in-step with everything this administration does. nypost.com/2026/01/03/w...
This whole Venezuela war thing feels like a “Break glass in case of emergency” tactic. people.com/mar-a-lago-s...
Mar-a-Lago Spa Would Send Teen Workers on House Calls to Jeffrey Epstein's Mansion: Report
Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago spa sent teen workers on house calls to Jeffrey Epstein's mansion, according to a new report
people.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
This whole Venezuela war thing feels like a “Break glass in case of emergency” tactic. people.com/mar-a-lago-s...