Stephen Rodrick
@stephenrodrick.bsky.social
Rolling Stone
I am Guy from Camden Town
My hair is curly but I gel it down
My clothes are black but my bread is brown
I'm really into early Motown
I am Guy from Camden Town
My hair is curly but I gel it down
My clothes are black but my bread is brown
I'm really into early Motown
Pinned
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
How you gonna teach him to walk
When he can't even finish the
He can't even finish...
The songs of the law
Are they civilized or Satanist?
Cater to my walls and see if they fall
Don't leave me
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWmX...
When he can't even finish the
He can't even finish...
The songs of the law
Are they civilized or Satanist?
Cater to my walls and see if they fall
Don't leave me
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWmX...
Pavement - Major Leagues (Official Video)
YouTube video by Pavement
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
How you gonna teach him to walk
When he can't even finish the
He can't even finish...
The songs of the law
Are they civilized or Satanist?
Cater to my walls and see if they fall
Don't leave me
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWmX...
When he can't even finish the
He can't even finish...
The songs of the law
Are they civilized or Satanist?
Cater to my walls and see if they fall
Don't leave me
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWmX...
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matt taibbi's podcast cohost, the erstwhile airport novelist walter kirn, has really burst onto the buffoon scene late in life. he's like the grandma moses of being a clown.
December 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
matt taibbi's podcast cohost, the erstwhile airport novelist walter kirn, has really burst onto the buffoon scene late in life. he's like the grandma moses of being a clown.
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This is a helluva piece by local news reporters about the nightmare our city endured. Read every word about the violence & overreach, non-stop DHS lies, disgusting ICE/CPB photo ops, horrible impacts on families & communities & how local Chicago residents fought back.
December 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is a helluva piece by local news reporters about the nightmare our city endured. Read every word about the violence & overreach, non-stop DHS lies, disgusting ICE/CPB photo ops, horrible impacts on families & communities & how local Chicago residents fought back.
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At one point, the two men in this video don’t identify themselves to daycare workers, demand to know where the children are, and then try to yank open the door as the female employees pull on it to keep them out.
December 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
At one point, the two men in this video don’t identify themselves to daycare workers, demand to know where the children are, and then try to yank open the door as the female employees pull on it to keep them out.
Fell deep down a Vasily Grossman rabbit hole this winter, probably not great for the mental health. Still, just amazing work.
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
Vasily Grossman: Loser, Saint
www.newyorker.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fell deep down a Vasily Grossman rabbit hole this winter, probably not great for the mental health. Still, just amazing work.
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
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All must reads
It was a tough year, but I was grateful to everyone who let me share their stories & to my colleagues @rollingstone.com Here are a few
LA Fires: archive.is/n2Oh9
Nathan Fielder: archive.is/fQsFQ
ICE takes over DC: archive.is/XHA0a
LA Protests: archive.is/8DY2o
Melissa Hortman: archive.is/11eT9
LA Fires: archive.is/n2Oh9
Nathan Fielder: archive.is/fQsFQ
ICE takes over DC: archive.is/XHA0a
LA Protests: archive.is/8DY2o
Melissa Hortman: archive.is/11eT9
archive.is
December 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
All must reads
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It was a tough year, but I was grateful to everyone who let me share their stories & to my colleagues @rollingstone.com Here are a few
LA Fires: archive.is/n2Oh9
Nathan Fielder: archive.is/fQsFQ
ICE takes over DC: archive.is/XHA0a
LA Protests: archive.is/8DY2o
Melissa Hortman: archive.is/11eT9
LA Fires: archive.is/n2Oh9
Nathan Fielder: archive.is/fQsFQ
ICE takes over DC: archive.is/XHA0a
LA Protests: archive.is/8DY2o
Melissa Hortman: archive.is/11eT9
archive.is
December 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It was a tough year, but I was grateful to everyone who let me share their stories & to my colleagues @rollingstone.com Here are a few
LA Fires: archive.is/n2Oh9
Nathan Fielder: archive.is/fQsFQ
ICE takes over DC: archive.is/XHA0a
LA Protests: archive.is/8DY2o
Melissa Hortman: archive.is/11eT9
LA Fires: archive.is/n2Oh9
Nathan Fielder: archive.is/fQsFQ
ICE takes over DC: archive.is/XHA0a
LA Protests: archive.is/8DY2o
Melissa Hortman: archive.is/11eT9
It was a tough year, but I was grateful to everyone who let me share their stories & to my colleagues @rollingstone.com Here are a few
LA Fires: archive.is/n2Oh9
Nathan Fielder: archive.is/fQsFQ
ICE takes over DC: archive.is/XHA0a
LA Protests: archive.is/8DY2o
Melissa Hortman: archive.is/11eT9
LA Fires: archive.is/n2Oh9
Nathan Fielder: archive.is/fQsFQ
ICE takes over DC: archive.is/XHA0a
LA Protests: archive.is/8DY2o
Melissa Hortman: archive.is/11eT9
archive.is
December 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It was a tough year, but I was grateful to everyone who let me share their stories & to my colleagues @rollingstone.com Here are a few
LA Fires: archive.is/n2Oh9
Nathan Fielder: archive.is/fQsFQ
ICE takes over DC: archive.is/XHA0a
LA Protests: archive.is/8DY2o
Melissa Hortman: archive.is/11eT9
LA Fires: archive.is/n2Oh9
Nathan Fielder: archive.is/fQsFQ
ICE takes over DC: archive.is/XHA0a
LA Protests: archive.is/8DY2o
Melissa Hortman: archive.is/11eT9
We are reclaiming Mel's Diner in Santa Monica from Olivia Nuzzi.
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We are reclaiming Mel's Diner in Santa Monica from Olivia Nuzzi.
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Earlier this year I gave a talk to the Akron Roudtable about sports gambling. Here's the text of that speech alexshephard.substack.com/p/sports-gam...
Sports Gambling Is Everyone's Problem Now
The text of a talk I gave at the Akron Roundtable on October 16, 2025.
alexshephard.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Earlier this year I gave a talk to the Akron Roudtable about sports gambling. Here's the text of that speech alexshephard.substack.com/p/sports-gam...
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I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Sometimes we need to reflect on painful things and fully acknowledge what we’ve lost, not just to mourn, but to anchor ourselves in order to find our way back.
This is a deeply humanizing read worth your time.
This is a deeply humanizing read worth your time.
I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sometimes we need to reflect on painful things and fully acknowledge what we’ve lost, not just to mourn, but to anchor ourselves in order to find our way back.
This is a deeply humanizing read worth your time.
This is a deeply humanizing read worth your time.
I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Perfect song.
This perfect world
So blue I can't begin to say
This perfect world
I know I never should have gone away
But I still deserve to say goodbye
No matter what I've done
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1_2...
This perfect world
So blue I can't begin to say
This perfect world
I know I never should have gone away
But I still deserve to say goodbye
No matter what I've done
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1_2...
This Perfect World
YouTube video by Freedy Johnston - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Perfect song.
This perfect world
So blue I can't begin to say
This perfect world
I know I never should have gone away
But I still deserve to say goodbye
No matter what I've done
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1_2...
This perfect world
So blue I can't begin to say
This perfect world
I know I never should have gone away
But I still deserve to say goodbye
No matter what I've done
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1_2...
Worked really hard this year. Not so hard that I can't drop 7500 words of pure hope and sadness on you later this week.
December 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Worked really hard this year. Not so hard that I can't drop 7500 words of pure hope and sadness on you later this week.
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Went to see Tequila Sunrise in Chicago. It was sold out, my friend and I were so zonked on mushrooms we stood frozen at the box office for 15 minutes.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Went to see Tequila Sunrise in Chicago. It was sold out, my friend and I were so zonked on mushrooms we stood frozen at the box office for 15 minutes.
Goddamn, man-child
You fcked me so good that I almost said "I love you"
You're fun and you’re wild
But you don't know the half of the shit that you put me through
Your poetry's bad and you blame the news
But I can’t change that, and I can't change your mood, ah
--Keats
You fcked me so good that I almost said "I love you"
You're fun and you’re wild
But you don't know the half of the shit that you put me through
Your poetry's bad and you blame the news
But I can’t change that, and I can't change your mood, ah
--Keats
December 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Goddamn, man-child
You fcked me so good that I almost said "I love you"
You're fun and you’re wild
But you don't know the half of the shit that you put me through
Your poetry's bad and you blame the news
But I can’t change that, and I can't change your mood, ah
--Keats
You fcked me so good that I almost said "I love you"
You're fun and you’re wild
But you don't know the half of the shit that you put me through
Your poetry's bad and you blame the news
But I can’t change that, and I can't change your mood, ah
--Keats
A dreamsicle on a summer night
In a folding lawn chair
I'm still packing up my room
Gotta get home soon
New sneakers on a high school court
And you swore you'd be there
My heart breaking through the springtime
Breaking in June
www.youtube.com/watch?v=izZG...
In a folding lawn chair
I'm still packing up my room
Gotta get home soon
New sneakers on a high school court
And you swore you'd be there
My heart breaking through the springtime
Breaking in June
www.youtube.com/watch?v=izZG...
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Dreamsicle (Live)
YouTube video by Jason Isbell
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A dreamsicle on a summer night
In a folding lawn chair
I'm still packing up my room
Gotta get home soon
New sneakers on a high school court
And you swore you'd be there
My heart breaking through the springtime
Breaking in June
www.youtube.com/watch?v=izZG...
In a folding lawn chair
I'm still packing up my room
Gotta get home soon
New sneakers on a high school court
And you swore you'd be there
My heart breaking through the springtime
Breaking in June
www.youtube.com/watch?v=izZG...
Went to see Tequila Sunrise in Chicago. It was sold out, my friend and I were so zonked on mushrooms we stood frozen at the box office for 15 minutes.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Went to see Tequila Sunrise in Chicago. It was sold out, my friend and I were so zonked on mushrooms we stood frozen at the box office for 15 minutes.
Just sent all my factchecking documents via Google drive like I am a 37-year-old data journalist. THIS IS LIVING.
December 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Just sent all my factchecking documents via Google drive like I am a 37-year-old data journalist. THIS IS LIVING.
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"Take it from me, a walking shawarma spit"
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"Take it from me, a walking shawarma spit"
The above metaphor is a transitional evil in what is called a braided essay where personal anecdotes are blended with the American experience to tell a larger story. These essays are often set in Malibu. Alas, I’m just driving a Chevy Malibu from Dollar Car Rental and just voided the insurance.
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The above metaphor is a transitional evil in what is called a braided essay where personal anecdotes are blended with the American experience to tell a larger story. These essays are often set in Malibu. Alas, I’m just driving a Chevy Malibu from Dollar Car Rental and just voided the insurance.
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A century ago, Charles Lindbergh was the most famous man in the world, the pilot who first flew New York to Paris in 33 hours. Today, I am looking at his Maui grave. His companions in eternal rest are not fellow American heroes. No, they are apes named Kippy, George, and Keiki.
Where the Original ‘America First’ Leader Went to Die
@stephenrodrick.bsky.social visits Charles Lindbergh’s gravesite, recalling parallels with the man who picked up Lindbergh’s nativist scepter, Donald Trump.
Dispatch: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
@stephenrodrick.bsky.social visits Charles Lindbergh’s gravesite, recalling parallels with the man who picked up Lindbergh’s nativist scepter, Donald Trump.
Dispatch: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A century ago, Charles Lindbergh was the most famous man in the world, the pilot who first flew New York to Paris in 33 hours. Today, I am looking at his Maui grave. His companions in eternal rest are not fellow American heroes. No, they are apes named Kippy, George, and Keiki.