Joel Tannenbaum
@subwaysurface.bsky.social
I teach history at a community college and publish when I feel like it. For music stuff see @joelmusic.bsky.social
The AARP should host a punk/hardcore festival. I think it’s time.
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The AARP should host a punk/hardcore festival. I think it’s time.
I grew up in Delaware County and have lived the majority of my life in Philadelphia. Here is my impression of the HBO drama Task:
“Youse didn’t do the crime how I told youse to do the crime! Now I’m gonna kill youse! But first, microwave me a Steak-umms…wiz wit!”
“Youse didn’t do the crime how I told youse to do the crime! Now I’m gonna kill youse! But first, microwave me a Steak-umms…wiz wit!”
October 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I grew up in Delaware County and have lived the majority of my life in Philadelphia. Here is my impression of the HBO drama Task:
“Youse didn’t do the crime how I told youse to do the crime! Now I’m gonna kill youse! But first, microwave me a Steak-umms…wiz wit!”
“Youse didn’t do the crime how I told youse to do the crime! Now I’m gonna kill youse! But first, microwave me a Steak-umms…wiz wit!”
New Club 8 is just the best.
Seasonal Echoes by Club 8 on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 10 Songs
music.apple.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
New Club 8 is just the best.
See you again in 25 years.
In the meantime, listen to @meettheblackburns.bsky.social
In the meantime, listen to @meettheblackburns.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
See you again in 25 years.
In the meantime, listen to @meettheblackburns.bsky.social
In the meantime, listen to @meettheblackburns.bsky.social
Remember that time they were going to build a basketball arena in Center City and it was going to be totally fine because SEPTA was totally going to up its game with Regional Rail and the Broad Street Line so people wouldn’t feel like they had to drive in?
August 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Remember that time they were going to build a basketball arena in Center City and it was going to be totally fine because SEPTA was totally going to up its game with Regional Rail and the Broad Street Line so people wouldn’t feel like they had to drive in?
Possible 2026 Kennedy Center honorees:
1. The guy who yelled “Don’t tase me, bro!” At John Kerry’s Secret Service detail
2. Big & Rich (of “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy”
3. Pizza Rat
1. The guy who yelled “Don’t tase me, bro!” At John Kerry’s Secret Service detail
2. Big & Rich (of “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy”
3. Pizza Rat
August 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Possible 2026 Kennedy Center honorees:
1. The guy who yelled “Don’t tase me, bro!” At John Kerry’s Secret Service detail
2. Big & Rich (of “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy”
3. Pizza Rat
1. The guy who yelled “Don’t tase me, bro!” At John Kerry’s Secret Service detail
2. Big & Rich (of “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy”
3. Pizza Rat
Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake: It’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake; it’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake—it’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake: It’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake; it’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake—it’s Chinatown.
August 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake: It’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake; it’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake—it’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake: It’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake; it’s Chinatown.
Forget it Jake—it’s Chinatown.
Grief covers a lot of different genres: body horror, cosmic horror, indie family comedy-drama, auteur experimental…
July 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Grief covers a lot of different genres: body horror, cosmic horror, indie family comedy-drama, auteur experimental…
When life gives you lemons, make a lemon cannon.
May 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
When life gives you lemons, make a lemon cannon.
Egregious AI fail.
May 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Egregious AI fail.
Theory: People who say "leap and the net appears" in social situations are the same people who say "we're going to build the plane while we fly it" in professional situations.
Different sentiments, united by weirdly cavalier attitudes toward gravity.
Different sentiments, united by weirdly cavalier attitudes toward gravity.
May 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Theory: People who say "leap and the net appears" in social situations are the same people who say "we're going to build the plane while we fly it" in professional situations.
Different sentiments, united by weirdly cavalier attitudes toward gravity.
Different sentiments, united by weirdly cavalier attitudes toward gravity.
“American Pope” sounds like the name of a really weird ___ song.
May 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“American Pope” sounds like the name of a really weird ___ song.
Peter Medawar is a severely underrated thinker.
May 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Peter Medawar is a severely underrated thinker.
Wondering if “Reissue Label Dad” would have any viability as a lifestyle brand.
May 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Wondering if “Reissue Label Dad” would have any viability as a lifestyle brand.
I interviewed Stephen West of the great “Philosophize This!” podcast.
I did so for Orange Blossom Ordinary, which does not have a Bluesky account. Good morning, @estice.bsky.social !
I did so for Orange Blossom Ordinary, which does not have a Bluesky account. Good morning, @estice.bsky.social !
Interview with Stephen West — Orange Blossom Ordinary
an interview with Stephen West, the host of the podcast "Philosophize This!" on Orange Blossom Ordinary, a review for new books
www.orangeblossomordinary.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I interviewed Stephen West of the great “Philosophize This!” podcast.
I did so for Orange Blossom Ordinary, which does not have a Bluesky account. Good morning, @estice.bsky.social !
I did so for Orange Blossom Ordinary, which does not have a Bluesky account. Good morning, @estice.bsky.social !
Actual question: What is with this collective need we apparently have to posthumously destroy Joan Didion’s life and work? It’s weird. The Didion/Babitz book was an embarrassment and this looks worse.
I’m not even a super fan (except for her Martha Stewart essay which, seriously, I’ll fight you).
I’m not even a super fan (except for her Martha Stewart essay which, seriously, I’ll fight you).
This new Joan Didion book should never have been published
Notes to John is a collection of the writer’s jottings about her sessions with a psychiatrist. She didn’t think them worth publishing when she was alive — and she wasn’t wrong
www.thetimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Actual question: What is with this collective need we apparently have to posthumously destroy Joan Didion’s life and work? It’s weird. The Didion/Babitz book was an embarrassment and this looks worse.
I’m not even a super fan (except for her Martha Stewart essay which, seriously, I’ll fight you).
I’m not even a super fan (except for her Martha Stewart essay which, seriously, I’ll fight you).
At a community college, the programs that accept the most federal $ are the most workforce-oriented. So when you cut federal $ from a cc, the progs u end up shuttering are the ones that do direct job training.
Progs that get little if any federal $? History, Philosphy, etc.
Let that sink in.
Progs that get little if any federal $? History, Philosphy, etc.
Let that sink in.
April 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
At a community college, the programs that accept the most federal $ are the most workforce-oriented. So when you cut federal $ from a cc, the progs u end up shuttering are the ones that do direct job training.
Progs that get little if any federal $? History, Philosphy, etc.
Let that sink in.
Progs that get little if any federal $? History, Philosphy, etc.
Let that sink in.
Situation comedy, as opposed to all those comedies that just exist in a fathomless, silent void.
April 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Situation comedy, as opposed to all those comedies that just exist in a fathomless, silent void.
You can pry athleisure from my cold, dead hands.
April 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
You can pry athleisure from my cold, dead hands.
Most people are not succinct.
April 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Most people are not succinct.
If you were wondering how to destroy a multi-billion dollar agricultural sector with bad trade, energy, and health policies, I wrote a helpful how-to guide for @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
American Soybean Farmers Are Caught in the Trade War Crossfire
Producers of America’s largest agricultural export are reeling for a second time.
thedispatch.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
If you were wondering how to destroy a multi-billion dollar agricultural sector with bad trade, energy, and health policies, I wrote a helpful how-to guide for @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
2018 was, in retrospect, an interesting time to start teaching a History of Capitalism class at a community college.
Since then, let’s just say the course materials haven’t serenely rolled over from semester to semester.
Since then, let’s just say the course materials haven’t serenely rolled over from semester to semester.
April 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
2018 was, in retrospect, an interesting time to start teaching a History of Capitalism class at a community college.
Since then, let’s just say the course materials haven’t serenely rolled over from semester to semester.
Since then, let’s just say the course materials haven’t serenely rolled over from semester to semester.
There’s such a thing as too tactful.
April 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
There’s such a thing as too tactful.
Stop booing Shohei Ohtani. It’s like booing the Grand Canyon.
Seriously, people, get it together.
Seriously, people, get it together.
April 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Stop booing Shohei Ohtani. It’s like booing the Grand Canyon.
Seriously, people, get it together.
Seriously, people, get it together.
47 = 34
This should be on shirts hats, tailfins, whatever you got.
This should be on shirts hats, tailfins, whatever you got.
China imposes a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products starting April 10
China will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S.
apnews.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
47 = 34
This should be on shirts hats, tailfins, whatever you got.
This should be on shirts hats, tailfins, whatever you got.