Of all the things this year that could have done it, it was actually seeing a poster arguing, seemingly seriously, that not liking Jar Jar Binks is racist that convinced me we're done as a civilization.

The only performative reading I know about is that I used to be neighbors with Ethan Hawke and he would pace up and down the street in jeans and a t-shirt, smoking and running his hands through his hair, while reading Allen Ginsberg aloud, clearly wanting people to be impressed with his fervor.

In this video version of my Alex Karp interview, I get some words in edgewise--barely. But we do have a clash of viewpoints wherein he says tangling with me is like talking to his (progressive) parents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWxW...

The context here is that these two are, weirdly, unable to look up their own salaries on baseball-reference.com and thus unaware how trivial these sums are relative to their income; there is no reason to consider the possibility that the rate was low because they were doing this a lot

Forty years ago this month, The Smiths were busy finishing The Queen Is Dead, meaning that for forty years people have been wondering what the fuck Morrissey was whining about on that record.

You think that everything has been done and then you go to the farmer’s market and see a Lancaster County bakery is hawking chocolate chip waffle whoopie pies, which turn out to be even better than they look.

The show goes on open.substack.com/pub/straight...

Look, it will be a tough pill for many to swallow, but for the good of the country Democrats must work in a spirit of bipartisanship to advance the president’s policy priorities of making private insurance illegal and eliminating the filibuster.

Really excited for the new era* of Penn men's basketball that begins tonight!

*We got a coach people have heard of and a guy who once played at Duke

SSA employees grilled management during a tense meeting about the government shutdown yesterday. “People are coming to me saying they cannot put gas in their car and they cannot afford to come to work anymore," one employee said. Scoop w/ @leahfeiger.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/social...

I am absolutely certain that Jake is going to have a great job lined up before too long (a good reason to reach out to him now if you're hiring), but a job tomorrow doesn't pay the bills today.

Five yrs ago today in my role as head of Voter Protection for Biden-Harris in Phila, at right about this moment, I was reaching out to our team to figure out who could sneak into a hastily-called press conference by Rudy Giuliani at the Four Seasons Hotel ... and then, what, it's going to be where??

Across Philadelphia tonight, whether it's a Fu Wah tofu banh mi, a DiNic's roast pork, a Rocco's sausage and peppers, or a Saad's chicken maroosh, sandwich enthusiasts will be digging in with extra zeal.

But if you have some spare income, give what you can here or sign up for one of the paid tiers. I think the founding member thing lets you put in whatever you want straightfromthehut.substack.com

This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.

Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.

Jake did tremendous work at WIRED and I'm really going to miss working with him every day.