Chris Vespoli
@chrisvespoli.bsky.social
Award-winning writer/producer (Gizmodo, The Onion, TIME, Star Trek + more). Host of Worst Time for Everything podcast. New Yorker. Trekkie. Self-loathing Yankees/Giants fan. Peaked around 2013. (he/him) https://bio.site/chrisvespoli
Due to several stressful life things going on, I've become completely out of the loop on the news. Low-key recommend.
July 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Due to several stressful life things going on, I've become completely out of the loop on the news. Low-key recommend.
The student choir at my niece's high school graduation sang Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)," which came out in 1997. Had an existential crisis when I realized it's just as old to my niece as a Jackson 5 song would've been to me when I graduated high school in 2002.
June 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The student choir at my niece's high school graduation sang Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)," which came out in 1997. Had an existential crisis when I realized it's just as old to my niece as a Jackson 5 song would've been to me when I graduated high school in 2002.
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*flings phone across the room* this monster must be stopped
June 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
*flings phone across the room* this monster must be stopped
This is an incredible night for Progressives that the Democratic Party leadership is guaranteed to learn absolutely nothing from.
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is on track to become Dems' candidate for NYC mayor — toppling Andrew Cuomo's comeback dreams and putting incumbent Eric Adams on notice.
Cuomo has conceded and said he called to congratulate Mamdani.
ow.ly/SHE050WfR0C
Cuomo has conceded and said he called to congratulate Mamdani.
ow.ly/SHE050WfR0C
June 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This is an incredible night for Progressives that the Democratic Party leadership is guaranteed to learn absolutely nothing from.
Tomorrow is today! Rank this man #1 for mayor, NYC.
June 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Tomorrow is today! Rank this man #1 for mayor, NYC.
BREAKING: Andrew Cuomo has secured another high-profile endorsement
June 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
BREAKING: Andrew Cuomo has secured another high-profile endorsement
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World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns
June 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns
Can you imagine if Bush announced the Iraq War on Friendster?
June 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Can you imagine if Bush announced the Iraq War on Friendster?
The weather in New York this month can best be described as Ferenginar
June 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The weather in New York this month can best be described as Ferenginar
There were just enough sane people on both sides during the Cold War to make sure we didn’t nuke ourselves into oblivion, but now…🤷🏻♂️
June 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
There were just enough sane people on both sides during the Cold War to make sure we didn’t nuke ourselves into oblivion, but now…🤷🏻♂️
Looking for an agent to help sell my TV script about an up-and-coming Italian chef who struggles with self-confidence, it’s call Impasta Syndrome
June 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Looking for an agent to help sell my TV script about an up-and-coming Italian chef who struggles with self-confidence, it’s call Impasta Syndrome
Jesus, the only thing that doesn't apply to me here is I don't live in the suburbs (yet)
Smashing Pumpkins: You wish you were the kind of person who could fall asleep at night without having flossed.
What Your Favorite ’90s Rock Band Says About the Type of Bored Suburban Dad You Are Today
Barenaked Ladies: You like craft beer. Sleater-Kinney: You like craft beer and claim you were into it “before it became such a thing.” Soundgarden:...
buff.ly
June 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Jesus, the only thing that doesn't apply to me here is I don't live in the suburbs (yet)
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move to replace “you could’ve heard a pin drop” with “you could’ve heard a tank squeak” all in favor
Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.
June 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
move to replace “you could’ve heard a pin drop” with “you could’ve heard a tank squeak” all in favor
OK well I guess it’s time for this 41-year-old aging hardcore kid to finally see what the Turnstile band is all about
June 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
OK well I guess it’s time for this 41-year-old aging hardcore kid to finally see what the Turnstile band is all about
Anyone else check social media to make sure the world is still there when they wake up in the middle of the night or am I just under too much stress?
June 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Anyone else check social media to make sure the world is still there when they wake up in the middle of the night or am I just under too much stress?
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
We did it, New York. We skipped over the beautiful spring weather and hurled ourselves straight into the ungodly 90-degree summer weather once more.
June 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We did it, New York. We skipped over the beautiful spring weather and hurled ourselves straight into the ungodly 90-degree summer weather once more.
My low-stakes conspiracy theory is that notaries exist only to keep the rubber stamp industry alive.
May 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My low-stakes conspiracy theory is that notaries exist only to keep the rubber stamp industry alive.
A NYC-centric comedy podcast with Adams and Jameis Winston as hosts would print money
We need to find a new job for Eric Adams that's not mayor but also allows him to keep doing shit like this because it's so funny
May 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A NYC-centric comedy podcast with Adams and Jameis Winston as hosts would print money
Hell yeah, love me some data-visualized NYC nightmare fuel
Some 118 sections of local spans of all types were found by inspectors to be in poor condition in 2024, records show.
See how the bridges you use fared.
W/ NYCity News Service and Equity Through Data Project. buff.ly/fbd7Pl6
See how the bridges you use fared.
W/ NYCity News Service and Equity Through Data Project. buff.ly/fbd7Pl6
May 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hell yeah, love me some data-visualized NYC nightmare fuel
The coffee just ain’t coffeeing on this cursed Monday
May 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The coffee just ain’t coffeeing on this cursed Monday
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You can criticize him for lots of things, but falling asleep in a meeting? I'm not a hypocrite.
May 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You can criticize him for lots of things, but falling asleep in a meeting? I'm not a hypocrite.
Mclusky is one of the criminally underrated bands of the last 25 years and I will be obliterating my eardrums with this today.
🚨🚨🚨 📢📢📢 there’s a new Mclusky album and it rules 📢📢📢 🚨🚨🚨
May 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Mclusky is one of the criminally underrated bands of the last 25 years and I will be obliterating my eardrums with this today.