Jody Rosen
@jodyrosen.bsky.social
Contributing Writer, New York Times Magazine. Book: TWO WHEELS GOOD: THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF THE BICYCLE. http://www.jody-rosen.com
Great find. Brief item in the Chicago Defender (5/8/20) suggests that a.) Carpenter may have barnstormed AME churches w/this sermon—or at very least delivered it more than once, i.e. in Chicago as well as Philly; and b.) the subject of the sermon was exactly what its title suggests.
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Great find. Brief item in the Chicago Defender (5/8/20) suggests that a.) Carpenter may have barnstormed AME churches w/this sermon—or at very least delivered it more than once, i.e. in Chicago as well as Philly; and b.) the subject of the sermon was exactly what its title suggests.
“Taxis will be replaced by camels”—baller
Mayor Mamdani, please make this happen?
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Mayor Mamdani, please make this happen?
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“Taxis will be replaced by camels”—baller
Mayor Mamdani, please make this happen?
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
Mayor Mamdani, please make this happen?
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
Jokes aside, I have no patience for these clowns or those who indulge their bogeyman fears. NYC isn’t unsafe for Jews. It’s modestly less amenable to those whose sense of well-being is based on denying Palestinians’ humanity & who wish to glide thru life w/out hearing a different opinion on the subj
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Jokes aside, I have no patience for these clowns or those who indulge their bogeyman fears. NYC isn’t unsafe for Jews. It’s modestly less amenable to those whose sense of well-being is based on denying Palestinians’ humanity & who wish to glide thru life w/out hearing a different opinion on the subj
🚨REAL ESTATE ALERT!!🚨
UWS apt, possibly classic six but not sure, coming on market as huge moron skips town
UWS apt, possibly classic six but not sure, coming on market as huge moron skips town
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🚨REAL ESTATE ALERT!!🚨
UWS apt, possibly classic six but not sure, coming on market as huge moron skips town
UWS apt, possibly classic six but not sure, coming on market as huge moron skips town
There’s definitely an interesting story here. But if you’re gonna make sweeping claims, pathologizing tens of thousands (or hundreds of thousands?) of people as “spiritually unmoored and socially stunted”(!!!), I’m not sure “more than a dozen interviews” cuts it, methodologically speaking
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
There’s definitely an interesting story here. But if you’re gonna make sweeping claims, pathologizing tens of thousands (or hundreds of thousands?) of people as “spiritually unmoored and socially stunted”(!!!), I’m not sure “more than a dozen interviews” cuts it, methodologically speaking
Truly wild sequence of nouns, verbs, & adjectives here
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Truly wild sequence of nouns, verbs, & adjectives here
Circular firing squad of people who don't know what communism is
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Circular firing squad of people who don't know what communism is
"Why is this so hard to understand?"
October 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Why is this so hard to understand?"
I know we're not supposed to talk about Woody Allen, but ANNIE HALL is one of the supreme American movies & Diane Keaton's wild charisma is 90% of the reason why. And btw her performance of "Seems Like Old Times" is pure magic—up there with the greatest musical scenes in cinema, zero doubt
October 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I know we're not supposed to talk about Woody Allen, but ANNIE HALL is one of the supreme American movies & Diane Keaton's wild charisma is 90% of the reason why. And btw her performance of "Seems Like Old Times" is pure magic—up there with the greatest musical scenes in cinema, zero doubt
Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle, p. 11
September 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle, p. 11
Best Marginalia 2025: "MICRO"
September 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Best Marginalia 2025: "MICRO"
Alfred Jarry wrote about this 120 years ago. Not kidding
September 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Alfred Jarry wrote about this 120 years ago. Not kidding
Patricia Lockwood, how do you organize your library? And would you say your system is sound, from an engineering perspective?
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Patricia Lockwood, how do you organize your library? And would you say your system is sound, from an engineering perspective?
Our littérateurs really love to rhapsodize about their Tottering, Teetering 'n' Toppling Towers of Books
September 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Our littérateurs really love to rhapsodize about their Tottering, Teetering 'n' Toppling Towers of Books
Yep. Cf. this email I got yesterday from Zeteo. I happen to share Medhi Hassan’s politics but find this clickbait language alienating—insulting to everyone’s intelligence & dignity. Don’t like living in a zero sum hot take world
September 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Yep. Cf. this email I got yesterday from Zeteo. I happen to share Medhi Hassan’s politics but find this clickbait language alienating—insulting to everyone’s intelligence & dignity. Don’t like living in a zero sum hot take world
Hardly the main problem w/Ezra Klein's piece but: "When the left thought its hold on the hearts & minds of college students was nearly absolute..." Uh this never happened in real life, it's pure whole cloth invention, & what's more there's no entity called "the left" capable of collective thought
September 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hardly the main problem w/Ezra Klein's piece but: "When the left thought its hold on the hearts & minds of college students was nearly absolute..." Uh this never happened in real life, it's pure whole cloth invention, & what's more there's no entity called "the left" capable of collective thought
Yes we have no bananas
September 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Yes we have no bananas
Quick way to spot a loser
August 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Quick way to spot a loser
Annals of Wild & Wooly Sportswriting Ledes
August 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Annals of Wild & Wooly Sportswriting Ledes
The Le Nains! Fascinating painters, love 'em. Another great one, The Resting Horseman (c.1640)—typically strange/stagy composition in which the figures appear to have been airdropped into a landscape from alien worlds & arranged for our inspection while refusing to acknowledge each other's presence
August 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Le Nains! Fascinating painters, love 'em. Another great one, The Resting Horseman (c.1640)—typically strange/stagy composition in which the figures appear to have been airdropped into a landscape from alien worlds & arranged for our inspection while refusing to acknowledge each other's presence
For years I’ve been terrified of Sunset Park’s Lutheran Halal Cafe & there’s been zero Post coverage. Silence is deafening
August 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
For years I’ve been terrified of Sunset Park’s Lutheran Halal Cafe & there’s been zero Post coverage. Silence is deafening