This week’s episode of The Dumbest Story of the Week podcast features an interview with journalist Stephen Marche, author of The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future. It is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Go read Stephen’s book!

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Sometimes your backstage green room is a bathroom. Glamorous, eh? #rockandrollwillneverdie

Happy birthday to this guy! They don’t make brothers like this very often and I am fortunate enough to have two of them. (Two awesome sisters, too!) Love you, Mike Armstrong!

#birthday #brothers

Here’s a fun game. “Call me when [WHAT BAND/ARTIST] plays the Super Bowl halftime show.”

I’ll start.

Call me when Uncle Tupelo plays the Super Bowl halftime show.

#superbowl #halftimeshow #apathetic

Same, Elmo. Same.

Yoda knows that this isn’t going to end well. #tradewar #badidea

If only, kid.

Today is the third anniversary of the arrival of Edie-Wan Kenobi. It is also a chilly 43°F in LA this morning, which is apocalyptically tundra-like for here. Having lived in Chicago, New York, and Boston, my apartment here in Southern California is by far the coldest apartment I’ve ever had. #brr

LA FIRES UPDATE: DAY 6

Containment levels going in the right direction, impending winds, winds bad, THANK YOU to those who have donated money(!), any amount helps, stay warm!

#losangeles #fires #eatonfire #palisadesfire #donate

LA FIRES UPDATE: DAY 4

Changing winds, donations, scams, peace and love.

#losangeles #fires #eatonfire #palisadesfire #donate

Hanging tight here in the midst of an apocalyptic day here in Southern California. If we could hold off on any regularly scheduled earthquakes for a few days, that would be swell. #eatonfire #california #losangeles #altadena #sendhelp

Just a little light reading for the holiday season. #mashageseen #survivingautocracy #whatmeworry

The name of the folder where the Artist Formerly Known as Twitter lives on my phone. #thankselon