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visible to hidden reply ratio on this is crazy
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
pumpkin pie is good, all other pies mid to bad. discourse concluded.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
can you imagine opening your mailbox and finding this shit inside
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?

Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
only if you exclude the thing and the human torch from the family and close your eyes when they go to galactus’s ship
the best parts of this new fantastic four movie are appropriately enough the parts that are a family drama and the worst is the obligatory marvel slop.
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
their challenge should be “adapting to life in a dungeon”
Backlash over the Salesforce CEO’s now-retracted suggestion of a National Guard deployment highlights the challenge facing business leaders with roots in liberal communities as they navigate President Trump’s second term.
How a tech billionaire philanthropist got caught between Trump and San Francisco
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff quickly retracted a controversial call to deploy the National Guard in San Francisco. Some city leaders aren’t ready to move on.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
no thank you
First look at the live-action ‘LEGEND OF ZELDA’ movie

In theaters on May 7, 2027
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
i was talking about a boogie woogie bugle boy from somewhere else actually
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
time to break out the large ceremonial photo album where i keep pictures of every ballot i’ve ever cast
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
putting aside the misplaced modifier (what’s inevitable is that you find the bands boring, not that you listen) and the absurdity of the conjecture (it “horrifies” you to be bored?) doesn’t this just amount to “i am bored by what’s popular”? like, the definition of being a snob?
November 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
rich with tang
This is a snappy, fresh side dish or a light supper: a lemony green salad, rich with tang and crunch. Its simplicity makes it perfect. nyti.ms/4onrXk2
October 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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the final entry in our the ranks of the freaks series, a round-up of reviews of “one battle after another” by @philipchristman.bsky.social, @timmarkatos.bsky.social, @somers.bsky.social, @adamfpetty.bsky.social, @mtzero.bsky.social, @yrcnr.bsky.social, and everyone else, plus me & rachel!
The One Battle After Another Mega Newsletter
The final entry in The Ranks of the Freaks, a this is a newsletter series.
thisisanewsletter.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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the final run-up piece in the ranks of the freaks: a thoughtful essay on licorice pizza by tyler malone that i am, yes, thrilled to share! thisisanewsletter.substack.com/p/a-valentin...
A Valentine to Grace: Tyler Malone on Licorice Pizza
The ninth installment in The Ranks of the Freaks, a this is a newsletter series!
thisisanewsletter.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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thrilled (i think i've said thrilled too many times about these essays) to share this essay by @yrcnr.bsky.social on phantom thread for our the ranks of the freaks series!!!!! thisisanewsletter.substack.com/p/oh-i-like-...
Oh, I Like You Like This: Colin Mylrea on Phantom Thread
The eighth entry in The Ranks of the Freaks, a This is a Newsletter series.
thisisanewsletter.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2' was released on the PlayStation 25 years ago today in the US.
September 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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really honored to have published this illuminating essay on 'there will be blood' and petrofiction by sarah healy as part of our PTA series!
Oil Drilling in Eden: Sarah Healy on There Will Be Blood
The fifth entry in 'The Ranks of the Freaks,' a This is a Newsletter series
thisisanewsletter.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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thrilled with this essay by @mtzero.bsky.social on the PTA's the master for our newsletter series: open.substack.com/pub/thisisan...
Sit, Dragon!: Matt Zazzarino on The Master
The sixth entry in The Ranks of the Freaks, a This is a Newsletter series.
open.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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so excited to share this essay by @somers.bsky.social on PTA's inherent vice and how he adapts pynchon:
The Wave Rolling Back: Erin Somers on Inherent Vice
The seventh entry in The Ranks of the Freaks, a this is a newsletter series
thisisanewsletter.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
very honored to be part of the series on PTA that @therealbradbabs.bsky.social is running before the release of one battle after another, especially given the quality of the 5 entries before mine. to all the bots and cam models who follow me, please juice brad’s numbers!!
September 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
some of yall could learn a thing or two
September 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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very grateful to @adamfpetty.bsky.social for this wonderful essay on punch-drunk love for our paul thomas anderson series newsletter series! read it here: open.substack.com/pub/thisisan...
A Fairy Tale of Rage & Humiliation: Adam Fleming Petty on Punch-Drunk Love
The fourth entry in "The Ranks of the Freaks," a This is a Newsletter series.
open.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
i guess we can’t really do away with college football, since that’s what makes nfl football possible, and without the nfl, there would be no fantasy football. but that doesn’t mean anyone should be watching it, letting alone posting about it
September 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
thinking about rfk jr getting hit by a truck, then getting scraped off the road by another larger and more leathery rfk jr who eats the first one for dinner saying fee fi fo fum and all that stuff before getting beanstalked (new violent act im inventing) by a small plucky rfk jr, etc etc
September 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
maybe trump’s dead now though
September 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM