Sam D'Arcangelo
@samdarcangelo.bsky.social
2016 NOLA Crawfish Festival Cook-off Champion
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One small way to try to re-establish social trust would be to transparently disclose *in this very column* that you hung out with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
One small way to try to re-establish social trust would be to transparently disclose *in this very column* that you hung out with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
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December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
You laugh but this is all McDonald's had to do to keep the food safety regulators off their backs for at least 3 years
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
You laugh but this is all McDonald's had to do to keep the food safety regulators off their backs for at least 3 years
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The median age of all U.S. homebuyers is now 59 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The median age of all U.S. homebuyers is now 59 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
• Winner receives a trophy made of human skulls and is named Secretary of Education, a title they must defend every year henceforth
September 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
• Winner receives a trophy made of human skulls and is named Secretary of Education, a title they must defend every year henceforth
The only people in the world who looked at what the Demcratic Party has been doing over the past decade and thought "now there's a winning strategy" are the British Labour Party, and that's a lot more sad than funny but you do have to admit it's funny
If the objective of being tough on immigration was for Labour to be perceived as more right-wing & nativist, the strategy worked.
❌ Labour was seen as more anti-immigration & more right-wing
❌Immigration became more salient as an issue
❌ But Labour’s perceived competence on immigration fell.
❌ Labour was seen as more anti-immigration & more right-wing
❌Immigration became more salient as an issue
❌ But Labour’s perceived competence on immigration fell.
September 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The only people in the world who looked at what the Demcratic Party has been doing over the past decade and thought "now there's a winning strategy" are the British Labour Party, and that's a lot more sad than funny but you do have to admit it's funny
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car commercials used to be scored by Modest Mouse
August 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
car commercials used to be scored by Modest Mouse
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I *knew* he was gonna talk about it 😜 #TreyIsFromTexas
June 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I *knew* he was gonna talk about it 😜 #TreyIsFromTexas
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Mamdani should win but he's the latest example of the Democratic Party closing ranks to keep anyone young and exciting and full of energy out of the party - and then they spend countless millions on consultants trying to figure out why they're struggling with young voters
June 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Mamdani should win but he's the latest example of the Democratic Party closing ranks to keep anyone young and exciting and full of energy out of the party - and then they spend countless millions on consultants trying to figure out why they're struggling with young voters
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
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J.D. Vance rose from venture capitalist to vice president with millions in backing from tech billionaire Peter Thiel.
Now he shapes national policy while Palantir, Thiel’s firm, is reaping billions in federal contracts.
Let's break down his fundraising history. 🧵
Now he shapes national policy while Palantir, Thiel’s firm, is reaping billions in federal contracts.
Let's break down his fundraising history. 🧵
June 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
J.D. Vance rose from venture capitalist to vice president with millions in backing from tech billionaire Peter Thiel.
Now he shapes national policy while Palantir, Thiel’s firm, is reaping billions in federal contracts.
Let's break down his fundraising history. 🧵
Now he shapes national policy while Palantir, Thiel’s firm, is reaping billions in federal contracts.
Let's break down his fundraising history. 🧵
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NEW EPISODE: The Moody Center w/ @dianna2ns.bsky.social ! It’s rare that Phish is in TX, and more rare that they play in Austin–it’s been about 15 years since the capitol city hosted the band and its fans. Dianna gives us the ins and outs of Austin and The Moody Center.
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May 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW EPISODE: The Moody Center w/ @dianna2ns.bsky.social ! It’s rare that Phish is in TX, and more rare that they play in Austin–it’s been about 15 years since the capitol city hosted the band and its fans. Dianna gives us the ins and outs of Austin and The Moody Center.
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I am truly ashamed. I am a Trekkie that went to college in northern New England in the 90s, surrounded by Phans, and I had no f-cking idea until now that Frakes played on a Phish track. What the hell was I doing back then? Oh...
If you are a Phish fan and your mom is a Star Trek The Next Generation fan, you should know that Jonathan Frakes (who played Commander Riker) is doing discounted Mother's Day cameos and he WILL tell your mom he played trombone on the Phish song Rikers Mailbox if you ask him to
May 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I am truly ashamed. I am a Trekkie that went to college in northern New England in the 90s, surrounded by Phans, and I had no f-cking idea until now that Frakes played on a Phish track. What the hell was I doing back then? Oh...
If you are a Phish fan and your mom is a Star Trek The Next Generation fan, you should know that Jonathan Frakes (who played Commander Riker) is doing discounted Mother's Day cameos and he WILL tell your mom he played trombone on the Phish song Rikers Mailbox if you ask him to
May 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you are a Phish fan and your mom is a Star Trek The Next Generation fan, you should know that Jonathan Frakes (who played Commander Riker) is doing discounted Mother's Day cameos and he WILL tell your mom he played trombone on the Phish song Rikers Mailbox if you ask him to
You know Trump's staff is just bad guys top to bottom because not a single one of them has slipped an executive order banning Microsoft Teams on his desk despite having ample opportunities to do so
April 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You know Trump's staff is just bad guys top to bottom because not a single one of them has slipped an executive order banning Microsoft Teams on his desk despite having ample opportunities to do so
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I could not have asked for a more spectacularly beautiful week in Washington. The weather has been absolutely wonderful, I cannot convey how lovely it has been to just be outside these past couple of days. So grateful to be able to spend time in this part of the country ahead of these shows! 🙏🌷🥰
April 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I could not have asked for a more spectacularly beautiful week in Washington. The weather has been absolutely wonderful, I cannot convey how lovely it has been to just be outside these past couple of days. So grateful to be able to spend time in this part of the country ahead of these shows! 🙏🌷🥰
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Here are the US reciprocal tariffs against all the territories mentioned in Enya’s Orinoco Flow
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Here are the US reciprocal tariffs against all the territories mentioned in Enya’s Orinoco Flow
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The only "free speech crisis" on college campuses is the one where students are getting abducted by secret police for writing op-eds and participating in protests.
March 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The only "free speech crisis" on college campuses is the one where students are getting abducted by secret police for writing op-eds and participating in protests.
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remember Medicare for All? Wish that was still a thing
February 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
remember Medicare for All? Wish that was still a thing
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“People are calling them The Disco Biscuits of Australian psych rock.” - @samdarcangelo.bsky.social about King Gizz just now 🤣
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“People are calling them The Disco Biscuits of Australian psych rock.” - @samdarcangelo.bsky.social about King Gizz just now 🤣
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New polling shows that 60% of Americans think billionaires advising the President is bad.
Just 12% say it’s good.
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Just 12% say it’s good.
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Although support for DOGE is mixed, a majority believe corruption, inefficiency, and red tape are major problems - AP-NORC
Twenty-nine percent approve of Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and 39% disapprove.
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January 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
New polling shows that 60% of Americans think billionaires advising the President is bad.
Just 12% say it’s good.
apnorc.org/projects/alt...
Just 12% say it’s good.
apnorc.org/projects/alt...