So hope to see you, Pete Buttigieg, in the Harris/Walz administration bringing your intelligence, experience, warmth, and wisdom to bear on the challenges the US will face in the coming years. And then, down the road if you're willing, to be our president.

That is some serious cheering in Philadelphia. I've got goosebumps rolling in waves. Thank you to every cheering person who brought me that moment all the way over here in Asheville, NC. Thank you, Vice President JD Vance & Tim Walz LFG

Has any height of mountainous bullshit political fliers in the mailbox ever made anyone vote for anyone other than who they were going to? Won't someone think of the trees? And my irritability? And my mail carrier's sciatica?

You (Yes, you. And also you and you, etc. ) need to read this book. Don’t read it fast. Let the sentences do their job. The treadmill of your thoughts needs this upgrade. ⁦Brian Klaas⁩, this is a gorgeous bit of useful work.

Rest in Peace Lord Vader

Ah, James Earl Jones. One of the best voices ever. One of the best faces ever. Just one of the best, full stop. Rest in peace, sir.

JD Vance acknowledges the cat and dog stories are urban legends and then rationalizes it (via CNN): “If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do."

Many will disagree, but I feel seen. Perfectly. I don't know you, Jack Hamilton, but you know me. slate.com/culture/2024/0…

Quick note while my cell service is cooperating —Our house was incredibly fortunate here in Asheville. We lost a couple of small trees. We’ve been in blackout for five days, but we’re okay on supplies. So many people have suffered so terribly, so the good fortune is bittersweet

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Wrote a little thing for a Halloween-themed reading and thought I'd post it up! jamiemason.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/gri…

Here on 10-23-2024 (and for quite a while, in all honesty) I believe in undecided voters like I believe in unicorns.

America Defeats America theonion.com/america-defeat…

How much intellectual dishonesty, erosion of logic and reason, and perversion of good will is harmless?

Wow, CNN. Your 2024 photography retrospective included exactly zero images of the historic devastation in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Pretty lousy.

Do not look up what this book is about. Don’t read the jacket copy. If you've got any affinity for 80’s hair metal (I don’t) or an attachment to 80’s pop culture (I very much do) or just want to read something utterly charming & unexpected, read this. Bravo Travis Kennedy !!

For the love of god and all things good, if you have access to Jack Smith’s Volume 2, leak it right now and save the world.

"Humans are question machines. AI is an answer machine." I love when Charles Yu writes for The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/…