Will Manidis Amex lounges are literally the best managed, most abundant, cleanest places in America

It is actually incredible how much cultural capital and goodwill the new right has incinerated. From “The Cruel Kids Table” to bleeding Gen Z support and somehow angering every cultural figure it comes into contact with while also claiming to be waging a culture war, except that

one thing I feel like conservatives grok better than liberals is if you create an honor code based rule that gives someone an advantage (“don’t enforce fare collection, most people pay”) eventually even honest people feel compelled to cheat to avoid being cheated

I remember telling some people in the Netherlands that the Knicks and Mets wear orange colors to celebrate New York’s Dutch heritage and they thought I was full of shit.

Kat 💾✨ I was literally just thinking about how so many women in Renoir's paintings look like they know what Pintrest is

Maya ✨ no that's silly, it's dumb to think about "assimilation" in that much detail and it's far more about actions than appearance you can choose not to wear a bindi for many reasons, but don't put down your religion and use the cope of "assimilation" here

Kat 💾✨ It's so easy to see old photos as artifacts. But this man from 1901 had his own routines, jokes and worries - a full life we can only glimpse.

If Cheraman Juma Masjid is the oldest mosque in the world outside Mecca and Medina, then it should be a major pilgrimage center. Currently it's barely a tourist center even though it's open to all.

Incredible Hegseth took the line, "It was my subordinates. They made the right decision but I decided to go to the bathroom when it happened." Just the most cowardly and weasely possible combination. No honor at all.

Contemporary India is the sort of place where the government wants to put a monitoring app on every person's phone but also the sort of place where the outcry about the plan can cause a reversal.

I agree that Michael Dell can donate money however he wants. It's his money and none of our opinions on it matter at all. With that out of the way. What's the best argument that a one time $250 check will meaningfully alter the trajectory of many people's lives?

“Look. The guy I made the scapegoat for my war crime has my full and unconditional support”

Connor O’Brien Garett Jones Emma Schubart The Critic A few days ago I explained to Garett that he is fundamentally confused about this (and he didn't respond, so I assumed he agreed--apparently not). Maybe I wasn't clear so let me explain it a bit more clearly.

For a nice snapshot of the modern day conservative movement, it seems notable that it takes almost two paragraphs about throat clearing and left/media bashing before the author is able to say that Republican politicians should behave like adults

If she wrote a book directly about how to fuck a cabinet secretary maybe she’d be able to break the top 3k

They call this the Chicago pension special

it’s a small club and you ARE in it. welcome to the family. we’re so glad you’re here.

Iran is eternally on the brink of collapse while also the greatest enemy the US will ever face and it’s very tiring

And despite this score on the SAT he still went to an elite college smh