Hard to fully explain, but I sense that many subscribers to this mag became Sw*fties.

Ahead of Old 97's new record 'American Primitive,' front man Rhett Miller gets brutally honest about the band’s discography. texasmonthly.com/arts-entertain…

'Unfortunately, perhaps even unjustly, the most acute agony does not always produce the most profound writing.' Becca Rothfeld on 'Knife.' washingtonpost.com/books/2024/04/…

E.O. Wilson here recalling cormac mccarthy and werner herzog in his evocation of nature's brutality. 'For millions of years human beings simply went at nature with everything they had [...] Life was short, fate terrifying, and reproduction an urgent priority' (Biophilia, 1984)

“Featuring new music by Keith Urban and Snoop Dogg.” Some part of my spirit knew that line was coming during that ad for “The Garfield Movie.” (Not, apparently, to be confused with “Garfield: The Movie” (2004).

I might not have come across this novel if Lydia Millet hadn't reviewed it for us. I'm intrigued. (I'm also reading 'Libra' right now, and this seems — in its way — like an apt companion.) washingtonpost.com/books/2024/04/…

Incredibly honored to have my #16 retired today. To Steve and Alex Cohen and the entire New York Mets organization thank you, thank you, thank you!

To my family, friends, and teammates, having you part of this celebration means the world to me. #16forever #gooden16 #newyorkmets #LGM

I thought that current me and young me would both be moved to be in Queens today as they retired Dwight Gooden’s number. I was right.

Public places shouldn't be allowed to just play 'I Get Along Without You Very Well' willy-nilly.

Ideal use of Twitter.

Brought this down after recent Backlisted Podcast episode. Reminded me of funny-dumb moment when I tweeted the below and a few responded by saying I obviously wasn’t familiar with her/her story if I was suggesting a biopic. Perfect Twitter brain(s) moment.

Low has meant a lot to me since I first heard them, in a Texas suburb in 1995, near sundown, when the local NPR station played “Shame” and kept me transfixed and moved in my car for those few minutes. Read Justin’s piece below.

Wondering who Marg*t R*bbie will cast as the green wedge in 'Trivial Pursuit: Genus IV.'

Off the top of my head, only 4 true 'where you were' moments in my lifetime: The Challenger, the fall of the Berlin Wall, OJ's Bronco chase and 9/11. But OJ, as a continuous following event, lasted for a year and a half. Twitter would have had to start a sister site just for it.

Well, there goes Twitter today.

Going to see the Mets retire Dwight Gooden's number on Sunday. I grew up a Yankees fan, but Gooden was my favorite player to watch as a kid.

Two stretches of a recent playlist *for free*. Blue checks not even needed!