John Voltz

This just came in the mail. Awesome. @countbinface.bsky.social miniature. Best impulse buy in ages.

I disavow the Hudson Brotherhood

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

“Government didn’t get in the way of growth, it got in the way of greed.” Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards, host of the Optimist Economy, on labor market policy and corporate complacence. New episode out now! @kedseconomist.com

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

ABBA beating the far-right in Sweden. ❤️ Benny Andersson played a reworded version of ‘Mama Mia’ in support of the Social Democratic Party during their final election rally in Stockholm yesterday.

Oh my gosh, the best political video on YouTube just got updated after a decade and a half and it's still just perfect! It visualizes something that I've talked about a lot since the first video came out: The real problem is the billionaire class. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gxl...

i always felt like incessant app invitations were like: ”Please join our HOA, where normal laws, expectations, and property rights don’t apply.” bsky.app/profile/doct...

We used to know how Government worked. This is from a 1948 Civics textbook - a graphic on life without Government and With Government. For the last 25 year or longer we keep sliding back to the left in the US.

I don’t mind waking up at 3 for work. I do mind making up at 3 with The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats inexplicably stuck in my head

Ray will discuss the book (and billionaires) with comedian Gary Gulman at New York Public Library this Tuesday. A few tickets remain: www.nypl.org/events/progr...

Everyone except billionaires wants to tax billionaires, but taxing wealth at the federal level ain't gonna happen. Heck, SCOTUS won't even let Congress touch unrealized gains, the main source of income for the nation's wealthiest families. Allow me to Mikesplain (story link in replies):

RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...

People: Don’t speak ill of the dead Historians: Then, live a better life.

the Pfizer building is apparently having trouble remaining erect

Cheer up, USA. One of your soccer teams has won 4 World Cups.

Graham Platner’s history of sexual assault proves he does not belong in the US Senate. He belongs on the Supreme Court. by Susan Collins

🎶Daunse thy cares awaye! Worryes for anothir daye! Let the harpe and tabor playe! Doun at Fraggle Rocke! 🎶

Fashion designer Jeremy Scott delivers commencement speech to Kansas City Art Institute graduates. Wait for it…

A majority of Americans can’t afford rent on a modest 2 bedroom. People aren't buying their first home until 40. Since 1990, the cost of housing is up 174% while wages have flatlined. We're in a housing crisis. Congress needs to act like it.

On its third attempt tonight, Marblehead Town Meeting approved an “MBTA Communities–compliant” district largely centered on the 125-year-old Tedesco Country Club, meeting 3A requirements on paper while all but assuring no new housing would be built. This comment says it all.

The deep dive on the cocaine salmon paper you didn't know you needed, with the one and only @tomlumperson.bsky.social

Zsolt Hegedus, a leading candidate for health minister in a future Hungarian government, danced enthusiastically on stage as the opposition Tisza party celebrated a landslide victory that ended Viktor Orban's long rule.

I've already reposted this but I did some digging into these guys (Mind Enterprises) and look at these two utter legends The outfits The lack of fucks given The banging tune I am in awe www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oEJ...

europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz

“Very funny, Jesus. Give it back.”

Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:

Stop telling the truth about me! bsky.app/profile/jose...

This Day in Labor History: February 22, 1860. 3,000 shoemakers in Lynn, Massachusetts went on strike, beginning the nation’s largest strike before the Civil War!!!!

Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719).

with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭

From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵

I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.

Statement from the Minnesota Timberwolves team chaplain with alt text (ht @gregolear.bsky.social)

Just got back from a local dem mtg. One the major dem candidates was there. I asked for any low hanging fruit policies to implement right away. They said ‘ban cell phones in schools.’ I pushed back hard — the science on this not at all convincing. sending their staff this: bsky.app/profile/mmas...

Took yesterday off and did nothing. But today, I cooked. This was terriffic. Thanks @lifesafeast.bsky.social (and @unlawfulentries.bsky.social for turning me on to Jamie). bsky.app/profile/life...

New Year’s hangover? Holiday season festive food overload? There’s only one thing that good for everything that ails you…a bowl of authentic French onion soup. It’s a tradition that works. jamieschler.substack.com/p/authentic-...