Jason Cohen
@cohenesque.bsky.social
Philadelphia. Texas Monthly writer-at-large. Ex of Austin, Portland, Cincinnati, Missoula. Music, food, sports (no necessarily in that order).
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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we said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
January 31, 2026 at 8:31 PM
we said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds
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Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
January 31, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
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The story of Paddington helps to humanise the very real experiences of people being forced to leave their homes for the unknown.
What happens to undocumented migrants not lucky enough to be like Paddington?
www.bigissue.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The story of Paddington helps to humanise the very real experiences of people being forced to leave their homes for the unknown.
Hey it's not like the Sixers have anything better to do www.change.org/p/nominate-k...
Sign the Petition
Nominate Kenn Kweder to ring the bell at a Sixers game
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January 31, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Hey it's not like the Sixers have anything better to do www.change.org/p/nominate-k...
It's 2025 and I'm still watching Corey Perry play hockey
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 PM
It's 2025 and I'm still watching Corey Perry play hockey
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In 1993 Steve Marker reached out to Shirley Manson about singing for Garbage after catching her band Angelfish's video for “Suffocate Me,” which aired just once on MTV, at nearly 2 a.m.
Last night, Angelfish reunited at a benefit for Palestinian children and their set included a Stone Roses cover.
Last night, Angelfish reunited at a benefit for Palestinian children and their set included a Stone Roses cover.
Shirley Manson's Pre-Garbage Band Angelfish Reunite And Cover Stone Roses At Palestine Benefit
Before there was Garbage, there was Angelfish. Steve Marker first reached out to Shirley Manson about singing for Garbage after seeing her band Angelfish’s video for “Suffocate Me,” which famously air...
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January 31, 2026 at 5:40 PM
In 1993 Steve Marker reached out to Shirley Manson about singing for Garbage after catching her band Angelfish's video for “Suffocate Me,” which aired just once on MTV, at nearly 2 a.m.
Last night, Angelfish reunited at a benefit for Palestinian children and their set included a Stone Roses cover.
Last night, Angelfish reunited at a benefit for Palestinian children and their set included a Stone Roses cover.
I have never accidentally ended up at 8th and Market
January 31, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I have never accidentally ended up at 8th and Market
I want Dan to know that he's being mourned by Philadelphia the same way Catherine O'Hara is being mourned by Canada.
January 31, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I want Dan to know that he's being mourned by Philadelphia the same way Catherine O'Hara is being mourned by Canada.
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Per the Inquirer obit, donations in @dhm.bsky.social's memory can be made to www.everywhereproject.org/copy-of-what...
What We Do | Everywhere Project
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January 30, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Per the Inquirer obit, donations in @dhm.bsky.social's memory can be made to www.everywhereproject.org/copy-of-what...
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“It’s incredibly hard for me to imagine living in a Philadelphia without Dan McQuade. He understood Philadelphians better than anyone because he was one: quirky and funny, competitive and humble, loyal and kind.” — Inquirer editor Erica Palan
Dan McQuade, award-winning writer, tireless community activist, and ‘Philadelphia institution,’ has died at 43
www.inquirer.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
“It’s incredibly hard for me to imagine living in a Philadelphia without Dan McQuade. He understood Philadelphians better than anyone because he was one: quirky and funny, competitive and humble, loyal and kind.” — Inquirer editor Erica Palan
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Tour de force on just exactly what has gone on at Texas A&M for so many years from Chris Hooks in @texasmonthly.bsky.social:
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
What’s the Matter With Texas A&M?
Five presidents in five years. Firings of “woke” professors. Crackdowns on Plato. Inside state leaders’ efforts to remake a great university.
www.texasmonthly.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Tour de force on just exactly what has gone on at Texas A&M for so many years from Chris Hooks in @texasmonthly.bsky.social:
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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man i am the exact demographic for this and was already yelling FRUSTRATED INCORPORATED before i even clicked thru
Rise Against added a little "Misery" by Soul Asylum into a song.
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
man i am the exact demographic for this and was already yelling FRUSTRATED INCORPORATED before i even clicked thru
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I wrote about how the people who mourn Vicki Weaver and Lavoy Finicum are not, for the most part, mourning Renee Good or Alex Pretti.
open.substack.com/pub/leahsott...
open.substack.com/pub/leahsott...
67. Hypocrisy
On the whiplash of this chaotic moment
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January 30, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I wrote about how the people who mourn Vicki Weaver and Lavoy Finicum are not, for the most part, mourning Renee Good or Alex Pretti.
open.substack.com/pub/leahsott...
open.substack.com/pub/leahsott...
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new: Minnesota Timberwolves chaplain and activist Matt Moberg FaceTimed me from an ICE blanketed parking lot about his empathy for Anthony Edwards, Wemby's provocative statement about the Spurs, and the value (if any) of athletes speaking out.
we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.
we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.
Q&A: The Minnesota Timberwolves chaplain who wants NBA stars to melt ICE without slipping
Matt Moberg's righteous fury with Donald Trump's immigration crackdown went viral. But he preaches empathy for the NBA stars figuring out how to stand for others without losing themselves.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:25 PM
new: Minnesota Timberwolves chaplain and activist Matt Moberg FaceTimed me from an ICE blanketed parking lot about his empathy for Anthony Edwards, Wemby's provocative statement about the Spurs, and the value (if any) of athletes speaking out.
we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.
we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.
Only one reason why I took this picture
January 30, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Only one reason why I took this picture
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Before the Flyers game, NBCSP aired this tribute to @dhm.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Before the Flyers game, NBCSP aired this tribute to @dhm.bsky.social
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He knew what was up bsky.app/profile/dixo...
I love the tribute from NBCSP.
But holy fuck I'm *cackling* that they picked the Halloween photo of Dan dressed as Ms. Rachel.
But holy fuck I'm *cackling* that they picked the Halloween photo of Dan dressed as Ms. Rachel.
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 AM
He knew what was up bsky.app/profile/dixo...
Never forgot this one defector.com/i-got-the-co...
I Got The COVID-19 Vaccine, Then I Tried To Figure Out Why | Defector
Oh, God, I wouldn’t shut up about it. I was telling all my friends. I texted every doctor and health care worker I know. I was getting the COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow. Since the spring, I’ve been volunt...
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January 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Never forgot this one defector.com/i-got-the-co...
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I always loved it when Dan McQuade wrote about our beloved Eagles. His coverage of the 2023 Eagles season was untouchable and perfect. defector.com/tag/dans-eag...
Dan's Eagles Bit Archives | Defector
Here’s a link to all the entries from Dan’s exhausting bit about the Eagles for the 2023 season. They stink!
defector.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I always loved it when Dan McQuade wrote about our beloved Eagles. His coverage of the 2023 Eagles season was untouchable and perfect. defector.com/tag/dans-eag...
I got married in an Off 5th suit
All but a dozen of the roughly 70 Saks Off 5th stores will close and begin holding going-out-of-business sales at certain locations on Saturday, subject to approvals in the chapter 11 process. on.wsj.com/4bruQNw
January 30, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I got married in an Off 5th suit
Jim Jackson and Flyers pregame on NBC Sports Philly remembering @dhm.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Jim Jackson and Flyers pregame on NBC Sports Philly remembering @dhm.bsky.social