This but also for public sector employees (and I mean actual employees, not consultants/contractors air dropping in). Talented, driven people shouldn't have to take a 50% pay cut to work in the public sector, especially in a city this expensive.
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This but also for public sector employees (and I mean actual employees, not consultants/contractors air dropping in). Talented, driven people shouldn't have to take a 50% pay cut to work in the public sector, especially in a city this expensive.
Okay, now that we got Zohran elected it's time to focus on another important campaign--getting Joshua Henry his Tony.
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Okay, now that we got Zohran elected it's time to focus on another important campaign--getting Joshua Henry his Tony.
James Earl Jones, the old guy from the end of The Sandlot
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
James Earl Jones, the old guy from the end of The Sandlot
There are so many things that annoy me about the national MLB playoff broadcast, so might as well scream them into the void here...
October 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
There are so many things that annoy me about the national MLB playoff broadcast, so might as well scream them into the void here...
The Nobel Peace Prize is so funny because it's one of those awards that's completely opaque and self-reflective in its meaning, but because it's been branded as totemic everyone takes it seriously. It's like the Golden Globes--if the award is stupid, why does it matter who it goes to?
October 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Nobel Peace Prize is so funny because it's one of those awards that's completely opaque and self-reflective in its meaning, but because it's been branded as totemic everyone takes it seriously. It's like the Golden Globes--if the award is stupid, why does it matter who it goes to?
The words "Heather Christian, MacArthur Fellow" are so pleasing to me
October 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The words "Heather Christian, MacArthur Fellow" are so pleasing to me
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Props to the folks at FS1 who just got this trivia right. Good on their research people.
One of the Apple TV announcers just said Castillo is nicknamed La Piedra because he looks like Dwayne Johnson which is just...not true. #mariners
October 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Props to the folks at FS1 who just got this trivia right. Good on their research people.
At the phase of my aging millennial gaydom that literally any encounter with Defying Gravity makes me cry. This week alone it's been the UMich show band and a Lawrence cover in a Broadway melody.
September 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
At the phase of my aging millennial gaydom that literally any encounter with Defying Gravity makes me cry. This week alone it's been the UMich show band and a Lawrence cover in a Broadway melody.
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Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
LONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
One of the Apple TV announcers just said Castillo is nicknamed La Piedra because he looks like Dwayne Johnson which is just...not true. #mariners
September 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
One of the Apple TV announcers just said Castillo is nicknamed La Piedra because he looks like Dwayne Johnson which is just...not true. #mariners
Another day, another morning spent cosplaying as a statistician in an attempt to understand art better
August 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Another day, another morning spent cosplaying as a statistician in an attempt to understand art better
The Gilded Age is such wretched material but Baranski and Nixon really are luminous in it
August 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Gilded Age is such wretched material but Baranski and Nixon really are luminous in it
GREATER CLEMENTS (Samuel D. Hunter, 2019)
the biggest force for rural resentment of cities in the last three decades is that cities got way better and the countryside got way worse.
August 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
GREATER CLEMENTS (Samuel D. Hunter, 2019)
"I heard down in Argentina...you know Argentina? Great country, really welcoming place to some Europeans who needed it. Anyway down there they're crying for me. Crying because what the radical Dems have done. But they don't need to do that, don't need to cry for me because we never stop winning."
August 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"I heard down in Argentina...you know Argentina? Great country, really welcoming place to some Europeans who needed it. Anyway down there they're crying for me. Crying because what the radical Dems have done. But they don't need to do that, don't need to cry for me because we never stop winning."
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I know I'm gonna die a thousand tiny deaths between now and the end of the season, but goddamn does it feel good to be a Mariners fan tonight
August 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I know I'm gonna die a thousand tiny deaths between now and the end of the season, but goddamn does it feel good to be a Mariners fan tonight
Another day another (sad) reminder that ASSASSINS is the most astute and powerful observation of American culture ever written.
July 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Another day another (sad) reminder that ASSASSINS is the most astute and powerful observation of American culture ever written.
Thank you for your privacy during this difficult time (all of the recipe newsletters I subscribe to are corn-centric this week)
July 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thank you for your privacy during this difficult time (all of the recipe newsletters I subscribe to are corn-centric this week)
This is a really lovely interview both from a politician who continues to rise to meet the moment AND from a journalist who coordinated a perfect forum for an authentic look at him. hellgatenyc.com/brad-lander-...
Brad Lander, Unfiltered and Unplugged
He didn't win the Democratic mayoral primary… but he won a lot of New Yorkers' hearts.
hellgatenyc.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is a really lovely interview both from a politician who continues to rise to meet the moment AND from a journalist who coordinated a perfect forum for an authentic look at him. hellgatenyc.com/brad-lander-...
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Also New York isn’t in decline and remains the intellectual, cultural, financial, culinary and artistic capital of the country, in no small part due to the contributions of Jews and other minorities, most of whom live together in relative harmony, which is a miracle.
June 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Also New York isn’t in decline and remains the intellectual, cultural, financial, culinary and artistic capital of the country, in no small part due to the contributions of Jews and other minorities, most of whom live together in relative harmony, which is a miracle.
In this sample no one under the age of 70 includes Cuomo on their ballot. I sincerely hope that as I get older I maintain the humility to be aware of when my politics are way out of step with a younger generation and adjust accordingly.
The good news in this sample is that as a message, "Don't Rank Cuomo" clearly landed with people. And by "people" I mean famous people willing to share their ballots with the NYT. We'll see if that's enough. Meanwhile, I would like a word with Graydon Carter. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
An Actor, a Bookseller and a Chef Walk Into a Voting Booth
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June 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In this sample no one under the age of 70 includes Cuomo on their ballot. I sincerely hope that as I get older I maintain the humility to be aware of when my politics are way out of step with a younger generation and adjust accordingly.
Don't have a fully formed thought on this, but I think RCV (which is Good) has unfortunately intersected with pundit-brain approach to voting (which is Bad). It does not matter who you rank first or second, as long as you don't rank anyone you don't want to be mayor. Easy as that!
June 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Don't have a fully formed thought on this, but I think RCV (which is Good) has unfortunately intersected with pundit-brain approach to voting (which is Bad). It does not matter who you rank first or second, as long as you don't rank anyone you don't want to be mayor. Easy as that!
Hacks is the queen of "This ostensibly smart character is going to act like a huge fucking idiot for a scene so we can move the plot forward."
May 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hacks is the queen of "This ostensibly smart character is going to act like a huge fucking idiot for a scene so we can move the plot forward."