Howard Mittelmark
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Howard Mittelmark
@howardm.bsky.social
· Jan 18
Occupant was my father's name. Call me Current Resident.
Approaching the day when I don't remember how to say anything but "These fucking people."
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Approaching the day when I don't remember how to say anything but "These fucking people."
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I just subscribed to @roncharles.bsky.social Substack because he's the greatest and Jeff Bezos is the worst:
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Ron Charles | Substack
I write about books for The Washington Post. I talk about books for CBS Sunday Morning. Click to read Ron Charles, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I just subscribed to @roncharles.bsky.social Substack because he's the greatest and Jeff Bezos is the worst:
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Surely there was somebody who didn't love Catherine O'Hara.
January 31, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Surely there was somebody who didn't love Catherine O'Hara.
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They call them the Far Right but I actually think they are the Far Wrong
January 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM
They call them the Far Right but I actually think they are the Far Wrong
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Reminder! My next book event for The Killing Fields of East New York is at the Yorkville Public Library tomorrow, 5PM! 222 E.79th St. “Horn unspools a fast-paced and at times crackling yarn about the Brooklyn prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who pursued predatory lenders and brokers …” New York Times.
January 27, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Reminder! My next book event for The Killing Fields of East New York is at the Yorkville Public Library tomorrow, 5PM! 222 E.79th St. “Horn unspools a fast-paced and at times crackling yarn about the Brooklyn prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who pursued predatory lenders and brokers …” New York Times.
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“when minnesotan balls freeze over” has the ring of idiom
January 26, 2026 at 8:03 PM
“when minnesotan balls freeze over” has the ring of idiom
Thank god somebody is finally willing to take on this question. Excited to find out.
January 25, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Thank god somebody is finally willing to take on this question. Excited to find out.
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The day the late John Carey went too far.
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The critic cornered
The day the late John Carey went too far
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January 21, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The day the late John Carey went too far.
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Man products from the early 2020s
- Ward Gambit Premium Detroit Denim
- Forest & Handbuckle Gentlemen Wallet
- Guycave Original Chukka Dress Slippers
- TrouserCraft Waist Belts
- Rooster & Hitch Original Barn Jackets
- American Beefboy Perfect Hoodie
- Thomas Lawman Cold Brew Chinos
- Ward Gambit Premium Detroit Denim
- Forest & Handbuckle Gentlemen Wallet
- Guycave Original Chukka Dress Slippers
- TrouserCraft Waist Belts
- Rooster & Hitch Original Barn Jackets
- American Beefboy Perfect Hoodie
- Thomas Lawman Cold Brew Chinos
January 21, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Man products from the early 2020s
- Ward Gambit Premium Detroit Denim
- Forest & Handbuckle Gentlemen Wallet
- Guycave Original Chukka Dress Slippers
- TrouserCraft Waist Belts
- Rooster & Hitch Original Barn Jackets
- American Beefboy Perfect Hoodie
- Thomas Lawman Cold Brew Chinos
- Ward Gambit Premium Detroit Denim
- Forest & Handbuckle Gentlemen Wallet
- Guycave Original Chukka Dress Slippers
- TrouserCraft Waist Belts
- Rooster & Hitch Original Barn Jackets
- American Beefboy Perfect Hoodie
- Thomas Lawman Cold Brew Chinos
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One year ago today, @slate.com published an excerpt from my essay collection Y2K, which came out in January 2025. It’s a braided narrative about Y2K pop culture, time capsules, and millennial disappointment, and I’d appreciate if you gave it a read. slate.com/life/2024/12...
I Uncovered My Fifth Grade Time-Capsule Essay About the New Millennium. It Put So Much Into Perspective.
A look back on the hopefulness and heartbreak of the new millennium.
slate.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One year ago today, @slate.com published an excerpt from my essay collection Y2K, which came out in January 2025. It’s a braided narrative about Y2K pop culture, time capsules, and millennial disappointment, and I’d appreciate if you gave it a read. slate.com/life/2024/12...
Market Day in Olde New York, the streets abustle with Brooklyn Writers in their go-to-market best, carts piled high with fresh novels.
January 20, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Market Day in Olde New York, the streets abustle with Brooklyn Writers in their go-to-market best, carts piled high with fresh novels.
Damn, that's good. You're hired. I'm putting you on my More Glamorous Lifestyle brain-trust team.
But what about go-go-dancing dog-walkers......in space!!
January 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Damn, that's good. You're hired. I'm putting you on my More Glamorous Lifestyle brain-trust team.
My plans for a glamorous and enviable lifestyle (drugs, mansions, personal chefs, go-go dancers, dogs, dog-walkers, go-go-dancing dog-walkers, etc.) could falter if publishers don't start paying me huge advances. Just saying. It's on you.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:36 PM
My plans for a glamorous and enviable lifestyle (drugs, mansions, personal chefs, go-go dancers, dogs, dog-walkers, go-go-dancing dog-walkers, etc.) could falter if publishers don't start paying me huge advances. Just saying. It's on you.
[Joe Pesci voice]
You mean, let me understand this cause, you know maybe it's me, it's a little fucked up maybe, but I'm jaunty how? I mean, jaunty like I'm a boulevardier? What the fuck is so jaunty about me?
You mean, let me understand this cause, you know maybe it's me, it's a little fucked up maybe, but I'm jaunty how? I mean, jaunty like I'm a boulevardier? What the fuck is so jaunty about me?
January 19, 2026 at 1:29 AM
[Joe Pesci voice]
You mean, let me understand this cause, you know maybe it's me, it's a little fucked up maybe, but I'm jaunty how? I mean, jaunty like I'm a boulevardier? What the fuck is so jaunty about me?
You mean, let me understand this cause, you know maybe it's me, it's a little fucked up maybe, but I'm jaunty how? I mean, jaunty like I'm a boulevardier? What the fuck is so jaunty about me?
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Nice to finally find myself described in literature:
January 17, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Nice to finally find myself described in literature:
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Doodled a little bit of fan art! Visionary director Darren Nichols, on break from the New Burbage Shakespeare Festival. “I don’t hate the theater; I pity it.” #slingsandarrows
January 16, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Doodled a little bit of fan art! Visionary director Darren Nichols, on break from the New Burbage Shakespeare Festival. “I don’t hate the theater; I pity it.” #slingsandarrows
It's only gambling if you're the gambler. Otherwise, it's wealth extraction.
January 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM
It's only gambling if you're the gambler. Otherwise, it's wealth extraction.
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Friday’s Ice Art and Poetry: today’s collaboration between artist Mark Mastroianni and myself. Here the poem came first. (Ice not ICE—art and poetry, by their nature are anti-ICE which is the enemy of life and wonder.)
January 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Friday’s Ice Art and Poetry: today’s collaboration between artist Mark Mastroianni and myself. Here the poem came first. (Ice not ICE—art and poetry, by their nature are anti-ICE which is the enemy of life and wonder.)
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Hello, I am doing this now. It is for fun, and it is making me happy.
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About this
Ever since I was a little girl, I have longed to “post” without having to “engage.” Sara Kate's Bird of the Day is an attempt to force to people to look at my bird photos while I talk about them. Also...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Hello, I am doing this now. It is for fun, and it is making me happy.
skwbotd.ghost.io/about/
skwbotd.ghost.io/about/
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I find myself, however briefly, and for the first time in ever such a long while, enormously happy.
The Essence by Dave Hutchinson: Review by Paul Di Filippo
The Essence, Dave Hutchinson (NewCon Press 978-1917735148, trade paperback, 278pp, $16.99) December 2025. Doesn’t the title of Dave Hutchinson’s standout new novel sound like something the late lam…
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January 15, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I find myself, however briefly, and for the first time in ever such a long while, enormously happy.
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The hardest I'd ever laughed in my 16 years at that point.
33 years ago today, January 14, 1993: #TheSimpsons episode “Marge vs. the Monorail” first aired on Fox.
January 14, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The hardest I'd ever laughed in my 16 years at that point.
Other progressives say that shrinking populations are the solution, to the actual problem.
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in. n.pr/3NH3yso
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.
n.pr
January 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Other progressives say that shrinking populations are the solution, to the actual problem.
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In books, too. I *love* finding elements in research that allow me to show characters’ competence. Learning, as I read for Sailing to Sarantium, about how the technique for ‘setting beds’ for mosaics changed over time, enabling different work.
Dramatic? No. The drama is OUR job, if we do it right.
Dramatic? No. The drama is OUR job, if we do it right.
Competency porn: is there any greater escapism than watching a capable person on TV?
Competency porn: is there any greater escapism than watching a capable person on TV?
In 2026, when it feels as though the world is moments away from any number of disasters, there is nothing hotter than watching someone do their job really, really well
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January 13, 2026 at 8:18 PM
In books, too. I *love* finding elements in research that allow me to show characters’ competence. Learning, as I read for Sailing to Sarantium, about how the technique for ‘setting beds’ for mosaics changed over time, enabling different work.
Dramatic? No. The drama is OUR job, if we do it right.
Dramatic? No. The drama is OUR job, if we do it right.