Jeff Norman
@jeff2ffs.bsky.social
Don't need no fascist groove thang, likes books and movies and cats and records and weird words and curious facts and also cats and did I mention cats?
With ice hockey, field hockey, and air hockey, hockey has most of the classical elements locked up.
Someone needs to invent fire hockey.
Someone needs to invent fire hockey.
January 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
With ice hockey, field hockey, and air hockey, hockey has most of the classical elements locked up.
Someone needs to invent fire hockey.
Someone needs to invent fire hockey.
The fact that they're still making 'The Simpsons' is sort of like hearing that Grover Cleveland is still quite optimistic about his chances of gaining a third presidency.
January 1, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The fact that they're still making 'The Simpsons' is sort of like hearing that Grover Cleveland is still quite optimistic about his chances of gaining a third presidency.
The "free market" does not create billionaires. Robert Reich lays down the law.
Five ways to make more than a billion dollars
None have anything to do with “free market” capitalism
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The "free market" does not create billionaires. Robert Reich lays down the law.
Truly a mystery. Why would daycare centers—which take care of kids when their parents are working—not be full of kids during a time of year when many parents, even at the worst jobs, take vacation time, so they can spend holiday time with their families?
It is truly a mystery for the ages.
It is truly a mystery for the ages.
January 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Truly a mystery. Why would daycare centers—which take care of kids when their parents are working—not be full of kids during a time of year when many parents, even at the worst jobs, take vacation time, so they can spend holiday time with their families?
It is truly a mystery for the ages.
It is truly a mystery for the ages.
A review of my favorite record of 2025, Future Clouds & Radar's 'Big Weather'.
Clouds and radar, and the cotton is high…
I rarely narrow down my year’s favorites to name a singular Number One Record…but this year, one record stood out for me. And that’s Future Clouds & Radar’s Big Weather. I subscribe to leader R…
spanghew.wordpress.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
A review of my favorite record of 2025, Future Clouds & Radar's 'Big Weather'.
The woman who implausibly accused Joe Biden of sexual harassment several years ago? Is now a Russian citizen, posing here with a Russian-paid influencer.
What a coincidence!
What a coincidence!
xcancel.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The woman who implausibly accused Joe Biden of sexual harassment several years ago? Is now a Russian citizen, posing here with a Russian-paid influencer.
What a coincidence!
What a coincidence!
Rights are not subject to debate.
When Rebecca Solnit asks you to turn a thread into an essay, you fucking do it. jessica.substack.com/p/cbs-news-f...
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December 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Rights are not subject to debate.
"Pedophilia" is such an ugly, unpleasant word.
Since he loves naming things after himself so much, Trump should declare that, henceforth, pedophilia shall be referred to as "Trump Syndrome."
Since he loves naming things after himself so much, Trump should declare that, henceforth, pedophilia shall be referred to as "Trump Syndrome."
December 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Pedophilia" is such an ugly, unpleasant word.
Since he loves naming things after himself so much, Trump should declare that, henceforth, pedophilia shall be referred to as "Trump Syndrome."
Since he loves naming things after himself so much, Trump should declare that, henceforth, pedophilia shall be referred to as "Trump Syndrome."
All these right-wing clowns, so desperately chasing an absurd and unrealistic image through extreme means.... It would be sad if they weren't so utterly hateful.
Decades of the white nationalist movement evolving to adapt to current political trends has brought them to this moment.
December 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
All these right-wing clowns, so desperately chasing an absurd and unrealistic image through extreme means.... It would be sad if they weren't so utterly hateful.
Reposted by Jeff Norman
"Between the administration and the opposition are actual opposites of principle: among those committed to inclusion and those to exclusion; truth and lies; kindness and cruelty; the protection and destruction of systems that in turn protect the climate or public health."
As we prepare for 2026, remember we have the power to make our future | Rebecca Solnit
We enter 2026 with radical uncertainty about the fate of the US – but also with the clarity that people have the power to determine what it will be
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Between the administration and the opposition are actual opposites of principle: among those committed to inclusion and those to exclusion; truth and lies; kindness and cruelty; the protection and destruction of systems that in turn protect the climate or public health."
The plot of nearly every major literary work can be summed up in four letters:
FAFO
FAFO
December 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The plot of nearly every major literary work can be summed up in four letters:
FAFO
FAFO
Because it's still worth reading. Again.
Men Explain Things to Me
<p>Before there was <em>mansplaining</em>, there was Rebecca Solnit's 2008 critique of male arrogance. Reprinted here with a new introduction.</p>
www.guernicamag.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Because it's still worth reading. Again.
Fuck this guy: musicians and other artists are not performing monkeys.
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Fuck this guy: musicians and other artists are not performing monkeys.
Summary of my musical alter ego in 2025:
O Monkey Boy, the Type the Type’s a-Poolin’…
It’s been quite a productive and interesting year for my musical identity as Monkey Typing Pool (and not just as that: see below). Two and a half hours of entirely new music, plus another 37 …
spanghew.wordpress.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Summary of my musical alter ego in 2025:
This week's selections from the best of Jay Kuo's "Skeets & Giggles" edition of his 'Status Kuo' newsletter on Substack
December 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This week's selections from the best of Jay Kuo's "Skeets & Giggles" edition of his 'Status Kuo' newsletter on Substack
I'll say again: Todd Rundgren and Heather Cox Richardson are converging.
December 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'll say again: Todd Rundgren and Heather Cox Richardson are converging.
Scrabble last night was similar to a baseball game in which one team leads for most of the evening...until, at the very last moment, with a grand slam homer in the bottom of the 9th, the leader loses.
December 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Scrabble last night was similar to a baseball game in which one team leads for most of the evening...until, at the very last moment, with a grand slam homer in the bottom of the 9th, the leader loses.
Re my prior post: Yang makes the excellent point that Italian immigrants were once thought incapable of "integrating" just as Miller thinks non-white immigrants are today...with plenty of historical evidence illustrating America's ugly history of racial/ethnic bigotry.
A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America
December 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Re my prior post: Yang makes the excellent point that Italian immigrants were once thought incapable of "integrating" just as Miller thinks non-white immigrants are today...with plenty of historical evidence illustrating America's ugly history of racial/ethnic bigotry.
Good lord, you'd think that with Stephen Miller, Evil would be the clear victor...but Stupid is putting in a very strong performance here.
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Good lord, you'd think that with Stephen Miller, Evil would be the clear victor...but Stupid is putting in a very strong performance here.
This headline (imported from the article's source at votebeat org) is misleading, in that "suspicion" seems far too generalized, and implies at least some justification...when the actual headline would be more accurate as "Why Republicans Constantly Lie About the Reliability of Milwaukee Elections."
Why Milwaukee Elections Are Always Viewed With Suspicion
A 'punching bag' for outstate Republican legislators?
urbanmilwaukee.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This headline (imported from the article's source at votebeat org) is misleading, in that "suspicion" seems far too generalized, and implies at least some justification...when the actual headline would be more accurate as "Why Republicans Constantly Lie About the Reliability of Milwaukee Elections."
Interesting article—not much that many of us were unaware of...but I'm kind of amazed Sargent just let drop Steve Bannon's claim that one of Miller's three most-influential writers was Oswald Spengler.
Spengler was, of course, early on the Nazis' favorite historian.
Spengler was, of course, early on the Nazis' favorite historian.
Now that Bari Weiss pulled a segment telling the truth about Trump's deportations to let Stephen Miller have his say (i.e. spread propaganda), it's a good time to check out our deep dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda, which doesn't pull any punches:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Interesting article—not much that many of us were unaware of...but I'm kind of amazed Sargent just let drop Steve Bannon's claim that one of Miller's three most-influential writers was Oswald Spengler.
Spengler was, of course, early on the Nazis' favorite historian.
Spengler was, of course, early on the Nazis' favorite historian.
And this is the kind of shit we're up against.
Remember when Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump’s lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, wrote an op-ed trying to justify having sex with kids?
Seems relevant now.
Seems relevant now.
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
And this is the kind of shit we're up against.
Last night I watched Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' which is, famously, based on Thomas Pynchon's 'Vineland'.
I'm one of the apparent minority of folks who enjoy 'Vineland' quite a bit, but there's a reason Anderson changed title and says "inspired by" rather than "adaptation."
I'm one of the apparent minority of folks who enjoy 'Vineland' quite a bit, but there's a reason Anderson changed title and says "inspired by" rather than "adaptation."
December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night I watched Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' which is, famously, based on Thomas Pynchon's 'Vineland'.
I'm one of the apparent minority of folks who enjoy 'Vineland' quite a bit, but there's a reason Anderson changed title and says "inspired by" rather than "adaptation."
I'm one of the apparent minority of folks who enjoy 'Vineland' quite a bit, but there's a reason Anderson changed title and says "inspired by" rather than "adaptation."
Damn. Every writer at The Onion is queueing up near an open 20th-story window of their office.
A glimpse of what the right is messaging to its voters. Hard to believe but yes.
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Damn. Every writer at The Onion is queueing up near an open 20th-story window of their office.
The great Milwaukee photographer Francis Ford has died. Nice story here:
Remembering Milwaukee Photography Legend Francis Ford
The renowned portrait artist, who died Dec. 14, shot a host of celebrities, local figures, entertainers and everyday people in a career of more than 50 years.
www.milwaukeemag.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The great Milwaukee photographer Francis Ford has died. Nice story here: