Joseph Bien-Kahn
@josephbienkahn.com
Senior Editor at Esses Magazine
sports, movies, odd desert stuff, fire, adventure!
bylines: NYT Mag, NY Mag, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, GQ, SI, Wired...
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sports, movies, odd desert stuff, fire, adventure!
bylines: NYT Mag, NY Mag, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, GQ, SI, Wired...
[email protected]
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Joseph Bien-Kahn
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· Jan 24
The Private Firefighters On Call for the Californians Who Can Afford Them
Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders on the LA fires and the demand for private firefighers in Malibu and the Palisades.
www.rollingstone.com
We all know more and more people are hiring private firefighting crews in L.A.
But who are the private firefighters? Their price? Their vibe?
I drove up the Sierra Hwy to spend the day with a stuntman/teamster/firefighter to find out…
For @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
But who are the private firefighters? Their price? Their vibe?
I drove up the Sierra Hwy to spend the day with a stuntman/teamster/firefighter to find out…
For @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Agree with this, but, surprisingly, you *do* need all the crazy shit about ancestors. I wanna know about your subject’s great-grandfather; couldn’t care less about their third grade teacher…
As a person who reads a lot: 95% of biographies don’t need the childhood and growing up stuff. That can be like four paragraphs.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Agree with this, but, surprisingly, you *do* need all the crazy shit about ancestors. I wanna know about your subject’s great-grandfather; couldn’t care less about their third grade teacher…
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presumably between halves of the nfl title game?
Here’s When Luke Combs Would Want to Perform for the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Here’s When Luke Combs Would Want to Perform for the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Luke Combs opened up about when he'd want to perform during a Super Bowl Halftime Show.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
presumably between halves of the nfl title game?
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Hate to say it but… good take!
Apple crisp is way better than Apple pie and Pecan Pie is basically the crisp part without messing with the fruit aspect.
Only flaw here is key lime plays…
Apple crisp is way better than Apple pie and Pecan Pie is basically the crisp part without messing with the fruit aspect.
Only flaw here is key lime plays…
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Hate to say it but… good take!
Apple crisp is way better than Apple pie and Pecan Pie is basically the crisp part without messing with the fruit aspect.
Only flaw here is key lime plays…
Apple crisp is way better than Apple pie and Pecan Pie is basically the crisp part without messing with the fruit aspect.
Only flaw here is key lime plays…
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Now 3 for 3 failures when trying to order a Car Seat Uber. Honestly, would prefer they just don’t offer the option — worst thing ever to have to scramble for a solution 5 min before our ride every time…
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Now 3 for 3 failures when trying to order a Car Seat Uber. Honestly, would prefer they just don’t offer the option — worst thing ever to have to scramble for a solution 5 min before our ride every time…
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Jim Harbaugh is one of the best football coaches of the 21st century
J.J. McCarthy now ranks 851 out of 852 in EPA per Dropback among qualified passers since 2000, per Tru Media. The only player below McCarthy is JaMarcus Russell.
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Jim Harbaugh is one of the best football coaches of the 21st century
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Yo: 12/4 F1 🎄 🍺 @timrohan.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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12/12 Magi 🎅 🥃 pub crawl
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1/15 🏳️⚧️ 📖 Night
@xbennyboo.bsky.social
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Jameis is levitating
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Jameis is levitating
Jameis is not of this world…
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Jameis is not of this world…
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McLaren’s Las Vegas double DQ has blown the F1 title race wide open 🎁 defector.com/mclarens-las...
McLaren's Las Vegas Double DQ Has Blown The F1 Title Race Wide Open
When I went to bed on Saturday night, I wasn’t planning to write about the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix. After a surprisingly successful opening race in 2023, and Max Verstappen’s fourth coronation in a…
defector.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
McLaren’s Las Vegas double DQ has blown the F1 title race wide open 🎁 defector.com/mclarens-las...
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The updated top ten finishers in Las Vegas, following the disqualification of Norris and Piastri ⬇️
#F1 #LasVegasGP
#F1 #LasVegasGP
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The updated top ten finishers in Las Vegas, following the disqualification of Norris and Piastri ⬇️
#F1 #LasVegasGP
#F1 #LasVegasGP
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Sam Worthington putting together one of the worst sideline reporting job in history cc: @thepressbox.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Sam Worthington putting together one of the worst sideline reporting job in history cc: @thepressbox.bsky.social
You can’t even mass produce the Chucky doll and sell it to children anymore, because of woke…
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
You can’t even mass produce the Chucky doll and sell it to children anymore, because of woke…
Incredible headline. Incredible graphic. Incredible concept. Bravo, Page 6!
November 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Incredible headline. Incredible graphic. Incredible concept. Bravo, Page 6!
I was driving down Hollywood Blvd during that moment in 2021 when everyone was peak crazy and there was a guy in full Joker costume who was running and ate shit face first on the pavement. Unclear if it was a commitment to the bit or not…
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I was driving down Hollywood Blvd during that moment in 2021 when everyone was peak crazy and there was a guy in full Joker costume who was running and ate shit face first on the pavement. Unclear if it was a commitment to the bit or not…
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Cold takes exposed bsky.app/profile/brya...
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Cold takes exposed bsky.app/profile/brya...
The amount of sporting events between influencers I’m fed by Bleachers Report is mindblowing. Are they just making these dudes play like 100 games per year?
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The amount of sporting events between influencers I’m fed by Bleachers Report is mindblowing. Are they just making these dudes play like 100 games per year?
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truly an incredible bit to have this be on the about page of your website that exclusively consists of weekly videos of you talking to steve schmidt and a serialized recounting of the most humiliating things you can remember about your ex
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
truly an incredible bit to have this be on the about page of your website that exclusively consists of weekly videos of you talking to steve schmidt and a serialized recounting of the most humiliating things you can remember about your ex
This whole Lizza-Nuzzi thing is a real stress test on working without factcheckers in the Substack/book publishing space….
November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This whole Lizza-Nuzzi thing is a real stress test on working without factcheckers in the Substack/book publishing space….
My 3yo is finally healthy after a week+ fever. Bad news for my haters. Worse news for Paw Patrol streaming ratings…
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My 3yo is finally healthy after a week+ fever. Bad news for my haters. Worse news for Paw Patrol streaming ratings…
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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I can’t pay for that. Would probably have shelled out $3. But $10 is too far…
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I can’t pay for that. Would probably have shelled out $3. But $10 is too far…