J. Robert Lennon
@jrobertlennon.com
Recent books include CRITICAL HITS (with Carmen Maria Machado), HARD GIRLS, BUZZ KILL, SUBDIVISION, LET ME THINK. Lits in English prof at a regime collaborator institution. EPOCH editor.
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My best-of-the-year list is up this morning at the NYTBR, books I found to be the “pinnacle of pleasure” in crime fiction reading:
The Best Mystery Novels of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My best-of-the-year list is up this morning at the NYTBR, books I found to be the “pinnacle of pleasure” in crime fiction reading:
4yo: John I’m a new superhero
Me: oh yeah? What do you do
4yo: drive people’s car home for them if they die
Me: oh yeah? What do you do
4yo: drive people’s car home for them if they die
December 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
4yo: John I’m a new superhero
Me: oh yeah? What do you do
4yo: drive people’s car home for them if they die
Me: oh yeah? What do you do
4yo: drive people’s car home for them if they die
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REBOOT by @justintaylor.bsky.social is one of the best books I've read this year, and it's out in paperback soon, and here's the absolutely killer opening chapter up on Brooklyn Rail (especially recommended to people who are way too online, i.e everyone here)
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/fict...
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/fict...
Cold Open | The Brooklyn Rail
Why not close out the year with the interiority of an incel heated to a rolling boil and transformed into an active shooter? If you like, think of it as someone putting Tom Waits’s “Little Drop of Poi...
brooklynrail.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
REBOOT by @justintaylor.bsky.social is one of the best books I've read this year, and it's out in paperback soon, and here's the absolutely killer opening chapter up on Brooklyn Rail (especially recommended to people who are way too online, i.e everyone here)
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/fict...
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/fict...
The board members who ousted sam altman from openai in 2023 get my vote as the most correct people of the 21st century so far
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The board members who ousted sam altman from openai in 2023 get my vote as the most correct people of the 21st century so far
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As always, my position on emdashes is use them they are wonderful. I even made a tool to get em. emdash.fan
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As always, my position on emdashes is use them they are wonderful. I even made a tool to get em. emdash.fan
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my take on fonts is that using either Times New Roman or Calibri as the official font for government documents is insane. you should have a government font that the government commissions and thus places in the public domain. it's like if every government memo was stamped with a Microsoft watermark.
December 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
my take on fonts is that using either Times New Roman or Calibri as the official font for government documents is insane. you should have a government font that the government commissions and thus places in the public domain. it's like if every government memo was stamped with a Microsoft watermark.
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If i could go back in time and see one musical performance, i might pick Just Ducky ruining a prom in Hot Springs MT over Hendrix at Cafe Wha
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If i could go back in time and see one musical performance, i might pick Just Ducky ruining a prom in Hot Springs MT over Hendrix at Cafe Wha
I dislike TNR for things that aren’t a newspaper column, and especially in letters or manuscripts. A typographer I like a lot, Matthew Butterick, has a fun riff on it in his book about typography that you can read for free online practicaltypography.com/times-new-ro...
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I dislike TNR for things that aren’t a newspaper column, and especially in letters or manuscripts. A typographer I like a lot, Matthew Butterick, has a fun riff on it in his book about typography that you can read for free online practicaltypography.com/times-new-ro...
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Hello, my wife and I recorded a Hanukkah song! Enjoy! youtu.be/6aLhQqryWYY
Inverse Room feat. Stephanie Meissner, "Eight Little Candles"
YouTube video by Bright Small Songs
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hello, my wife and I recorded a Hanukkah song! Enjoy! youtu.be/6aLhQqryWYY
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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My cat, an idiot: Those ornaments look exactly like my toys. Why can’t I play with them?
Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord
Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord
December 3, 2023 at 1:13 AM
My cat, an idiot: Those ornaments look exactly like my toys. Why can’t I play with them?
Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord
Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord
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My son was on the train platform and noticed this and decided to wait for the train
December 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My son was on the train platform and noticed this and decided to wait for the train
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reading this my main thought is that the leavitt family appears to be a bunch of degenerates and this woman was unlucky to enter their orbit
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
reading this my main thought is that the leavitt family appears to be a bunch of degenerates and this woman was unlucky to enter their orbit
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a new jersey-based christmas tree delivery service called Spruce Bringsteen
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
a new jersey-based christmas tree delivery service called Spruce Bringsteen
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Regarding the hand percussion, is it ok for jews to deploy jingle bells? I asked my rabbi and he said sure. We’re even allowed to own a one-horse open sleigh
Hello, my wife and I recorded a Hanukkah song! Enjoy! youtu.be/6aLhQqryWYY
Inverse Room feat. Stephanie Meissner, "Eight Little Candles"
YouTube video by Bright Small Songs
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Regarding the hand percussion, is it ok for jews to deploy jingle bells? I asked my rabbi and he said sure. We’re even allowed to own a one-horse open sleigh
It is a lie when you do it
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It is a lie when you do it
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What I’ve been up to! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
LA Parents say school-issued iPads and Chromebooks cause chaos
A growing contingent of public school parents say school-mandated iPads, particularly in elementary and middle schools, are leading to behavior problems.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What I’ve been up to! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
do not want computer to cheerfully remind me how I have been spending my time
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
do not want computer to cheerfully remind me how I have been spending my time
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What…what in god’s name happened when I was at work
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What…what in god’s name happened when I was at work
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I do not need another camera but look how chic she is in all black
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I do not need another camera but look how chic she is in all black
Hello, my wife and I recorded a Hanukkah song! Enjoy! youtu.be/6aLhQqryWYY
Inverse Room feat. Stephanie Meissner, "Eight Little Candles"
YouTube video by Bright Small Songs
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hello, my wife and I recorded a Hanukkah song! Enjoy! youtu.be/6aLhQqryWYY
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HBO Max putting out a remastered version of this post where you can see the friends
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
HBO Max putting out a remastered version of this post where you can see the friends