Lisa Tozzi
@lisatozzi.bsky.social
Everything’s going to be just fine. Now go upstairs, pack your bags. We're going to begin a new life under the sea
I sometimes write things https://www.rollingstone.com/author/lisa-tozzi/
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I sometimes write things https://www.rollingstone.com/author/lisa-tozzi/
lisatozzi @ gmail dot com
Signal: @lisatozzi.44
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A lovely piece by Nathan Munn from Canada about how it feels right now to live upstairs from the world's shittiest loudest neighbor.
"It’s strange to vacillate from damn near cheery to dread so quickly, but it feels like a healthy adaptation to an existential threat."
"It’s strange to vacillate from damn near cheery to dread so quickly, but it feels like a healthy adaptation to an existential threat."
It really really really could happen
Ah shit they're saying our days as the global hegemon are over. I was really materially benefiting from that. :(
Needless to say people are mad at us. And that's ok we had it coming. Today Nathan Mun...
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
A lovely piece by Nathan Munn from Canada about how it feels right now to live upstairs from the world's shittiest loudest neighbor.
"It’s strange to vacillate from damn near cheery to dread so quickly, but it feels like a healthy adaptation to an existential threat."
"It’s strange to vacillate from damn near cheery to dread so quickly, but it feels like a healthy adaptation to an existential threat."
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
Oh hey, look who showed up
January 20, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Oh hey, look who showed up
People used to start their en countries all the time. Can’t we do that?
January 20, 2026 at 11:11 PM
People used to start their en countries all the time. Can’t we do that?
Knob is a funny word. That is all.
January 20, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Knob is a funny word. That is all.
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I know the story is going around. This is Morristown, New Jersey. Half an hour from Newark Airport. Its on the hinterlands of New York City. It's a fight I know ICE isn't ready for.
Also, this is People magazine. It's as normal supermarket America as it gets. Let's hope this lights something.
Also, this is People magazine. It's as normal supermarket America as it gets. Let's hope this lights something.
N.J. Girl, 6, Found Alone by Neighbors Crying, Asking, 'Where's Papi?' After Dad Was Detained by ICE While Picking Up Food, Mom Claims
The mother of a 6-year-old girl in New Jersey says her daughter was found walking alone outside their apartment crying and asking for her father over the weekend after he was detained by ICE agents wh...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:20 AM
I know the story is going around. This is Morristown, New Jersey. Half an hour from Newark Airport. Its on the hinterlands of New York City. It's a fight I know ICE isn't ready for.
Also, this is People magazine. It's as normal supermarket America as it gets. Let's hope this lights something.
Also, this is People magazine. It's as normal supermarket America as it gets. Let's hope this lights something.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, was disinvited from the island’s big sled dog race www.notus.org/foreign-poli...
Republican Governor Disinvited From Greenland Dog Sled Race After Trump’s Tariff Threats
Second Lady Usha Vance was also slated to attend the annual dog sled race last year but pulled out after local protests erupted.
www.notus.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, was disinvited from the island’s big sled dog race www.notus.org/foreign-poli...
Heeeeeere’s Duckie!
January 19, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Heeeeeere’s Duckie!
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Today in St. Paul: A house is raided by ICE agents and other law enforcement officers in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis
January 18, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Today in St. Paul: A house is raided by ICE agents and other law enforcement officers in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
“The United States, the ideals and the value for which it stood for the past 250 years, is being tested like it has never been in modern times. Those values and those ideals have never been as endangered as they are right now.” www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Bruce Springsteen Blasts Trump at Surprise Benefit Gig: 'ICE Should Get the F-ck Out of Minneapolis'
Bruce Springsteen appeared at the Light of Day charity gig to jam with Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, and delivered some pointed political remarks.
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January 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
“The United States, the ideals and the value for which it stood for the past 250 years, is being tested like it has never been in modern times. Those values and those ideals have never been as endangered as they are right now.” www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Trump makes Capt. Ahab seem like a pretty chill and sane guy. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Trump makes Capt. Ahab seem like a pretty chill and sane guy. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
“We now don’t have to speculate as to what American fascism looks like. It’s right outside the door.” Read @polgreen.bsky.social’s dispatch from Minnesota www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:23 PM
“We now don’t have to speculate as to what American fascism looks like. It’s right outside the door.” Read @polgreen.bsky.social’s dispatch from Minnesota www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
It is one of the great mysteries of the universe: why can’t SNL figure out how to produce things so musical guests sound good?
January 18, 2026 at 5:19 AM
It is one of the great mysteries of the universe: why can’t SNL figure out how to produce things so musical guests sound good?
The curse/serendipity of still having cable: If I happen upon The Great Escape while looking for something to watch, I will the just watch the whole movie even though I have already seen it dozens of times. (See also Jaws, Casablanca, Blues Brothers. (GE on PBS right now 👵🏻)
January 18, 2026 at 3:55 AM
The curse/serendipity of still having cable: If I happen upon The Great Escape while looking for something to watch, I will the just watch the whole movie even though I have already seen it dozens of times. (See also Jaws, Casablanca, Blues Brothers. (GE on PBS right now 👵🏻)
"...after he’d emptied the prisons of rioters and commenced a terror campaign against federal workers, but well before he demolished the East Wing..."
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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's 'Year Zero' Is Over. Now Comes the Reckoning
The president’s terrifying revolution came to Washington in 2025. It will ultimately be the year the revolution was lost
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January 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
"...after he’d emptied the prisons of rioters and commenced a terror campaign against federal workers, but well before he demolished the East Wing..."
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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
And loads of us lost our jobs because of it.
Google traffic to publishers dropped by ONE THIRD in 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
Global publisher Google traffic dropped by a third in 2025
Google search traffic was down globally by a third in the year to November, according to new Chartbeat data.
pressgazette.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM
And loads of us lost our jobs because of it.
👀 Majority of Americans think Trump's first year back in office is a failure www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities | CNN Politics
Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is f...
www.cnn.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
👀 Majority of Americans think Trump's first year back in office is a failure www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
Everyone memory hole-ing how bad 2016 was to post hot photos of themselves is killing me
January 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Everyone memory hole-ing how bad 2016 was to post hot photos of themselves is killing me
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Fun fact! We could be using the $75 billion allocated for ICE on literally anything else! Like essential services that help people exist! It’s almost as if these issues + our priorities have a lot of overlap!
Also people definitely can’t afford things if they get shot in the face!
Also people definitely can’t afford things if they get shot in the face!
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Fun fact! We could be using the $75 billion allocated for ICE on literally anything else! Like essential services that help people exist! It’s almost as if these issues + our priorities have a lot of overlap!
Also people definitely can’t afford things if they get shot in the face!
Also people definitely can’t afford things if they get shot in the face!
I do not wan to recap 2016 which is on the Top 5 of worst years. However, here is a photo from around then of Quincy and his alt-rock bandmates.
January 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I do not wan to recap 2016 which is on the Top 5 of worst years. However, here is a photo from around then of Quincy and his alt-rock bandmates.
Still not fixed! www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed
X has placed more restrictions on Grok’s ability to generate explicit AI images, but tests show that the updates have created a patchwork of limitations that fail to fully address the issue.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Still not fixed! www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Trump administration: Record-high homelessness is caused not by housing costs but by mental illness and addiction.
Also Trump administration: We're decimating the programs that treat mental illness and addiction.
Also Trump administration: We're decimating the programs that treat mental illness and addiction.
Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Trump administration: Record-high homelessness is caused not by housing costs but by mental illness and addiction.
Also Trump administration: We're decimating the programs that treat mental illness and addiction.
Also Trump administration: We're decimating the programs that treat mental illness and addiction.
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The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter seeking classified state documents. Nothing she wrote about could be considered classified. They simply want to suppress dissent via intimidation. Don't let them. Here is what she wrote. Please share.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter seeking classified state documents. Nothing she wrote about could be considered classified. They simply want to suppress dissent via intimidation. Don't let them. Here is what she wrote. Please share.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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" it is pretty difficult to futureproof your company against stupid."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
Opinion | $25 Billion. That’s What Trump Cost Detroit.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:03 PM
" it is pretty difficult to futureproof your company against stupid."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...