Chase Madar
@madar.bsky.social
Author, attorney, translator. Teaching law ~and society~ at NYU Gallatin. Make the Road NY legal alum.
Give this hero of the republic a medal and a federal pension www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Give this hero of the republic a medal and a federal pension www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
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“The film is a lot about memory. Giving back to the country a memory that cannot be lost.”
for @gqmagazine.bsky.social, i spoke with Wagner Moura about his incredible performance in the equally incredible The Secret Agent
for @gqmagazine.bsky.social, i spoke with Wagner Moura about his incredible performance in the equally incredible The Secret Agent
‘The Secret Agent’ is More Than Just a Great Political Thriller
‘Narcos’ star Wagner Moura talks about his role in director Kleber Mendonça Filho's '70s-set Brazilian drama and how life under the Bolsonaro regime shaped their collaboration.
www.gq.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“The film is a lot about memory. Giving back to the country a memory that cannot be lost.”
for @gqmagazine.bsky.social, i spoke with Wagner Moura about his incredible performance in the equally incredible The Secret Agent
for @gqmagazine.bsky.social, i spoke with Wagner Moura about his incredible performance in the equally incredible The Secret Agent
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Maybe folks have forgotten, but we have already had a former addict in the cabinet. He did great! (His drug of choice happens to have been the most deadly: alcohol.)
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021...
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021...
Perspective | Having someone with alcoholism in the Cabinet reminds us that recovery is never over
As labor secretary, Marty Walsh will show what’s possible if you take it one day at a time.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Maybe folks have forgotten, but we have already had a former addict in the cabinet. He did great! (His drug of choice happens to have been the most deadly: alcohol.)
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021...
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021...
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
Damning stuff but I’m still optimistic that Mamdani will be able to get a lot done with and through Menin, and that there may be some agenda-passing advantages to her being Speaker, with her considerable politicking skills and municipal govt experience
Menin got over $100K spent on her by Uber, $1,600 donation from Tony Argento, $1,000 from Randy Mastro, no response to questions about it:
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Damning stuff but I’m still optimistic that Mamdani will be able to get a lot done with and through Menin, and that there may be some agenda-passing advantages to her being Speaker, with her considerable politicking skills and municipal govt experience
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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I was trying to take a photo of the rusty railing, but the rainbow was a little distracting.
#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #decay #rust #grass #sea #mountain #rainbow
#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #decay #rust #grass #sea #mountain #rainbow
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I was trying to take a photo of the rusty railing, but the rainbow was a little distracting.
#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #decay #rust #grass #sea #mountain #rainbow
#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #decay #rust #grass #sea #mountain #rainbow
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"Michiganders are good people. They care less about how you pray than what you pray for. They care less what your name is, and more about whether or not you cared to figure out their name. Barack Hussein Obama won Michigan twice," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"Michiganders are good people. They care less about how you pray than what you pray for. They care less what your name is, and more about whether or not you cared to figure out their name. Barack Hussein Obama won Michigan twice," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Tenía duende, Jim Hall open.spotify.com/track/35NED3...
My Funny Valentine - Live
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November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Tenía duende, Jim Hall open.spotify.com/track/35NED3...
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Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
Gwendoline Riley is one of my big personal discoveries this past year, her two most recent reviewed empathetically (they make complex demands on one’s empathy) here by James Wood. Looking forward to Riley’s new one out next year www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Daughters Outgrow Their Parents in Two Unsparing Novels
The fiction of Gwendoline Riley ruthlessly depicts the fragile tedium of broken people who are desperate to be normal.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Gwendoline Riley is one of my big personal discoveries this past year, her two most recent reviewed empathetically (they make complex demands on one’s empathy) here by James Wood. Looking forward to Riley’s new one out next year www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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They're stealing my bit
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
They're stealing my bit
That these Braxton quartet recordings from 1985 clearly began as low-fi bootlegs really adds to their sexiness and freshness. All those clean ECM recordings sound a bit sterile in comparison anthonybraxton-bam.bandcamp.com/album/quarte...
Quartet (England) 1985, by Anthony Braxton
13 track album
anthonybraxton-bam.bandcamp.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
That these Braxton quartet recordings from 1985 clearly began as low-fi bootlegs really adds to their sexiness and freshness. All those clean ECM recordings sound a bit sterile in comparison anthonybraxton-bam.bandcamp.com/album/quarte...
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And the one, the only.... Cleveland!
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And the one, the only.... Cleveland!
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Take up to 50% off books about your city! Buy 1, get 10% off. Buy 2, get 20% off. Buy 3, get 30% off. Buy 4, get 40% off. Buy 5, get..... [drumroll] [🥁]..... 50% off!!
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Take up to 50% off books about your city! Buy 1, get 10% off. Buy 2, get 20% off. Buy 3, get 30% off. Buy 4, get 40% off. Buy 5, get..... [drumroll] [🥁]..... 50% off!!
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Mushroom spore landing in my lungs: I eat?
My immune system: no not right now he’s still alive
Mushroom spore: ok i wait
My immune system: no not right now he’s still alive
Mushroom spore: ok i wait
December 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Mushroom spore landing in my lungs: I eat?
My immune system: no not right now he’s still alive
Mushroom spore: ok i wait
My immune system: no not right now he’s still alive
Mushroom spore: ok i wait
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The thing is, “how do you cover a ruler who has an indefinite reign” is the kind of pseudo-philosophizing that sounds like an interesting question until you remember that the discipline of history exists
Assuming this is related to Ben Smith I was honestly shocked by this, an astonishing bit of bootlicking from top to bottom
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The thing is, “how do you cover a ruler who has an indefinite reign” is the kind of pseudo-philosophizing that sounds like an interesting question until you remember that the discipline of history exists
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oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
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As of July 1, 2026 Connecticut will be henceforth known as the land without residential Parking Mandates!!!
A huge thank you to everyone who pitched in, testimony, emails, calls, op-eds, this was truly a statewide grassroots groundswell. What started as a silly idea is now reality
A victory 🏆🧵
A huge thank you to everyone who pitched in, testimony, emails, calls, op-eds, this was truly a statewide grassroots groundswell. What started as a silly idea is now reality
A victory 🏆🧵
Gov. Lamont signs much-debated CT affordable housing bill after vetoing previous version
The bill is Connecticut's most significant housing legislation in decades.
www.ctinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As of July 1, 2026 Connecticut will be henceforth known as the land without residential Parking Mandates!!!
A huge thank you to everyone who pitched in, testimony, emails, calls, op-eds, this was truly a statewide grassroots groundswell. What started as a silly idea is now reality
A victory 🏆🧵
A huge thank you to everyone who pitched in, testimony, emails, calls, op-eds, this was truly a statewide grassroots groundswell. What started as a silly idea is now reality
A victory 🏆🧵
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Jan-Werner Mueller: “All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power supposedly post-liberal politicians re-enact Thatcherism and Reaganism, often going much further than those leaders did?”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jan-Werner Müller · Caesar wept: Trolling the Libs
All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Jan-Werner Mueller: “All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power supposedly post-liberal politicians re-enact Thatcherism and Reaganism, often going much further than those leaders did?”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Is there a single person who writes about “civilization” who doesn’t come off a toxic buffoon? Is it even possible?
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Is there a single person who writes about “civilization” who doesn’t come off a toxic buffoon? Is it even possible?
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Hope folks enjoy my new book
Through a Noir Lens
Adapting Film Noir Visual Style
cup.columbia.edu/book/through...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0231...
#Film #Cinema #media #filmstudies #cinemastudies #FilmNoir #filmhistory #mediastudies #cinemahistory #mediahistory #mediaindustry #noir #books #Noirvember
Through a Noir Lens
Adapting Film Noir Visual Style
cup.columbia.edu/book/through...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0231...
#Film #Cinema #media #filmstudies #cinemastudies #FilmNoir #filmhistory #mediastudies #cinemahistory #mediahistory #mediaindustry #noir #books #Noirvember
November 9, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Hope folks enjoy my new book
Through a Noir Lens
Adapting Film Noir Visual Style
cup.columbia.edu/book/through...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0231...
#Film #Cinema #media #filmstudies #cinemastudies #FilmNoir #filmhistory #mediastudies #cinemahistory #mediahistory #mediaindustry #noir #books #Noirvember
Through a Noir Lens
Adapting Film Noir Visual Style
cup.columbia.edu/book/through...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0231...
#Film #Cinema #media #filmstudies #cinemastudies #FilmNoir #filmhistory #mediastudies #cinemahistory #mediahistory #mediaindustry #noir #books #Noirvember
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Route 14, Vermont - 1937
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104292
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104292
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Route 14, Vermont - 1937
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104292
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104292