Ron Hogan
@ronhogan.bsky.social
He wrote Our Endless & Proper Work (Belt Publishing, 2021), based on his "Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives" newsletter.
This is a pretty fun story.
404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts
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Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad
WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:17 AM
This is a pretty fun story.
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
How you gonna do a commercial with Matthew Broderick about taking the day off and not set it to “Oh Yeah”?
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
How you gonna do a commercial with Matthew Broderick about taking the day off and not set it to “Oh Yeah”?
I hope this turns out to be a case of Bad Bunny saving some couple the cost of their own wedding.
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
I hope this turns out to be a case of Bad Bunny saving some couple the cost of their own wedding.
“We’re giving them too many edges.”
Hoo boy.
Hoo boy.
I turned on the big game in advance of Bad Bunny and the first thing I heard was “it’s amazing how deep inside the hole he can get and still be bouncing around outside,” so this is already a big win on the homoerotic innuendo front.
February 9, 2026 at 1:10 AM
“We’re giving them too many edges.”
Hoo boy.
Hoo boy.
I would think if you wanted to reach a large audience with your message condemning the pervasiveness of antisemitism, you might want some sort of guarantee it won’t end with a smash cut to a bunch of toilets singing an ‘80s soft rock classic.
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I would think if you wanted to reach a large audience with your message condemning the pervasiveness of antisemitism, you might want some sort of guarantee it won’t end with a smash cut to a bunch of toilets singing an ‘80s soft rock classic.
I turned on the big game in advance of Bad Bunny and the first thing I heard was “it’s amazing how deep inside the hole he can get and still be bouncing around outside,” so this is already a big win on the homoerotic innuendo front.
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I turned on the big game in advance of Bad Bunny and the first thing I heard was “it’s amazing how deep inside the hole he can get and still be bouncing around outside,” so this is already a big win on the homoerotic innuendo front.
“Everything you tell me now, I hear for the first time in my life.”
In 1979, the “New York Times” asked Isaac Bashevis Singer if he planned to watch the Super Bowl.
February 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
“Everything you tell me now, I hear for the first time in my life.”
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If anyone is selling you the opportunity to make money, *you* are how *they* make money and the 'secret' they have is convincing people like you to pay them.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
If anyone is selling you the opportunity to make money, *you* are how *they* make money and the 'secret' they have is convincing people like you to pay them.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
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It's hilarious that Fox News treats these things as deeply scandalous, in between segments where a bunch of adults are sitting around saying stuff like, well, you know, fourteen-year-olds *are* pretty sexy these days ...
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February 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
It's hilarious that Fox News treats these things as deeply scandalous, in between segments where a bunch of adults are sitting around saying stuff like, well, you know, fourteen-year-olds *are* pretty sexy these days ...
“Regardless of the worst things we have ever done, we all deserve medical treatment, safe food and human interaction. And as we all know the American prison system generally does not provide this…”
There are some scenes in THE ALABAMA SOLUTION 📽️ which are right on the edge of what a documentary can responsibly show, but I tend to think that if someone can live it, I can at least watch it once. It's very painful and very good movieswetextedabout.com/the-alabama-...
'The Alabama Solution' Documentary Review: Horrifying and Unspeakable but Deserving of Atttention
This movie is horrifying and shaming and unspeakable but it deserves our attention, because all the horrifying, shaming, unspeakable things within it are happening to human beings. This is often forgo...
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February 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
“Regardless of the worst things we have ever done, we all deserve medical treatment, safe food and human interaction. And as we all know the American prison system generally does not provide this…”
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If there's ever been a time to NOT be incrementalist, this is it. The most political capital you're gonna have is right now. And we got Gestapo death squads in MSP and TB spreading through concentration camps in Texas. If you can't find a win there, get out of politics. The Epstein Class, baby
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
If there's ever been a time to NOT be incrementalist, this is it. The most political capital you're gonna have is right now. And we got Gestapo death squads in MSP and TB spreading through concentration camps in Texas. If you can't find a win there, get out of politics. The Epstein Class, baby
Astrid Plane in an aviatrix outfit was definitely a vibe.
in case you ever wondered what it felt like to live through the 80s
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February 8, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Astrid Plane in an aviatrix outfit was definitely a vibe.
I should ask the Bulwark guy his thoughts on people who don’t think Carville is problematic, because “problematic” would indicate a degree of relevance Carville hasn’t had since you had to know who Billy Bob was supposed to be in Primary Colors.
Saw a Bulwark guy say that anybody who thinks James Carville is a problematic figure can't win Texas and my only reaction is that I straight up don't know who that is
February 8, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I should ask the Bulwark guy his thoughts on people who don’t think Carville is problematic, because “problematic” would indicate a degree of relevance Carville hasn’t had since you had to know who Billy Bob was supposed to be in Primary Colors.
Post a ship that’s not Star Trek or Star Wars
February 8, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Post a ship that’s not Star Trek or Star Wars
“The recorded facts of child sexual abuse, or of sexual assault in general, do not speak to a reality in which a few depraved billionaires commit monstrous acts of which normal men and women are incapable. They speak to a world in which sexual violence is ordinary.”— @judedoyle.bsky.social
You Know, You Can Just Say "Patriarchy"
These analyses of the Epstein case are... missing something.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:46 PM
“The recorded facts of child sexual abuse, or of sexual assault in general, do not speak to a reality in which a few depraved billionaires commit monstrous acts of which normal men and women are incapable. They speak to a world in which sexual violence is ordinary.”— @judedoyle.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with 5 songs:
* Pico and Sepúlveda, Felix Figueroa
* The Creator Has a Master Plan, Pharaoh Sanders
* Chant of the Ever-Circling Skeletal Family, David Bowie
* I Got the…, Labi Siffre
* Up Up Up, O Positive
* Pico and Sepúlveda, Felix Figueroa
* The Creator Has a Master Plan, Pharaoh Sanders
* Chant of the Ever-Circling Skeletal Family, David Bowie
* I Got the…, Labi Siffre
* Up Up Up, O Positive
Introduce yourself with 5 songs
Trouble, TV on the Radio
Shock to Your System, Tegan and Sara
Body Baby, Pharaohe Munch
Vogue, Madonna
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, Big Maybelle
Trouble, TV on the Radio
Shock to Your System, Tegan and Sara
Body Baby, Pharaohe Munch
Vogue, Madonna
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, Big Maybelle
February 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 songs:
* Pico and Sepúlveda, Felix Figueroa
* The Creator Has a Master Plan, Pharaoh Sanders
* Chant of the Ever-Circling Skeletal Family, David Bowie
* I Got the…, Labi Siffre
* Up Up Up, O Positive
* Pico and Sepúlveda, Felix Figueroa
* The Creator Has a Master Plan, Pharaoh Sanders
* Chant of the Ever-Circling Skeletal Family, David Bowie
* I Got the…, Labi Siffre
* Up Up Up, O Positive
They give Nazis a platform to charge people money to read their grubby little Nazi thoughts in exchange for a piece of the action, that’s how.
We’ve known THAT for years. It’s why I chose to stop asking readers for money, and (partially) why I write less and less for that newsletter these days.
We’ve known THAT for years. It’s why I chose to stop asking readers for money, and (partially) why I write less and less for that newsletter these days.
February 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
They give Nazis a platform to charge people money to read their grubby little Nazi thoughts in exchange for a piece of the action, that’s how.
We’ve known THAT for years. It’s why I chose to stop asking readers for money, and (partially) why I write less and less for that newsletter these days.
We’ve known THAT for years. It’s why I chose to stop asking readers for money, and (partially) why I write less and less for that newsletter these days.
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Food for Thought: The same people who need their own half time show because a brown person is singing in the Super Bowl halftime show … are the same ones that needed their own water fountains so they didn’t have to share with black people.
So many snowflakes it’s a blizzard.
So many snowflakes it’s a blizzard.
February 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Food for Thought: The same people who need their own half time show because a brown person is singing in the Super Bowl halftime show … are the same ones that needed their own water fountains so they didn’t have to share with black people.
So many snowflakes it’s a blizzard.
So many snowflakes it’s a blizzard.
Personally, I think if you want to profit from exploiting footage of people humiliating themselves in front of police, you should have to pay to send a production team out to get that footage yourself, just like the makers of COPS.
Police body cameras were supposed to prevent abuses. Now YouTubers are using the footage to embarrass young women for clicks. The most popular uploads are the most salacious and humiliating: for example, “When Suspects Try to FLIRT With Cops” boasts 7.9 million views.
The Body-Cam Hustle
How YouTubers weaponized Freedom of Information laws to embarrass young women for clicks.
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February 7, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Personally, I think if you want to profit from exploiting footage of people humiliating themselves in front of police, you should have to pay to send a production team out to get that footage yourself, just like the makers of COPS.
This looks like it could be very cool, y’all.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:58 AM
This looks like it could be very cool, y’all.
Lars von Trier, hiding behind the curtain so you only see his shoes, like in the Kingdom revival.
After that, I dunno, Laurie Anderson would probably be a hoot.
After that, I dunno, Laurie Anderson would probably be a hoot.
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 7, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Lars von Trier, hiding behind the curtain so you only see his shoes, like in the Kingdom revival.
After that, I dunno, Laurie Anderson would probably be a hoot.
After that, I dunno, Laurie Anderson would probably be a hoot.
Dammit, Faine, don’t make me feel old.
Maybe it was a thing in the 80s before I existed lol
February 7, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Dammit, Faine, don’t make me feel old.
One of these days, Mamdani is going to live out the Liquid Swords meme, and I am here for it.
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 7, 2026 at 1:01 AM
One of these days, Mamdani is going to live out the Liquid Swords meme, and I am here for it.
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"we cannot change the Dem party from the inside"
we are trying to defeat someone who turned the other major political party in this country into a cult of personality in less than a decade
we are trying to defeat someone who turned the other major political party in this country into a cult of personality in less than a decade
February 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
"we cannot change the Dem party from the inside"
we are trying to defeat someone who turned the other major political party in this country into a cult of personality in less than a decade
we are trying to defeat someone who turned the other major political party in this country into a cult of personality in less than a decade