Mark Aldrich
@markaldrich.bsky.social
The NY Post called me a "writer" once, with quotes. NYPA award-winning humorist. Comedy performer once a week. Author of essay about Covid loss in 'Who We Lost.' Sober: 7/15/2010. Disabled: SMA IV. New Paltz, NY. https://linktr.ee/Mark.Aldrich
Pinned
Two years ago on my birthday, I responded to a food photo posted by the great @nigella.bsky.social with, "This looks perfect for my birthday today." Her account wished me a Happy Birthday, which moved me deeply because of life-things at that moment. It's a sweet gesture for which I'm ever-grateful.
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
A column I wrote years ago about seeing Cary Grant on his live tour in 1984 (even longer ago) is attracting attention for some reason:
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
A Memory of Cary Grant
A memoir about the night I saw Cary Grant in person: * * * * Starting in the mid-1980s, Cary Grant toured in a one-man question-and-answer show, A Conversation with Cary Grant, in which he spent ni…
thegadabouttown.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A column I wrote years ago about seeing Cary Grant on his live tour in 1984 (even longer ago) is attracting attention for some reason:
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
listen
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
ok it’s legitimately funny that they can’t even throw red meat to Catholics without falling into heresy
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
listen
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
Attention NYC: We made it past the earliest sunset of the year.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Attention NYC: We made it past the earliest sunset of the year.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
Sammy Davis Jr. would have been 100 today. We saw him in the 80s at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, and he and my late dad had a moment, which I recalled in my May 2020 eulogy for my dad when he died of Covif: thegadabouttown.com/2020/05/12/p... #SDJ100 #SammyDavisJr #Covid
Pandemic Diary: Just a Box of Rain
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the …
thegadabouttown.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Sammy Davis Jr. would have been 100 today. We saw him in the 80s at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, and he and my late dad had a moment, which I recalled in my May 2020 eulogy for my dad when he died of Covif: thegadabouttown.com/2020/05/12/p... #SDJ100 #SammyDavisJr #Covid
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
I haven't flown in 20 years. Is this what TSA requires now if you don't have one of those "Real" state IDs? (rfkjr should have established for himself at home in private this morning whether he can pull off a pull up before a public failure to launch.)
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I haven't flown in 20 years. Is this what TSA requires now if you don't have one of those "Real" state IDs? (rfkjr should have established for himself at home in private this morning whether he can pull off a pull up before a public failure to launch.)
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
I haven't flown in 20 years. Is this what TSA requires now if you don't have one of those "Real" state IDs? (rfkjr should have established for himself at home in private this morning whether he can pull off a pull up before a public failure to launch.)
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I haven't flown in 20 years. Is this what TSA requires now if you don't have one of those "Real" state IDs? (rfkjr should have established for himself at home in private this morning whether he can pull off a pull up before a public failure to launch.)
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
An incredible story from @shaneharris.bsky.social - on the Iranian cyber officer he once knew.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
They Killed My Source
A man claiming to be an Iranian intelligence officer promised me he would reveal his country’s secrets. Then he disappeared.
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
An incredible story from @shaneharris.bsky.social - on the Iranian cyber officer he once knew.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
Winning!
Scientists are warning that the ongoing measles outbreak might force the U.S. to lose its elimination status for the first time in decades.
Here's why the measles outbreak just took a dangerous new turn
Measles outbreaks seen in Utah and Arizona remain the biggest in the country.
www.axios.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Winning!
A column I wrote years ago about seeing Cary Grant on his live tour in 1984 (even longer ago) is attracting attention for some reason:
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
A Memory of Cary Grant
A memoir about the night I saw Cary Grant in person: * * * * Starting in the mid-1980s, Cary Grant toured in a one-man question-and-answer show, A Conversation with Cary Grant, in which he spent ni…
thegadabouttown.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A column I wrote years ago about seeing Cary Grant on his live tour in 1984 (even longer ago) is attracting attention for some reason:
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
thegadabouttown.com/2016/11/29/a... #CaryGrant #Hollywood #KingstonNY #ClassicMovies
Sammy Davis Jr. would have been 100 today. We saw him in the 80s at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, and he and my late dad had a moment, which I recalled in my May 2020 eulogy for my dad when he died of Covif: thegadabouttown.com/2020/05/12/p... #SDJ100 #SammyDavisJr #Covid
Pandemic Diary: Just a Box of Rain
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the …
thegadabouttown.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Sammy Davis Jr. would have been 100 today. We saw him in the 80s at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, and he and my late dad had a moment, which I recalled in my May 2020 eulogy for my dad when he died of Covif: thegadabouttown.com/2020/05/12/p... #SDJ100 #SammyDavisJr #Covid
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
I stand by my take from two weeks ago: newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...
I'm actually working on a video to go with this for the non-readers out there.
I'm actually working on a video to go with this for the non-readers out there.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I stand by my take from two weeks ago: newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...
I'm actually working on a video to go with this for the non-readers out there.
I'm actually working on a video to go with this for the non-readers out there.
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
Cory Lewandowski is like the Pete Davidson of the right-wing world.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Cory Lewandowski is like the Pete Davidson of the right-wing world.
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
My respected long-time producer friends who worked on Broadway and The West End w Spacey thought he was the absolute worst person in the business.
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My respected long-time producer friends who worked on Broadway and The West End w Spacey thought he was the absolute worst person in the business.
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
Two things can be true:
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Two things can be true:
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
Since the admin no longer reports reliable employment nums, it's telling that the admin & its media enablers still feel the need to declare a rhetorical end to unemployment in our time. Even they know there is a disparity between the rhetoric & reality. They're not "unemployed"; it's something else.
Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Since the admin no longer reports reliable employment nums, it's telling that the admin & its media enablers still feel the need to declare a rhetorical end to unemployment in our time. Even they know there is a disparity between the rhetoric & reality. They're not "unemployed"; it's something else.
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
He falls into a cryptomine.
I know everyone is looking forward to his father's passing, but I'm positive that when the failson-in-chief goes it's going to be in some spectacularly hilarious way.
The president of the United States’ son
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
He falls into a cryptomine.
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
how do you "mass murder" a single person
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
how do you "mass murder" a single person
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
it’s important to remember how jewish germans and jewish poles and jewish francophiles survived.
they gamed out the system and decided at what point their risk tolerance could no longer be held in abeyance.
trans americans would be wise to look at the survivors of the holocaust and other genocides
they gamed out the system and decided at what point their risk tolerance could no longer be held in abeyance.
trans americans would be wise to look at the survivors of the holocaust and other genocides
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
it’s important to remember how jewish germans and jewish poles and jewish francophiles survived.
they gamed out the system and decided at what point their risk tolerance could no longer be held in abeyance.
trans americans would be wise to look at the survivors of the holocaust and other genocides
they gamed out the system and decided at what point their risk tolerance could no longer be held in abeyance.
trans americans would be wise to look at the survivors of the holocaust and other genocides
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
This was always coming, but Dolan is on his way out and I expect that Rome - knowing full well his history in MIlwaukee - insisted he take the hit now. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
N.Y. Archdiocese Will Negotiate Sex-Abuse Settlement for 1,300 Accusers
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This was always coming, but Dolan is on his way out and I expect that Rome - knowing full well his history in MIlwaukee - insisted he take the hit now. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
if you try to serve me a ‘woman-sized dinner’ i’m going to bury one of my ‘woman-sized fists’ in your eye socket
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
if you try to serve me a ‘woman-sized dinner’ i’m going to bury one of my ‘woman-sized fists’ in your eye socket
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
Happy Disordered Eating Season!
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Happy Disordered Eating Season!
Reposted by Mark Aldrich
She thinks she wrote a book-length poem.
Only 17 pages in and I am winded.
This passage, folks… Don’t ever write like this. Just don’t do it.
This passage, folks… Don’t ever write like this. Just don’t do it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
She thinks she wrote a book-length poem.