Sam McCullough
@mcculloughsam.bsky.social
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade might be the perfect distillation of modern American culture. here’s Ciara performing on a giant surfing elephant float brought to you by the Kalahari Water Parks.
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade might be the perfect distillation of modern American culture. here’s Ciara performing on a giant surfing elephant float brought to you by the Kalahari Water Parks.
this is absolutely true of me. I’ve had so many conversations since moving across the river about this exact topic. yesterday completely violated my sense of who SPPD are. incredibly important to me that Mayor elect Her set this straight real fast.
Whatever one thought of it in the moment it's clear that a wide swath of Saint Paul residents have given SPPD a lot of good faith assumptions during an era when policing is under greater scrutiny. And I think today is gonna mark a major shift in that sentiment for a significant chunk of citizens.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
this is absolutely true of me. I’ve had so many conversations since moving across the river about this exact topic. yesterday completely violated my sense of who SPPD are. incredibly important to me that Mayor elect Her set this straight real fast.
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I am furious and devastated that ICE was once again present in Saint Paul and that federal agents continue to jeopardize the safety and well-being of our residents. The destruction this White House has caused our city in just a matter of days is unconscionable.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I am furious and devastated that ICE was once again present in Saint Paul and that federal agents continue to jeopardize the safety and well-being of our residents. The destruction this White House has caused our city in just a matter of days is unconscionable.
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one thing I have come to believe, as someone who grew up deeply skeptical of the "authentic expression / sold out" dichotomy is that however true or false it was objectively, the taboo on "selling out" was societally load-bearing
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
one thing I have come to believe, as someone who grew up deeply skeptical of the "authentic expression / sold out" dichotomy is that however true or false it was objectively, the taboo on "selling out" was societally load-bearing
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I guess you could say Lizza was … bamboozled
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I guess you could say Lizza was … bamboozled
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Baby Mark rizzed up Livvy Nuzz
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Baby Mark rizzed up Livvy Nuzz
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I would love to read an account of this saga that isn’t written in an atrociously purple way but seems like that’s too much to ask of anyone involved
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I would love to read an account of this saga that isn’t written in an atrociously purple way but seems like that’s too much to ask of anyone involved
I’ve been incredibly angry for several days now about the story of ICE agents entering a day care in Chicago to detain a teacher. Eventually I wrote that anger down, and got some encouragement to share it.
open.substack.com/pub/samtheda...
open.substack.com/pub/samtheda...
Muffin Day with Ms. Diana
Every morning I drive my 2 year old daughter to school.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’ve been incredibly angry for several days now about the story of ICE agents entering a day care in Chicago to detain a teacher. Eventually I wrote that anger down, and got some encouragement to share it.
open.substack.com/pub/samtheda...
open.substack.com/pub/samtheda...
at my 2 year old’s parent teacher conference just now her teacher said “they say kids aren’t capable of understanding sarcasm until 6 or 7….not your kid! she’s great at it!” so 1. genetics might be real, and 2. I might need to stop saying “that’s so crazy” to my kid so much.
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
at my 2 year old’s parent teacher conference just now her teacher said “they say kids aren’t capable of understanding sarcasm until 6 or 7….not your kid! she’s great at it!” so 1. genetics might be real, and 2. I might need to stop saying “that’s so crazy” to my kid so much.
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“To be an Arsenal fan - to be a leftist. They are an intertwined experience.”
- @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
- @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
![Astead H: ..for example, can you think of a time when you had to learn that lesson yourself.
That it wasn't only important to be right
Zohran M: Life on the left is that lesson. But tactically let me give you an example. I had concerns about the signing of Noni Madueke. [laughs] I had concerns about paying Chelsea yet again for one of their players. Was this simply the legacy of William Gallas? But more important than being right in that skepticism is winning. And now that Madueke is playing, well I don't know it works out, but he's showing what Mikel Arteta knew all along. So I'm happy to focus on the outcome. To be an Arsenal fan - to be a leftist. They are an intertwined experience](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tjrczgbda3estmbansluhwut/bafkreib7u7y6rerbcpx5tn46wq5ozv3l2azvzkuxj66qklk3pudxy7iega@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“To be an Arsenal fan - to be a leftist. They are an intertwined experience.”
- @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
- @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
this post is how I found out there was a playoff game tonight. I am a team season ticket holder. I consume a lot of sports media. really hard to overstate how bad the state of MLS is with new/casual fans right now. pretty convinced the Apple TV deal is mostly to blame.
MLS playoff kickoff 4 1/2 hours after sunset. T -60 minutes till things get weird.
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
this post is how I found out there was a playoff game tonight. I am a team season ticket holder. I consume a lot of sports media. really hard to overstate how bad the state of MLS is with new/casual fans right now. pretty convinced the Apple TV deal is mostly to blame.
“like when the queen chooses a knight to fight in her name” is a phrase that could have saved hockey a lot of PR issues.
There should be a guy one each team whose only job is to fight. Like when the queen chooses a knight to fight in her name.
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“like when the queen chooses a knight to fight in her name” is a phrase that could have saved hockey a lot of PR issues.
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This is crushing. Decades of cool uniform stuff nobody else covered, gone
I remember thinking the internet would be better at preserving work than the pre-digital age, and it feels increasingly clear the opposite is true
I remember thinking the internet would be better at preserving work than the pre-digital age, and it feels increasingly clear the opposite is true
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is crushing. Decades of cool uniform stuff nobody else covered, gone
I remember thinking the internet would be better at preserving work than the pre-digital age, and it feels increasingly clear the opposite is true
I remember thinking the internet would be better at preserving work than the pre-digital age, and it feels increasingly clear the opposite is true
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Just to be precise, when I say that the leaders who got us to this point cannot be the ones to get us to the next one, I specifically mean this chucklehead. Get the fuck outta here. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Rahm Emanuel … For President?
He’d like you to keep an open mind.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Just to be precise, when I say that the leaders who got us to this point cannot be the ones to get us to the next one, I specifically mean this chucklehead. Get the fuck outta here. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
at a much later age than I assumed was possible, I have found myself in a “the boys in the neighborhood are buying cool matching jackets” situation and I really can’t recommend it enough.
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
at a much later age than I assumed was possible, I have found myself in a “the boys in the neighborhood are buying cool matching jackets” situation and I really can’t recommend it enough.
might get through the winter by just posting extremely low quality Wolves memes on Bluesky.
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
might get through the winter by just posting extremely low quality Wolves memes on Bluesky.
I don’t think this is the entire problem obviously, but I do think the moment it became socially acceptable for men to start going on television professionally while dressed like this was a real turning point in the decline of polite society.
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I don’t think this is the entire problem obviously, but I do think the moment it became socially acceptable for men to start going on television professionally while dressed like this was a real turning point in the decline of polite society.
left too much time for Phee.
September 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
left too much time for Phee.
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the first-half mccarthy haters from last week have requested a single file apology line like a wedding receiving line
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
the first-half mccarthy haters from last week have requested a single file apology line like a wedding receiving line
this country really started to go downhill once NFL teams stopped having training camps on college campuses. Travis Kelce needs to get fined for trying to sneak Taylor Swift into a dorm room with two twin beds pushed together to make something he calls MegaBed. then we can begin to heal.
August 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
this country really started to go downhill once NFL teams stopped having training camps on college campuses. Travis Kelce needs to get fined for trying to sneak Taylor Swift into a dorm room with two twin beds pushed together to make something he calls MegaBed. then we can begin to heal.
the worst part of the Wolves deal is that the roster situation is such that the two options for the roster are:
1. the brokest most private equity beholden owners in the league decide they will pay the highest tax bill in the league for the next 3-4 years.
or
2. we get worse.
1. the brokest most private equity beholden owners in the league decide they will pay the highest tax bill in the league for the next 3-4 years.
or
2. we get worse.
May 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
the worst part of the Wolves deal is that the roster situation is such that the two options for the roster are:
1. the brokest most private equity beholden owners in the league decide they will pay the highest tax bill in the league for the next 3-4 years.
or
2. we get worse.
1. the brokest most private equity beholden owners in the league decide they will pay the highest tax bill in the league for the next 3-4 years.
or
2. we get worse.
dissociating again. thinking things about Chet and Alex Caruso that are unfit for public consumption. reevaluating all of my anti-carceral beliefs.
May 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
dissociating again. thinking things about Chet and Alex Caruso that are unfit for public consumption. reevaluating all of my anti-carceral beliefs.