Michael Pollak
@mdpollak.bsky.social
I love big books and I cannot lie
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
TIL that Laguardia ended his inaugural speech with The Oath of the Athenian Youth. Seems pretty appropriate for the Zohran generation
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
TIL that Laguardia ended his inaugural speech with The Oath of the Athenian Youth. Seems pretty appropriate for the Zohran generation
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
From today's @semafor.com Americana newsletter
October 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
From today's @semafor.com Americana newsletter
Trump is shaking down everybody all the time.
A hundred million here, a hundred million there, eventually you're talking real money.
nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-pol...
A hundred million here, a hundred million there, eventually you're talking real money.
nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-pol...
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Trump is shaking down everybody all the time.
A hundred million here, a hundred million there, eventually you're talking real money.
nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-pol...
A hundred million here, a hundred million there, eventually you're talking real money.
nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-pol...
October 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Another great installment by Michael Kinnucan in Taking the Sociological Perspective
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Another great installment by Michael Kinnucan in Taking the Sociological Perspective
You knew the US military consumes a lot of fuel but OMG. From @adamtooze.bsky.social 's daily Top Links substack feature:
September 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
You knew the US military consumes a lot of fuel but OMG. From @adamtooze.bsky.social 's daily Top Links substack feature:
Great 2-book review by Trevor Jackson of Abundance & Overshoot. First 3 paras are excellent explanation & justification of Mark Fisher's phrase "Capitalist Realism." Many other good lines, including the below.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
September 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Great 2-book review by Trevor Jackson of Abundance & Overshoot. First 3 paras are excellent explanation & justification of Mark Fisher's phrase "Capitalist Realism." Many other good lines, including the below.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Well that's a relief
"No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension" by Kate Wagner (McMansion Hell)
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
"No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension" by Kate Wagner (McMansion Hell)
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
August 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Well that's a relief
"No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension" by Kate Wagner (McMansion Hell)
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
"No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension" by Kate Wagner (McMansion Hell)
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
August 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza"
- Columbia Journalism Review
www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
- Columbia Journalism Review
www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
August 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza"
- Columbia Journalism Review
www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
- Columbia Journalism Review
www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
We all talk about how Trump is a lying destroyer of worlds, but the Senate Republicans are no slouches. The cuts they originally passed forecast a deficit cost $1.5T & came in at $4T. This is what they did to double down. From @ngusdorf.bsky.social at @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We all talk about how Trump is a lying destroyer of worlds, but the Senate Republicans are no slouches. The cuts they originally passed forecast a deficit cost $1.5T & came in at $4T. This is what they did to double down. From @ngusdorf.bsky.social at @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Cute sign on the subway soliciting organ donors
June 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Cute sign on the subway soliciting organ donors