Jesse Walker
@notjessewalker
I work for @reason; I wrote THE UNITED STATES OF PARANOIA (HarperCollins) and REBELS ON THE AIR (NYU Press). Also posting at http://notjessewalker.bsky.social.
This is a remarkable response to an episode about how Trump is a thin skinned pussy who sues everyone
The White House says "South Park" is not "relevant," "hanging on by a thread," and a "fourth-rate show." The $1.5 billion Paramount is reportedly paying for five years of streaming rights begs to differ. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
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PHOTO: Man dressed as Chuck E. Cheese arrested for credit card fraud in Tallahassee, Florida
The new Laurel and Hardy biopic looks like shit
Remarkable moment between Trump and Powell.
Their big revelation is that he's a socialist. Wow, great sleuthing.
It’s not stalking, it’s called journalism.
"But that just means that whoever builds the most sycophantic AI chatbots will be the ones powering the federal government. And those contracts could also mean that the *most* politically biased AI tools wind up being the most profitable..." reason.com/2025/07/23/wok…
This isn't a bad overview of the rise and fall of the post-left, but it leaves out the final insult: watching a Free Press columnist hit the cable-news circuit with the most dumbed-down and formulaic version imaginable of arguments they made years ago. compactmag.com/article/the-de…
Sesame Street Will Still Be Open nationalreview.com/2025/07/sesame…
New from me: an appreciation of THE YAGE LETTERS, the only psychedelic diary that reads like a W.C. Fields routine reason.com/2025/07/24/a-b…
"Representatives from the Grand Lodge of the Masons did not immediately respond to a request for comment..." thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…
"We would say, 'OK, let's play something that's like music from the Balkans played in a surf chorus'...with the notion that we're not really going to get it right, and that's what's cool about it." reason.com/podcast/2025/0…
There's no issue like TikTok for distinguishing the people afraid of China from the people afraid of emulating China.
U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY LUTNICK SAID HE BELIEVES THE TIKTOK SALE WILL GO THROUGH AND THAT THE U.S. WILL END UP PURCHASING THE PLATFORM.
PSA: Some gremlin has just marked every single email in my inbox as read, so if you've sent me something important that I haven't replied to—especially in the last week, while I was out of town—uh, better re-send it.