Andrea Powers

1. I am going to tell you why I think the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee released on Monday a 53-page report presenting new evidence of Donald Trump’s involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-crime syndicate. But before I do, let me quote the report directly.

Like everyone, I have a newsletter. Unlike everyone, it's on EmailOctopus and also available online without subscribing or, I think, logging in (lmk?). Latest issue is out today: good library news, library visiting, AI nonsense. medium.com/tilty/tilt-1...

You have to watch the last video if it is the last thing you do, and it might be. geneweingarten.substack.com/p/i-bid-one-...

This new Exxon ad with Woody Harrelson goes so hard 😳😂❤️‍🔥

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Do yourself a favor and watch a bunch of these Obama clips from his rally today in Ohio. He is on fire, just the energy we need.

"You’re serious? I need to dress up? Why? Please don’t tell me we’re going out. Are we going out? Please don’t tell me we’re going out." buff.ly/lzXrLVa

She wore red dresses with her black shining hair Ah, she had my baby and caused me to care Coldly she left me to suffer and cry Ah, she wore red dresses and told such sweet lies Born on this day in 1956: the great Dwight Yoakam: youtu.be/gG4LKFoDDCc?...

Via David Roth: Vivek Ramaswamy is going after the abusive parent vote defector.com/vivek-ramasw...

In Massachusetts, reproductive freedom isn't up for debate. When anyone - including the President - comes for our rights and health, know that you have an Attorney General who's got your back.

Oh do I love talking about Jane Austen!

Vivek Ramaswamy seeks to take political advantage of the fact that his opponent was raped as a child. But to his credit, unlike many other Republican politicians, he was not personally the rapist in question.

Pip Adam wins the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for AUDITION—a wildly courageous and frankly astonishing book. Please read it.

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

sock owl the sowl

Guy loses legal argument he should have been allowed to own a gun at 20, although he has bigger problems now www.universalhub.com/2026/guy-los... #Boston #Dorchester #guns #crime #SecondAmendment

Timeline cleanse!

Over on Whatever today I go over @subvert.fm's "AI" policy and tell you why I think it's a really good version of such a policy, and why other organizations looking to create such a policy of their own would be well served to give it a look: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/10/18/w...

My latest books cartoon for the @theguardian.com

So while surfing YouTube, I see that this fellow (a devotee of fountain pens & journals) has found The Most Amazing Bookstore You Have Ever Seen! www.youtube.com/watc... It's the beautiful Montague Book Mill, 9 miles up the road: "Books You Don't Need in a Place You Can't Find"

"What is your list of the best collaborations and/or new bands formed from existing bands?" defector.com/my-darkest-c...

Another serving of prime @davidjroth.bsky.social defector.com/what-is-the-...

myshetland.co.uk/my-week-away... Part the 2 of my holiday in London - I saw the Bayeux Tapestry. #myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #bayeuxtapestry #thebritishmuseum #britishmuseum #walkingstick #AncientHistory #holiday #london

Here's my review of You Can See Everything, which is a journalistic masterpiece. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

@mapcenter.com defector.com/making-a-gre...

Making a great fantasy map is an art, and Ross Douthat sucks at it: defector.com/making-a-gre...

This is heavily traveled section of PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) between Newport Beach and Laguna. Ouch www.surfer.com/news/super-e...

The US government starts making a lot more sense when you really internalize that this scene is how things actually work. "What is U.S. strategy?" "Well, strictly speaking, we don't have one. But we're working hard on that." "Who's 'we'?" "Me and three other guys."

A surgical team of the Women's Hospital Corps in the Hotel Claridge, Paris, #OTD 14 October 1914. Surgeon-in-Charge Dr Flora Murray (back to camera) administers chloroform, with Dr Marjorie Blandy (right). Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

A federal ruling cut New England transmission profits and ordered about $1.5 billion in refunds. Healey wants the utilities to explain by Oct. 27 when customers get paid. thisweekinworcester.com/healey-utili...

The Dog Aging Project is hiring a Research Operations Director. Based at the Tufts medical campus in Boston, you'll work with me to help guide a national study of 50,000+ dogs, turning scientific goals into action and helping ensure we deliver on an ambitious Phase 2. jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/23740?l...

Excellent piece, and ends with a quote from John Kenneth Galbraith: “People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.” Sums up a lot of what @astra.bsky.social have been writing about in ETF... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...

Frank Horvat Yak & Crow, 1994 A photo from Horvat's wonderful series Horvat's Bestiary.

This is kind of wonderful, Alison Brown wrangled a handful of pretty decent old bluegrass guys to play “Old Town Road”. Nas X’s impact… immeasurable youtu.be/a_GCX5IoCds

Every word of this from @drewmagary.bsky.social. Democrats will likely retake Congress, but what they do next is an open question. That's why it's important for us all to press Democrats -- right now -- to commit to an aggressive agenda of oversight and accountability.

Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

A fun interview with @stevenweintraub.bsky.social at Collider.

"Though there's no suggestion that Hegseth will set up a pay-per-view scheme for Hasan’s execution, Trump would undoubtedly pay keen attention to the ratings. He is a life-long enthusiast for capital punishment." Me on Trump's ominous bread and circuses vibe. as.ft.com/r/90c044c5-a...

The concluding paragraph of today's FT column on America's moral decay under Trump by @edwardluce.bsky.social

"The apotheosis of insanity.” For the 20th anniversary of 30 Rock, I went deep on my favorite thing about it: all the fake shows, movies, and songs. With help from Tina Fey. www.theringer.com/2026/10/08/t...

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