Author, researcher. Pop culture, science, & history. Bylines @esquire, @NewRepublic, @CNN, @Slate, etc. My new book, "Jimmy," about James Dean out now!
Delmar, New York
Joined February 2011
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Police arrested a man suspected of setting the fire last night that destroyed Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat in Bavaria, one of the last remaining intact structures from the Nazi regime. theguardian.com/world/2026/o… – at Delmar, NY
Not sure what that is even supposed to mean. There has never been a time what that wasn't true. The past is always giving way to the future. – at Delmar, NY
Jay Stratton's new book "Out of the Shadows" may have hit number two on the New York Times bestseller list, but the just released Circana BookScan numbers show that it sold just 13,331 copies in its first week of release. – at Delmar, NY
It's completely insane to me that more Americans--72 million--watched a rerun of "Seinfeld" in 2026 than watched any one current comedy or drama. The most-watched scripted series of last season was "Stranger Things," with 32.9 million viewers. wsj.com/business/media/seinf… – at Delmar, NY
Free version if you are paywalled: msn.com/en-us/money/general/… – at Delmar, NY
A bald eagle visited my house today, which was quite the surprise. It took off before I could get a photo but spent quite a white circling above my yard. – at Delmar, NY
Just yesterday, I asked ChatGPT to compare sources on a specific claim from a book. It looked me in the eye and lied. It gave me a correct quotation but attributed it to a completely wrong person and then built an analysis off the false claim. How does this enrich our minds? – at Delmar, NY
If you are interested in the history of the claim that Lockheed Martin possesses 12 alien flying saucers, I've compiled a timeline of the contradictory, confusing statements by major UFO figures and the ever-expanding mythology. jasoncolavito.com/blog/on-th… – at Delmar, NY
The feedback from publishers on my book proposal has been depressing. They absolutely love the topic and the book and think the writing is phenomenal, but they won't buy it because either (a) I am not famous enough to be allowed to write books or (b) I'm tainted by UFOs. – at Delmar, NY
I have half a mind to have my agent send the proposal out with no author listed and tell them that the writer is a secret "insider" who can't reveal his name for fear of reprisal and see if that makes a difference. – at Delmar, NY
That cannot be true in a world where the same people are consuming 3+ hour podcasts. More directly are the common Netflix complaints: Too many forgettable, mid-tier shows and a binge model that makes them disposable rather than building fan bases. – at Delmar, NY
NewsNation is not a serious news outlet. It is astonishing though that they will platform any lunatic who appears on Ancient Aliens. Nexstar, which owns the channel and also employs George Knapp, should be ashamed, but will never be.
In this week's "Unreported": Host @Producer_Meagan and @TimothyAlberino sit down for Part 2 of their conversation about modern-day claims of giants, alleged cover-ups by the Smithsonian and Sardinia's "tombs of giants."
Premiering now: youtu.be/bmy2-D8wwjw
Not sure I'm understanding the problem here. Harry Reid was well-known as a believer who was enmeshed with the very people who ghostwrote the memo and were also believers. As we have also seen, none of them could tell industrial waste from UFO spare parts. – at Delmar, NY
Skeptics must explain how/why Reid’s highly unusual SAP request aligns perfectly with the Stratton/Elizondo/Grusch/Lacatski/Puthoff/Davis narrative of a (Ryder-proposed) transfer of a retrieved UAP from Lockheed to AAWSAP.
@michaelshermer @MiddleOfMayhem @JasonColavito @MickWest
It feels like there is something symbolic about winning an award and landing a book deal for writing about dudes jerking off. I guess it says something about our time, but I'm not sure if it says more about dudes, publishing, or reading. – at Delmar, NY
From last night’s Breaker: Daniel Kolitz, whose Harper’s piece “The Goon Squad” won a National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, has landed a book deal with Farrar, Straus and Giroux to write “GOONWORLD.”
breakermedia.com/p/the-infor…
Is this what they call getting high off your own supply? – at Delmar, NY
Man some of the stuff in Anthropic's IPO S-1 is wild...
'sufficiently advanced systems could
discover methods of transmitting information, matter or autonomous systems backward in time, potentially
allowing future AI systems to influence events preceding their own creation.'
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The quoted text and screenshot are not from Anthropic's S-1; media reviews of the confidential filing describe existential risks and model behaviors like resisting shutdown but not time travel, and no public S-1 has been filed on EDGAR.
theverge.com/ai-artificial-…
iposcouter.com/anthropic-ipo-…