NPR White House correspondent. National Murrow Award Winner. Former Vox, USN&WR. Tariff explainer. Masculinity politics expert. Native Iowan. Jesus freak. Real piece of work. daniellekurtzleben.substack.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mk6ec2gr3k2tA thing I think about a lot: Many of us seem to think that the internet, or at least smartphones, are making us all much unhappier. And yet...we don't do anything about it. I mean I get why. Inertia, they're integrated into our lives etc...but seriously we hate our phones. Can't we...do something? [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6ec2gr3k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mk63j7ftcs2jDay 6 of ADHD medication. People I finished a draft that had been literally strangling me in my sleep. I am not deathly afraid of my to do list. I spread mulch. I fought a penguin. I ate a tiger. I slayed the necromancer. I lassoed the sun. That is all.23 Apr 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk63j7ftcs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mk5zm7zaqs23Everything is Bowling Alone. Everything everything everything. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5zm7zaqs23https://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mk5uwqadv22lShut it down this is the best joke on this site today [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5uwqadv22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mk3tp3cxkk23When I bopped quietly to Gorillaz way back when, little did I know that one day I'd have a 3-year-old who would fixate on them and that they'd slowly take over my life. Did you know their names are 2D, Russell, Noodle, and Murdoch? Or that the "Clint Eastwood" hook came from a keyboard preset? Or22 Apr 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3tp3cxkk23https://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mk3nc4pqps2lRelatedly, I have one hell of a project going up soon. I swear it's coming. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3nc4pqps2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mk3n5kvt5k2lJust a weird Truth Social post from the president. A fox news clip of a commentator berating Elizabeth Banks re: Iranian women under threat. But also, a TikToker has set clip to a choral version of Madonna's "Like a Prayer." Also he REposted it a minute later. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/11644632876913592322 Apr 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3n5kvt5k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mk3ixbhj7k26My people, a stupid decision by one mainstream outlet — or many stupid decisions by that outlet — is not the same as The Media being broken.22 Apr 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3ixbhj7k26https://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjzno7fejc24Can every piece of clothing I own be a “statement piece”? An experiment…21 Apr 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzno7fejc24https://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjsrgeyxdc2y“Oh you’re taking a selfie but i should offer to take that photo of you instead” is the most boomer-coded behavior on the planet.19 Apr 2026 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsrgeyxdc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjrs2u575s2iOk but also: what did the nine human rings and seven dwarf rings and three elf rings do?18 Apr 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrs2u575s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjrkc32rkk2mOK but seriously. The tone could have easily slid into camp or silliness or Nolan-ish dark and self-serious. And it NEVER DOES any of those. It just is a storybook you want to live in. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrkc32rkk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjqc6lcypk2rGuys the LOTR movies are flat out miracles.18 Apr 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqc6lcypk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjpyqnw4ds2jMan the Lena Dunham discourse is yet another opportunity in the endless string of opportunities to say: Oh wow were we a bunch of sexist a-holes?17 Apr 2026 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpyqnw4ds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjp7obb3uc2vIt is spring. The time has come.17 Apr 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp7obb3uc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjowxrfgtk2pOk so has Quentin responded to this yet? [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjowxrfgtk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjnt5khwzc2iHere it comes Millennium And evrybody’s talkin bout Jerusalem Is this the beginning or beginning of the end Well I got other thoughts my friend … Why yi yi yippee yi yay Yippee yi yo Yippee yi yaaaaay (*NSYNC, Space Cowboy) [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnt5khwzc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjmp2vyunc2wOn first dose of ADHD meds and I'm sorry have you people been walking around just able to "concentrate" and "do things" your whole lives you sons of bitches why was I not informed16 Apr 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmp2vyunc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjkcnqdl4k2pOK, watching the Vance respond to the pope, a hypothesis: Any Trump VP would/will find it difficult to try to be the MAGA heir. (Assuming you think it's possible for there to BE a MAGA heir, which...) Anyway: 1) you're a number-2, meaning... 2) you're answering for SOMEONE ELSE'S brash statements15 Apr 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkcnqdl4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjk56oonek26Starting a Barn Jacket Alert for 2026 candidates. Iowa Dem Gov candidate Rob Sand is our first exhibit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUiHlQRxPDc People, please keep me posted. SEND ME THE BARN JACKET ADS.15 Apr 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk56oonek26https://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjk4lwg2ks2oDo i have adhd or are there always too many things happening an investigation15 Apr 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk4lwg2ks2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjhnlbw4gc2yAre the rich allowed to be happy FINALLY? Can they FINALLY enjoy their wealth instead of sitting on it in a cave, guarding it jealously, never emerging except for once-annual glimpses of the sun? Can we just allow them to bring a dubloon to CVS for a pack of gum? Have we no decency, fellow poors?14 Apr 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhnlbw4gc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjfss6dmws2oUgh I may regret this but ok: yes we are a rich country. Consumer goods are affordable for a lot of people -- you can get a TV or whatever when you want one, a lot of the time without emptying your savings. But the big LIFE stuff -- a kid, school, health, house -- has just gotten more expensive. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfss6dmws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjexxfy2cs23I will not weigh in on the NIMBY argument on my neighborhood email list. I will not weigh in on the NIMBY argument on my neighborhood email list. I will not weigh in on the NIMBY argument on my neighborhood email list. I will not weigh in on the NIMBY argument on my neighborhood email list.13 Apr 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjexxfy2cs23https://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjeupyewxs2rOk but that middle figure in the clouds is giving Witch King of Angmar.13 Apr 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeupyewxs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/titonka.bsky.social/post/3mjdfxt6d7c2hSpent nearly four hours straight gardening and like look Xanax is more efficient but still, same effect. The best.12 Apr 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:algctbk5gub66no2c4bgjiat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdfxt6d7c2h