✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
@craigary.bsky.social
Scribe and comic writer. MFA. Producer of content (how romantic). Former editor for GreenCine. Wrote on film/TV for Variety. Opinions=my own. Cat wrangler. he/him.
If you’re going to shoot a period film to look like a *film* from that period, you can’t do it any more impressively than Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague (dp: David Chambille)
January 5, 2026 at 11:54 PM
If you’re going to shoot a period film to look like a *film* from that period, you can’t do it any more impressively than Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague (dp: David Chambille)
I love applying for a temp job, answering a bunch of AI questions about my experience, and then getting a followup email from their human recruiter asking you the same exact questions in an email. Like, what was the point of that exercise?
a girl says this is in front of a netflix ad
ALT: a girl says this is in front of a netflix ad
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I love applying for a temp job, answering a bunch of AI questions about my experience, and then getting a followup email from their human recruiter asking you the same exact questions in an email. Like, what was the point of that exercise?
Reposted by ✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
Everyone posts like this now
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Everyone posts like this now
There are now so many misogynist narcissists dudes now who would greatly benefit from the life lessons of “Groundhog Day” and should be made to watch it repeatedly until they get it
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
There are now so many misogynist narcissists dudes now who would greatly benefit from the life lessons of “Groundhog Day” and should be made to watch it repeatedly until they get it
I said at halftime that Steelers/Tomlin inexplicably not kicking a FG at end of half, doing risky TD att instead, would come back to haunt them. It almost did but a shanked FG at the end and they survive—a FG that wouldn’t have been attempted if Pitt had kicked FG at end of 1st. Anyway, crazy game.
January 5, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I said at halftime that Steelers/Tomlin inexplicably not kicking a FG at end of half, doing risky TD att instead, would come back to haunt them. It almost did but a shanked FG at the end and they survive—a FG that wouldn’t have been attempted if Pitt had kicked FG at end of 1st. Anyway, crazy game.
Reposted by ✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
If you'd like to reduce your blood pressure and eliminate a lot of needless in-fighting, I'd recommend muting or blocking Axios, Politico and Semafor as they seem to specialize in promoting quotes from anonymous Democratic contrarians in hopes of generating rage and engagement.
January 5, 2026 at 12:35 AM
If you'd like to reduce your blood pressure and eliminate a lot of needless in-fighting, I'd recommend muting or blocking Axios, Politico and Semafor as they seem to specialize in promoting quotes from anonymous Democratic contrarians in hopes of generating rage and engagement.
Reposted by ✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
Reposted by ✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
January 4, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Reposted by ✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
I’m cynically assuming just 3) but hoping for more calls for the other two.
It feels like Democrats have three options: impeachment, shutting down the government on Jan. 30 to extract concessions, or strongly worded letters and long speeches. Am I missing any?
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I’m cynically assuming just 3) but hoping for more calls for the other two.
Reposted by ✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
The President does not have power to wage war. He was already guilty of child sexual abuse & ripping the Constitution to shreds, & now, he’s a mass murderer.
Impeachment, conviction & removal are not enough. Trump & his enablers must be punished. No War in Venezuela. New York Nuremberg instead.
Impeachment, conviction & removal are not enough. Trump & his enablers must be punished. No War in Venezuela. New York Nuremberg instead.
Per reporting- US officials confirm that the United States launched military strikes on Venezuela, these bombings serving as a hideous extension of the regime’s illegal murders at sea.
January 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The President does not have power to wage war. He was already guilty of child sexual abuse & ripping the Constitution to shreds, & now, he’s a mass murderer.
Impeachment, conviction & removal are not enough. Trump & his enablers must be punished. No War in Venezuela. New York Nuremberg instead.
Impeachment, conviction & removal are not enough. Trump & his enablers must be punished. No War in Venezuela. New York Nuremberg instead.
President Rufus T Firefly had regrets about his decision to wage an illegal war youtu.be/5mEsXz-Bpog?...
Duck Soup (10/10) Movie CLIP - To War (1933) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
President Rufus T Firefly had regrets about his decision to wage an illegal war youtu.be/5mEsXz-Bpog?...
Hegseth said US military should refuse ‘unlawful’ Trump orders in unearthed 2016 interview / probably was a rare sober moment with ol Pete www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hegseth said US military should refuse ‘unlawful’ Trump orders in unearthed 2016 interview
Defense secretary’s comments recirculating amid dispute over US strikes on alleged drug boats in Caribbean
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Hegseth said US military should refuse ‘unlawful’ Trump orders in unearthed 2016 interview / probably was a rare sober moment with ol Pete www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by ✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
Leave X
Tell anyone you know who uses it WHY they need to leave X.
Tell anyone you know who uses it WHY they need to leave X.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Leave X
Tell anyone you know who uses it WHY they need to leave X.
Tell anyone you know who uses it WHY they need to leave X.
I dug the satisfying Strange Things finale, but did anyone else when a certain big death happen, look at the running time and go, there’s still almost an hour left?
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 AM
I dug the satisfying Strange Things finale, but did anyone else when a certain big death happen, look at the running time and go, there’s still almost an hour left?
Reposted by ✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
apotheosis of US conservatism
Measles may have been spread at a Noah’s Ark-themed creationist museum in Kentucky earlier this week, the state’s health authority said.
Health Authorities Issue Measles Alert at Creationist Museum
In 2025, the U.S. had the most infections of the vaccine-preventable disease since 1992.
trib.al
January 3, 2026 at 4:37 AM
apotheosis of US conservatism
I just shared this guardian piece with a cousin who is freaking out about Mamdani and this move, I am trying not to start a family flame war but as a Jewish person I’d rather not be labeled antisemitic because i criticized the Israeli government. 🫠
they want you to freak out about mamdani repealing the ihra definition of antisemitism which its own author says is being abused to silence criticism of israel
this is arguably beside the point but even the drafter of the ihra definition has outright said it shouldn’t be a basis for legislation and/or state action (or otherwise used as a speech code)
January 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I just shared this guardian piece with a cousin who is freaking out about Mamdani and this move, I am trying not to start a family flame war but as a Jewish person I’d rather not be labeled antisemitic because i criticized the Israeli government. 🫠
If I was going to try to sell my 2017 MacBook Pro —is local craigslist the safest place for both parties? Was thinking of asking for $100 since it needs a new battery (basically needs to be plugged in) and doesn’t have a lot of storage, but works otherwise! (Apple trade in offer was like 40 )
January 2, 2026 at 6:33 PM
If I was going to try to sell my 2017 MacBook Pro —is local craigslist the safest place for both parties? Was thinking of asking for $100 since it needs a new battery (basically needs to be plugged in) and doesn’t have a lot of storage, but works otherwise! (Apple trade in offer was like 40 )
Reposted by ✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
You could also poll boomer-era people on how often doctors have suggested they take a "Cognitive Exam." (Let alone, suggested it three times.)
I'll start: Zero.
I'll start: Zero.
January 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
You could also poll boomer-era people on how often doctors have suggested they take a "Cognitive Exam." (Let alone, suggested it three times.)
I'll start: Zero.
I'll start: Zero.
Still coming up with my Marty Supreme thoughts (I mean thumbs up, and lots to think about and unpack, a few quibbles…) but want to say, it’s good to see G Paltrow back acting (and she’s great). I’d love more of that and less of the weird alternative health and candles stuff.
January 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Still coming up with my Marty Supreme thoughts (I mean thumbs up, and lots to think about and unpack, a few quibbles…) but want to say, it’s good to see G Paltrow back acting (and she’s great). I’d love more of that and less of the weird alternative health and candles stuff.
Woo hoo I’m alive! I’m alive!
Congrats on survive everyone.
Congrats on survive everyone.
January 1, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Woo hoo I’m alive! I’m alive!
Congrats on survive everyone.
Congrats on survive everyone.
Watching Dick Clark’s’ New Year’s Rockin’ Eve a little early
January 1, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Watching Dick Clark’s’ New Year’s Rockin’ Eve a little early
Reposted by ✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
