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Well, at least we can sleep well knowing they had to suffer through what is surely a painfully bad moviegoing experience ... 🙃
An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Well, at least we can sleep well knowing they had to suffer through what is surely a painfully bad moviegoing experience ... 🙃
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A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
I actually just read this sentence ... 🫠
"Here are seven ways to take your cucumber salads to new, more exciting heights."
"Here are seven ways to take your cucumber salads to new, more exciting heights."
January 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I actually just read this sentence ... 🫠
"Here are seven ways to take your cucumber salads to new, more exciting heights."
"Here are seven ways to take your cucumber salads to new, more exciting heights."
10/10. No notes.
Caleb Williams —> DJ Moore Game Winning Touchdown
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
18-point Deficit Erased
Packers 27
Bears 31
Final
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
18-point Deficit Erased
Packers 27
Bears 31
Final
January 11, 2026 at 8:55 AM
10/10. No notes.
Is it just me, or has White House "border Czar" Tom Homan just dropped off the face of the Earth since it was revealed he was caught accepting bribes in a sting operation?
I wonder why? 🙄
I wonder why? 🙄
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Is it just me, or has White House "border Czar" Tom Homan just dropped off the face of the Earth since it was revealed he was caught accepting bribes in a sting operation?
I wonder why? 🙄
I wonder why? 🙄
If nothing else, tonight has shown me who a journalists that isn't worth trusting/following is ... 🙄
It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
January 3, 2026 at 9:03 AM
If nothing else, tonight has shown me who a journalists that isn't worth trusting/following is ... 🙄
Hell of a time to be defending "mainstream journalism" ... 🙄
It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
January 3, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Hell of a time to be defending "mainstream journalism" ... 🙄
Extra courageous to make such statements before shutting off comments, especially those that might contradict such statements ... 🙄
It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
January 3, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Extra courageous to make such statements before shutting off comments, especially those that might contradict such statements ... 🙄
Just need to add (spoiler: nothing to do with the glorious Rick Astley-related discourse): I found this film to be surprisingly thoughtful, because of the various references to (an atheist/agnostic here) to the concept of faith. I found that to be more moving/powerful than the "whodunit." Kudos.
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Just need to add (spoiler: nothing to do with the glorious Rick Astley-related discourse): I found this film to be surprisingly thoughtful, because of the various references to (an atheist/agnostic here) to the concept of faith. I found that to be more moving/powerful than the "whodunit." Kudos.
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look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
make a Bond movie academic
Octopussy: Observations on the Historical and Contemporary Intersections Between Mathematics and Pornography
Octopussy: Observations on the Historical and Contemporary Intersections Between Mathematics and Pornography
make a Bond movie academic
License to Kill: How The Constitution Was Never Intended To Protect The Lives Or Dignity of Non-White-People, By Ilan Wurman
License to Kill: How The Constitution Was Never Intended To Protect The Lives Or Dignity of Non-White-People, By Ilan Wurman
make a Bond movie academic
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
December 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
make a Bond movie academic
Octopussy: Observations on the Historical and Contemporary Intersections Between Mathematics and Pornography
Octopussy: Observations on the Historical and Contemporary Intersections Between Mathematics and Pornography
Apparently, it's a day ending with "y." (No disrespect to the OP.)
December 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Apparently, it's a day ending with "y." (No disrespect to the OP.)
"Salo, or the 120 of Sodom." The movie's a masterpiece, but the subject matter is so disturbing that no one in the lobby after (myself included) seemed to want to make eye contact and have someone acknowledge him/her having attended it. 😐
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"Salo, or the 120 of Sodom." The movie's a masterpiece, but the subject matter is so disturbing that no one in the lobby after (myself included) seemed to want to make eye contact and have someone acknowledge him/her having attended it. 😐
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I know sexuality isn't a choice because everything I've ever liked about a man has been against my will
October 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I know sexuality isn't a choice because everything I've ever liked about a man has been against my will
They had tears in their eyes ...
I guess the president just announced he recently took his latest in a series of cognitive tests, this one in front of a room full of medical personnel observing him?
December 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
They had tears in their eyes ...
Pretty sure the correct answer here is "Harry Dean Stanton."
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Pretty sure the correct answer here is "Harry Dean Stanton."
Nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey hey ...
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey hey ...
No notes ...
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
No notes ...
Dude, you obviously need to do more drugs. It would likely help you see how fucking stupid this idea is.
All drug use outside palliative care should be criminalized and possession of dealer quantities should be punishable by death without appeal.
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Dude, you obviously need to do more drugs. It would likely help you see how fucking stupid this idea is.
Something tells me this was not paid for by Soros ... 🙃
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Something tells me this was not paid for by Soros ... 🙃
Probably bring some relief to some women who were raped as minors ...
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Probably bring some relief to some women who were raped as minors ...
This is fucking brilliant.
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This is fucking brilliant.
To make matters worse, never once a translation via subtitles OR dubbing. Like, what the heck is he saying?
Can't think of a single time the MGM lion advanced the plot of the movie in any way. Just needless jump scare
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
To make matters worse, never once a translation via subtitles OR dubbing. Like, what the heck is he saying?
While there's no lies detected here, it doesn't explain the feverish resistance to his potential mayoralty. It's that resistance (and the literally millions of dollars that funds that resistance) that's worth exploring, not the (fairly obvious) reasons for his candidacy's popularity ...
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
While there's no lies detected here, it doesn't explain the feverish resistance to his potential mayoralty. It's that resistance (and the literally millions of dollars that funds that resistance) that's worth exploring, not the (fairly obvious) reasons for his candidacy's popularity ...