Jeff McMahon
@jeffmcmahon.bsky.social
Los Angeles-based writer/editor/filmmaker. Movie watcher, book reader, politics obsesser. Denver native, NYC visitor. Fuck Elon/Trump/Putin/Bibi/etc.
Groucho Marx: “I wouldn’t join any club that would have me as a member.”
Elon: [long druggy pause] Can I have your invitation
Elon: [long druggy pause] Can I have your invitation
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Groucho Marx: “I wouldn’t join any club that would have me as a member.”
Elon: [long druggy pause] Can I have your invitation
Elon: [long druggy pause] Can I have your invitation
It’s not clear to me what the Senate bill means for CA legal weed products, but I would say that one thing you don’t do when you’re a regime trying to consolidate power is take away things that make the populace calm and sedate.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It’s not clear to me what the Senate bill means for CA legal weed products, but I would say that one thing you don’t do when you’re a regime trying to consolidate power is take away things that make the populace calm and sedate.
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Chris Cuomo is trying to make this atrocious little mustache happen even though it looks like he drew it on with a ballpoint pen
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Chris Cuomo is trying to make this atrocious little mustache happen even though it looks like he drew it on with a ballpoint pen
Weirdly the 2013 version of Carrie was not a third adaptation of the novel, but a second adaptation of the 1976 screenplay.
I’m sorry to have to be this guy again, but: The new film THE RUNNING MAN is not a remake of the 1987 film THE RUNNING MAN. It is a second adaptation of the 1982 novel by Stephen King.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Weirdly the 2013 version of Carrie was not a third adaptation of the novel, but a second adaptation of the 1976 screenplay.
Too bad the Wachowskis already used up their one pass to deliberately sabotage a franchise
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Too bad the Wachowskis already used up their one pass to deliberately sabotage a franchise
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just saying if one of the 8 folding Dems wants they can use this as an excuse to change their mind and not give Trump exactly what he wants
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
just saying if one of the 8 folding Dems wants they can use this as an excuse to change their mind and not give Trump exactly what he wants
I would love if somebody could explain how this doesn’t make him seem to be weak and ineffectual.
SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
"We let him know what we were doing," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I would love if somebody could explain how this doesn’t make him seem to be weak and ineffectual.
I don’t believe Yglesias has the emotional bandwidth to feel the emotion known as “mad”.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I don’t believe Yglesias has the emotional bandwidth to feel the emotion known as “mad”.
Muting is so much better than just telling people to stfu
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Muting is so much better than just telling people to stfu
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
Probably bad that people at the BBC are quitting over a documentary making a valid edit.
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Probably bad that people at the BBC are quitting over a documentary making a valid edit.
Why is, we became a net exporter of fossil fuels, which was government policy in order to reduce reasons for fighting in the Mideast.
The White House effect: Why America reneged on its pledges to tackle climate change
The White House effect: Why America reneged on its pledges to tackle climate change
A new Netflix documentary tracks how, since 1989, the US has sabotaged efforts to reduce global emissions
www.irishtimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Why is, we became a net exporter of fossil fuels, which was government policy in order to reduce reasons for fighting in the Mideast.
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Bugonia (’25, Lanthimos): Yorgos might be losing his touch, this is as stupid and nihilistic as most of his films, but it feels more wearying than aggravating.
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Bugonia (’25, Lanthimos): Yorgos might be losing his touch, this is as stupid and nihilistic as most of his films, but it feels more wearying than aggravating.
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we should call all the radicalized wine moms "Eugene V Debras"
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
we should call all the radicalized wine moms "Eugene V Debras"
Do people not understand what the word “graze” means
Are we still imagining that last year they were competent enough to pull off an incredible stunt and now nobody will tell him he looks like Al Jolson
Are we still imagining that last year they were competent enough to pull off an incredible stunt and now nobody will tell him he looks like Al Jolson
The makeup line is insane but we should talk about how the cartilage in his ear magically grew back
incredible new trump photo
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Do people not understand what the word “graze” means
Are we still imagining that last year they were competent enough to pull off an incredible stunt and now nobody will tell him he looks like Al Jolson
Are we still imagining that last year they were competent enough to pull off an incredible stunt and now nobody will tell him he looks like Al Jolson
Sounds repellent!
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sounds repellent!
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We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings. trib.al/DB2iRVW
The Washington Post Has Become
Right-Wing Even Faster Than I Thought
It’s not going to happen. It’s happening: The mainstream media is becoming right-wing. What are wealthy liberals going to do about it?
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings. trib.al/DB2iRVW
I downloaded Alexandre Desplat’s score to GDT’s Frankenstein and it helped me realize that part of my problem with the film is that I can’t remember a single moment of how the score was used in it, whereas I had the score to Patrick Doyle’s Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein on repeat for years.
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I downloaded Alexandre Desplat’s score to GDT’s Frankenstein and it helped me realize that part of my problem with the film is that I can’t remember a single moment of how the score was used in it, whereas I had the score to Patrick Doyle’s Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein on repeat for years.
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I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.