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Kathryn VanArendonk
@kvanaren.bsky.social
critic @vulture
to the person who wrote into wnyc just now to say that the best show is heated rivalry but that no one is talking about it:

i promise your people are out there, i just need you to head to the search bar of your nearest social media platform
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
oh no

i have to accept that i am "i own the shirt annie potts is wearing in a tv show" years old
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
just fyi his first name is martin so they keep calling him doc martin, but his last name is best. dr best.

and it's an american remake of the beloved british show Doc Martin

but this version is called Best Medicine

great stuff, everybody
crawling out of the holidays hibernation, blinking into the sunlight, and muttering “josh charles grumpy small town doctor new network procedural” before shuffling off into the woods
January 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
crawling out of the holidays hibernation, blinking into the sunlight, and muttering “josh charles grumpy small town doctor new network procedural” before shuffling off into the woods
January 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
8yo said that pizza is american and then 11yo said no, it’s Italian and then did this: 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌

still not sure I am prepared to be raising children from new jersey
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is honestly more vile than I was expecting
MAGA appointee Bari Weiss has instantly made CBS News more extremist and disinfo-heavy than Newsmax:
January 4, 2026 at 3:19 AM
live footage of us the last two weeks
January 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM
the thing that really gets me about this is that based on previous security records, it could be truly anyone

some cousin rubio saw at christmas. someone who overheard trump blabbing at mar-a-lago. one of barron's friends. someone who found paper on a hotel printer.
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.

polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
watched dune part 2 on a plane and am a little surprised I never heard about them recasting zendaya with this jellycat but I think it mostly works
December 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
hello You, have you gotten a flu shot?

as someone who was gonna do it and didn’t get to it in time and then got pneumonia, do not be like me!
December 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
child who drank 2/3rds of a liter of mexican coke over the course of 40 minutes: mama do you feel weird?

me: no

child: well *I* do
December 31, 2025 at 1:06 AM
spent an hour assembling a three level playmobil wizard castle so yes I do know the locations of all the trap doors to drop rocks onto your enemies
December 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I know she’s fictional but someone please tell tina belcher about the hockey show
December 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
only sufjan understands that I want sacred harp *and* joy division *and* medieval pipe songs *and* iron and wine
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
talked to Vince Gilligan about Pluribus, with a detour through romance

www.vulture.com/article/vinc...
Vince Gilligan Would Prefer You Explain Pluribus to Him
Yes, he has answers about that finale — and that cliffhanger — but he’s more interested in viewers’ interpretations.
www.vulture.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
as a former victorianist i really cannot say enough about pneumonia as a prop for that perfect trad mom cosplay; i've spent the last nearly a week wrapped in blankets and coughing while constantly noting how dickensian this is
December 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
gay hockey smut, buried 60 minute report on CECOT - Canada really has all the hot shit
December 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Reposted by Kathryn VanArendonk
For my final big BUFFERING story of the year, I teamed up with @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social, @kvanaren.bsky.social and @nwquah.bsky.social to figure out which 5 streamers had the best 2025. The result: Our list of the hottest platforms of the year. Up now @vulture.com: www.vulture.com/article/stre...
The 5 Hottest Streaming Services of 2025
In another chaotic year for the industry, these platforms won the war for attention.
www.vulture.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
at the christmas revels in Boston which this poem is written for, this is the dance they perform in the shortest night solstice portion and I think about it every single year

youtu.be/jv0wku4LJrI?...
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
the single wrongest opinion I held as a teenager was that rick steves was not cool
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
never had pneumonia before, 2/10, do not recommend, however nothing says Christmas chic quite like being your family’s Tiny Tim
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I personally think there should be an option when you roll up to urgent care where you can write what you suspect your diagnosis is on a little paper before the doctor sees you and if you’re right you get a sticker
December 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
was not aware you could do the press release version of crossing your fingers behind your back by putting parts in tiny tiny font
December 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
December 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
the real reason for the season is that it’s fun to pick little bits of fir tree sap out of your cat’s fur
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM