Luke Winkie
@lukewinkie.bsky.social
Staff Writer, Slate. It's all gonna work out this time.
they made a movie about how she very successfully sued Fox News for years of sexual harassment
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
they made a movie about how she very successfully sued Fox News for years of sexual harassment
Kind of find myself pressing the skip button on Paranoid Android in my old age
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Kind of find myself pressing the skip button on Paranoid Android in my old age
The no. 1 reason people like Zohran is that he is a normal dude. A 30something guy who is into early 2010s soundcloud rap and leftism is an extremely archetypical millennial character. I've known *hundreds* of dudes exactly like him. This is the thing the opposition can't really grasp!
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The no. 1 reason people like Zohran is that he is a normal dude. A 30something guy who is into early 2010s soundcloud rap and leftism is an extremely archetypical millennial character. I've known *hundreds* of dudes exactly like him. This is the thing the opposition can't really grasp!
Interviewed my guy Stav about Bugonia and the United States of America.
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Interviewed my guy Stav about Bugonia and the United States of America.
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Can't stop, won't stop with the SCHAUDENFRIDAY magic (thanks to @lukewinkie.bsky.social for being game for our weird, wild experiment)
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Bonus: The Scariest Halloween Costume
Trick-or-treater—OR ANTIFA SLEEPER CELL?!?!?!
slate.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Can't stop, won't stop with the SCHAUDENFRIDAY magic (thanks to @lukewinkie.bsky.social for being game for our weird, wild experiment)
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
The concept of "fourth wave ska"
October 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The concept of "fourth wave ska"
Unironically the most cogent and obvious use-case for the technology
openai to finally acknowledge what has been driving the AI boom for years and years but no one really wants to admit: chatbots you can fuck www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...
ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck
As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Unironically the most cogent and obvious use-case for the technology
People don’t want to admit it now but 2006-2015 was the real End of History
October 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
People don’t want to admit it now but 2006-2015 was the real End of History
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the, like, Shakespearean tragedy of Biden’s political career, so I wrote about it!
October 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the, like, Shakespearean tragedy of Biden’s political career, so I wrote about it!
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the, like, Shakespearean tragedy of Biden’s political career, so I wrote about it!
October 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the, like, Shakespearean tragedy of Biden’s political career, so I wrote about it!
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I interviewed Ross Douthat about his podcast, and the one-of-kind position he holds in legacy media. It features maybe my favorite headline we’ve ever published.
October 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I interviewed Ross Douthat about his podcast, and the one-of-kind position he holds in legacy media. It features maybe my favorite headline we’ve ever published.
I interviewed Ross Douthat about his podcast, and the one-of-kind position he holds in legacy media. It features maybe my favorite headline we’ve ever published.
October 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I interviewed Ross Douthat about his podcast, and the one-of-kind position he holds in legacy media. It features maybe my favorite headline we’ve ever published.
The one thing you can say about Bari Weiss is she seems to be singularly adept at getting extremely rich guys to give her money.
Bari Weiss' self-made success, brought to you by the worst people around www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/b...
October 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The one thing you can say about Bari Weiss is she seems to be singularly adept at getting extremely rich guys to give her money.
The only thing I have to add is that maybe we weren’t giving Jack Antonoff enough credit
October 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The only thing I have to add is that maybe we weren’t giving Jack Antonoff enough credit
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You know how our mothers have a taste for regaling us with random horrific tragedies, often about people we don't really know, whenever we catch up? I decided to write about where that instinct comes from. Here is a deep dive on the Doom Moms 💖
September 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You know how our mothers have a taste for regaling us with random horrific tragedies, often about people we don't really know, whenever we catch up? I decided to write about where that instinct comes from. Here is a deep dive on the Doom Moms 💖
You know how our mothers have a taste for regaling us with random horrific tragedies, often about people we don't really know, whenever we catch up? I decided to write about where that instinct comes from. Here is a deep dive on the Doom Moms 💖
September 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You know how our mothers have a taste for regaling us with random horrific tragedies, often about people we don't really know, whenever we catch up? I decided to write about where that instinct comes from. Here is a deep dive on the Doom Moms 💖
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My take on the return of Kimmel.
September 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My take on the return of Kimmel.
My take on the return of Kimmel.
September 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My take on the return of Kimmel.
Time is a flat circle
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September 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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One last thought on Kimmel, which is, it's so embarrassing that an existential first amendment crisis requires one to come to the defense of Jimmy Kimmel Live lmfao. Of all shows! Of all people!
September 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
One last thought on Kimmel, which is, it's so embarrassing that an existential first amendment crisis requires one to come to the defense of Jimmy Kimmel Live lmfao. Of all shows! Of all people!
My thoughts on Kimmel, “cancel culture,” the stupidity of this era, gullible marks, and so on.
September 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My thoughts on Kimmel, “cancel culture,” the stupidity of this era, gullible marks, and so on.
Cannot believe MAGA offered an off ramp for liberals to finally shed their reputation as humorless scolds. All-time unforced error.
September 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Cannot believe MAGA offered an off ramp for liberals to finally shed their reputation as humorless scolds. All-time unforced error.
Threw this on the big screen last night.
September 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Threw this on the big screen last night.