Jeremy Smith
@mrbeaks.bsky.social
Freelance entertainment journalist. Going through it. I've been to Prague.
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Netflix Buying Warner Bros. Is Bad News For Movie Fans — But Paramount Would've Been Worse - SlashFilm
Netflix acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery is bad news for those who actually care about movies, but it is slightly better than the Paramount Skydance option.
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Netflix acquiring WBD is shitty. Paramount Skydance buying WBD would've been *slightly* shittier (because it would've made Trump a de facto studio head).
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A reminder that the Jan 6 attack had strong bipartisan disapproval for the first few months, until they got their party in line. I wouldn't pay much attention to early polls in this information environment.
Friendly reminder that W's Iraq invasion had 65% bipartisan approval when it started, even with debate about whether or not Saddam Hussein actually had WMDs. So the fact that this can't even crack 60% within the GOP is telling. 60% own-party support would typically kill a policy immediately.
Jan 3 poll of 1,902 U.S. adults (+/-2.8 points)
% who support | oppose the U.S. running Venezuela following the U.S. military's capture of President Nicolás Maduro
U.S. adults 34% | 41%
Democrats 16% | 64%
Independents 26% | 43%
Republicans 60% | 16%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
% who support | oppose the U.S. running Venezuela following the U.S. military's capture of President Nicolás Maduro
U.S. adults 34% | 41%
Democrats 16% | 64%
Independents 26% | 43%
Republicans 60% | 16%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
January 4, 2026 at 3:34 AM
A reminder that the Jan 6 attack had strong bipartisan disapproval for the first few months, until they got their party in line. I wouldn't pay much attention to early polls in this information environment.
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"Senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez...have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a “more acceptable” alternative to Nicolás Maduro’s regime...funneled through intermediaries in Qatar."
Exclusive: Venezuelan leaders offered U.S. a path to stay in power without Maduro
Delcy and Jorge Rodríguez used Doha backchannels to offer Washington a 'Cartel Light' plan for a managed Venezuela transition that keeps chavismo in power.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:43 AM
"Senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez...have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a “more acceptable” alternative to Nicolás Maduro’s regime...funneled through intermediaries in Qatar."
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Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
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(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
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January 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
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Some thoughts:
1. American citizens are currently endangered while traveling internationally;
2. U.S. military bases abroad are sitting ducks;
3. Drone strikes over our Southern/Northern borders via terrorist organizations are easy potshots;
4. Evangelical Christians want to hasten armageddon.
1. American citizens are currently endangered while traveling internationally;
2. U.S. military bases abroad are sitting ducks;
3. Drone strikes over our Southern/Northern borders via terrorist organizations are easy potshots;
4. Evangelical Christians want to hasten armageddon.
January 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Some thoughts:
1. American citizens are currently endangered while traveling internationally;
2. U.S. military bases abroad are sitting ducks;
3. Drone strikes over our Southern/Northern borders via terrorist organizations are easy potshots;
4. Evangelical Christians want to hasten armageddon.
1. American citizens are currently endangered while traveling internationally;
2. U.S. military bases abroad are sitting ducks;
3. Drone strikes over our Southern/Northern borders via terrorist organizations are easy potshots;
4. Evangelical Christians want to hasten armageddon.
Eagerly awaiting Bret Gelman's "100,000 Palestinians".
January 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Eagerly awaiting Bret Gelman's "100,000 Palestinians".
Bypass the Dem leadership. @aoc.bsky.social and her ilk are playing ball with pedophiles. We are on our own.
They’re all posting their statements on the child porn platform? That’s a wild choice.
And here are those statements!
AOC: x.com/aoc/status/2...
Bernie: x.com/sensanders/s...
Zohran: x.com/nycmayor/sta...
Rashida: x.com/reprashida/s...
CVH: x.com/chrisvanholl...
AOC: x.com/aoc/status/2...
Bernie: x.com/sensanders/s...
Zohran: x.com/nycmayor/sta...
Rashida: x.com/reprashida/s...
CVH: x.com/chrisvanholl...
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Bypass the Dem leadership. @aoc.bsky.social and her ilk are playing ball with pedophiles. We are on our own.
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They’re all posting their statements on the child porn platform? That’s a wild choice.
And here are those statements!
AOC: x.com/aoc/status/2...
Bernie: x.com/sensanders/s...
Zohran: x.com/nycmayor/sta...
Rashida: x.com/reprashida/s...
CVH: x.com/chrisvanholl...
AOC: x.com/aoc/status/2...
Bernie: x.com/sensanders/s...
Zohran: x.com/nycmayor/sta...
Rashida: x.com/reprashida/s...
CVH: x.com/chrisvanholl...
January 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
They’re all posting their statements on the child porn platform? That’s a wild choice.
I'd prefer to be a week out of Donald Trump's autopsy, and discovering he's more Filet-O-Fish than man.
we're like a week out from bari weiss getting put in charge of venezuela aren't we
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I'd prefer to be a week out of Donald Trump's autopsy, and discovering he's more Filet-O-Fish than man.
Speaking of people who should be immediately removed from office.
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Speaking of people who should be immediately removed from office.
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Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
Oh, we're so far past the old rhetoric. You don't call for Trump's impeachment. You call for his arrest. This entire regime is committing wanton murder and must be removed now.
The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Oh, we're so far past the old rhetoric. You don't call for Trump's impeachment. You call for his arrest. This entire regime is committing wanton murder and must be removed now.
He was such a sweet and funny man. I'm so grateful I got to co-host a Q&A with him (and find put how much he hated Ronald Reagan).
I miss Carl Reiner on the bird app. We can't say the bird app didn't give us good things. (Also now I feel like watching The Net.)
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 AM
He was such a sweet and funny man. I'm so grateful I got to co-host a Q&A with him (and find put how much he hated Ronald Reagan).
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There have been no good reasons for staying on Twitter for years now, but at this point you will have to follow up any of your remaining excuses with “…and I don’t care about the child pornography.”
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
There have been no good reasons for staying on Twitter for years now, but at this point you will have to follow up any of your remaining excuses with “…and I don’t care about the child pornography.”
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I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
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How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point
Nonconsensual deepfakes on X are nothing new, but now it's built into the platform.
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January 2, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
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The automated sexual abuse that Musk is doing right now should be national news. People should be going to prison for this shit. The logical conclusion to generative image creation and the internet, pure public automatic violence. Every Pizzagate fear just out in the open.
January 2, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The automated sexual abuse that Musk is doing right now should be national news. People should be going to prison for this shit. The logical conclusion to generative image creation and the internet, pure public automatic violence. Every Pizzagate fear just out in the open.
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It's amazing how many corporations -- much less private individuals -- still believe they need to stay active on the white nationalist forum and CSAM generator.
Sure, you may have succeeded in blocking yourself from seeing these things there, but all of us still see you there alongside those things
Sure, you may have succeeded in blocking yourself from seeing these things there, but all of us still see you there alongside those things
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 1:13 AM
It's amazing how many corporations -- much less private individuals -- still believe they need to stay active on the white nationalist forum and CSAM generator.
Sure, you may have succeeded in blocking yourself from seeing these things there, but all of us still see you there alongside those things
Sure, you may have succeeded in blocking yourself from seeing these things there, but all of us still see you there alongside those things
What was up with that smoggy shot of downtown L.A. on ESPN? It's been pouring rain there. No way that was a live shot.
January 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
What was up with that smoggy shot of downtown L.A. on ESPN? It's been pouring rain there. No way that was a live shot.
Alabama wasting everybody's time.
January 1, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Alabama wasting everybody's time.
I will reiterate my demand for a PGA event featuring the least-liked golfers on the tour called The Bastards.
January 1, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I will reiterate my demand for a PGA event featuring the least-liked golfers on the tour called The Bastards.
"Dixie's football pride," eh?
January 1, 2026 at 10:08 PM
"Dixie's football pride," eh?
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One underrated thing Mamdani has going for him is that he has always known he is ineligible for the presidency
The profession of elected official attracts a lot of people with delusions of grandeur and an agenda built around getting to the job they want rather than doing the job they actually have
The profession of elected official attracts a lot of people with delusions of grandeur and an agenda built around getting to the job they want rather than doing the job they actually have
January 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
One underrated thing Mamdani has going for him is that he has always known he is ineligible for the presidency
The profession of elected official attracts a lot of people with delusions of grandeur and an agenda built around getting to the job they want rather than doing the job they actually have
The profession of elected official attracts a lot of people with delusions of grandeur and an agenda built around getting to the job they want rather than doing the job they actually have
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
Boy, Third Eye Blind really bringing it at the Orange Bowl.
January 1, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Boy, Third Eye Blind really bringing it at the Orange Bowl.
Hope you guys got the double-stitch.
January 1, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Hope you guys got the double-stitch.