Carolyn Kellogg
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Books books books. Editor, writer, reader, clumsy DIYer. email my name dot writes at gmail.
What was the vodka brand that saw Ex Machina and thought, sexy girl robot like that for our ads, but with way way bigger boobs! No brain! Party girl robot!
It's Svedka. The ads are all over the Olympics. I will never ever buy it.
It's Svedka. The ads are all over the Olympics. I will never ever buy it.
February 18, 2026 at 2:49 AM
What was the vodka brand that saw Ex Machina and thought, sexy girl robot like that for our ads, but with way way bigger boobs! No brain! Party girl robot!
It's Svedka. The ads are all over the Olympics. I will never ever buy it.
It's Svedka. The ads are all over the Olympics. I will never ever buy it.
Don Delillo: "A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it."
February 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Don Delillo: "A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it."
In the early 2000s, American pop culture got obsessed with Amish rumspringa. Did they stop it after all the attention? If not, can we have Amish Traitors and Love Island: Rumspringa?
February 17, 2026 at 3:31 AM
In the early 2000s, American pop culture got obsessed with Amish rumspringa. Did they stop it after all the attention? If not, can we have Amish Traitors and Love Island: Rumspringa?
The highlight of my weekend was seeing these Sandhill Cranes in a field. I got out of my car and stood there like bird tourist. Chalk it up to Richard Powers' The Echo Maker.
February 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM
The highlight of my weekend was seeing these Sandhill Cranes in a field. I got out of my car and stood there like bird tourist. Chalk it up to Richard Powers' The Echo Maker.
95 is a good run, but Robert Duvall? Couldn't he stay a little longer? variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Robert Duvall, Star of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Great Santini,’ Dies at 95
Robert Duvall, who won an Oscar for "Tender Mercies" and was nominated for “The Godfather,” “Apocalypse Now,” and “The Great Santini,” has died.
variety.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
95 is a good run, but Robert Duvall? Couldn't he stay a little longer? variety.com/2026/film/ne...
I thought this desk, scruffy in a corner of a garage with a broken chair, was 1980ish. But when the price dropped to $88 I decided it was worth it anyway. Only after getting it home did I find the makers mark and discover it's a true midcentury, an American knockoff of Swedish design.
February 16, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I thought this desk, scruffy in a corner of a garage with a broken chair, was 1980ish. But when the price dropped to $88 I decided it was worth it anyway. Only after getting it home did I find the makers mark and discover it's a true midcentury, an American knockoff of Swedish design.
This is a poor picture of 2 dozen Sandhill Cranes.
February 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
This is a poor picture of 2 dozen Sandhill Cranes.
Turns out I am get-my-tips-on-hot-new-musical-artists-from-The-New-Yorker years old.
February 15, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Turns out I am get-my-tips-on-hot-new-musical-artists-from-The-New-Yorker years old.
I would like Michael Nouri the actor to get lots of work but could he not play any more doddering old guys?
February 15, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I would like Michael Nouri the actor to get lots of work but could he not play any more doddering old guys?
This, about the mysterious misattribution of a phrase, is interesting, and Zizek's annoyed non-reply is pretty funny.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘The time of monsters’: everyone is quoting Gramsci – but what did he actually say?
Line handily sums up people’s bewilderment at state of world, but it isn’t quite what the Marxist thinker wrote
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This, about the mysterious misattribution of a phrase, is interesting, and Zizek's annoyed non-reply is pretty funny.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
usually I know what random fireworks are about but right now I'm perplexed.
February 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
usually I know what random fireworks are about but right now I'm perplexed.
Ice skating is so hard! The best skaters in the world falling during their programs. Yet it's riveting.
February 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Ice skating is so hard! The best skaters in the world falling during their programs. Yet it's riveting.
It will be pink! My not-yet-finished chair redo stalled halfway because I let the spray paint get clogged.
February 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
It will be pink! My not-yet-finished chair redo stalled halfway because I let the spray paint get clogged.
Reposted by Carolyn Kellogg
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
Reposted by Carolyn Kellogg
we know this, but a reminder: anytime ICE CBP etc says they’re drawing down their presence in a city, it’s bullshit. whatever their numbers, lawless federal agents remain behind & still cause havoc & kidnap people. Also relocated agents just go somewhere else to destroy lives. Abolish ICE end DHS
February 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
we know this, but a reminder: anytime ICE CBP etc says they’re drawing down their presence in a city, it’s bullshit. whatever their numbers, lawless federal agents remain behind & still cause havoc & kidnap people. Also relocated agents just go somewhere else to destroy lives. Abolish ICE end DHS
I'm going to keep postponing my iphone system update until Apple realizes everyone hates it and rolls it back. That could happen, right?
February 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I'm going to keep postponing my iphone system update until Apple realizes everyone hates it and rolls it back. That could happen, right?
This is not my cat. This is my kitten's mother who lives outside but outside is just too cruel in winter.
February 12, 2026 at 12:11 AM
This is not my cat. This is my kitten's mother who lives outside but outside is just too cruel in winter.
This guy is such a putz.
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
This guy is such a putz.
A wee bit of backyard progress.
February 11, 2026 at 10:26 PM
A wee bit of backyard progress.
Judy Chicago rocks. Google does not. news.artnet.com/art-world/ju...
Want a Masterclass in How Not to Work With Artists? Ask Google | Artnet News
Renown artist Judy Chicago shares her misadventures with an ambitious public art commission for the tech giant.
news.artnet.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Judy Chicago rocks. Google does not. news.artnet.com/art-world/ju...
Reposted by Carolyn Kellogg
Updated. Now not closed. (WTF?)
here is our el paso airspace closure coverage and yes, we are as confused as you are (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
FAA Closes Airspace at El Paso for ‘Special Security Reasons’
The US Federal Aviation Administration closed the airspace around the border city of El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, in an unusual move that authorities put down to unspecified “special security reasons....
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Updated. Now not closed. (WTF?)