Saloni Gajjar
@salonig.bsky.social
staff writer (tv) at The A.V. Club
member: TCA, WGAE
formerly: NBC, Mashable, Complex
member: TCA, WGAE
formerly: NBC, Mashable, Complex
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At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties
The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
netflix's HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN FROM BELFAST—from DERRY GIRLS creator lisa mcGee—works better as a madcap buddy dramedy than it does as a thriller.
highly recommend it for a fun time, even if the show kinda spirals by the end.
highly recommend it for a fun time, even if the show kinda spirals by the end.
How To Get To Heaven From Belfast takes you on an entertaining, albeit bumpy, ride
How To Get To Heaven From Belfast takes you on an entertaining, albeit bumpy, ride
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February 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
netflix's HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN FROM BELFAST—from DERRY GIRLS creator lisa mcGee—works better as a madcap buddy dramedy than it does as a thriller.
highly recommend it for a fun time, even if the show kinda spirals by the end.
highly recommend it for a fun time, even if the show kinda spirals by the end.
perfect take from @drewupdates.bsky.social!!!!
Whether or not you speak Spanish, there's no misunderstanding what Bad Bunny meant
Whether or not you speak Spanish, there's no misunderstanding what Bad Bunny meant
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February 9, 2026 at 5:33 AM
perfect take from @drewupdates.bsky.social!!!!
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On Substack, wrote about some recent haunted houses: Best Picture nominee Sentimental Value, Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby, and Larissa Pham’s new novel Discipline.
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What makes a house haunted
On Sentimental Value, Sorry, Baby, and Larissa Pham's Discipline
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February 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
On Substack, wrote about some recent haunted houses: Best Picture nominee Sentimental Value, Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby, and Larissa Pham’s new novel Discipline.
open.substack.com/pub/thedesko...
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some good tv news: DARK WINDS renewed!!!
if you're craving annual releases (what a concept!) & haven't watched this excellent show yet, now is a good time to catch up because S4 is around the corner. we need to get Zahn McClarnon that Emmy, okay!!!
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if you're craving annual releases (what a concept!) & haven't watched this excellent show yet, now is a good time to catch up because S4 is around the corner. we need to get Zahn McClarnon that Emmy, okay!!!
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AMC celebrates Dark Winds season 4 by announcing Dark Winds season 5
AMC celebrates Dark Winds season 4 by announcing Dark Winds season 5
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February 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
some good tv news: DARK WINDS renewed!!!
if you're craving annual releases (what a concept!) & haven't watched this excellent show yet, now is a good time to catch up because S4 is around the corner. we need to get Zahn McClarnon that Emmy, okay!!!
www.avclub.com/dark-winds-r...
if you're craving annual releases (what a concept!) & haven't watched this excellent show yet, now is a good time to catch up because S4 is around the corner. we need to get Zahn McClarnon that Emmy, okay!!!
www.avclub.com/dark-winds-r...
Sagar Radia's performance in this week's INDUSTRY, playing a man whose soul has essentially been sucked out of him, was so incredible.
spoke to him (super briefly) about pushing Rishi Ramdani to the brink once again.
spoke to him (super briefly) about pushing Rishi Ramdani to the brink once again.
Industry's Sagar Radia on Rishi's fall
Industry's Sagar Radia on Rishi's fall
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February 4, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Sagar Radia's performance in this week's INDUSTRY, playing a man whose soul has essentially been sucked out of him, was so incredible.
spoke to him (super briefly) about pushing Rishi Ramdani to the brink once again.
spoke to him (super briefly) about pushing Rishi Ramdani to the brink once again.
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I really hate that media layoffs have been happening for the last three years, including my own, and most of the people responsible for the mismanagement won't experience any negative consequences, especially for decimating the number of people of color in so many American newsrooms.
February 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I really hate that media layoffs have been happening for the last three years, including my own, and most of the people responsible for the mismanagement won't experience any negative consequences, especially for decimating the number of people of color in so many American newsrooms.
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...
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🚨Confirmed ICE operation today in #Hoboken near the 9th Street light rail station.
Please take share this information widely. I know how deeply upsetting this news is, especially for our immigrant neighbors.
Please take share this information widely. I know how deeply upsetting this news is, especially for our immigrant neighbors.
An Update from Mayor Jabbour on ICE from City of Hoboken, NJ : Nixle
Dear Hoboken Community,
Earlier today, my office received reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity along the Hoboken–Jersey City border. Upon ...
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February 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
🚨Confirmed ICE operation today in #Hoboken near the 9th Street light rail station.
Please take share this information widely. I know how deeply upsetting this news is, especially for our immigrant neighbors.
Please take share this information widely. I know how deeply upsetting this news is, especially for our immigrant neighbors.
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Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha develop a swoony, sexy chemistry in Bridgerton season four. Our review:
Bridgerton gets its mojo back in season 4
Bridgerton gets its mojo back in season 4
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January 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha develop a swoony, sexy chemistry in Bridgerton season four. Our review:
wrote about why A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS—with its central bromance, smaller scale, surprising levity/visual gags—is the palate cleanser that the GAME OF THRONES universe desperately needed:
What the Game Of Thrones universe really needed was a smaller story
What the Game Of Thrones universe really needed was a smaller story
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January 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
wrote about why A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS—with its central bromance, smaller scale, surprising levity/visual gags—is the palate cleanser that the GAME OF THRONES universe desperately needed:
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CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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"Boo hoo," one agent said after he and a gang of colleagues murdered 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who died trying to help a woman who was being assaulted.
A sobering piece from @lebassett.bsky.social
www.laura-bassett.com/p/ice-execut...
A sobering piece from @lebassett.bsky.social
www.laura-bassett.com/p/ice-execut...
ICE executes ICU nurse in broad daylight
"Boo hoo," one agent said after he and a gang of colleagues murdered 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who died trying to help a woman who was being assaulted.
www.laura-bassett.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:26 PM
"Boo hoo," one agent said after he and a gang of colleagues murdered 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who died trying to help a woman who was being assaulted.
A sobering piece from @lebassett.bsky.social
www.laura-bassett.com/p/ice-execut...
A sobering piece from @lebassett.bsky.social
www.laura-bassett.com/p/ice-execut...
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If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…
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January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
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The People vs. ICE
Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:32 PM
excuse me while i go yell at every academy voter for snubbing NO OTHER CHOICE!!!!
January 22, 2026 at 1:56 PM
excuse me while i go yell at every academy voter for snubbing NO OTHER CHOICE!!!!
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Ziff Davis is not in financial distress.
IGN wasn't in financial distress.
They are, in fact, doing GREAT.
This corporation continues to destroy people's livelihoods so it can buy more companies and destroy their laborer's livelihoods too. It has to end.
Solidarity with my former union siblings.
IGN wasn't in financial distress.
They are, in fact, doing GREAT.
This corporation continues to destroy people's livelihoods so it can buy more companies and destroy their laborer's livelihoods too. It has to end.
Solidarity with my former union siblings.
On Jan. 14, our parent company Ziff Davis laid off 5 of our members, days after our successful CES showing as the CNET Group. This is the third round of layoffs since Ziff acquired CNET in 2024. We’re sick of our members being on the chopping block.
Read our full statement below:
Read our full statement below:
January 21, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Ziff Davis is not in financial distress.
IGN wasn't in financial distress.
They are, in fact, doing GREAT.
This corporation continues to destroy people's livelihoods so it can buy more companies and destroy their laborer's livelihoods too. It has to end.
Solidarity with my former union siblings.
IGN wasn't in financial distress.
They are, in fact, doing GREAT.
This corporation continues to destroy people's livelihoods so it can buy more companies and destroy their laborer's livelihoods too. It has to end.
Solidarity with my former union siblings.
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I did some cultural criticism and wrote about Connor Storrie and Club Chalamet. It feels like because of social media and online stan culture, people get way too famous, way too fast. Waiting to devour them are creators like Club Chalamet, who buy in like stocks: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
The internet's biggest fan account is after this Texas actor. It's a bad sign.
Club Chalamet's newest obsession signals something dark about stan culture.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I did some cultural criticism and wrote about Connor Storrie and Club Chalamet. It feels like because of social media and online stan culture, people get way too famous, way too fast. Waiting to devour them are creators like Club Chalamet, who buy in like stocks: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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listen i'm excited to see FOR ALL MANKIND season 5 but they've gotta free joel kinnaman from these old man prosthetics...let grandpa ed baldwin go already!!!
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For All Mankind and old man Joel Kinnaman return for season 5 teaser
For All Mankind and old man Joel Kinnaman return for season 5 teaser
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January 21, 2026 at 3:09 PM
listen i'm excited to see FOR ALL MANKIND season 5 but they've gotta free joel kinnaman from these old man prosthetics...let grandpa ed baldwin go already!!!
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i will NOT be baited into feeling any nostalgia about 2016, also known as the year our world started to completely fucking crumble.
January 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM
i will NOT be baited into feeling any nostalgia about 2016, also known as the year our world started to completely fucking crumble.
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Another year, another round of layoffs at Vox Media. In solidarity with our laid-off colleagues, here is our full statement:
January 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Another year, another round of layoffs at Vox Media. In solidarity with our laid-off colleagues, here is our full statement:
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Jacob Frey told ICE agents to get the fuck out of Minneapolis, a hugely popular viral moment, and the media has been browbeating him over it ever since. Trump flipped a guy off and told him fuck you and it’s barely acknowledged.
January 14, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Jacob Frey told ICE agents to get the fuck out of Minneapolis, a hugely popular viral moment, and the media has been browbeating him over it ever since. Trump flipped a guy off and told him fuck you and it’s barely acknowledged.