Brendan Linwood
@brendanlinwood.bsky.social
Reader, writer, theatre enthusiast, and carer-about-things.
Adding Rob Reiner to the 2025 in memoriam is inconceivable.
December 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Adding Rob Reiner to the 2025 in memoriam is inconceivable.
Just unfathomable bravery. And he has kids. Hero is too small a word.
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
December 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Just unfathomable bravery. And he has kids. Hero is too small a word.
Great point. Reminds me of when a Pixar film is nom'd for best picture. Takes all the wind out of the animation category. Jason's fix (more design-based instead of genre-based categories) is also a good one. CO:E33 was the best overall, but its individual components were not universally superior.
I think these awards felt especially boring because categories like Best RPG and Best Indie each honor overall quality among a subset rather than a specific craft. If a game is the best of the year, and it’s an RPG, obviously it is also the best RPG. Needs an overhaul to avoid pointless repetition
December 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Great point. Reminds me of when a Pixar film is nom'd for best picture. Takes all the wind out of the animation category. Jason's fix (more design-based instead of genre-based categories) is also a good one. CO:E33 was the best overall, but its individual components were not universally superior.
Since 2009 I have been so proud of my parasocial friends @hankgreen.bsky.social and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
The world, and my small corner of it, is better because they are in it.
www.ft.com/content/9d79...
The world, and my small corner of it, is better because they are in it.
www.ft.com/content/9d79...
John and Hank Green’s vlog is a multimillion-dollar philanthropy machine
How The Fault in Our Stars author and his brother built a powerful forum for change
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Since 2009 I have been so proud of my parasocial friends @hankgreen.bsky.social and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
The world, and my small corner of it, is better because they are in it.
www.ft.com/content/9d79...
The world, and my small corner of it, is better because they are in it.
www.ft.com/content/9d79...
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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Wait a minute this doesn't feel like a meritocracy at all. None of it does
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Wait a minute this doesn't feel like a meritocracy at all. None of it does
Oh What Fun is great. First new Christmas movie in years that I can't wait to rewatch. Mike Showalter rules. Zac Oyama cameo is so neat. Great cast, lovely sentiment. Loved it.
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Oh What Fun is great. First new Christmas movie in years that I can't wait to rewatch. Mike Showalter rules. Zac Oyama cameo is so neat. Great cast, lovely sentiment. Loved it.
As a Canadian:
1. What in the actual fuck is going on down there?
2. Leave our national icons out of this.
1. What in the actual fuck is going on down there?
2. Leave our national icons out of this.
A new post from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth just a couple hours after President Trump said he wouldn’t have wanted a second strike on alleged narco boats and that Hegseth said he didn’t order second strikes.
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
As a Canadian:
1. What in the actual fuck is going on down there?
2. Leave our national icons out of this.
1. What in the actual fuck is going on down there?
2. Leave our national icons out of this.
Everyone else has moved up one spot on the living playwright list, because the greatest has passed on.
When the playwright Tom Stoppard died, “he left behind a theatre changed by his blistering intellect and blazing success, the heat and light that made the rest of our English-language garden grow,” Helen Shaw writes.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/tom-stoppards-radical-invitation
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/tom-stoppards-radical-invitation
Tom Stoppard’s Radical Invitation
The playwright offered a kind of on-ramp to the literary canon, a way into a life of unabashed, unstoppable thinking.
www.newyorker.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Everyone else has moved up one spot on the living playwright list, because the greatest has passed on.
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
I hadn't written a poem in 2 and a half years, and now they are pouring from me like meltwater.
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I hadn't written a poem in 2 and a half years, and now they are pouring from me like meltwater.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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*salutes Snoopy*
*proceeds politely through crowd*
Pardon me, everyone, I have an appointment with Santa.
*proceeds politely through crowd*
Pardon me, everyone, I have an appointment with Santa.
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
*salutes Snoopy*
*proceeds politely through crowd*
Pardon me, everyone, I have an appointment with Santa.
*proceeds politely through crowd*
Pardon me, everyone, I have an appointment with Santa.
Four black folks to start the jury is certainly one choice. #Survivor49
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Four black folks to start the jury is certainly one choice. #Survivor49
I'm Canadian, got worried. Checked my bank account. Phew.
Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I'm Canadian, got worried. Checked my bank account. Phew.
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You'd think the President calling for the execution of political opponents would warrant some type of news alert.
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You'd think the President calling for the execution of political opponents would warrant some type of news alert.
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They should ask this about every movie. Why isn’t Pennywise in Nights in Rodanthe with Richard Gere and Diane Lane?
Why Isn’t Pennywise in The Running Man? It's more complicated than you might think... bit.ly/4a04Vvk
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
They should ask this about every movie. Why isn’t Pennywise in Nights in Rodanthe with Richard Gere and Diane Lane?
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Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
Merrick Garland is number, like, 4 or 5 on the list of people responsible for the collapse of American democracy. What an absolute disaster. Roberts, McConnell, Miller... hard to say it's not him next.
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Merrick Garland is number, like, 4 or 5 on the list of people responsible for the collapse of American democracy. What an absolute disaster. Roberts, McConnell, Miller... hard to say it's not him next.
More like DACO
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
More like DACO
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It was totally working. They were going to have to blow up the damned filibuster.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It was totally working. They were going to have to blow up the damned filibuster.
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
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November 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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New from the New York Times Editorial Board: A Woman Should Not Talk To Me Like That
September 6, 2024 at 4:37 PM
New from the New York Times Editorial Board: A Woman Should Not Talk To Me Like That