A terrifying, throwaway line in this article is that an RFK Jr. ally says that he "would soon pull Covid-19 vaccines off the market."
America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr. www.vox.com/health/45922...
America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr.
US vaccine consensus has officially shattered.
www.vox.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A terrifying, throwaway line in this article is that an RFK Jr. ally says that he "would soon pull Covid-19 vaccines off the market."
In the past 48 hours, I've seen so many small artists I love announce that they are suspending US sales. "Disaster" is exactly the right word.
To put it bluntly, this is a fucking disaster. For consumers, for small businesses and artists, for everybody. The US is cutting ourselves off from the rest of the world and for what?? Even if this gets sorted out or walked back, it’s going to cause a major disruption.
Multiple postal services around Europe say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.
August 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In the past 48 hours, I've seen so many small artists I love announce that they are suspending US sales. "Disaster" is exactly the right word.
Again - I really have to wonder how much Sony is regretting that decision now…
Sony sold 'KPop Demon Hunters' to Netflix for just $20 million. Netflix got its (soon to be) biggest-ever original, a No. 1 single, and its hottest new franchise.
www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
Sony Made Only $20M From Netflix’s 'KPop Demon Hunters'
Sony made just $20M on ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ as Netflix turns the anime musical into one of its biggest-ever streaming hits.
www.cartoonbrew.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Again - I really have to wonder how much Sony is regretting that decision now…
OMG.
Monster will be coming to Blu-ray next year!
It's been a long wait for many of you who wanted this.
The entire series in HD, subbed & dubbed.
It's been a long wait for many of you who wanted this.
The entire series in HD, subbed & dubbed.
August 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
OMG.
I wonder if Sony now regrets sending this to Netflix rather than taking a chance on theatrical…
The debut feature from Maggie Kang (its creator, co-writer and co-director) is on pace to become the most-watched animated movie in Netflix history, Jeff Yang writes. wapo.st/4l0oKon
July 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I wonder if Sony now regrets sending this to Netflix rather than taking a chance on theatrical…
There are WAY too many folks in the online theater communities celebrating Jesse Green’s reassignment and not looking past the headlines - the few “uh no guys this is bad!” posts are falling on death ears. Would love to be wrong, but I bet whatever results from these decisions will not be good.
Every part of this explanation sounds both rude to the people they’re getting rid of and doomed to fail. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
New York Times Culture Desk Shake-Up: Critics Margaret Lyons, Jon Pareles, Jesse Green, Zach Woolfe Reassigned to ‘New Roles’
Four New York Times critics -- Margaret Lyons, Jon Pareles, Jesse Green and Zach Woolfe -- will be assigned 'new roles' as the paper changes up its culture desk coverage.
variety.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There are WAY too many folks in the online theater communities celebrating Jesse Green’s reassignment and not looking past the headlines - the few “uh no guys this is bad!” posts are falling on death ears. Would love to be wrong, but I bet whatever results from these decisions will not be good.
Fun fact - a doctor I know said they saw plenty of pregnant women with covid. The ones who ended up on a ventilator were always unvaccinated.
Breaking news: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ending his agency's recommendation that healthy pregnant women and healthy children receive the coronavirus vaccine.
RFK Jr. ends covid shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women
Currently the vaccine is recommended for all people over 6 months of age.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Fun fact - a doctor I know said they saw plenty of pregnant women with covid. The ones who ended up on a ventilator were always unvaccinated.
I've sent in my comment!
GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I've sent in my comment!
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if you'd like to see a wide re-release of Hundreds of Beavers in theaters this year, one night only, in thousands of cities — repost this. we've got some doubters.
May 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
if you'd like to see a wide re-release of Hundreds of Beavers in theaters this year, one night only, in thousands of cities — repost this. we've got some doubters.
I feel seen! Why is it whenever I sit down to write my brain decides to go, "what are words?" 😆
Me all week: *remembers a word that exactly describes a thing when thinking of something to write*
Me sitting down to write: oh god what is that word again?
Me sitting down to write: oh god what is that word again?
February 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I feel seen! Why is it whenever I sit down to write my brain decides to go, "what are words?" 😆
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Art is what helps us through every other fucking thing.
January 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Art is what helps us through every other fucking thing.
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Amber Heard speaks out on Blake Lively: “Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying ‘A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on.’ I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s as horrifying as it is destructive.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Amber Heard speaks out on Blake Lively allegations against Justin Baldoni
Baldoni retained the same PR crisis manager that Johnny Depp used during his high-profile defamation trial against Heard in 2022. In an exclusive statement to NBC News, Heard called social media misin...
www.nbcnews.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Amber Heard speaks out on Blake Lively: “Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying ‘A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on.’ I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s as horrifying as it is destructive.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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People who follow coverage of movies and celebrities should read every word of this. People responsible for that coverage should read every word of this twice. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to smear Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 4:17 PM
People who follow coverage of movies and celebrities should read every word of this. People responsible for that coverage should read every word of this twice. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
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Struggling to find the words for just how disturbing this is.
But suffice it to say that at one point, even Baldoni’s own publicist essentially says “thank goodness people hate women.” nyti.ms/3DoqZSq
But suffice it to say that at one point, even Baldoni’s own publicist essentially says “thank goodness people hate women.” nyti.ms/3DoqZSq
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”
nyti.ms
December 21, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Struggling to find the words for just how disturbing this is.
But suffice it to say that at one point, even Baldoni’s own publicist essentially says “thank goodness people hate women.” nyti.ms/3DoqZSq
But suffice it to say that at one point, even Baldoni’s own publicist essentially says “thank goodness people hate women.” nyti.ms/3DoqZSq
If you still don't understand the importance of physical media after the Great HBO Max Purge of 2022, I don't know what to tell you. Time to grab "Hundreds of Beavers" on blu-ray. Physical media FOREVER!
IN DEFENSE OF THE BLU-RAY
a 🧵:
THINK: of your favorite film. The one that defines your essence, your very soul.
Now think again: where’s your personal copy?
(1/8)
#HundredsofBeavers #BeaversOnBlu #PhysicalMedia
a 🧵:
THINK: of your favorite film. The one that defines your essence, your very soul.
Now think again: where’s your personal copy?
(1/8)
#HundredsofBeavers #BeaversOnBlu #PhysicalMedia
December 10, 2024 at 2:21 AM
If you still don't understand the importance of physical media after the Great HBO Max Purge of 2022, I don't know what to tell you. Time to grab "Hundreds of Beavers" on blu-ray. Physical media FOREVER!
Had a fantastic time at the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival today. Behold - my haul!
October 19, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Had a fantastic time at the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival today. Behold - my haul!
Happy to no longer be posting on The Bad Place...
October 7, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Happy to no longer be posting on The Bad Place...
I appreciate Amtrak Customer Service calling to let me know that my October train will be leaving 5 minutes ahead of schedule. Just wish the call did not come in at 6:07am EST. 🙃
September 25, 2024 at 1:12 PM
I appreciate Amtrak Customer Service calling to let me know that my October train will be leaving 5 minutes ahead of schedule. Just wish the call did not come in at 6:07am EST. 🙃
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I don’t know writer/journalist Annabel Ross personally, but what she had to say about the Gaiman situation covers a fair bit of what I think so far… now I’ll go back to trying to find an emoji that conveys “goddammit I’m so fucking furious & sad & exhausted”
open.substack.com/pub/politics...
open.substack.com/pub/politics...
Manufacturing consent
Untangling the Neil Gaiman sexual assault allegations, and the Tortoise Media investigation that is both flawed and important
open.substack.com
July 8, 2024 at 3:43 PM
I don’t know writer/journalist Annabel Ross personally, but what she had to say about the Gaiman situation covers a fair bit of what I think so far… now I’ll go back to trying to find an emoji that conveys “goddammit I’m so fucking furious & sad & exhausted”
open.substack.com/pub/politics...
open.substack.com/pub/politics...
...if my pop culture heroes could stop breaking my heart, that would be AWESOME.
July 3, 2024 at 8:46 PM
...if my pop culture heroes could stop breaking my heart, that would be AWESOME.
...I feel so seen. 😆
April 17, 2024 at 9:10 PM
...I feel so seen. 😆
This @npr.org interview with David Dastmalchian was an absolute joy to listen to this morning.
David Dastmalchian's new film is set in 1970's late-night TV with a supernatural twist
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor David Dastmalchian about his starring role as a 1970's late night host in the new movie "Late Night with the Devil."
www.npr.org
March 17, 2024 at 9:31 PM
This @npr.org interview with David Dastmalchian was an absolute joy to listen to this morning.
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1994: internet is ephemeral
2004: internet is forever
2014: only internet is forever. Print pubs and owning physical media are for idiots
2024: your favorite shows have been removed for tax breaks and private equity firms bought up the websites you worked for and deleted your entire life's work
2004: internet is forever
2014: only internet is forever. Print pubs and owning physical media are for idiots
2024: your favorite shows have been removed for tax breaks and private equity firms bought up the websites you worked for and deleted your entire life's work
February 24, 2024 at 3:26 PM
1994: internet is ephemeral
2004: internet is forever
2014: only internet is forever. Print pubs and owning physical media are for idiots
2024: your favorite shows have been removed for tax breaks and private equity firms bought up the websites you worked for and deleted your entire life's work
2004: internet is forever
2014: only internet is forever. Print pubs and owning physical media are for idiots
2024: your favorite shows have been removed for tax breaks and private equity firms bought up the websites you worked for and deleted your entire life's work
Happy early birthday to me! Been loving @odienator.bsky.social 's reviews in the Globe, looking forward to diving into this one.
February 21, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Happy early birthday to me! Been loving @odienator.bsky.social 's reviews in the Globe, looking forward to diving into this one.
And it looks like the only physical copy of "Daughter of Shanghai" I can find is on Amazon and the reviews say the picture quality is less-than-ideal. And this is a film that is in the National Film Registry! Sigh...
I knew finding these films on streaming would be a challenge, but even physical media is a struggle. There are 0 copies of "Daughter of the Dragon" or "Daughter of Shanghai" available via interlibrary loan. Only 1 copy of "Shanghai Express." At least I was able to watch "Piccadilly" on Kanopy!
I just finished reading a book about Anna May Wong. Naturally I wanted to watch as many of her films as possible...and got a first-hand look at how hard it can be to watch any films made before 1970 these days.
February 20, 2024 at 4:09 PM
And it looks like the only physical copy of "Daughter of Shanghai" I can find is on Amazon and the reviews say the picture quality is less-than-ideal. And this is a film that is in the National Film Registry! Sigh...