Reposted by Mark Slagle
I spoke with lots and lots of people for this oral history of The Squid and the Whale, for its 20th anniversary. Lots of fun stories here about Jeff Daniels, Noah Baumbach, and more: www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
The Squid and the Whale: An Oral History of Noah Baumbach’s Masterpiece
Baumbach, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, and more look back at the deeply personal indie darling on its 20th anniversary: “It was almost like I was haunting my childhood again.”
www.vanityfair.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I spoke with lots and lots of people for this oral history of The Squid and the Whale, for its 20th anniversary. Lots of fun stories here about Jeff Daniels, Noah Baumbach, and more: www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Reposted by Mark Slagle
My hometown knows what’s up.
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My hometown knows what’s up.
Reposted by Mark Slagle
Covered the protest downtown tonight:
Hundreds protest Border Patrol downtown, chanting ‘Out of Raleigh now’
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
Hundreds protest Border Patrol downtown, chanting ‘Out of Raleigh now’
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
Hundreds protest Border Patrol downtown, chanting ‘Out of Raleigh now’
Moore Square filled with peaceful protesters Tuesday after federal agents detained at least a dozen people around the Triangle
www.newsobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Covered the protest downtown tonight:
Hundreds protest Border Patrol downtown, chanting ‘Out of Raleigh now’
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
Hundreds protest Border Patrol downtown, chanting ‘Out of Raleigh now’
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
Reposted by Mark Slagle
I wrote about the late, great Todd Snider.
stevenhyden.substack.com/p/todd-snide...
stevenhyden.substack.com/p/todd-snide...
Todd Snider, Runaway Locomotive, R.I.P.
Make 'em Leave My Boots On, On The Day They Lay Me Down
stevenhyden.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I wrote about the late, great Todd Snider.
stevenhyden.substack.com/p/todd-snide...
stevenhyden.substack.com/p/todd-snide...
Reposted by Mark Slagle
[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken]
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
March 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken]
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
Reposted by Mark Slagle
Peter Coviello isn't on Bluesky, but this definitely should be: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Peter Coviello isn't on Bluesky, but this definitely should be: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reposted by Mark Slagle
Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
Reposted by Mark Slagle
Every time someone awful but really old dies, I think of Hendrik Hertzberg's flawless take on Jesse Helms:
"Far too late for it to do anybody any good, Jesse Helms has died."
www.newyorker.com/news/hendrik...
"Far too late for it to do anybody any good, Jesse Helms has died."
www.newyorker.com/news/hendrik...
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Every time someone awful but really old dies, I think of Hendrik Hertzberg's flawless take on Jesse Helms:
"Far too late for it to do anybody any good, Jesse Helms has died."
www.newyorker.com/news/hendrik...
"Far too late for it to do anybody any good, Jesse Helms has died."
www.newyorker.com/news/hendrik...
Wistfully remembering the days when Dick Cheney was the most malevolent figure in American politics.
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wistfully remembering the days when Dick Cheney was the most malevolent figure in American politics.
This is a great thread that has me missing NC something fierce today.
my topic: unexpectedly delightful things I have found from the past decade living in north carolina.
We have a product team summit next week. I gave everyone on the team the task to create a 6m presentation teaching us all about something they care about. Mine is on a completely ridiculous topic that I care about so much that I was nearly brought to tears. I'm really excited to see everyone else's.
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is a great thread that has me missing NC something fierce today.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
S&M’s
S&M’s
Junior Lints
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Demonheads
Demonheads
October 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
S&M’s
S&M’s
Reposted by Mark Slagle
I honestly don't think the NY Times has been this bad in my lifetime, it's deeply shameful.
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I honestly don't think the NY Times has been this bad in my lifetime, it's deeply shameful.
Reposted by Mark Slagle
Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
Pain at The Post
As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...
www.status.news
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
Reposted by Mark Slagle
The perfect dog costume doesn't exi--
October 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The perfect dog costume doesn't exi--
Reposted by Mark Slagle
North Carolina’s GOP just enacted a new congressional gerrymander to win an 11-3 GOP majority in a swing state by targeting Black Dem Don Davis.
They already gerrymandered a 10-4 edge in 2024 by replacing a fairer map that split 7-7 in 2022.
Interactive map: davesredistricting.org/join/3f06a7f...
They already gerrymandered a 10-4 edge in 2024 by replacing a fairer map that split 7-7 in 2022.
Interactive map: davesredistricting.org/join/3f06a7f...
October 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
North Carolina’s GOP just enacted a new congressional gerrymander to win an 11-3 GOP majority in a swing state by targeting Black Dem Don Davis.
They already gerrymandered a 10-4 edge in 2024 by replacing a fairer map that split 7-7 in 2022.
Interactive map: davesredistricting.org/join/3f06a7f...
They already gerrymandered a 10-4 edge in 2024 by replacing a fairer map that split 7-7 in 2022.
Interactive map: davesredistricting.org/join/3f06a7f...
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Reposted by Mark Slagle
bad news for my haters
October 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
bad news for my haters
Reposted by Mark Slagle
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
Reposted by Mark Slagle
NBC Out has had some of the best coverage of LGBTQ+ news in the last few years. In a time when the Trump administration takes historic assaults on transgender people's rights, this feels short-sighted. Good journalism is good business.
www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...
www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...
NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...
www.thewrap.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
NBC Out has had some of the best coverage of LGBTQ+ news in the last few years. In a time when the Trump administration takes historic assaults on transgender people's rights, this feels short-sighted. Good journalism is good business.
www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...
www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...