Scooby Doom
@mayoresquire.bsky.social
Film writing at: https://boxd.it/2tIcd
I co-host “Who’s Our Lead??” A podcast about people you see in movies: https://bsky.app/profile/whosourlead.bsky.social
I write a blog on Star Trek at: https://wheremanyhavegone.substack.com/
I co-host “Who’s Our Lead??” A podcast about people you see in movies: https://bsky.app/profile/whosourlead.bsky.social
I write a blog on Star Trek at: https://wheremanyhavegone.substack.com/
Harris is younger than I imagined if I’m being honest
Ed Harris in Alex Cox's WALKER (1987)
Harris was BOTD in 1950
Harris was BOTD in 1950
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Harris is younger than I imagined if I’m being honest
Decided to mess around and make a fake Sight and Sound ballot, all subject to change:
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Decided to mess around and make a fake Sight and Sound ballot, all subject to change:
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literally in service of a stunt. for nothing
NEW: The governor of West Virginia says that two members of the state National Guard shot today in DC have died.
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
literally in service of a stunt. for nothing
I wonder how much I could win betting these guys on whether the NYPD will still exist in 8 years.
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I wonder how much I could win betting these guys on whether the NYPD will still exist in 8 years.
Time has not been kind to Rogue One (in 2017 people were just in thrall to New Star Wars) and Andor’s incredible success has only made its seams and issues more obvious and difficult to move past. The film is a total mess and its production issues are obvious when watching.
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Time has not been kind to Rogue One (in 2017 people were just in thrall to New Star Wars) and Andor’s incredible success has only made its seams and issues more obvious and difficult to move past. The film is a total mess and its production issues are obvious when watching.
Might have something to do with the violent oppression of student protests in 2023-2024
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Might have something to do with the violent oppression of student protests in 2023-2024
1,000%, often before a single semester was over!
when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship
I’m a law prof & a YLS grad and anyone familiar w elite law schools knows it is beyond laughable to describe these places as radicalism hotbeds. Cruz knows this, as does JD Vance. But they assume that their marks are too unsophisticated to know it too. It’s condescending as hell.
November 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
1,000%, often before a single semester was over!
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when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship
I’m a law prof & a YLS grad and anyone familiar w elite law schools knows it is beyond laughable to describe these places as radicalism hotbeds. Cruz knows this, as does JD Vance. But they assume that their marks are too unsophisticated to know it too. It’s condescending as hell.
Ah yes. Harvard Law School in the early 1990s, well known for its Communist professors.
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship
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House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks
True heroism is stuff like this
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
True heroism is stuff like this
Makes sense, the Sonic films are some of the most under discussed box office successes of the decade
The live-action adaptation of TMNT: The Last Ronin has been shelved, as multiple sources report that Paramount wants to "Sonic-fy" the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
For more info: https://bit.ly/4piAXqT
For more info: https://bit.ly/4piAXqT
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Makes sense, the Sonic films are some of the most under discussed box office successes of the decade
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Running for office and revealing a giant back tattoo that just says WOMEN. Nobody can agree if it's good or bad
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Running for office and revealing a giant back tattoo that just says WOMEN. Nobody can agree if it's good or bad
These people are shameless liars who *will* attempt to lie their way out of the horrific crimes they’ve enabled in the first part of this decade. They are betting on short memories and long lives.
Ben Shapiro: “When the president said deport all the illegal immigrants, I never thought that he meant that literally”
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
These people are shameless liars who *will* attempt to lie their way out of the horrific crimes they’ve enabled in the first part of this decade. They are betting on short memories and long lives.
I know I am contributing to the problem but we should really all just ignore her; she blew her life up in violation of all professional ethics and it’s embarrassing that we’re all even getting mad at her. Just boycott Vanity Fair and move on
Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor Olivia Nuzzi was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile—and to a California up in flames.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I know I am contributing to the problem but we should really all just ignore her; she blew her life up in violation of all professional ethics and it’s embarrassing that we’re all even getting mad at her. Just boycott Vanity Fair and move on
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Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
I don’t think there has been a Democratic president since 1900 who did not have their signature policy interfered with by the Supreme Court in some way
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I don’t think there has been a Democratic president since 1900 who did not have their signature policy interfered with by the Supreme Court in some way
A good point, but also relevant is that these people have massive gaping holes of meaning in their lives; now that they’ve “won,” the only enemies left are themselves
morbidly sociologically curious about whether there's a relationship between this and the clustering of right wingers on Truth Social + exodus of libs and the left from Twitter, etc
“.. It's still overwhelmingly pro-Trump — but less relevant .. These days, MAGA can spend more time eating its own than feasting on liberals or establishment Republicans.”
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November 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A good point, but also relevant is that these people have massive gaping holes of meaning in their lives; now that they’ve “won,” the only enemies left are themselves
In politics the most valuable thing you can have is a wedge issue to hammer your opponents with, as Gaza showed in 2024
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In politics the most valuable thing you can have is a wedge issue to hammer your opponents with, as Gaza showed in 2024
Kind of funny how Mnuchin’s COVID check idea is Trump’s only play now. Tariffs: COVID check. His healthcare plan? Yep, that’s a check too. Won’t be long before he gets to UBI.
Trump's Never Surrender PAC is sending out more donor appeals that float a "tariff rebate check"
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Kind of funny how Mnuchin’s COVID check idea is Trump’s only play now. Tariffs: COVID check. His healthcare plan? Yep, that’s a check too. Won’t be long before he gets to UBI.
I don’t think this is true tbh, seems unlikely that undocumented people are out here buying up houses
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I don’t think this is true tbh, seems unlikely that undocumented people are out here buying up houses
Kind of odd that Republicans are openly using state power to suppress the exposure of a pedophile ring involving the president and there are no calls for impeachment or resignation by Democrats
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Kind of odd that Republicans are openly using state power to suppress the exposure of a pedophile ring involving the president and there are no calls for impeachment or resignation by Democrats
Most of my feed is sports and people complaining that the shutdown ended
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Most of my feed is sports and people complaining that the shutdown ended
These people just do not have a theory of power and thus do not deserve it
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
These people just do not have a theory of power and thus do not deserve it
As he cancels your flights, starves your children, and denies you the services your taxes pay for, Trump throws lavish parties for his rich friends and clients, to whom he has rented out your country
Trump threw another lavish party as his DOJ asked the Supreme Court to stop it from being forced to pay food stamps for 40 million Americans.
Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...
Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...
Trump Throws Decadent Opera and Truffles Rager at Mar-a-Lago
The president’s ragers show no sign of slowing down even amid the government shutdown.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
As he cancels your flights, starves your children, and denies you the services your taxes pay for, Trump throws lavish parties for his rich friends and clients, to whom he has rented out your country