Meredith Blake
@meredith-blake.bsky.social
Culture columnist, The Contrarian. Former LAT. Wary of committing to another social media platform but wiling to dabble.
Spent the holiday weekend ignoring my family and watching this. Can't recommend highly enough.
Celebrity Traitors UK just dropped in the US and though it might not be the best season I’ve seen, it’s without a doubt the most hilarious.
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Spent the holiday weekend ignoring my family and watching this. Can't recommend highly enough.
I'd bring GLOW back for a final season and order a Mad Men spinoff starring Sally Draper
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I'd bring GLOW back for a final season and order a Mad Men spinoff starring Sally Draper
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What in the sausage party hell is this? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/s...
Men? In Hollywood? You Don’t Say.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
What in the sausage party hell is this? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/s...
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Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
Truly unhinged punctuation and spacing in those emails
honestly one of the most striking things about epstein's emails is the fact that the man, described in many places as "a genius," is essentially subliterate
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Truly unhinged punctuation and spacing in those emails
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Epstein on Trump:
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Epstein on Trump:
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They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
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Martin Scorsese and his daughter Francesca read Letterboxd reviews and guessed which Scorsese movie they were about.
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Martin Scorsese and his daughter Francesca read Letterboxd reviews and guessed which Scorsese movie they were about.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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The nasty saleswoman who wouldn’t help Vivian in “Pretty Woman” has endorsed Andrew Cuomo.
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The nasty saleswoman who wouldn’t help Vivian in “Pretty Woman” has endorsed Andrew Cuomo.
This clown has obviously never ridden the Hudson line on Metro north. One of the most scenic routes anywhere in the country!
Sean Duffy: "If you're a Democrat, you're a liberal, you don't like cars and you want people to ride public transportation, I think that's wonderful, good for you. But if you want us all to ride public transportation, make it safe. Make it clean. Make is beautiful. I don't know why NY can't do that"
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This clown has obviously never ridden the Hudson line on Metro north. One of the most scenic routes anywhere in the country!
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so what's in the news today
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
so what's in the news today
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Who is this Mandani chap I’ve been hearing so much about?
October 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Who is this Mandani chap I’ve been hearing so much about?
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Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.
The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein
YouTube video by The Onion
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.
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We really need to retire "contrarian" as a descriptor for Weiss immediately.
The reason she is getting this job right now is because of her *non-contrarian* sensibilities.
She espouses views that the US's current power structure likes.
The reason she is getting this job right now is because of her *non-contrarian* sensibilities.
She espouses views that the US's current power structure likes.
CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News. n.pr/4o634cr
CBS' next top editor to be Bari Weiss of The Free Press
CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.
n.pr
October 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We really need to retire "contrarian" as a descriptor for Weiss immediately.
The reason she is getting this job right now is because of her *non-contrarian* sensibilities.
She espouses views that the US's current power structure likes.
The reason she is getting this job right now is because of her *non-contrarian* sensibilities.
She espouses views that the US's current power structure likes.
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The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.
New: FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m...
FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr warned. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
www.cnn.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.
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Amused at all the tributes that are basically like here lies Robert Redford, who was hot
September 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Amused at all the tributes that are basically like here lies Robert Redford, who was hot
He looks like a demonically possessed California Raisin
Still thinking about this mind-boggling exchange regarding the former CDC director today
RFK JR: I told her that she had to resign because I asked her, “are you a trustworthy person?” and she said “no.”
WARREN: What?
RFK JR: I told her that she had to resign because I asked her, “are you a trustworthy person?” and she said “no.”
WARREN: What?
September 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
He looks like a demonically possessed California Raisin
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Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate
July 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate