Meghan Leon
@miss-smirker.bsky.social
Writer/director/preditor.
Dear god please stop spending our money on things.
President Trump will announce on Monday a new type of large warship he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.”
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’
The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Dear god please stop spending our money on things.
American Cinematheque had a Rob Reiner retrospective a few months ago. It was heartening to see When Harry Met Sally in a sold out theater and The Princess Bride filled with parents showing the film to their kids for the first time. He was one of our deftest storytellers, hands down.
December 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
American Cinematheque had a Rob Reiner retrospective a few months ago. It was heartening to see When Harry Met Sally in a sold out theater and The Princess Bride filled with parents showing the film to their kids for the first time. He was one of our deftest storytellers, hands down.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
Every few weeks there's an article saying Noem or Patel or Hegseth is gonna get the axe and yet there's never an axe.
Trump Weighs Moving on From Kristi Noem.
The DHS secretary has overseen the president’s most controversial domestic initiative. But her future is increasingly in doubt.
The DHS secretary has overseen the president’s most controversial domestic initiative. But her future is increasingly in doubt.
Trump Weighs Moving on From Noem
The DHS secretary has overseen the president’s most controversial domestic initiative. But her future is increasingly in doubt.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Every few weeks there's an article saying Noem or Patel or Hegseth is gonna get the axe and yet there's never an axe.
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“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
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did it in four words hemmingway
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
did it in four words hemmingway
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
That's what has been missing: sweatier people on planes.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
That's what has been missing: sweatier people on planes.
How about we just not eat beef anymore? That could be a thing too...
Brooke Rollins on beef prices: "To rebuild the lowest beef herd in 75 years will take a little bit of time. You think about the last administration, they had a war on American agriculture. They thought that cows created climate change."
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
How about we just not eat beef anymore? That could be a thing too...
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
I have to assume Nuzzi will be reading the audiobook herself right?
She follows Trump to a senior center in Arizona and includes this insanely rude anecdote?
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I have to assume Nuzzi will be reading the audiobook herself right?
Women don't need men to pay for them. At a minimum we just want a guy who splits life/household duties with us, bathes regularly (including their legs and undercarriage,) and reads a book now and again. That some guys think that's asking too much is baffling.
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and the rise of Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Women don't need men to pay for them. At a minimum we just want a guy who splits life/household duties with us, bathes regularly (including their legs and undercarriage,) and reads a book now and again. That some guys think that's asking too much is baffling.
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This is the way.
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This is the way.
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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Let Trump do a Chotiner interview you cowards
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Let Trump do a Chotiner interview you cowards
These corrupt turds
Amendment which strikes section which “allows senators who were legally subpoenaed during the January 6 criminal conspiracy investigation to get millions of dollars deposited into their bank accounts at taxpayer expense” voted down by Republicans
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
These corrupt turds
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Zohran should host a special episode Shark Tank for billionaires to pitch them his ideas.
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Zohran should host a special episode Shark Tank for billionaires to pitch them his ideas.
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Hey California have you mailed in your ballot yet/do you know where your polling place is for Tuesday? Now sure whether/where you're registered to vote? Thread below has info on how to find your polling place and how to cast a provisional ballot! (Also, Yes on 50.)
California Divided: Here’s What’s at Stake for Californians Whose Districts Could Get Rewritten by Proposition 50 | KQED
Journalists at public radio stations across California spoke with residents, business leaders and politicos in each of the districts that could flip under Proposition 50.
www.kqed.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hey California have you mailed in your ballot yet/do you know where your polling place is for Tuesday? Now sure whether/where you're registered to vote? Thread below has info on how to find your polling place and how to cast a provisional ballot! (Also, Yes on 50.)
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Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
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Ballot drop-off locations are now open. You don’t have to wait until November to vote!
If you’re voting by mail, we recommend returning your ballot before October 31st to ensure it is postmarked by Election Day, November 4, 2025.
Bottom line: VOTE EARLY!
If you’re voting by mail, we recommend returning your ballot before October 31st to ensure it is postmarked by Election Day, November 4, 2025.
Bottom line: VOTE EARLY!
October 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Ballot drop-off locations are now open. You don’t have to wait until November to vote!
If you’re voting by mail, we recommend returning your ballot before October 31st to ensure it is postmarked by Election Day, November 4, 2025.
Bottom line: VOTE EARLY!
If you’re voting by mail, we recommend returning your ballot before October 31st to ensure it is postmarked by Election Day, November 4, 2025.
Bottom line: VOTE EARLY!
I know there’s a lot going on but FYI the score to The Smashing Machine is great and the composer is named Nala Sinephro.
www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/nala-si...
www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/nala-si...
Nala Sinephro announces The Smashing Machine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Nala Sinephro has announced the release of her debut film score for the Benny Safdie directed The Smashing Machine, and has shared lead single, "Grand Prix".
www.thelineofbestfit.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I know there’s a lot going on but FYI the score to The Smashing Machine is great and the composer is named Nala Sinephro.
www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/nala-si...
www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/nala-si...