Rubyvroom
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The Italian cover of Absolution, from my wonderful publisher there, Einaudi. Out next year. Translated by Cristiana Mennella. The artist is Lorenzo Ceccotti and the inspiration here is the biologist's expedition in part 1 of the novel. Just a stunning cover. Amazing.
December 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Italian cover of Absolution, from my wonderful publisher there, Einaudi. Out next year. Translated by Cristiana Mennella. The artist is Lorenzo Ceccotti and the inspiration here is the biologist's expedition in part 1 of the novel. Just a stunning cover. Amazing.
Other honorable mentions. The Sabrina Carpenter album is not as consistent as the previous but the highs are higher. Manchild is great, and so is When Did You Get Hot? Several Lola Young songs were quite nice. Lady Gaga too. Turnstile is a delightful discovery. PinkPantheress finally won me over.
December 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Other honorable mentions. The Sabrina Carpenter album is not as consistent as the previous but the highs are higher. Manchild is great, and so is When Did You Get Hot? Several Lola Young songs were quite nice. Lady Gaga too. Turnstile is a delightful discovery. PinkPantheress finally won me over.
#PeoplesPop25 7/7 Last Pick. I have not been strategic. This isn't going to get very far. But I simply haven't heard a lyric that surpasses "God damn baby you drink like Hemingway / But your writing's no good and your songs all sound the same" all year. youtu.be/OD6DdnPpZd4?...
girl in red - Hemingway (Official Video)
YouTube video by girlinredVEVO
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#PeoplesPop25 7/7 Last Pick. I have not been strategic. This isn't going to get very far. But I simply haven't heard a lyric that surpasses "God damn baby you drink like Hemingway / But your writing's no good and your songs all sound the same" all year. youtu.be/OD6DdnPpZd4?...
#PeoplesPop25 I probably should be playing more strategically here but I am appalled that this isn't even on the nominations list. I would put it in the "Strange Bop" category. youtu.be/B6QUT0Re_8Q?...
Water From Your Eyes - "Playing Classics" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Water From Your Eyes
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#PeoplesPop25 I probably should be playing more strategically here but I am appalled that this isn't even on the nominations list. I would put it in the "Strange Bop" category. youtu.be/B6QUT0Re_8Q?...
#PeoplesPop25 I really think Chappell Roan's songcraft which was already at a high level is improving by leagues with each new release. This is a grower, not as immediately gripping but the little details really add up to a crushing, heartrending whole.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLf...
Chappell Roan - The Subway (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ChappellRoanVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#PeoplesPop25 I really think Chappell Roan's songcraft which was already at a high level is improving by leagues with each new release. This is a grower, not as immediately gripping but the little details really add up to a crushing, heartrending whole.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLf...
#PeoplesPop25 If there was a better funky party dance track this year than SUGAR ON MY TONGUE then... send it my way because there are not nearly enough of these this year. Anyway my #1 most played youtu.be/ljHdccyQbT4?...
SUGAR ON MY TONGUE (Official Video)
YouTube video by Tyler, The Creator
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#PeoplesPop25 If there was a better funky party dance track this year than SUGAR ON MY TONGUE then... send it my way because there are not nearly enough of these this year. Anyway my #1 most played youtu.be/ljHdccyQbT4?...
#PeoplesPop25 Second pick youtu.be/eTBGUswrBvo?... Groovy!
Gelli Haha - Normalize (Official Video)
YouTube video by Innovative Leisure
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#PeoplesPop25 Second pick youtu.be/eTBGUswrBvo?... Groovy!
@peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social I only caught on today that we were starting and I'm not online tomorrow so I hope it's acceptable to post seven tracks on the last day. If not, you can count this one as my nomination. #PeoplesPop25 youtu.be/6Kjz89xYmS4?...
Wet Leg - catch these fists (Official Video)
YouTube video by WetLegVEVO
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
@peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social I only caught on today that we were starting and I'm not online tomorrow so I hope it's acceptable to post seven tracks on the last day. If not, you can count this one as my nomination. #PeoplesPop25 youtu.be/6Kjz89xYmS4?...
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
What's poignant about watching Christmas Vacation in 2025 is how much of the plot revolves around Clark's promised Christmas Bonus -- a practice that has been largely phased out by now for anyone who ever had access to this year-end windfall. Does anyone still get Christmas bonuses?
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What's poignant about watching Christmas Vacation in 2025 is how much of the plot revolves around Clark's promised Christmas Bonus -- a practice that has been largely phased out by now for anyone who ever had access to this year-end windfall. Does anyone still get Christmas bonuses?
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Don't let people enjoy things. If someone enjoys something you don't, they're wrong. Also you're wrong for thinking they're wrong. Also the thing itself is wrong. Everyone go to jail
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Don't let people enjoy things. If someone enjoys something you don't, they're wrong. Also you're wrong for thinking they're wrong. Also the thing itself is wrong. Everyone go to jail
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I could literally watch 600 more knives out films
December 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I could literally watch 600 more knives out films
"Doormats" would really imply the opposite of cutting off contact, wouldn't it? That the kids were staying around and mistreating their parents, rather than fleeing them? Makes me think this is the Moms' natural state of grievance that probably made their kids run screaming in the first place.
Welcome to the pissed-off parent pushback: After years of therapists and others encouraging adult children to cut ties with families they deem harmful or “toxic,” estranged parents are speaking out on.wsj.com/4s49U52
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Doormats" would really imply the opposite of cutting off contact, wouldn't it? That the kids were staying around and mistreating their parents, rather than fleeing them? Makes me think this is the Moms' natural state of grievance that probably made their kids run screaming in the first place.
My moment of joy this year was the dance sequences in Sinners, specifically the time-collapsing number where every genre and period appeared and melted together. Transcendent, I ascended into heaven for a few minutes.
2025 has been a rough year. What's one piece of art that's brought you absolute joy despite everything?
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My moment of joy this year was the dance sequences in Sinners, specifically the time-collapsing number where every genre and period appeared and melted together. Transcendent, I ascended into heaven for a few minutes.
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boy i cannot imagine anything more fucking embarrassing, as a white man, than writing a piece about how the reason my career sucks is the game isnt rigged for me enough
One problem with this take is the number of high profile white millennial men in the media...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
boy i cannot imagine anything more fucking embarrassing, as a white man, than writing a piece about how the reason my career sucks is the game isnt rigged for me enough
Andre Braugher duh
This is a fun question—best “serious” actor in a comedic role of the last decade?
It’s so much easier for comic actors to do drama than vice versa. Look at Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine or Truman Show, and then look at De Niro’s comedies, they’re terrible
December 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Andre Braugher duh
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When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
meme format sung to the tune of "Taxes" by geese
If you want me to ____
You'd better come over with a ____
You're gonna have to _____
If you want me to ____
You'd better come over with a ____
You're gonna have to _____
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
meme format sung to the tune of "Taxes" by geese
If you want me to ____
You'd better come over with a ____
You're gonna have to _____
If you want me to ____
You'd better come over with a ____
You're gonna have to _____
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For The Reveal I rounded up the year's best movie posters:
The 15 Best Movie Posters of 2025
The year's most inspired posters. None of the 21 Smurfs made the cut.
thereveal.film
December 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For The Reveal I rounded up the year's best movie posters:
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not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
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December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This is some fantastic writing.
I love that feeling when you’re vibing with a funny, emotional short story and then the writer throws out a quote you want to stick on your fridge forever. harpers.org/archive/2025...
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is some fantastic writing.
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!