Sam Adams
@samadams.bsky.social
Culture writer at Slate, published in LA Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, THR, and points south. Member: New York Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics, WGA East
I didn’t end up writing quite as much as I envisioned about how great Die My Love is, but
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I didn’t end up writing quite as much as I envisioned about how great Die My Love is, but
Rumours has always been popular. But it is absolutely not true that it has always been as popular as it is right now. Same website, 20 years apart. (And while I won’t make any claims for myself, Douglas Wolk knows and has always known his shit.)
slate.com/culture/2004...
slate.com/culture/2024...
slate.com/culture/2004...
slate.com/culture/2024...
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Rumours has always been popular. But it is absolutely not true that it has always been as popular as it is right now. Same website, 20 years apart. (And while I won’t make any claims for myself, Douglas Wolk knows and has always known his shit.)
slate.com/culture/2004...
slate.com/culture/2024...
slate.com/culture/2004...
slate.com/culture/2024...
we have achieved Maximum Chait
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
we have achieved Maximum Chait
Okay, but let‘s not respond with this shit? Demonstrating antisemitism is not exactly the best way to prove Ellison et al are acting in bad faith.
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Okay, but let‘s not respond with this shit? Demonstrating antisemitism is not exactly the best way to prove Ellison et al are acting in bad faith.
FYI if you call the number on screen at the end of Pluribus’ first episode, you get signed up for texts like this
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
FYI if you call the number on screen at the end of Pluribus’ first episode, you get signed up for texts like this
They’re American planes. Made in America.
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
They’re American planes. Made in America.
Democracy isn’t pretty
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Democracy isn’t pretty
This is such a fumble
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is such a fumble
I went fairly conservative/classic (and most of my pre-2020 acquisitions are in storage) but I think this is a pretty good assortment
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I went fairly conservative/classic (and most of my pre-2020 acquisitions are in storage) but I think this is a pretty good assortment
When your regular train is delayed and the originally earlier but much more delayed Acela leaves first so you burn a bunch of points and switch and it’s one of them fancy new trains
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 AM
When your regular train is delayed and the originally earlier but much more delayed Acela leaves first so you burn a bunch of points and switch and it’s one of them fancy new trains
this piece is tearing Instagram apart
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
this piece is tearing Instagram apart
hint: this is involved
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
hint: this is involved
if you think that’s what’s keeping left-leaning political takes from being seen on Twitter is that they aren’t being posted rather that they are being actively suppressed by the site’s white supremacist owner, you are either too dumb or too dishonest to listen to, even on Bluesky
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
if you think that’s what’s keeping left-leaning political takes from being seen on Twitter is that they aren’t being posted rather that they are being actively suppressed by the site’s white supremacist owner, you are either too dumb or too dishonest to listen to, even on Bluesky
Robert De Niro is in such disrepute within his community that it has been nearly 18 months since he was nominated for an Oscar
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Robert De Niro is in such disrepute within his community that it has been nearly 18 months since he was nominated for an Oscar
it’s not your job to be an asshole, and yet
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
it’s not your job to be an asshole, and yet
Google AI summaries undefeated
October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Google AI summaries undefeated
Honestly I don’t think the ladder did it
October 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Honestly I don’t think the ladder did it
obviously Threads is a wasteland but this is why I can’t just leave
October 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
obviously Threads is a wasteland but this is why I can’t just leave
why yes I am in Texas
October 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
why yes I am in Texas
took about 30 seconds for me to be all in for Mr Scorsese
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
took about 30 seconds for me to be all in for Mr Scorsese
I used my review of The Chair Company to get at just what is going on with its deliberately flat, almost amateurish performances. Consider it my contribution to the burgeoning field of Tim Robinson Studies. slate.com/culture/2025...
October 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I used my review of The Chair Company to get at just what is going on with its deliberately flat, almost amateurish performances. Consider it my contribution to the burgeoning field of Tim Robinson Studies. slate.com/culture/2025...
welcome to the new era of CBS News, where brave truth-telling takes precedence over spelling Zohran Mamdani’s name correctly
October 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
welcome to the new era of CBS News, where brave truth-telling takes precedence over spelling Zohran Mamdani’s name correctly
congrats to Nobel Peace Prize winner Portland Frog
October 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
congrats to Nobel Peace Prize winner Portland Frog