Alex
@slaybird.bsky.social
TV producer, location scout, writer, NYC rat apologist, human coat rack.
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm11140886/
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https://m.imdb.com/name/nm11140886/
veritabletantrum.com
My one writing philosophy: be truthful. There is nothing worse than obfuscating your honest thoughts with ornate writing. Directness changes the world far more than literary nothing.
January 1, 2026 at 8:42 AM
My one writing philosophy: be truthful. There is nothing worse than obfuscating your honest thoughts with ornate writing. Directness changes the world far more than literary nothing.
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack be looking low-key thicc.
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack be looking low-key thicc.
Rest in Satan’s butthole. Also they spelled “War Criminal” wrong.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died, his family said in a statement. He was 84 abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Rest in Satan’s butthole. Also they spelled “War Criminal” wrong.
Every summer I'm reminded that American air travel is a thoroughly unmitigated disaster... and delightful cultural punching bag. So I wrote about the punching bag's punching bag.
I’m Not Joining the Army, I’m Flying Spirit Airlines
Mom? Dad? It is I, your 32-year-old college dropout offspring with no direction in life. I know you tried your best with me, putting me in swanky private school after private school hoping I’d fulf…
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August 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Every summer I'm reminded that American air travel is a thoroughly unmitigated disaster... and delightful cultural punching bag. So I wrote about the punching bag's punching bag.
You know how oxygen masks on planes simply get you high enough to accept your fate in the event of an emergency? The same can be said for the Pinot Noir at your terminal’s Vino Volo.
August 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
You know how oxygen masks on planes simply get you high enough to accept your fate in the event of an emergency? The same can be said for the Pinot Noir at your terminal’s Vino Volo.
If you don’t listen to Clair de Lune while packing boxes and moving out of your apartment then you’ll never fully understand what it means to call a place home for a while.
August 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you don’t listen to Clair de Lune while packing boxes and moving out of your apartment then you’ll never fully understand what it means to call a place home for a while.
Guys, of course he's crazy. You would be too if the CIA took out your entire family tree one by one.
RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe
August 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Guys, of course he's crazy. You would be too if the CIA took out your entire family tree one by one.
"My panic attack is lying to me," I say to the thousand anxieties running with samurai swords in my midsection as I drive my Kia Soul into the front of this Taco Bell Cantina.
August 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"My panic attack is lying to me," I say to the thousand anxieties running with samurai swords in my midsection as I drive my Kia Soul into the front of this Taco Bell Cantina.
'F1' absolutely rules, but it's an indication of a horrifying, rapidly growing Hollywood trend: sponsor tie-ins will be the only way to get a movie greenlit.
The Charms of ‘F1’ Offset Its Portent for Hollywood
It’s not at all controversial to say Brad Pitt’s best films are the ones that rely heavily on his intoxicating charm. Being a great movie star requires knowing which deliriant to unleas…
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July 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
'F1' absolutely rules, but it's an indication of a horrifying, rapidly growing Hollywood trend: sponsor tie-ins will be the only way to get a movie greenlit.
My advice to floundering recent college grads: just end it all at the next music festival that inadvertently becomes the next great American disaster.
Calling All Lost, Listless College Grads
Sometimes, I think it’s a good idea to just sit down and have a real heart-to-heart talk. You know, one generation to another, speak our minds, try to genuinely communicate in between tear-ga…
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July 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My advice to floundering recent college grads: just end it all at the next music festival that inadvertently becomes the next great American disaster.
Satan took back his beloved son today. Rest in power, Prince.
July 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Satan took back his beloved son today. Rest in power, Prince.
One-sentence review of THE BEAR Season 4: When Rob Reiner speaks, I listen.
July 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
One-sentence review of THE BEAR Season 4: When Rob Reiner speaks, I listen.
The way of the world: preserve it, or try to live in it without bankrupting yourself back to the Stone Age.
California Rolls Back Its Landmark Environmental Law
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July 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The way of the world: preserve it, or try to live in it without bankrupting yourself back to the Stone Age.
No thanks, I’m already locked into a one-year service contract with Joseph Kony.
"Now we're doing Trump Mobile. And Trump mobile is going to revolutionize cell phones" -- Eric Trump announces the new Trump phone
June 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
No thanks, I’m already locked into a one-year service contract with Joseph Kony.
MATERIALISTS was like: “I’m looking for someone. Preferably white, maybe Chilean, but preferably white. Definitely needs to be a Marvel actor. Absolutely not from Phase 5. Has to be Phases 1-3 only.” Anyway, my full review here: veritabletantrum.com/2025/06/16/m...
‘Materialists’ Builds Up Cynicism Just to Knock It All Down
Up until arguably the early 2010s, romantic comedies set in New York City effortlessly radiated a kind of comfort and warmth that Hollywood hasn’t been able to recapture since. When Harry Met…
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June 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
MATERIALISTS was like: “I’m looking for someone. Preferably white, maybe Chilean, but preferably white. Definitely needs to be a Marvel actor. Absolutely not from Phase 5. Has to be Phases 1-3 only.” Anyway, my full review here: veritabletantrum.com/2025/06/16/m...
Rest in power to the maestro. The first person who made me realize some people are just too smart to ever be truly happy, but also the first person to make me care about the importance of constantly creating, no matter what state you’re in.
Now a young man’s gone
But his legend lingers on.
Now a young man’s gone
But his legend lingers on.
June 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Rest in power to the maestro. The first person who made me realize some people are just too smart to ever be truly happy, but also the first person to make me care about the importance of constantly creating, no matter what state you’re in.
Now a young man’s gone
But his legend lingers on.
Now a young man’s gone
But his legend lingers on.
@americanair.bsky.social You are evil. We will not need to grieve you. Nobody will miss you when you’re swallowed up by Delta or the government in a couple years time. Your time-honored phoniness as the beacon of U.S. excellence is laughable. Thank you for your sins.
June 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
@americanair.bsky.social You are evil. We will not need to grieve you. Nobody will miss you when you’re swallowed up by Delta or the government in a couple years time. Your time-honored phoniness as the beacon of U.S. excellence is laughable. Thank you for your sins.
Trying to watch Netflix, but my Internet was down. Then I read Newark Airport was down again, then I read Denver Airport was down for like 90 seconds. Not that they have anything in common, but regarding their significance to my quality of life, the first one is most important.
May 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Trying to watch Netflix, but my Internet was down. Then I read Newark Airport was down again, then I read Denver Airport was down for like 90 seconds. Not that they have anything in common, but regarding their significance to my quality of life, the first one is most important.
You’re at a bar with your coworkers when HOW SOON IS NOW? by The Smiths starts playing. You have three options:
(A) Keep it cool
(B) Leave due to anxiety attack
(C) Grin while smashing your head repeatedly on the bar while screaming “MORRISSEY WOULD LOSE A FIGHT TO LIAM GALLAGHER”
(A) Keep it cool
(B) Leave due to anxiety attack
(C) Grin while smashing your head repeatedly on the bar while screaming “MORRISSEY WOULD LOSE A FIGHT TO LIAM GALLAGHER”
May 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
You’re at a bar with your coworkers when HOW SOON IS NOW? by The Smiths starts playing. You have three options:
(A) Keep it cool
(B) Leave due to anxiety attack
(C) Grin while smashing your head repeatedly on the bar while screaming “MORRISSEY WOULD LOSE A FIGHT TO LIAM GALLAGHER”
(A) Keep it cool
(B) Leave due to anxiety attack
(C) Grin while smashing your head repeatedly on the bar while screaming “MORRISSEY WOULD LOSE A FIGHT TO LIAM GALLAGHER”
I also shout out Sal Saperstein in my thank-you speech every time I have an orgasm.
May 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I also shout out Sal Saperstein in my thank-you speech every time I have an orgasm.
Not much of a buyback culture outside NYC or LA. You sit at a bar, hang out for a couple hours, chop up some repartee with the ‘tenders, then you MIGHT get a free one. Never a given, of course, but never even flirted with. Will this be part of the new pope’s platform?
May 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Not much of a buyback culture outside NYC or LA. You sit at a bar, hang out for a couple hours, chop up some repartee with the ‘tenders, then you MIGHT get a free one. Never a given, of course, but never even flirted with. Will this be part of the new pope’s platform?
The masterstroke of SINNERS, aside from the movie itself, is its total decimation of the incessant concern-trolling that’s dominated the discourse among the box-office hawks who came out of the shadows after THE FALL GUY. The “we are so back”-ers are winning, and I salute their resolve.
May 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The masterstroke of SINNERS, aside from the movie itself, is its total decimation of the incessant concern-trolling that’s dominated the discourse among the box-office hawks who came out of the shadows after THE FALL GUY. The “we are so back”-ers are winning, and I salute their resolve.
New to Wordle. Excited for what the future holds.
May 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
New to Wordle. Excited for what the future holds.
Me, a person who will probably rent forever, to a jubilant new homeowner: “You didn’t buy a house; a bank bought a house, and you’re just allowed to keep your shirts and pants there while you pay them for 30 years.”
May 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Me, a person who will probably rent forever, to a jubilant new homeowner: “You didn’t buy a house; a bank bought a house, and you’re just allowed to keep your shirts and pants there while you pay them for 30 years.”
Another platform for me to exhibit my incredible, uncompromising willingness to humiliate myself. Here we go.
May 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Another platform for me to exhibit my incredible, uncompromising willingness to humiliate myself. Here we go.