Tim Appelo
@timappelo.bsky.social
Film/TV editor/writer, past at: Hollywood Reporter,EW,The Nation, LAT,NYT,got Bezos to buy IMDb, taught him Beatles lore. Amazon's last human homepage editor, launch editor, what's now Prime Video.
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There goes the First Amendment.
September 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
There goes the First Amendment.
There must be an effective Boycott Fascists app, so that zero dollars from Trump-victim Americans go to businesses and institutions that menace us (& democracy, rule of law, science, public health, free speech, prosperity, America's power in the world & reason itself) more with each passing day.
September 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
There must be an effective Boycott Fascists app, so that zero dollars from Trump-victim Americans go to businesses and institutions that menace us (& democracy, rule of law, science, public health, free speech, prosperity, America's power in the world & reason itself) more with each passing day.
Trump's ally strikes again
Tests by two foreign laboratories show that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned before his death in an Arctic penal colony last year, his wife says.
Lab tests show Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned, his wife says
Russian authorities said Navalny died last year after feeling unwell following a walk around the high-security Arctic penal colony where he was serving a combined 30 ½-year jail sentence.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Trump's ally strikes again
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Listen. I believe in my ability as a writer, but I know it’s asking a lot for you to support me when Ty Burr and Alan Sepinwall are out here with their own newsletters.
Whatever support you can offer is appreciated
Whatever support you can offer is appreciated
September 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Listen. I believe in my ability as a writer, but I know it’s asking a lot for you to support me when Ty Burr and Alan Sepinwall are out here with their own newsletters.
Whatever support you can offer is appreciated
Whatever support you can offer is appreciated
The 'Don't Tread on Me' people are in jackboots treading on the other half of the country.
Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"
September 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The 'Don't Tread on Me' people are in jackboots treading on the other half of the country.
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JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
September 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
September 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney - addressing me directly - says there’s no such thing as prisoner work details outside the facility in the federal prison system. Yes there are. I have receipts.
August 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney - addressing me directly - says there’s no such thing as prisoner work details outside the facility in the federal prison system. Yes there are. I have receipts.
Republican Presidential speechwriter David Frum: Trump's tariffs are reducing supply and raising real costs of almost every good in the economy.
It's like what OPEC did to the United States in 1973-75, only this time it's the US president doing it to his own country.
It's like what OPEC did to the United States in 1973-75, only this time it's the US president doing it to his own country.
August 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Republican Presidential speechwriter David Frum: Trump's tariffs are reducing supply and raising real costs of almost every good in the economy.
It's like what OPEC did to the United States in 1973-75, only this time it's the US president doing it to his own country.
It's like what OPEC did to the United States in 1973-75, only this time it's the US president doing it to his own country.
Rudnick: Netanyahu just declared Mike Johnson "a goy's goy. He's like mayonnaise on white bread with a bottle of Diet Sprite. He washes Trump's golf cart with his tongue. He's what Jesus called 'an elf with no muscle tone or morals.' He's a spritz of Febreze in a cheap suit
August 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Rudnick: Netanyahu just declared Mike Johnson "a goy's goy. He's like mayonnaise on white bread with a bottle of Diet Sprite. He washes Trump's golf cart with his tongue. He's what Jesus called 'an elf with no muscle tone or morals.' He's a spritz of Febreze in a cheap suit
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Steve Martin correctly predicts:Trump will meet Putin in Alaska.
America returns Alaska to Russia for nothing. Russia gets to take Ukraine.Putin will NOT release the pee tape nor the Epstein list. Trump will get golden knee pads...the likes of which you've never seen. Trump keeps the beauty pageant.
America returns Alaska to Russia for nothing. Russia gets to take Ukraine.Putin will NOT release the pee tape nor the Epstein list. Trump will get golden knee pads...the likes of which you've never seen. Trump keeps the beauty pageant.
August 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Steve Martin correctly predicts:Trump will meet Putin in Alaska.
America returns Alaska to Russia for nothing. Russia gets to take Ukraine.Putin will NOT release the pee tape nor the Epstein list. Trump will get golden knee pads...the likes of which you've never seen. Trump keeps the beauty pageant.
America returns Alaska to Russia for nothing. Russia gets to take Ukraine.Putin will NOT release the pee tape nor the Epstein list. Trump will get golden knee pads...the likes of which you've never seen. Trump keeps the beauty pageant.
Among white voters who'd moved more than 2 hours from their hometown--improving their odds of getting a good job--Hillary Clinton had a 6-point lead. Those living within 2 hours of home backed Trump by 9 points. And those who had never left their hometown supported him by a remarkable 26 points.
August 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Among white voters who'd moved more than 2 hours from their hometown--improving their odds of getting a good job--Hillary Clinton had a 6-point lead. Those living within 2 hours of home backed Trump by 9 points. And those who had never left their hometown supported him by a remarkable 26 points.
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Every day @stephenking.bsky.social proves he is a really good writer.
August 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Every day @stephenking.bsky.social proves he is a really good writer.
Very interesting thoughtful article by one of my most talented former colleagues. rebeccasun.substack.com/p/the-gilded...
The Gilded Age of DEI is over. Now the quiet part begins.
A reflection on the past five years.
rebeccasun.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Very interesting thoughtful article by one of my most talented former colleagues. rebeccasun.substack.com/p/the-gilded...
I sat right behind Larry Flynt at the Paramount screening of The People Vs. Larry Flynt. He seemed to be weeping, but I was told leaky eyes was just a symptom of his nerve damage.
July 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I sat right behind Larry Flynt at the Paramount screening of The People Vs. Larry Flynt. He seemed to be weeping, but I was told leaky eyes was just a symptom of his nerve damage.
My uncle Cato Swalling escaped this sinking ship, but went back in to save his buddies, fellow sailors stuck in the boiler room. He got a posthumous Purple Heart, and he'd bought triple life insurance, which paid for my mom to go to U. Washington & meet my dad. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oqL...
New Details of USS DeHaven Shipwreck in Iron Bottom Sound | Nautilus Live
YouTube video by EVNautilus
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July 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
My uncle Cato Swalling escaped this sinking ship, but went back in to save his buddies, fellow sailors stuck in the boiler room. He got a posthumous Purple Heart, and he'd bought triple life insurance, which paid for my mom to go to U. Washington & meet my dad. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oqL...
Conservative David Frum: Obama should've said:"Russia worked to influence the 2016 election, but did not successfully manipulate ANY VOTING MACHINES." We cannot know whether Russia did or didn't manipulate any VOTES by its pro-Trump clandestine operations in 2016, but likely it moved at least some.
July 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Conservative David Frum: Obama should've said:"Russia worked to influence the 2016 election, but did not successfully manipulate ANY VOTING MACHINES." We cannot know whether Russia did or didn't manipulate any VOTES by its pro-Trump clandestine operations in 2016, but likely it moved at least some.
Frum sensibly notes: The Wikileaks releases in October 2016 did Hillary Clinton considerable political damage. Wikileaks got its material from Russian espionage operations. Wikileaks surely influenced some voters, even if Russia failed in its effort to manipulate voting machines to help Trump.
July 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Frum sensibly notes: The Wikileaks releases in October 2016 did Hillary Clinton considerable political damage. Wikileaks got its material from Russian espionage operations. Wikileaks surely influenced some voters, even if Russia failed in its effort to manipulate voting machines to help Trump.
Want to know what Ozzy Osbourne planned to tell God in heaven? He told Jim Sullivan in a piece I was delighted to edit: www.aarp.org/entertainmen...
Ozzy Osbourne As I Remember Him
A rock critic tells all about the lighthearted Prince of Darkness, Ozzy's thoughts on addiction — and what he planned to say to God in heaven
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July 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Want to know what Ozzy Osbourne planned to tell God in heaven? He told Jim Sullivan in a piece I was delighted to edit: www.aarp.org/entertainmen...
Jeff Greenfield channeling Pam Bondi: "Did you think I said I have Epstein's LIST on my desk? No no! I had Epstein's 'Liszt!' on my DISC. The 'Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2' ! A simple misunderstanding."
July 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Jeff Greenfield channeling Pam Bondi: "Did you think I said I have Epstein's LIST on my desk? No no! I had Epstein's 'Liszt!' on my DISC. The 'Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2' ! A simple misunderstanding."
David Frum reminds us: As Scooby Doo taught millions of TV watchers: if the deceased villain's best friend tells you there's nothing worth seeing inside the locked closet ... there's probably something worth seeing inside the locked closet.
July 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
David Frum reminds us: As Scooby Doo taught millions of TV watchers: if the deceased villain's best friend tells you there's nothing worth seeing inside the locked closet ... there's probably something worth seeing inside the locked closet.
Projekt Europa:This is the Quantum Presidency. He simultaneously doesn't know about a major decision [Ukraine], and also would know about any decision. His knowledge exists in a superposition of total ignorance and absolute omniscience. Reality collapses to what's politically convenient that second.
July 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Projekt Europa:This is the Quantum Presidency. He simultaneously doesn't know about a major decision [Ukraine], and also would know about any decision. His knowledge exists in a superposition of total ignorance and absolute omniscience. Reality collapses to what's politically convenient that second.
Both of my poorly paid backup freelance reviewers from when I was Portland's daily film critic skyrocketed to stardom: Kim Morgan (Nightmare Alley) and Shawn Levy (serial biographer, most recently of Clint Eastwood). I couldn't be happier unless I were them!
July 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Both of my poorly paid backup freelance reviewers from when I was Portland's daily film critic skyrocketed to stardom: Kim Morgan (Nightmare Alley) and Shawn Levy (serial biographer, most recently of Clint Eastwood). I couldn't be happier unless I were them!