A skater is skating to selections from Ghost the musical, and the announcer just said she’s loved the music “since she was a child.” So if anyone needs me, I’ll be climbing into my grave. #olympics

I deeply appreciate that every Olympic opening ceremony is a chance for the host country to show off their interpretive dancers.

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!

Somewhere a baby gay watching The Muppet Show is getting Ring Of Keys'd watching Gonzo run around screaming out the names of Best Supporting Actresses.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

well, what fresh hell awaits today?

AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.

Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.

Watching the edgy artists of your college years lip synch to their hits while children dressed like stereos dance around them on a corporate float is a really singular American Thanksgiving experience. #macysdayparade

reminder that Donald Trump said on the record that he partied with his buddy Jeffrey Epstein and women “on the younger side” and yet we’re pretending like the natural of their relationship is some big mystery

A certain paper has stood alone giving good reviews to big splashy shows most other critics feel are not good. There are rumors.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re Michelle Williams wiping her tears in Fosse Verdon

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

I thought "the president's just a wannabe king who flies a shit-dropping plane over his own country" is something his enemies would say about him but you do you

Irving Berlin 1941. youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs?...

Stephen Miller looks like if a small skinny penis was also a vampire

I wish there were a class of ticket discount for “I don’t care about the big stars in this show I want to see an actor who’s amazing but not well known playing a smaller part in this”

Men will literally give a beautiful young woman singing lessons through a mirror, drag her to his lair beneath the Paris opera house, write her a weird sexual opera, threaten her bosses, drop a chandelier, and murder a bunch of people instead of going to therapy.

OBGYN to pregnant werewolf: "Ma'am, inside you are two wolves..."

What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?

Dutch late night TV has its take

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

I can only hope that whoever has done the makeup on his hand is also in charge of trying to convince us he’s fine, Weekend at Bernie’s style.

The most impressive thing about this campaign is how *creative* they are. They’re trying new stuff! Multiple times during the last few months I’ve thought “wow, I’ve never seen a campaign do that.” Much more of that needed everywhere.

Yes, ok, sound bad, but on the other hand Rubio did bring back a triple murderer from Venezuela and release him in the US www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Should arts critics still be writers? hellgatenyc.com/nyt-critics-...

A big announcement that veteran journalists are being moved out of their jobs and into unspecified new roles and that they will be replaced by TBD feels extremely ominous. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

I am posting a lot about NYT Mamdani thing, but it’s enraging & crushing too. I’ve had bylines in the times, that was meaningful to me yrs ago. But for a hit piece, NYT took hacked information from a gutter racist whom they protected & classed up as “an academic” & that is not OK & never will be.

She’s right again, you know. She usually is.

“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”

Just called Senator Gillibrand’s office to express how upset I was by her comments on the Brian Lehrer show the other day and got the impression from the tone of the person answering the phone that they’ve been getting a lot of calls like this

There were anti-Mamdani ads playing during YouTube videos of animated cars made for toddlers.

Shoutout to the guy who put his city before his ego, man. We need more of that.

The day before Kristi Noem's goons premeditated an arrest of Brad Lander, NYC amended its lawsuit against Noem, catching them lying to explain their theft of $80M. I'd say that's just a coinkydink...But Ras Baraka is suing Noem too. www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/18/r...

Beyond shameful.

Jamie Lloyd’s Oliver!

Jamie Lloyd’s Dear Evan Hansen

I’m curious to hear which numbers tonight actually sold tickets. Doesn’t feel like a lot of them came off great - partly due to sound and camera issues. #TonyAwards

Let’s all congratulate the real winner tonight, Nicole Scherzinger’s publicist. #TonyAwards

The #TonyAwards has been plagued by awful sound this year, and Operation Mincemeat really suffered for it - those lyrics, with accents, are tricky to hear in the best of circumstances.

I love that like once a decade we make a titan of the stage perform “Rose’s Turn” completely devoid of context. A beautiful tradition. #TonyAwards

I love DEAD OUTLAW so, so much. In a strong season it’s my most favorite, and Andrew Durand is giving an astounding performance. Go see it. #TonyAwards

They really missed an opportunity to have the Dead Outlaw band perform “Dead” for the in memoriam section. #TonyAwards

Sam Pinkleton is not only a total joy of a human being, he did an exceptional job directing OH, MARY!, a production in which every single element is perfectly calibrated in terms of story and tone. #TonyAwards

There is much to love in Maybe Happy Ending, but I’m not sure why they chose to highlight a moment that feels a little twee and pretentious out of context. #tonyawards

Okay, but didn’t Nicole Scherzinger do the same thing in Cats, except with her hands in paws instead of spread? #TonyAwards