The Obamas unveil their first-ever commissioned portrait together, painted by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, in the lobby of the new Obama Presidential Library.

David Hockney

The screenwriter of The Hunger Games movie, @billyray5229.bsky.social, has written a beautiful book:

@billyray5229.bsky.social deadline.com/2025/12/bill...

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

This is fucking horrifying. Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?

Remembering the day I went to Diane Keaton's house was what finally made me start a Substack.

Please take a moment to read this excellent piece by @billyray5229.bsky.social for Deadline: deadline.com/2025/09/jame...

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Murdoch Settlement reminds me of my favorite thing in the family's battle: the transcript of Rupert's attorney trying to undermine son James' ability to run Fox News by pointing out that he didn't understand Fox News' business model was telling viewers what they wanted to hear, not the truth.

you may not know you need this but trust me you need this

Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.

Are the interns who run his socials also dead?

My incredibly smart brother, @billyray5229.bsky.social, interviewed @govpritzker.illinois.gov on Monday night in L.A. Here's a link to their talk in all its glory. At the very end (1:09 approx), Billy gives a speech we all need to hear. TY for protecting democracy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gmu...

Slavery was bad.

“We’re on it”? What do you mean “we’re on it”? DRILLING FOR OIL ISN’T SOMETHING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DOES. EVER. WHAT ARE WE DOING. *throws things*

The squeaky tank was the last straw.

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted Women and children in parks

This is Max. He snuck out in the middle of the night and walked 5 miles to get a breakfast burrito from a store that gave him one once. They hadn't opened yet when he got there, but Max was found the next morning thanks to his GPS collar patiently waiting outside for his well-earned snack. 14/10

Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize

Having the President declare (or at least intimate/suggest?) that CA residents are engaged in "a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the US" by engaging in protest is ... very bad. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

welp

such challenging times for the onion www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...

headline construction masterclass

Some good news for a change. Taylor Swift has regained control over her entire body of work. In a lengthy note posted to her official website on Friday, Swift announced: “All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me.” apnews.com/article/tayl...

So proud of my brother @billyray5229.bsky.social! Just a little shout out from People about his latest screenplay in the Hunger Games franchise as well as an exclusive about the release of his powerful new novel, Burn the Water, coming in March 2026. Pic of Billy by me  people.com/sunrise-on-t...

Helllooooooooooo!

I did not, in my wildest dreams, see the Hunger Games franchise ever being eclipsed by an American government in real life... but if my friends at Lions Gate want to make this sequel, I am in.

•••MEASLES ALERT••• A traveler with measles was at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey for several hours while infectious this week. Anyone who was in Newark Airport's Terminal B on Monday between 12:30 and 4:00 p.m. may have been exposed to measles — considered by health…

The only headline should be: The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the US Constitution.

It's giving The Hunger Games

READ. THE. SUBHEAD.

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

Yes, let’s just ask Americans to wear a mask in public for a few months to keep old and immunocompromised people alive and see what happens

Swalwell says the House Judiciary republicans just voted to allow Trump to deport US Citizens. From IG:

April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.

Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

Could you ever have imagined you would see a headline like this in your lifetime

The federal government is making lists of Jews. At Barnard College. In 2025. theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...

Really not good www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

It was time for a new headshot, thank you @karenrayhere.bsky.social! Now it's time to update my bluesky profile pic.

Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me?? Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?

Unemployment up. Stock market down. Mortgage rates up. Consumer confidence at worst levels since the Great Depression. Are we great again yet?