From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks

“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.

The Strokes played Coachella against a backdrop listing all the world leaders that had been assassinated by the CIA, a count of the number of universities bombed in Iran, and footage of the bombing of the last university in Gaza

Just got to write a massive deep dive into THE PITT: SEASON 2 and its varying execution. But I love the way it tries not to go bigger, but DEEPER into to the thematic power its story. From the existential horrors, to the paradoxes that drive society itself. WOW WOW. www.patreon.com/posts/155897...

Just got to write a massive deep dive into THE PITT: SEASON 2 and its varying execution. But I love the way it tries not to go bigger, but DEEPER into to the thematic power its story. From the existential horrors, to the paradoxes that drive society itself. WOW WOW. www.patreon.com/posts/155897...

We should have never doubted this man

One of my favorite new animes of the year comes from Rom Com land - YOU AND I ARE POLAR OPPOSITES has all the surface level, bubble gum delights, but backs it up with genuine sensitivity and insight into the teenage vulnerability. A true "best of both worlds" case! www.patreon.com/posts/155746...

Three years into the AI era, educators say they face a major crisis. Bosses and clients replacing tutoring jobs with AI. Replacing *athletic coaching* with AI. Many students now cannot grasp why they would *not* use AI for schoolwork. And worse. The 5th installment of AI Killed My Job—educators:

My god. Essential, horrifying reporting here.

I recently succumbed to SLAY THE SPIRE - once described to me as a lovechild of Balatro, Hades, and Pokemon - and holy heck is it one of the most addictive and fun games I've ever played... www.patreon.com/posts/155321...

Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against these heretics

This is catastrophic.

This is unbelievably bleak

This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo...

WAR DON'T SEX CRIMES HIDE CRIMES

"Time to play this Slay the Spire game I've heard so much about!" 20 minutes later: "Well, my friends and family surely don't need to see me anymore..."

this is the best review of project hail mary lol

Looooved PROJECT HAIL MARY. And so many of the delights and humor are worn right on the sleeve. But there's a couple structural things that may give make an audience go "why do this?" And I wanted to talk about how they lead right into the big themes. Enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/153706...

Looooved PROJECT HAIL MARY. And so many of the delights and humor are worn right on the sleeve. But there's a couple structural things that may give make an audience go "why do this?" And I wanted to talk about how they lead right into the big themes. Enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/153706...

How can this go on for another 3 years?

Kurosawa on watching Solaris with Tarkovsky

"How does one hate a country, or love one?" Ursula Le Guin always out there expressing my exact feelings in trying times.

Saw PROJECT HAIL MARY late last night... wow wow wow. Gonna write a little thing on the structure of the ending and why it comes at things in the way it does!

19-year-old Royer Perez-Jimenez appears to be the youngest person to die in ICE custody since the Trump Administration took office. The full story: lataco.com/youngest-ice... By @izzymirez.bsky.social, @chularadio.bsky.social, and @eltragon.bsky.social

NEWS: Six months before the Trump admin began bombing Iran, the Department of State fired its oil and gas experts. State’s energy division got completely DOGE’d. And with it went the people who knew how to plan for a global energy crisis.

🚨 IT'S ELECTION DAY 🚨 This is it. Today decides everything. Let's make it count: Knock doors, make calls, talk to your friends, and make sure everyone you know in IL-09 makes their voice heard!

Breaking news: A jury convicted people who protested outside an ICE facility in Texas of providing material support to terrorists, and other charges in a closely watched case in which the gov't argued the protesters were "Antifa". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

We're going into Oscar weekend which can only mean one thing. Time to write about EVERY new movie I saw this year, including my absolutely favorites. And what a way to enjoy a sneaky great movie year! www.patreon.com/posts/152944...

We're going into Oscar weekend which can only mean one thing. Time to write about EVERY new movie I saw this year, including my absolutely favorites. And what a way to enjoy a sneaky great movie year! www.patreon.com/posts/152944...

Finishing annual Oscar column, but took a second before that to talk about one of my favorite pieces of narrative I've seen this year... A massive role playing experiment in Minecraft that evolved into some of the best "collective storytelling" I've ever seen. www.patreon.com/posts/152772...

And now, the annual "ah, I'm in a really good position and have seen so many movies before the Oscars... WAIT HOW MANY DAYS ARE LEFT!??!" Brand Scramble to see as much as I can....

One of the things that really trips a lot of analysts, including ones with real skin in the game, is that they refuse - absolutely refuse - to accept how stupid Trump very obviously is. He has no knowledge of anything, is incapable of learning, and only remembers the last thing to happen to him.

me: hello i would like to look at the website please website: whoa there pardner! what’s your hurry! you still have to accept cookies! me: ok. can i look now website: you don’t want 10% off your first purchase?! me: do i have to or website: TOO SLOW! the page is reloading! due to your failures!

AOC: He impulsively went in on Venezuela. He impulsively went in on Iran. It led to increased global instability and every time he’s done that, it has been consistent with a spike in what is happening with the Epstein files. I think that he feels existentially tied to it.

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

lol holy shit i'm reading the wiki for Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) starring Ronald Reagan and look how close a chimp came to altering the history of the entire goddamn planet

lmfao get wrecked

The most disgusting combination of self-enrichment and failed management in the history of the entertainment business. deadline.com/2026/03/davi...

Oh fun!

Trump’s “Operation Metro Surge” was a militarized campaign of fear that treated immigrants as criminals and weaponized the federal government against U.S. citizens. We need independent investigations, real accountability, and to abolish ICE. My op-ed:

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

i'm a big fan of magazines, investigative reporting, and longform, all of which requires staff and institutions, but the really really dire thing that indie media can't replace? the fucking wire services

With Bill Duke finally getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today, I'm re-sharing the career-spanning conversation I did for @indiewire.com with him.

Completed my umpteenth watch of THE SOPRANOS and figured it was more than high time to do a deep dive on one of the greatest shows ever made. It remains a pinnacle of art, a skewering of American hypocrisy, and defined by the ardent desire to never, ever be "cool." www.patreon.com/posts/151710...

"Homer Tries to Find a New Bar" is perhaps the funniest two or so minutes in television history youtu.be/qVaVsyGV0oM?...

Huge Recommendation: Getting a membership LA TACO over the last year is one of the best choices I've made. Not only are they doing some of the best boots on the ground journalism in covering / counter-acting ICE's assault on the city, but... lataco.com/products

It’s good to see that pockets of pure art still exist out there.