Bari Weiss literally runs a unaccredited conservative "college" out of a disused apartment store here in Austin containing a marble bust of her own head. Ain't a metaphor in the English language for her whole career that's gonna be more on the nose than that.

Canadians, behold! (And Americans on a VPN.) The cancelled 60 Minutes story has appeared on the Global-TV app—almost certainly by accident. Watch fast, before Corus gets a call from Paramount-Skydance. #60Minutes

POV: You just read a book on the history of Liverpool.

"Inside the World of Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips' Criminal - on the Page and Screen" by @alexsegura.bsky.social, writing for @crimereads.bsky.social (12/19/25): crimereads.com/ed-brubaker-...

Yule of a Took!

I’m reminded of watching two old ladies ask a teenage goth for directions and she politely told them and when she was out of earshot one lady said “You know where you are with a goth”

"It is pretty hard to claim you've got 'punk energy' when you essentially spout conservative talking points while dressed like the front desk manager at a Courtyard Marriott... It turns out, like most punk rock things, The Free Press was quickly bankrolled by a string of reactionary billionaires."

It’s a good thing there’s such a steady stream of studies, because they seem to be forgotten moments after publication. news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...

If only there were a critically acclaimed film about whether CBS execs censoring "60 Minutes" ends up bringing more attention to the story they were trying to suppress. Video unrelated: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGOb...

Share an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it…

The conviction I will take to my grave - however prematurely - is that evil can be eloquent but it cannot be intelligent. Evil shits where it eats. Evil overextends itself. Evil wages war on reality. Good luck with that. This is going to end, and then - as ever - young people will dance and build

It is soooo normal for a country to have a TV news report about its gulag system removed from the broadcast

Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email. It must be read:

Thank you to whoever recommended "The English." I've just binged it and loved every second.

Samuel L Jackson is 77. This is wonderfully in-depth interview conducted by @bilgeebiri.bsky.social Jackson is insight as usual on the technical aspects of acting but as you can see below, he’s just damned entertaining & straight-talking: www.vulture.com/article/samu...

“What radicalized you?” Being alive in the world with eyes?

Just completed final watch through of the finished ROGUE TROOPER film… 25 years of pestering @2000ad.bsky.social to let me give it a shot, 3 years of production to make the thing & now… it’s DONE! Can’t wait for you to see it. So, so proud of our team. We’ve made something a bit special. ❤️

'Though completely eclipsed by Don Quixote, Cristalián de España, which was first published in 1545, has a unique claim to fame. Its 800 pages, bristling with swords, sorcerers, dragons and damsels, make up the earliest known work by a female Spanish novelist.' 1/2

As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patch’d.

The delivery of the Epstein files has been like getting a search warrant and the suspect deciding what things from their house they're going to show you.

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. Academics vs Nazis? Checks out.

Computer, enhance

It's not easy keeping track of all the info we've been sharing about The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. But luckily, WolfheartFPS did a great job summarizing it all in this video. youtu.be/gcFXigCahnM?...

decades-long manhunt finally ends

I spoke to a dozen professional concept artists working in games about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs easier, even if it's just used in "very early ideation stages." Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder. I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!

Not to be like a pushy d-bag but time is running out & I have 2 kids to feed so if you want a great gift for the boardgamer in your life get them my book The Game Changers (UK) / Across The Board (US) all about how games shaped civilization & make us human. Many critics have vouched for them!

On the seventh anniversary of THIS image, here's a funny story about the elephants, Naomi Wolf and the absurdity of online nostalgia.

Reminder: I created this ADHD Creators starter pack to share so people can quickly find their favorite ADHD creators on Bluesky! go.bsky.app/9oUzfgP

2025 Award Season Screenplays — 22 Total, 2 New Scripts: Sinners, Wicked: For Good. Download 'em. Read 'em. Analyze 'em. www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a... #movies #screenwriting

Activation codes for the Winter Soldier

just an fyi for portland ppl, this ursula exhibition is going on until february, it's free, and has a ton of her maps. plan for spending over an hour if you really want to take it all in www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...

"According to Tolkien, creating a fantastical world that feels real is even more difficult than describing the real one we live in — fantasy, to him, is an higher and more difficult art than realism."

On Monday night, MIT fusion scientist Nuno Loureiro was shot dead in his home. Today, Trump Media announced a merger with fusion power company TAE Technologies. I'm not saying these facts are connected, but it does sound like a solid basis for a cheesy '90s thriller.

Oh wow, suddenly you have a desperate need for social and artistic skill sets? Amazing. Anyway, eat a cold loaf of Satan's ass cheese, fellas.

Love this analysis

incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works

Websites are showing me AI-generated slop ads for fake, non-existent “products.” Modern life is rubbish.

I know the Larian thing was not particularly about voice acting but it does seem especially egregious to dive into AI bullshit when I’ve seen roughly 1000 videos of the Baldur’s Gate voice actors reading their favorite lines or doing Let’s Plays or generally being incredible ambassadors for the game

I don’t like AI actress Tilly Norwood because she’s nothing and means nothing, I like Mary Elizabeth Winstead because she was in The Thing and fought The Thing this isn’t rocket science

What gets me about executives at movie/videogame studios being taken aback at consumer backlash to AI is that they seem genuinely surprised that we like the human beings that make the things that we like

BREAKING on MS NOW: Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."

People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.

Become ungovernable

Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels, that action, hence borne out, May waste the memory of the former days.

“If you don’t fix what’s broken, you’ll go insane.” — Max Rockatansky

America has spent the last decade normalizing a lying idiot crook and, well, here we are.

This is *hilarious*. I actually barked an angry, triumphant laugh.

PenguinRandomHouse are running a good COUNT ZERO deal with BookBub, US ebook price reduced to $1.99 from December 15 to December 20!