Much-vaunted Swiss efficiency does not extend to passport control, it seems.

Big “Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" energy from Scott Pelley here.

Even funnier, I think, if you imagine it with a Schwarzenegger accent ...

@007dossier.bsky.social @javitru.bsky.social @thespycommand.bsky.social Vintage early 60s Bond on Criterion Channel -

Heading off for residency number two of 2026, a month at Chateau de Lavigny. My intention is to have a near-total internet/news fast for the month (we shall see how my willpower is), so I will see you all again in July. Have a safe and happy summer.

I hope all my LA friends will work to ensure this outcome.

Will never, ever set foot in Langer's again.

Although I confess to not loving the finale quite as much as everyone else seems to (relax, I liked it plenty), this is a fine appreciation of the entire trajectory of this lovely, memorable series.

PSG v London's own, Arsenal. Without Immigration, Arsenal would be fielding 0 Players.

This is so self-evidently 100 percent correct that it continues to blow my fucking mind to see so many professed leftists line up behind this guy because he seems, you know, decent.

I'm glad to see Steyer takes super super seriously protecting people, including trans, from malign influences. Becerra has been protecting and advocating for gay and trans rights his entire career, beginning in 1996. I voted for Becerra. www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/x...

Today's soundtrack. open.spotify.com/album/34Sh6T...

why don't you watch the Monterey Bay Aquarium live jellyfish cam and maybe you'll calm down

Good. Fuck him. Go build your Bond villain lair somewhere else. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/w...

a time-honored tradition for key affiliates of disintegrating Nazi regimes

Remember! Waymo is ICE. Waymo hands over your photo and location data to ICE without requiring a warrant or anything—just to help them. Stay woke. #philly

Boycott Uline, a shipping supplies company owned by the Uihlein family. When you buy their products, you're financing right-wing cruelty and corruption.

Support the newly formed Dark Horse union by signing this petition!

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Dark Horse Workers United . Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/da...

Power Lines Drawing #14 (Hamtramck) Original drawing for sale at my store 8" x 10" black ink on paper $200 USD marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/powe...

Another Tuesday, another person talking about their "fiction novel" ...

I knew some homeless people in Los Angeles They weren't drug addicts & they sure as hell weren't animal abusers They were decent people who could NOT find an affordable place to live Fuck Spencer Pratt:

Today’s hot take: Wes Anderson peaked with Rushmore.

My near-daily reflection that McCartney has so many melodic masterpieces in his throwaways that any one of those would be another artist's proudest moment.

And now they are all gone. RIP Sonny Rollins.

😢

Chatterton himself, who seems cursed by the gods to repeat in the public square, as a blandishment to the powerful, the one same idiocy for all his life, is kind of a mythic figure at this point.

#SouthCarolina, vote for @drannieandrews.com‼️ ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

I tried CITADEL. Every bit as bad as I'd heard.

Your Saturday morning present. Enjoy!!

On the anniversary of Roger Moore's passing, a reprint of my 2017 remembrance, originally published in LARB. eternal.beehiiv.com/p/tell-me-mo...

"You’re just lucky to be conscious for a limited amount of time, and what you’re able to do with your consciousness is up to you. You don’t win anything. There’s nothing to win." —artist Frank Stella, interviewed by Sheila Heti

I honestly cannot begin to comprehend the kind of mentality that thinks it is a winning move to release an incomplete draft of, well, anything.

Get rid of every one of them.

Bell's remains my favorite California restaurant, and I'm glad to see it continues to get love from EaterLA. (Though they neglect to mention the smashing wine list.) la.eater.com/dining-repor...

The ICC should swear out an immediate warrant for this man's arrest.

Hallo Den Haag, Post van het IDF en Ben Gvir! @minister-president.bsky.social @ministerbz.bsky.social

This is how the Israeli minister Ben-Gvir is treating the European hostages Israel kidnapped in International Waters. Where is the outrage? Our Media and Politicians are owned, get them OUT.

Israeli fascist and minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, posted a video of himself on Twitter abusing the illegally kidnaped and detained members of the Global Sumud Flotilla while yelling “Welcome to Israel, we are the owners of the house".

I hate AI, would never use it. But I hesitate to toss Soderbergh and Tokarczuk on the pyre without a little more thought. In SS's case, this feels consistent with his interest in using all kinds of tech to make films. Not sure about the details with Tokarczuk but I find myself wanting to know more.

This is why I use an email client and very rarely, if ever, check email via my browser.

This is how you do it.

Talking of disgraced Nobel Prizewinners, can't help giggling at Susan Sontag's oddly trivial response to Peter Handke's genocide denial. Finished in New York you say? He'll never eat at Elaine's again? That'll teach him, ay I'm walkin' here etc

Only thing worse than a mansplainer is a comic book store clerk mainsplainer. The things I endure for my kiddo …

The Bad Place would like to welcome its newest resident. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

Finished this today. A few quibbles, but overall quite lovely and most definitely recommended. Ravishing details, quiet power.

Gotta say, I love seeing Gen Z types wearing McCartney concert tour T-shirts …

No good guy in this one, but an excellent day nonetheless to say Fuck Elon.