5 best movie genres - people who are good at their demanding jobs are Troubled - people who want to smooch are also Troubled - cuties doing a crime - Vroom vroom: the movie - Napoleon is now master of Europe. Only the British fleet stands before him. Oceans are now battlefields.

Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe

'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'

I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke history is a fucking joke lmao

this is literally never not accurate

If you don't want the #Dems to cave & allow ACA health insurance costs to explode you can contact your US Senator here: senate.gov/senators/sen... & your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati... Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

Every Watson obituary should begin with some variant of "James Watson, whose uncredited use of Rosalind Franklin's research led to fame, fortune, and the Nobel Prize..."

I am once again experiencing a very specific problem for me personally, which is that when I need to write "Jacob Elordi" my hands and brain default to "Jacobi" first.

a perfect speech.

We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN

This needs to be interpreted in light of the very smart argument that “nationalizing” regional elections explains the struggles of the Democratic Party. Unlike Republicans, Democrats are *diverse* and should be able to be congruent with their locality— as long as they don’t exclude anyone.

The Mayor is here at hand.

GUYS DECISION DESK DOESNT COUNT CHILL OUT FOR NOW

i won’t believe until NY1 calls it

In Memoriam: Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War

PSA from 404 Media: you can opt-out of a data broker selling your flight travel data to the government to be searched without a warrant. Here's how I did it. This is ARC, the data broker owned by major U.S. airlines like United, Delta, American, etc www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...

The news about Teen Vogue is terrible, the latest in the long list of corporate-owned media layoffs, closures, and shifting tone and coverage. There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.

Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section. www.thecut.com/article/teen...

New awareness campaign

World Central Kitchen is mobilizing to Jamaica, please consider donating

New familiar just dropped. GO VOTE!

Still reeling from this, still need a whole lotta help to cover next year, if you feel so inclined, consider a subscription?

I really can't watch serial killer content - true crime or dramatized - with only a few exceptions, but certainly not the #Monster anthology series. @mctelevision.bsky.social hits upon why for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/10/29/o...

Do not be a doomer about this. Just call your New York friends and remind them to vote, and tell them to do the same. He is more popular and will win with good turnout.

FYI for Google Drive users.

“His hamartia” SENT me

Darth Vader was a man I mean, he was a robot man Or, maybe, he was just a robot but he was still Darth Vader! Darth Vader! (if you get this reference stand up and stretch or your back might hurt later)

brb, calling Regent's Park to let them know that Roddy Ho's vehicle has been located

Books aren't just what the writer puts in. They're what the reader puts in, too. And some readers are assholes.

Words I thought I'd never get to type again: Catch me at @avclub.com tonight, writing about Tim Robinson's latest string of onscreen humiliations and faux pas.

This is why archives need funding support. There is knowledge in analogue media that we are racing against time to preserve. #digipres #archives #library #DigitalPreservation 📚 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Wooden Overcoats forever.

Any movie clubs in or around NYC (esp. high school/college) focused on or interested in Indian cinema? Get in touch, may have something fun related to #NYFF63

These are still available!!

My latest on @avclub.com. Is everything a bit too much right now? Escape to the hilarious and cozy British podcast sitcom, Wooden Overcoats. Give a read and then a listen! Or the reverse order, you choose. Free will hasn’t been criminalized…yet.

I just called Chuck Schumer’s office and, for the first time EVER, a person answered, who then politely entered my complaints into their call log. This tells me two things: 1) They’re not getting enough calls over there, and 2) If you want to yell at Schumer, today’s the day. (212) 486-4430

And people will still say I, and all my trans colleagues are overexaggerating about the shit we go through, that "it has nothing to do with you being trans", etc etc. Cis people, call your senator, your congressman, do SOMETHING other than replying with a 🤬🤬🤬 or this blood is on your hands as well

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RIP Kaleb Horton kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

It looks like Dinosaur Field Station of NJ is closing and selling their Dino sculptures

Yes

Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

dudes rock

I am casting ONE MORE ROLE for my 90s rock audio drama, Phantom Pulse!!!! this time we're seeking an LA-based Black actor with (or comfortable with) she/her pronouns!! please share around, we want to hear from as many people as we can!!