"Already, he has been held for over 100 days in five different facilities"

If anything good can come from my arrest, I hope it's that more people demand the shutdown of the Broadview ICE facility, where humans are treated like poorly kept animals. Stop the deportations. Demand the truth about Silverio's death at ICE's hands.

Thank you, @themountaingoats.bsky.social, for clearing up this contentious bit of lyrics from “No Children”

Kaleb Horton RIP.

Probably says something about me that the first hangout shows that came to mind are work focused (Julia, Minx). But I ended up going with Grand Crew, which I felt was following in Happy Endings’ footsteps (It’s not lost on me that 3 of these shows were canceled after 2 seasons)

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on. www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Really important to internalize that the president of the United States is ordering troops into major population centers precisely to create violent confrontations, for the sole purpose of intimidating, criminalizing and disabling opposition

Had a great time talking about a great Ang Lee movie w/ Emily and Phillip. Naturally, I brought up Lee's adaptation of Sense And Sensibility, which turns 30 this year. Somewhat less intuitively I describe one of the Lust/Caution leads as "cockstruck," so this discussion went in various directions

Hmmm....

Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...

I've been terrible at promoting this, but last year I launched a brand new A.V. Club column called Women of Action, all about the history of women-led action movies. And it just celebrated its one-year anniversary with a piece about Ripley and her seismic place in the canon!

Happy birthday to Women Of Action! Here's the latest installment of @carolinesiede.bsky.social's excellent series @avclub.com

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

forget the rapture. do you remember the 21st night of september youtube.com/playlist?lis...

In Naperville, IL on Wednesday, ICE surrounded a group of documented workers replacing a residential roof. ICE agents reportedly kicked over the ladders and forced the workers to jump. The episode involved a chase with guns drawn.

Still don't see it anywhere else. Please subscribe. www.gravityisgone.com

this exists it is called thinking

The inaugural Sound And Gravity was one of the best fest experiences I’ve had in a while, focusing on exploration instead of a luxe experience (though it was nice to have access to real bathrooms) www.avclub.com/sound-and-gr...

Finding good writing on the internet shouldn't be so damn hard, which is why we've put together this weekly roundup of must-read stories from across Paste Media

Literally every game I'm playing right now is still under embargo, so I used the column this week to talk about gamebooks (using the very fun, if slightly simple, Warp Your Own Way as an in) www.avclub.com/game-theory-...

Not enough people are paying attention to a major target for Brendan Carr and the Trump admin’s crackdown on free speech: social media. It’s under bipartisan attack, even though it’s a crucial forum for reaching the public and fighting back. spitfirenews.com/p/is-anyone-...

This month's primer features a great pairing of subject (Michael Chabon) and author (@mikevago.bsky.social)

Support independent media, now more than ever. Not just news and politics, but film, TV, fashion and other cultural criticism and commentary, from podcasts to apps to good old-fashioned web sites. Pay for it. Turn your adblocker off so they can keep the lights on. Share it.

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

Anything for Selenas…and Al Capone…and Biggie…and Daddy Yankee…and Roberto Clemente…and please help me in identifying the person on the left

The first entry of our Sounds Of Blaxploitation series goes back to the beginning, for both the genre and for Earth, Wind & Fire.

I own a local publication called @thetriibe.com and we literally just need new subscribers to stay independent and sustainable. Starve the fascists and support local journalists and creatives. You can sign up or give a contribution here. thetriibe.com

Support an independent media outlet near you. tedium.co/2025/09/17/j... Fresh @tedium.co quick hit

Beyond cancelling Kimmel's show are about 200 writers and crew members in LA who just lost their full time gig.

What voters would you appeal to? Haha, oh, you know the ones

New today on the site! Our 'Teachers' issue continues, with @ruthjoffre.bsky.social on STAND AND DELIVER (🎨 by @studioralston.bsky.social)

Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵

during cbp's early-morning propaganda raid in elgin today, agents briefly detained a u.s. citizen along with 3 other people. masked agents broke down their front door and smashed a glass patio door. the photos in this @chicagotribune.com story are jarring: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/16/e...

"Your harsh words should be nicer, and your nice words should be more pointed. You wrote about this thing, but why are you ignoring that thing? If you want to know how you could have done better, here is an essay I wrote instead—can you take a look?"

I forgot that I had another Redford story in my back catalog: Connie Britton discussing his role in getting The Brothers McMullen made.

People are not mourning Robert Redford the right way because they're not talking enough about how staggeringly hot he was

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

RIP Robert Redford, a man who never settled for "just" being a drop-dead handsome movie star www.avclub.com/robert-redfo...

Robert Redford was singular. In his career, he went from being a true star, to directing thoughtful Hollywood entertainments, to being arguably the biggest champion of independent cinema in the history of the medium. His passing leaves a hole in the movies that will never be filled.

Let’s see how this bold new media strategy of making a publication no one wants to read pans out for everyone

🚨 The Fall 2025 application window for the Television Critics Association is now open! Apply before September 30 here: www.tvcritics.org/apply-for-me...

ICE killed a father of three in Franklin Park a few days ago. They are snatching people at gas stations, at bus stops, and from their homes and cars, leaving screaming, panicked children in their wake. It is a nightmare, and when ICE has amassed 10,000 new agents, it could be the new normal.

This is no time minimize or look away from what's happening in Chicago.

Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.

Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Plastic light-up swords that make swooshing sounds sold at parades $3,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

Williams was a photographer for Jet magazine. He took the photo himself. The OG selfie. Iconic. Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956

Penske Media, publisher of Rolling Stone, Variety, etc., is the first major news company to sue Google over its AI overviews. It alleges they steal Penske's content and have severely diminished Web traffic to Penske sites. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/roll...

After bingeing screeners all last weekend, I talked to Joe Wright about venturing to 1920s Italy to make the most "in these times" show www.avclub.com/joe-wright-i...