One, it's brontosaurus. Two, to back up how dinosaurs were a key part of Millennials' childhoods, my preschool for some reason only put out the basket of dinosaur toys once a year. I missed that day since my sister broke her arm. It's trauma I still carry with me 35ish years later.

As someone who constantly needs to be drinking something, especially when it involves soda refills at a restaurant, I appreciate that Caity's piece on the best free restaurant bread in America is also a stealth ode to Diet Coke.

Alex Morgan being retired makes me feel incredibly old.

‘The right home for me’: Bowen Yang adds his ‘Update’ pick to ‘The Rundown’ www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

If Bradley Cooper is putting together a crew for a Vegas heist, I expect Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms to sign on.

Lucasfilm owes Alden Ehrenreich an apology. www.instagram.com/reel/DXKO5HA...

i feel like a lesson from the economy these days is that you can just say things and then you will make money

You guys OK over there?

shoes not sellin anymore? pivot to AI compute infrastructure. stonk spike almost guaranteed…. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/a...

Celebrate the Summer of Soccer with special editions of Chips Ahoy! and Ritz www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-r...

“Bradley Cooper is writing, directing and starring in an Ocean’s Eleven prequel” was not a development I saw coming.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

the irony of having a one-on-one HR layoff meeting in the conference room with my Loki mural on it

First trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero. You're gonna want to watch to the very end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-ND...

Can you handle Pop-Tarts Super Stuffed? www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-r...

It's time to stop interviewing this kid aftermath.site/clavicular-loo...

"Get off the ad crack. Infrequent moviegoers come at the showtime and hate being forced to watch endless commercials, which they don’t have to do at home where the movies are free." www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Now the pope has satellites?

It's normal to just eat a full pack of rolls, right?

In case you missed it over the weekend, here's The Cold Open's thoughts on Colman Domingo's SNL debut. www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

Staunch Trump Supporters Are Now Asking If He's the Antichrist www.wired.com/story/staunc...

Quite the cast assembled for the next Hunger Games movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS35...

“It’s ironic — the name of the site itself. Say no more.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Tonight, President Trump posted a long statement describing the Pope as "weak," "terrible" and "hurting the Catholic Church." He followed it less than an hour later by posting an image of himself as Jesus Christ.

Food Finds: Dew’s Dirty debut, Jolly Rancher Freeze Dried Mixed Berry and a Dr. Pepper Creamy Coconut returns www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-f...

This should not be the last time Colman Domingo hosts SNL. www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

Magyar’s speech is powered. From a contact in the audience: “He’s basically just asked all the puppets, all the supreme justices, all the heads of media, all the heads of the ministries to leave their jobs tomorrow and not wait to be fired.”

This should not be the last time Colman Domingo hosts SNL. www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

So, let’s game this out. A Chinese flagged tanker pays the toll and transits the strait. We interdict it? What if the tanker is escorted by a Chinese warship?

Hosting SNL can be hard. Colman Domingo made it look easy.

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz is proving to be difficult. But even if the vital waterway fully opens and oil and other necessary cargo sail out, it won't be enough to return things to normal. https://cnn.it/4e1a1Kb

i don't think that'll make the result any more precise, but sure

Three episodes left in Season 51 to see if Ashley Padilla runs away with this year's MVP without a non-Update recurring character.

I know that the NBC feeds switch over at a specific time, but cutting Colman Domingo off during goodnights is wild.

Ashley Padilla sighing "Jesus Christ ..."

Weird that Chloe Fineman is on the verge of breaking in like every sketch now.

Wildly confident monologue from Colman Domingo. The SNL vibes are starting good ...

Snackology celebrated its 200th edition with a bunch of meat. www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-r...

The box office bar was set too high for the third Avatar movie. www.theomnicosm.com/popculturolo...

If my doctor asks, I was told that organic gummies are good for me. www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-r...

SNL Season 51 will close out with Olivia Rodrigo, Matt Damon and Will Ferrell as hosts. www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

The SNL rookies pitch Colman Domingo some truly horribles sketch ideas. www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

I’ve waiting for Dirty Mountain Dew Zero Sugar to hit shelves for months. When I found it, I bought 36 cans and two bottles. www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-r...

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie made a ton of money. www.theomnicosm.com/popculturolo...

Jack Black returned to SNL only to find the Five-Timers Club in ruins. He fixed that problem — with the power of rock. www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

I also took Food Finds on the road, discovering a few new releases while driving to Rochester. www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-f...

Before Jack Black hosted SNL, I broke down five of his most important sketches. www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

I took a break from the Friday posting of The Omnicosm stories since we were out of town last week. (Hello, Strangebird and Other Half in Rochester!) The lineup of links is back this week, as is the reminder that if you love reading any of these stories, I’d love it if you became a paid subscriber.

This is a very effective SNL UK cold open. I’m sure the flagship SNL has another “James Austin Johnson as Trump freezes the cast and breaks the fourth wall” cold open ready for tonight.

Mountain Dew gets dirty, Jack Black goes Five-Timer, ‘Avatar’ up in the air, and the 200th Snackology www.theomnicosm.com/the-omnicosm...