The line is around the block for The Secret Agent at the Roxie. Love that so many locals had the same idea on New Year’s Day.

no tunnel but the tunnel whose contours we identify for the purposes of finding its exit, no light but the one we follow to better times

Marty? Supreme? You mean Martin Scorsese?

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

A correction was made on Feb. 13, 2025: A picture caption with an earlier version of this article, relying on information from Getty Images, misidentified the semiaquatic rodents shown in the image. The photograph showed nutria, not beavers. The image has been replaced.

The first century was a good time to be a Pliny. Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger both elevated Plinyhood to new heights. Truly the golden age of Plinys.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/w...

The Dinner Light

looking for a last minute gift at williams sonoma

i wish hippos came in pet size and you could keep one as a pet

And Tiny Gawain who did NOT die

Christmas trees in the city by Hiroshi Nagai

‘Tis the season #DoctorWho

Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty

Whatever you do, don't bring up the marinara's divorce.

If there’s anything I love more than high ground, it’s moral high ground. Never watched this, never will.

Power came back on in Cole Valley around 9. Hope everyone sees the light soon.

Olive Theatre Donalsonville, GA

love when the weather conspires with my subconscious to declare a soup day

i love america

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

Oh, it's just incredible and effortless how Kristen Stewart dismantles and diagnoses the pathology and ego of Brando (and... well, all the dudes in Hollywood) here. www.youtube.com/shorts/_h-iK... There's just so many parallels to tech in this. And I'm so glad she's solid in herself to just SAY it.

Walt Simonson Beta Ray Bill cover. 👊🏿

The scariest pop-culture sentence you will read this year: the guy who produced A Minecraft Movie wants to make a Calvin and Hobbes movie.

20 years ago tonight, Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell enjoyed a Lazy Sunday:

how many of those trader joe’s tim tam knockoffs are you legally allowed to eat in one go

*guy who's been watching Pluribus voice* Getting a lot of Pluribus vibes from the new Spielberg trailer

Tokyo Godfathers is one of the best films of this century. A key reason is that it portrays Tokyo with an almost overwhelming level of care and detail. Satoshi Kon and his team moved mountains to make this film's world feel real — as we explore today: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/satoshi-ko...

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1716

“On behalf of Director Park Chan-wook's new film, we are cordially inviting all Fortune 500 CEOs to a special screening of NO OTHER CHOICE. This is truly a film that speaks to our gracious executive leaders and the culture they have cultivated.” Beast mode shit.

This is incredible (good news too): “After a 40% fall in 2024 in battery equipment costs, it’s clear we’re on track for another major fall in 2025…The economics for batteries are unrecognizable, & the industry is only just getting to grips with this new paradigm” www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...

Got told I look good for my age which I assume is due to the coffin I sleep in.

CHARLIE BROWN: I'm depressed. LUCY: It’s because of mainstream media cowardice. In an age of lies, telling the truth is a huge risk. Are you afraid of being silenced because of your “privilege”? How ’bout for the crime of listening to a diversity of opinions?

addicted to stretching. contorting, wrapping limb around limb. doing this round the clock, with no end in sight, in the pursuit of something unobtainable. love hearing my spine click and, also, clack.

THEY'VE PUT ME ON THE POCKETSTATION COOP. I'M BEING RENDERED IN A 32 BY 32 GRID OF MONOCHROME PIXELS. THE BOYS BACK AT QUANTICO SAID THEY'RE GOING TO RELOCATE ME TO A "DOKO DEMO ISSYO" UNTIL THEY CAN GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT.

Truth Coming Out of Her Well

Follow your nose to rescue lost sheep in the atmospheric world of The Free Shepherd. Coming to PlayStation 5 and Steam in 2027. Learn more: thefreeshepherd.com

Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.

Skarsgård on Skarsgård is the only actor on actor video worth watching this year youtu.be/DlY30mE5cE4

Here he is taking the photo.

all i want for christmas is less of “why is die hard a christmas movie” and more of “why klaus is the greatest christmas movie ever”

You Can Beat Heartburn With Sleep.

bird school is going to be hell with that first name

did… did the dog write this recipe