had never seen this one and it's killing me

My top 5 horror stories: -wounding the sensibilities of my charming cousins by asking *anyone* else to dance -surprising a cousin in a state of déshabille -failing to introduce myself to the nephew of my noble patroness -careless gig driving -offending my esteemed patroness, the Honorable Lady Cath

This is a good article. It's worth pointing out, too, that "statue Twitter" are not confused or misinformed, but rather proudly ahistorical in their understanding of the classics. The use of white marble statues (which were originally painted) ad profile pics is the tell.

are you just going to do this for every generation

When government thinks its role is to avoid making you feel badly about stupid things you did

4 years ago in the Telltale Games Alumni FB group, Michael Parsons was asking if anyone had advice for helping his 15 year old son Kane achieve his dreams of being a filmmaker. Turned out alright.

And this is my chance to Stan for the 1977 film Lifeguard.

the AI rollout has easily the worst messaging of any technology I’ve ever seen it’s not even so much the underlying tech - a lot of people like the chatbots - but the continued promises that it’s going to ruin your life and there’s nothing you can do about it well - you can fight data centers

In a statement to @benmullin.bsky.social, Scott Pelley disputes what Bari Weiss said in this morning's editorial meeting, claiming he was never offered "a way back" as she claimed. "These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for..."

what is going on

If you're a longtime fan of @badmachinery.com and check in with the comic every once in a while, the current arc reunites the Mystery Teens (now in their college years) and is a good time to catch up: badmachinery.com/comic/2026-0...

As someone who believes in antagonism towards elected officials, Mamdani is frustrating bc every hit piece is just “Look at this charismatic guy doing a cool and/or normal thing! Disgusting!”

Scott Pelley responds to Bari Weiss’ remarks about his departure.

oh my goodness - Lieu played Rubio a video of Trump sleeping while Rubio tried to talk to him during a cabinet meeting. Then this exchange: RUBIO: I've never seen him fall asleep LIEU: I'm gonna show you a video that shows you just lied to Congress *plays another clip of Trump sleeping by Rubio*

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For those who don’t believe it was my actual laptop.

Even Trump’s groundless fantasies about ending the Iran war painlessly have graduated into the realm of total economic catastrophe. I’m begging the business and financial world to recognize that: -he has no idea what he’s doing -he cannot resolve this situation -it will get worse until he’s gone

the last time cbs news fucked with 60 minutes this bad Michael Mann made a film about it starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe that was nominated for best picture that made all of management look like the incompetent spineless fucks that they were. anywho what’s Mike up to these days

If you go out, go out like a Scott Pelly, not like a John Cornyn. Fight evil, fight corruption, fight vapid anti-anti-Trumpism, fight the trash people ruining the country and the culture. But hey, congrats to Nick Bilton. I assume he’ll now get an invite to speak at that big FIRE conference.

Adam Hamawy is a seasoned veteran combat medic who literally saved the life of a sitting senator of the United States; volunteered to treat Bosnians and Palestinians during their genocides, helped 9/11 victims on 9/11, and this is how the NYT decides to describe him after he wins a seat to Congress.

Sure, we're inured to this because we remember Canseco doing it, but it's actually more impressive when done by modern players who aren't taking the same head-enlarging steroids that Canseco was.

“Go to sleep, we won’t know anything tonight”-these are statements from people who want you to not know. They’re going to stay up and know before you.

If you don’t refresh the page often enough the people counting the votes feel unappreciated and go slower

Oliver Darcy’s Status has obtained a statement from Scott Pelley responding to his termination by CBS News and 60 Minutes Executive Producer Nick Bilton. Full Story Here: bit.ly/3Qig8Qz (Side note: I will always be a paid subscriber to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social — worth every penny)

The SCOTUS has become so bold that they went from "This is the outcome we want, so we'll pretend/twist the law to fit the decision we want to get to" to "This is the outcome we want, so we're not even going to consider lower court rationale, apply the law, or pretend like laws matters for our side."

First day on the job and you want respect? Go right up to the most recognizable and respected guy in the newsroom and have him yell at you until you cry. Then it's time to send him a weepy email telling him how disappointed you were that he did all that. Shouldn't have any trouble after that.

I will fucking die mad that we let the stupidest people in society with medieval peasant brain ruin recognizing what should have been a moon landing level triumph

The plan wasn't to destroy CBS News/60 Minutes, it was to smoothly pivot them to being regime mouthpieces, and Wiess fucked that up badly and publicly.

A failed op-ed writer bankrolled by billionaires purging a universally liked and credible straight news journalist from 60 Minutes really has to be the height of the complete slide of American news media into a complete death spiral.

"I hope this e-mail finds you well." How this e-mail finds me:

This is the best thing LCD Soundsystem has done since they broke up

Happy pride month!

Average Rio Rancho resident, tbh

CALIFORNIA voters - legit if you're dropping off your ballot today, go to a dropbox, they're all over the place

Democrats have got to stop trimming and moderating to appeal to some imaginary "center" constituency and go HARD on issues where the oligarchs are on one side and the people are on the other.

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

I would just like to remind everyone that our (California) ballots literally got stolen off the mail truck at the last election and I only found out because my neighbor was running for mayor

There’s a shortage of slapping the shit out of people and we need a market correction on that.

After months of stress and the possibility of 10 years in prison hanging over our heads, we’re ready to celebrate. So... KAPOW and Bookclub present: I GOT INDICTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS CONCERT

I've met Nick Bilton a couple times and he's a friend of friends, so I'm going to be diplomatic here: he's a vichy collaborator who took on the job of destroying a load-bearing beacon of journalistic truth on behalf of a right-wing billionaire bc Pres DJT got his wittle feewings hert. Shame!

Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals. As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them. Go Knicks.

the last house on the left 2: your other left

I went to a special screening in Berkeley for this when it came out. Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman did a Q&A after, and for the first “question” this woman stood up and shamed Charlie Kaufman for making a comedy out of his twin brother’s death. And she was 100% serious. She then stormed out.

Uh guys. Uhhhh. Uhhh oh my god. Holy shit