Thank Gandalf It’s Friday

So who’s the hater and who’s the waiter?

But WHICH of the pronunciations of Kościuszko is Cuomo using?

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Mamdani talking like Cesar Catilina tonight (complimentary) “My opponents speak only of the past, as that’s the only thing they know. I have plans for the future.”

Help Ukraine and get a fun avi.

Hundreds of people protesting ICE in downtown manhattan right now. Reads and Broadway. NYPD cops in riot gear on scene.

Make no mistake, this is all so Cuomo can take ALL the credit for anything good on the subway and then blame Hochul for everything else.

He may have "forgotten" when he told New Yorkers stranded and suffocating on the subway to drop dead, but I dont!!!

LLM but make it a MLM.

Lol, he feeds on your disdain, NY Post

can we talk more about the crown they *dropped on the sidewalk*? Are there pics? Is there a Parisian man on the street who saw it? A flaneur perhaps?

Add in a hot air ballon and it's just a Lupin episode

Has someone checked in on this guy?

I don’t think people realize that winemoms are the backbone of local political power. The social clubs who host the county and town debate and elections? Run by winemoms. The organizers for fundraisers and campaigns? Winemoms. They are the key to local political power

ONE MAGNOLIA AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025)

IYKYK

The more I think about GDT’s Frankenstein the more annoyed I am about decisions that serve to keep The Creature a small boi who just wants love.

she learned to swim at age 59 😭

Curtis Sliwa hates Andrew Cuomo as much as he loves cats

I realized that me complaining about the solo fest scores is almost as annoying as adults complaining about how they were treated in HS athletics… except I don’t complain about my solo fest score

“The Frog is ludicrous. The Frog makes no sense. The Frog is a viral symbol of resistance against the Trump regime, and the key to understanding what has happened to discourse in the second Trump presidency.” www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

Why does @nytimes.com allow hedge fund managers to write editorials about what’s “wrong” with academia? By this logic Stanley Fish should be running op-eds on the economy.

Inshallah

As a kid? Prairie Dawn

How old would someone who fought in the Spanish Civil War be today?

If ABC is gonna show the NJ governors debate instead of Jeopardy can’t they at least call it the gubernatorial debate?!?!?

@justincchang.bsky.social excellent Q and A with Scarlett, btw!

I really really liked Scarlett

Why is the most stressful part of my day making sure that I put everyone on a calendar invite in the correct order of seniority?

This has to be the most insulting thing to ever happen to broadcast news since that awful Aaron Sorkin show.

Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally? (Thanks @fishcrow.bsky.social for the best representation of my life)

I’m trying to reconcile why I’m not as in love with Sentimental Value v WPITW and am ending up with Julie being an aspirational writing of my like and Nora being a bit too close to it

I can’t wait to Orchard Park to be covered in 5-8 ft snow later this week due to the Bills kit for this game

Filmsky - I’m trying to come up with a playlist of spooky/supernatural/dark fantasy movies that aren’t necessarily scary and could use suggestion. Currently have: Only Lovers Left Alive Kwaidan Personal Shopper Ghost Story

Which does writing suck so much? Argh.

If Tyler Cowen can weigh in on Hollywood and movies then I should be allowed to write for The Free Press on economics. Don’t they want a plethora of viewpoints?

It’s really not too late for some brave skater to change their program to the score for One Battle After Another

someone should be printing out this photo, making copies and leaving them in piles in front of both their offices

General Lockjaw everyone

Stephanie and Najia started "Deafies for Zohran" to make this movement accessible to their community. They even created a signature hand sign for “Zohran.” Sign up for a shift and wave 👋🏻 the next time you’re canvassing in Jackson Heights!

Watching University Challenge and am happy getting three or four correct… is this how normal people feel while watching Jeopardy?

2025 has been a bummer in many, many ways, but at least we’ve gotten terrific Benicio del Toro action comedies from both major Andersons.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025)

“Every film is political. Most political of all are those that pretend not to be: entertainment movies. They are the most political films because they dismiss the possibility of change. In every frame they tell you everything's fine… a continual advertisement for things as they are.” - Wim Wenders