THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2: Andy Sachs comes back to Runway not as an editorial staffer, but as a union organizer.

Do you ever read a headline and just know the writer was sweaty?

While we're at it, let's also all remember that underage girls are not "young women." They are children.

Because this is what we all want. To spend our time haggling with insurance companies for the best deal.

A govt shutdown is like a strike in the sense that before you start it you MUST have a concrete idea of what your leverage is and what will cause your opponent to fold. Ironically the Dems' strongest leverage point was probably "fucked up Thanksgiving travel" and they folded just before it came.

just a reminder that the 8 Dems who folded need to vote again later in the week (thanks to dumb senate procedure, unsurprisingly) light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM

Escape from L.A. because of this scene specifically. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3HO...

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

A marketplace no one can afford is not a marketplace at all.

Where the fuck is Cornyn?

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

Oh the FSAs. The FSAs where you have to pay and get reimbursed. So you're paying twice. And have to keep track of receipts and take time to apply. And assume you'll get the reimbursement from the federal offices they gutted. And the reimbursement doesn't include the taxes you paid. Those FSAs?

Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542 Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224 King (ME) 202 224-5344 Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324 Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152 Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521 Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841 Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451 Masto (NV) 202 224-3542 Warner (VA) 202 224-2023

Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.

As a freelancer, I am very excited for when this federal money lands in my completely nonexistent FSA 😀

Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

Ah yes, the "heyday" when barely anyone talked about the publication!

Just saying, if you go vote for mayor today you get a special Halloween themed sticker!

me, too, and yet 😭

I'm sorry, but if you say "bi-AH-pic," you're an absolute sicko!!!

Among the most foolish and depressing decisions I've made this year: reading Facebook comments about the government shutdown.

Interesting. I wonder why they won't say from whom! Surely it can't be because they are laundering manufactured outrage... That sure would be irresponsible.

Queen Latifah arriving to The Jennifer Hudson Show set.

Looney Tunes is in the top 10 TV series streaming on Tubi. I chatted with them about why that is and argued for why FAST and AVOD make an ideal home for classic animation.

Put Katja Herbers in it!!!!

CA governor Gavin Newsom vetoed both of the major AI bills on his desk that Silicon Valley meaningfully opposed—one making it illegal for bosses to use AI to fire workers with no oversight, one requiring chatbot sellers to ensure their products do not harm children before marketing to them.

Trying very hard to figure out what "anthropomorphic" is supposed to mean here and coming up blank.

Two loved ones gone within a month of one another. I'm out of words. This fucking sucks. I love you to the moon and back, Cookie. Thank you for teaching me that no matter what happens, life is better when you keep your heart open. I hope wherever you are, you have a cold drink and a fresh baguette.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Love it when one of these creeps says the quiet part out loud. As many others have already said, the only "exciting" thing one can say about an AI "actress" is that she can't age, express an opinion, or say "no." If you like that, you might need to examine your feelings about actual, human women.

We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.

Federal workers won't be getting paid, but President Bridezilla simply must have his special little party room!

The proliferation of online disinformation targeted at women, which falsely claims that the most effective forms of woman-controlled contraception are dangerous, is an underrated part of the right’s weaponization of epistemic collapse.

👋 Hi, investigative reporter here. Accountability matters. If you know about crimes committed by service members, send me a tip. You can reach me on Signal at JosePagliery.46

[shaking my head at the global economy] more like gloomberg, amirite

Doing very important research today

I wrote about how our weak, screen-addicted president is bullying the weak, Trump-addicted medium of television. For @newrepublic.com, on the TV beat: newrepublic.com/article/2000...

One upside of the fast-slow transformation (collapse?) of TV is that, every once in a while somebody writes an investigative opus that pulls back the curtain on some new grotesque nook or cranny. @lurabardley.bsky.social has written one of those pieces: www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

Took less than a week after he returned. Incredible! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...

Golden Bachelor has come out of the gate strong with some of the most painful words in the English language: "I know he said those things on the podcast, but..."

Sources tell us that PPPWI isn't scheduling abortions after September 30 in an apparent bid to remain in the Medicaid program. Planned Parenthood Federation of America claimed earlier this month that it wasn't considering allowing affiliates to drop abortions. Now one apparently will:

It's a wonderful time of year to draw 90 percent of my sustenance from cold brew and little treats and then spend the rest of my time asking, "Why do I feel like I'm dying?"

These numbers are fantastic! Based on my reporting last week, it also seems that a big part of what's needed for future sustainability is to shore up ad rates on these platforms so that cultural influence and profitability can once again be directly proportional. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

[*Jim Broadbent in MOULIN ROUGE* voice*]: "Everything's going so weeeeeellllllllll!" www.vulture.com/article/disn...

Crucial part of the Leno/Letterman Tonight Show succession mess: Leno’s good-soldier campaign to glad hand and charm the affiliates, which was a much savvier approach than, say, making a funny show whose clips might be of interest/value decades later

Part Two of this story is now live. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...