HAMNET (Chloé Zhao, 2025)

I think @ajhan.bsky.social makes the correct point here — it’s not that the kids look older, as befits the actor’s ages. It’s that the show doesn’t let the kids AGE, and so they all seem trapped in amber like they’re uncanny action figures of themselves

excited for these ancient children and also all of us as a society to finally move on from the upside goddamn down already

stop complaining about how much you hate pie and start sending all your unwanted pies to me

kate beckinsale is a rare shining example of "why are you like this (complimentary)"

Finally. My big 2800 word essay about One Battle After Another and its black women characters is live. www.vulture.com/article/blac...

... in which @thefienprint.bsky.social and @ajhan.bsky.social admit to loving ALL'S FAIR. I kid! A handful of good recs and many more great insights here, as usual.

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

i did not technically review Now You See Me Now You Don’t but i do feel i’ve said all i needed to say about it

This is excellent, and great fun to read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.

this is literally never not accurate

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

just launched my new weekly column at MovieWeb, Memory Holed – starting with a look back at why we memory-holed Shane Black's The Predator:

run don’t walk to your local cinema for an absolutely incredible 3-for-2 deal on elle fannings right now

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Maybe Zohran Mamdani should have come out for ending the shutdown so Democratic Senators could have opposed it.

Every single person in Little Village fighting ICE/BP this week, each one of those people had more courage than the entire party leadership put together. Every single person in the street resisting in LA, Portland, Chicago, they're ALL showing more backbone than useless top tiers of Dem apparatus

Anybody who has watched the Times pull this shit for ages knows this game. Good piece.

One lesson of the Sandwich Guy Case is now more than ever when you are called to jury duty you should go

Must-read from Alexis Coe at Rolling Stone. "They are flown out by helicopter while their constituents die waiting for treatment. Every republic leaves a record of what it chose to save first. Ours saved the politicians." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

:') www.theverge.com/report/81448...

ok this is what a bunch of sesame street characters would look like without their fur

I quite liked ALL HER FAULT, and if you're like, "wait I thought you said yesterday it sucked," this is your PSA that ALL HER FAULT and ALL'S FAIR are two completely different shows premiering 2 days apart.

game 7 cheney dead mamdani mayor this november has been relentless (complimentary) and we are only 4 days in

I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”

I think Dick Cheney’s death today highlighted this divide. The Democrats who still say shit like “reach across the aisle” and praise evil people are playing to a political audience that no longer exists. Mamdani wasn’t cruel to Cuomo in a Trumpism style, but he didn’t concede anything either.

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.

“You are ruined; you are a ruined human being. Something that was whole and good in you is irrevocably broken now.” @barryp.bsky.social on the Blue Jays’ loss is so dark and so wonderful (gift link) defector.com/toronto-will...

until today I did not even know Metacritic had an “overwhelming dislike” score

Please, Californians, help make sure #YesOnProp50 happens... or I WILL RELEASE THE OTHER "JOKES." To prove that this is not an idle threat...

today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts. Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.

"There are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue." Damn, what a coincidence. All these news orgs keep laying off the same types of people while a bilious, rapey, leather-faced buffoon provides them cover and shakes them down for money to build a library named for a man who does not read.

Stock videos of people eating in reverse

i’m new to this “being a baseball fan” thing what do we do now until spring

the only team I was rooting for was extra innings so I have already won and can only keep winning

it’s always so exciting when they cut to the dugout and i get to find out what a guy looks like without his hat

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

Not quite the all time butt-related promo

Stories like this around people rising to meet the SNAP crisis are easy to frame as inspirational and I appreciate the reporting here that stresses that this is a crisis of the government's making with long-term consequences that individuals alone cannot fix.

On the Blue Jays’ class toward Alex Vesia, who is away from the Dodgers while dealing with a family emergency right now:

happy halloween to what many people believed was the greatest tweet of all time

A. CARLIN: I did it. C. REICHART: Did what? A. CARLIN: The rock. D. GRAY: You did?! V. FRANKLIN: Amy!! J. VAN PELT: Aaaaaaaahahaha! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...