This just in, I really enjoyed both Nuremberg and Running Man. (no, not as a double feature)

when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean

This is the ultimate “bring back a past I’m nostalgic for without recreating any of the material conditions that made that possible.” Peak MAGA brain.

Limitless filth.

the entire legacy news media is going to dissolve into a big gray sludge.

Michael Scott Screaming NO dot gif Via Lachlan Cartwright / Breaker

Putz request results in a putz move by a putz company for a putz movie. @mattbelloni.bsky.social is right — dumbest possible state-controlled media.

I mean, that's just tech in a general sense

We’d like to end today with a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down. Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.

New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply. With @readfrontier.bsky.social

Came across some quality street agitprop today

Yikes. (via @steverattner.bsky.social)

The madness of these people knows no bounds.

As threats to repro rights and gender-affirming care mount across the country, New York must do all it can to protect our personal health care decisions and ensure everyone can get the care they need. Three bills are on the Gov’s desk that would do just that. Urge her to sign them now ⤵️

There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening. I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again." HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡

His source of personal wealth is now mostly AI and Cryto related...and those AI guys love to stroke his ego so they can go on unregulated.

Average electricity cost increase since Jan: Missouri ⬆️ 37% Iowa ⬆️ 30% North Dakota ⬆️ 30% Oklahoma ⬆️ 30% New Jersey ⬆️ 27% Nebraska ⬆️ 25% Montana ⬆️ 25% Wyoming ⬆️ 23% NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11% Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

For many environmental advocates, the COP30 climate negotiations ended this weekend in disappointment. In part, experts say, that’s because of the United States, which had been noticeably absent from the summit.

Donald Trump and Republicans have been hellbent on ripping away abortion access since Day One. Nominating Thomas Bell—who wants to investigate abortion clinics—for HHS Inspector General is the latest move in their extreme anti-abortion agenda. He cannot credibly serve.

And flip-flops.

just like in Chicago before, these folks in St. Paul are standing up to armed goons in full tactical gear in nothing but pajamas

Only a criminal administration would figure out a way to make it illegal for members of Congress to call for the military to ignore illegal orders.

Breaking: BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.

I had the honor of joining one of my favorite actors, Stellan Skarsgard, to explore what role art plays in a democracy, the state of global politics, and how we can avoid the "doom loop." https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/11/25/film-stellan-skarsgard-robert-reich-sentimental-value-artists/

Campbell Soup Company has now placed the executive who reportedly mocked its "poor" customers and said the company's meat "came from a 3D printer" on leave.

The easiest thing I have ever done in my life is not use ChatGPT.

I cannot stop thinking about fact that Trump's paramilitary headed south for the winter like some 18th century army that needs to break for winter quarters.

Last year’s flu season was quite bad, and as flu cases surged, Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham forbid the health department from promoting flu vaccines! Lucky for us here at CDC, Abraham is the latest grifter to be appointed to leadership as the new Principal Deputy Director at CDC 🆘🤢

Chloé Zhao's #Hamnet is a great work of empathy and a lovely reminder of why art is important. Read @djmecca.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/telluride-re...

Good summary.

TOMORROW:

Resolved: Next presidential election, instead of a tasteless imbecile, let's elect a president willing to pressure studios to make additional "Master & Commander" movies or, at the VERY least, a wrap-up season of "The Society" that answers some basic questions.

In theaters tomorrow, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s knockout political thriller THE SECRET AGENT is sensational — from the granular evocation of 1970s Brazil to the eye-searing colors and the riveting performances, led by a revelatory Wagner Moura. Unmissable. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Hey, uh, what’s a movie franchise that doesn’t involve anyone who was ever on Epstein’s plane? Rush Hour? Yeah, Rush Hour sounds good

I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.

I cannot wait for the oral history of The Running Man so I can find out what was going on behind the scenes in the lead-up to this release

wrote a little "state of Paramount" piece because they just released a movie where someone Luigis the head of a Paramount-like entity www.avclub.com/the-running-...

cool how google is just destroying decades of accumulated human knowledge and replacing it with rent-seeking swill. A government that existed for the benefit of its citizens might consider doing something about this.

Not content with simply drinking the water, AI is now also poisoning it www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

With Harry Lighton’s sweetie-pie dom-com Pillion heating up UK theaters, the writer-director tells Ella Kemp about wrestling away from aggression, finding the domestic rituals of BDSM and capturing biker culture onscreen beyond Scorpio Rising. boxd.it/2PS

One frame after another. Explore our deep dive into the making of Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, returning on IMAX 70mm for one week only on Dec. 12: thefilmstage.com/one-battle-a...

Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.

Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea

Janis Joplin in Newport, Rhode Island, July 1968. Photo by David Gahr.

DOGE was Elon Musk’s grand experiment in running our government like one of his companies: big promises, reckless cuts, and real people left hurting. Now it’s been quietly shut down eight months early because it never came close to delivering the savings he bragged about.

An account called “MAGA NATION,” which posts exclusively pro-Trump content to its 400,000 followers, is apparently based out of Eastern Europe, according to its X profile.

South Carolina held a second hearing on Senate Bill 323, an extreme abortion ban that classifies abortion as a crime of homicide and punishable up to 30 yrs in prison. Under this bill abortion would be banned except to save the life of mother. No exceptions for rape, incest or fatal fetal anomalies.

Inspiring and hopeful. And importantly a movement that includes paid roles, increasing the ability for all to participate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...