all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

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This isn't even my team, but this giveaway is amazing and I need it real bad.

It’s all come to this. Good Omens Season 3 debuts on Prime Video May 13.

I wrote about it www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

I used to dream of times like this. (Is she playing Constance again? I must know!!) #AmericanHorrorStory

Absolutely the fuck not.

Jo's big secret is out as #ForsytesPBS reaches its midpoint, and, if anything, it only serves as a reminder that in this particular adaptation of John Galsworthy's epic, it's the women who are holding this entire production together. @lacymb.bsky.social recaps:

Social media en toto is losing relevance + utility. We will not see another "global water cooler" like peak twitter again in the medium-term. This is not specific to Bsky. Threads has a broken algo AND the worst of the griftfluencer class. These are just the times we live in. New things will emerge

For All Mankind Season 5 Episode 2 Review: The Hard Six As For All Mankind Season 5 continues, Lee's in danger of getting sent back to Earth to stand trial for a crime almost no one thinks he committed. That sounds like a job for Ed Baldwin.

Rather than pursue either of the unfortunate options for reviewing THE DRAMA, I wrote about spoiler culture, the outsized role of marketing, and access journalism (and criticism) in contemporary moviemaking. Might be self-indulgent but it's important to me!

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A fire into many flames divided, yet never dimmed by sharing of its light. #HappyEaster

Everyday a new supervillain origin story.

I wrote about the Supergirl trailer and how much I hate the idea that women protagonists have to be role models to be heroic. www.slashfilm.com/2136097/supe...

NYT not linking or acknowledging original reporting has been a punchline in media circles for so long but it does seem like it’s becoming harder to get away with. This on top of having a reader inform you that a book reviewer used AI to plagiarize is the worst of all journalistic worlds

Genuinely don't think I could possibly love Ilia Malinin more. The cat dad truths!

“For all its dystopian setting and authoritarian trappings, it’s actually a fairly relatable and compelling teen drama,” writes @lacymb.bsky.social about THE TESTAMENTS.

Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the cross to every station.

New — I wrote about how journalists proudly using AI to help them write their stories obscures the deeply human process that makes journalism a societal necessity, and one that feeds the soul of those who create it. Hope you’ll give it a read. I promise I wrote the whole thing.

Blessed Good Friday to all who celebrate. ✝️

I *fully* expect Ed to go and live with aliens at the conclusion of the series 👽

Hulu's #TheTestaments is a shockingly timely return to Gilead, and a fictional universe many people likely thought had run out of things to say. My review at @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

Hulu's #TheTestaments is a shockingly timely return to Gilead, and a fictional universe many people likely thought had run out of things to say. My review at @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

Oh so now copyright matters.

Godspeed, Artemis II 💙

For my fellow #Talamasca mourners, some photos from the #NYCC press room last Fall that I never managed to upload.

If writing about TV (as a professional critic, reporter, and/or editor) is your thing, you should apply to be a member of @tvcritics.org ! The deadline for applications is midnight PT on April 17. Apply here: www.tvcritics.org/apply

Highland cows – how these unlikely social media stars were forced into hiding

When the birthright citizenship decision comes out, people will say it could never have gone any other way, that the law was obvious. But the mere fact that SCOTUS took on the case is evidence enough that we are living in a time of democratic precarity.

I'm really not sure why so many people *who are lucky enough to be employed as writers* seem to actually hate the act of wriitng, but it's pretty darn infuriating, let me tell you!

Bursting with charm, color, and immediately swoon-worthy suitors, #TheOtherBennetSister shows us a Mary striking out on her own — from Longbourne to London and into a life of her own choosing. #JusticeforMary

Extremely disappointed that AMC cancelled #Talamasca, so I wrote about Gasper, unrealized potential, and why the network should find a way to keep Jasper and Guy in the Immortal Universe:

Watched the Supergirl trailer, and I, for one, fully support the subgenre of movies that posit if someone hurts your dog, you get to murder a lot of people over it.

Since the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has already been shut down and many people have already lost their jobs, this probably doesn't mean all that much in the immediate term. But, public media is still a good thing and this decision could help restore some of what was lost in the future.

This Summer, find your place in the universe. #Supergirl lands in theaters June 26.

As so often happens, Jeremy Irons's presence elevates everything about the second episode of #TheCountofMonteCristo, lending the show a prestige gravitas it hasn't really earned. @lacymb.bsky.social recaps:

I expect this from the WH as it is run by vainglorious pissbabies. But these are deeply disturbing, cowardly, and credibility-torching choices by Getty and AFP.

It’s getting hotter outside, and also at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. The two giant pandas — Bao Li and Qing Bao — at D.C.’s zoo are flirting, a sign that means the two bears could successfully mate in the coming years, zookeepers said. https://wapo.st/3Q9fvbv

I am on #TheForsytes beat for its first season at @tellyvisions.bsky.social, which means that it's time to talk about both this show's remarkably awesome women and Danny Griffin's remarkably terrible flashback wig.

So fun fact, you don't need any AI to build a custom feed. I made a tutorial here that covers everything you need to know to make a basic feed using SkyFeed! The advice is meant for artists looking to build a personal art feed, but anyone can use it for general feeds. bsky.app/profile/spir...

Ilia Malinin is back! He won his third world championship in a row! The next Winter Olympics is four years away, but his road to redemption started with, you guessed it, quads. Gift link:

The concept of being one of the handful of people still paid to review books at a legacy outlet and deciding to do this bullshit.

haters are one of Chicago’s most vital exports. they don’t grow them like that anywhere else. if you have been hated by someone from Chicago you never forget it. Leo talks like a guy who has to call up his confessor twice a day to yell about some new Truth Social post that’s making him see knives

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My abbreviated review of Project Hail Mary.

Six weeks after the Olympic gold-medal favorite finished in eighth place, the "quad god" Ilia Malinin retained his world championship title for the third year running.

Extremely disappointed that AMC cancelled #Talamasca, so I wrote about Gasper, unrealized potential, and why the network should find a way to keep Jasper and Guy in the Immortal Universe:

Free DC. #NoKings

It pisses me off so much when I see those ChatGPT ads where someone gets advice for sticking to a running routine or opening a restaurant — all that information is stolen from folks who have done actual research studies, run trials, written blogs, published essays & books. Fucking thievery.