The time has come. To go flagrantly, and brazenly, NOG MODE. Merry Christmas to all.

"The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: 'Like Prime, but with human beings.'"

I am interested in cool places to eat, drink, explore in Madrid, Bilbao, San Sebastián, and Barcelona, if you have them.

Positively MOWING through a big tin of Quality Streets this season.

Donald Trump’s war on narcoterrorism is misguided. Cocaine is not the problem #Opinion from @johnsemley3000.bsky.social

For the @thestar.com, I wrote about the return of a peculiar 1980s phenomenon: the U.S. war on “narcoterrorism.” The ‘80s are back! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

In yesterday’s matchup against the Browns, veteran Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer posted an impressive 11 tackles and an interception. Could the secret to his success be…ayahuasca? I spoke to Poyer about his “journey,” before the NFL season started, for @wired.com. www.wired.com/story/can-ps...

Amazing (fake [for now…]) New Yorker cartoon collab with @juiceone.bsky.social. Pulitzer incoming?

Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety. We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read: newrepublic.com/article/2041...

Toyed with trying to pitch something on this, but there’s something to be said about how this show rewires the insane mix of homophobia and homosexuality (or homosociality) that abounds in hockey dressing rooms.

Try not to let this crass scandal distract from a dominating Sabres victory.

A game-changing weight loss drug is coming. It's called Retatrutidue--think Ozempic x3. It's not yet FDA approved. But that hasn't stopped it from cropping up in grey market pharmacies, finding a loyal fan base among weight-lifters, body-hackers, and people looking to lose (more than) a few LBs.

I hope the profile includes the rare Al Roker Today Show Charlie Brown.

I see the rigged NFL is continuing apace for the biggest game of the year.

Personally I wouldn’t let either do either. But it’s honestly not really my problem.

At long last, my thoughts on the movie of the moment: boxd.it/c5Zeih

I don’t think I’ve ever actually craved an item on the 7-11 “Craveables” menu. Maybe someday. As they say “there ain’t no river that don’t contain a bend.”

These guys had never worked a day in their lives before this.

so glad we published this fascinating dive into retatrutide by @johnsemley3000.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/people...

For @wired.com : a new weight loss injectable is outperforming all competitors. Users are calling it a miracle. The catch? It’s not currently only available in online grey market “research chemical” pharmacies. Meet “Reta,” the drug that makes Ozempic look like Atkins. www.wired.com/story/people...

Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008. Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.

Why isn’t he rocking the tummy-tucking male shapewear black t-shirts anymore?

Retatrutide, originally developed by Eli Lilly, has found a loyal fan base—even though clinical trials of the drug still haven’t finished. www.wired.com/story/people...

I enjoyed following the @wxpnfm.bsky.social Best Covers countdown. Lots of great music, and also made me realize that some songs simply cannot be improved upon. A great example of the latter is "Wuthering Heights."

@phillyfilmsociety.bsky.social is Bi Gan's RESURRECTION opening locally any time soon?

A game-changing weight loss drug is coming. It's called Retatrutidue--think Ozempic x3. It's not yet FDA approved. But that hasn't stopped it from cropping up in grey market pharmacies, finding a loyal fan base among weight-lifters, body-hackers, and people looking to lose (more than) a few LBs.

So happy that Bernie is on the AI case.

For @thestar.com I wrote about this most important thing happening in the world right now: the revival of the RUSH HOUR movies. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Fake Ella McCay fans are everywhere. They need to be called out for suppressing the box office. Even-especially—if you count them as “friends.”

On our site, John Semley reviews Kathryn Bigelow’s “House of Dynamite” and two other new films that take on 1970s political proceduralism through the apocalyptic lens of our dead-end present.

some thoughts on the Big Kill Bill: letterboxd.com/john209/film...

Does McDonald's really have to stoop to advertising at this point? How many people aren't aware of the McDonald's brand, in 2025?

Go Birds say it back! tonight we are “Bolting DOWN.”

Phillip Rivers coming out of retirement.

I can do this and I literally weigh two hundred and fifty pounds. Not that impressive.

It’s always interesting to me that the most public libertarians who seem to sincerely value those principles end up renouncing tjem, in time. Same thing happened to Neil Peart, who went from a hardcore Randian to, in his own words “a bleeding heart libertarian.”

Just bought a paper from a newsboy on the street who was clanging his bell and yelling “EXTREE! EXTREE! CHIEFS DYNASTY DISMANTLED! OFFICIALS DECLARE IT MAHOVER!”

imagining the Chiefs-free NFL playoffs…

How I feel being statistically eliminated from the fantasy football playoffs in all three leagues:

Someone help me with this: what’s the context of this pin? Was there ever circa the early 80s, some sort of anti-Buffalo sentiment? is it Vince Ferragamo related?

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

I think the Lime-style scooter was the more perfect mousetrap: you look less stupid riding it around, and yet the haters still get to make fun of you for doing it. win-win.

The whole Olivia Nuzzi thing makes having an affair with RFK Jr. seem like more trouble than it’s worth. A lesson to the rest of us!

Our Sabres CHOKING in a national time slot. Brutal! As always!

The paranoid thriller exemplified 1970s cinema, and recent movies like “The Mastermind” and “House of Dynamite” channel Cold War unease. But as John Semley writes, the present day predicament isn’t just paranoid—they really are out to get us.

In honor of the anniversary of the day 63 years ago when Khrushchev decided to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba, I have a piece in Time magazine reflecting on the importance of alliances: time.com/7327385/less... #History🗃️ Huge thanks to @carlygoodman.bsky.social and @cmcknichols.bsky.social

he should go the Jazz! I know one person who would be court side...

tfw the word count is 750 but i've only got 100 words worth of ideas.