i believe there are about a hundred and fifty million people like me who would pay $17 to watch benicio del toro as sergio st. carlos plan and execute a tight sunday costco run before he has to man the barbecue after his niece's afternoon soccer game (run time: 2 hours 20 minutes)

Jays. Chiefs. Europe. A good day, Sports.

Griffin’s definition of fascism as palingenetic ultranationalism—specifically a reactionary nostalgia for a lost history of the nation that never existed—remains undefeated. A nostalgia for a type of bread that is ubiquitous, created in the 20th century, and rage towards bread as old as civilisation

When I see people on here unknowingly join moral panics around child safety and technology, I think about how the future of this very platform hangs in the balance of this legislation that is designed to force us back onto big tech platforms. It’s not about the kids. It’s about all of us

My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com

This is an excellent subscription for film lovers - the recent newsletter on Jaws 50th anniversary was a terrific mix of smart insights and joyful enthusiasm.

First performance of the night that has me interested in seeing the show

A wonderfully absurd film, and along with Superman and Hoosiers, my childhood entry point into his work.

Strap in, nerds...

This is disappointing news about 105.9 The Region: fun personalities and excellent local journalism that has always been a good listen. As they restructure, I hope they can find a way to retain the talent that made them what they are. www.bradfordtoday.ca/local-news/l...

not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff

This is good. Not because these guys are particularly likely to reoffend, but because this seems like a situation where deterrence has the capacity of making other fools take a beat before they grab onto anybody.

Happy 2025 = 45², the first “square” year since 1936, the next being 2116. Its digit sum is also a square: 2+0+2+5 = 9 = 3². This last happened in 1681 and next occurs in 2304. And not since 900 has the year divided by the digit sum been a square too: 900/9=100 = 10² & 2025/9=225 = 15² QED. 👀🎉😁

What a statistic…

Oooh, coming in just at the wire, @kickstarter.com has included One Billion Users in the "Projects We Love" category! See why Kickstarter loves our game! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

I was interviewed with Quinn McGowan of Bingo World and Gaming for the "Connecting the Community" podcast hosted by @marjandre.bsky.social - sharing about the impact of charitable gaming for organizations in our comminity. marjaw.podbean.com/e/the-win-wi...

The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books. (with apologies to @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social and @harkaway.bsky.social)

I've pledged. This is an excellent media source - and as a Mille Bornes fan, the game sounds fun too!

A terrific episode: illuminating conversation and/or palatable dissents about films I enjoy, compelling introductions to films I don't know yet, and overall has me excited to hear Part Three.

This morning's "Facebook Memory" prompt is a joke post from 15 years ago with fellow journalism-school friends about experimenting on a new-ish social media site where our first-year weekly assignments to write headlines would come in handy.

I have family who do this and I can't actually hate that they do it theonion.com/mom-spends-1...

Celebrating Toronto live performance tonight.

dunno if you guys saw this but the order behind benedictine college was not super happy with harrison butker's comments

Life changing suggestion. Remember - sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I would prefer to believe in magic.

The fact that the Atlanta Falcons played in the NFC West as well greatly confused my childhood understanding of American geography.

The speculation in this piece--that the best casting Oscar will go to the movie with the most acting nominations--is a great argument for not adding the award. The Oscars don't need a "Most Best Acting" prize. That's not what the craft of casting is about. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars...

Slate Movie Club: The 21st and last installment, in which Dana Stevens wraps it all up for us. Thanks to everyone who has followed along and endured this crazy nesting thread. On to 2024 movies! slate.com/culture/2023...

Tonight’s concert: the Songs of 007 performed by Rebecca Perry and Colin Asuncion.Intrigued to see what these performers will bring.