can't remember whether I've ever shared my Predator essay here, but it feels like a good time to do so

Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...

Predator: Badlands (2025)

Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.

Video shows massive waves rising and crashing along the Catanduanes coastline in the Philippines, as Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall, killing at least two people and displacing 1.4 million others.

DING DING DING www.slashfilm.com/2020852/plur...

So all of the attempted coup (insurrectionists isn't strong enough) members have been pardoned at this point, right? The J6'rs and the fake elector people.

What in the puck is going on here?

The government is at war with... The government. share.google/Cfxh5oeDZvZd...

Black Hole Sun had people going through some things. #Soundgarden #RockAndRollHallOfFame

Took this picture of OutKast and Goodie Mob while they were performing at the Reseda County Club in the late 90's.

The Queens from Queens, Salt-n-Pepa. #rockandrollhalloffame

WHERE'S DAWN? #ROCKANDROLLHALLOFFAME

RIP PEACE.

Great films, see them if you can. TIGER directed by Loren Waters. REMAINING NATIVE, directed by Paige Bethmann. events.humanitix.com/tiger-and-re...

Predator was cool.

USDA also asked stores not to offer discounts to people with SNAP benefits, because it would be unfair discrimination.

Downtown Los Angeles.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Michael McDonald.

Landing a 500 ton airplane on vibes is absolutely insane.

Open Bluesky at a black tie optional fundraiser and the first thing that pops on the TL is re-skeet of some CHEEKS. 🤦🏾‍♂️🍑

See current WH staff.

Can federal worker backpay be withheld? OMB reportedly deletes law from FAQ documentation | FOX 5 DC share.google/kJoDhGSnMT6i...

Hope this guy was released into the wild.

So they send them money not to pay collectively negotiated rates, but instead pay directly to insurance companies on an open market. GFL WITH THAT BULLSHIT.

"Ronald Reagan, first as California governor and later as US president, championed the idea that higher education was a private investment rather than a public good."

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

So, back in the day, we'd call this "loan sharking." Like, a quote from a literal Patriarca crime family enforcer below:

The Al Jolson of Orangeface.

Sometimes the algorithm points you in the right direction.

These Kit player albums are pretty cool.

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

Because they voted him in. Says as much about the constituents as it does him.

DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Targets Van Nuys and Panorama City, Snatching Street Vendors, Pedestrians, and Day Laborers Again Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-n...

Fear of a Black Hat.

In the Gen X parlance, "DUH". Affirm CEO: Federal employees are losing shopping interest share.google/0x1tCVTRjxz8...

"Mercenaries are ideal disruptors in a post-truth reality marked by democratic backsliding and grey-zone warfare. They divorce military adventures from their political costs because voting publics don't necessarily "feel" or even know about any deaths." www.newsweek.com/mercenary-st...

It's a very interesting show, that presents a very different take on some familiar Sci-Fi / Horror story structures.

Your body is going to call a general strike over this.

Not knowing the results of the election for over a month after the vote was insane.

The loud part out loud

Still weird, funny and moody.

Vince Gilligan goes back to his Sci-Fi roots with this one. Perfect title too. Rhea Seehorn is excellent as usual.

Meanwhile, in NYC. Anti-Defamation League says it will start an initiative to track new NYC mayor : NPR share.google/wAgnBNlg3mDs...

50% Off Criterion B&N sale! www.barnesandnoble.com/b/the-criter...

The Trump administration is suing so they don’t have to pay for food stamps. Happy almost thanksgiving!

Anyone watch Pluribus?

Trump doesn't become authoritarian on his own. He becomes that because of how many other people cede any power, and the Republicans in Congress are largely happy to become non-entities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...