In this interview, the Duffer Brothers say the bridge to the live action spinoff is connected to the briefcase and the stone open.spotify.com/episode/64Sh...

🔊 Zohran Mamdani has become the first Muslim mayor of New York City with a swearing-in ceremony just after midnight. Hear more on today's episode of the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/3NnMJ5A

They nailed it.

Thank you to all the people who trusted me with their stories in 2025. Regular reminder: If there's anything going on in your news organization that I should know about, I'm reachable at scottnover.99 on Signal.

All these podcasters be like ‘if Stranger Things doesn’t have the perfect ending then…I’ll… be angry!’

Can someone explain to me how Hopper and El ended up in a hearse in that episode of #strangerthings? Did I miss a scene?

Not a right to free speech, a right to monologue bsky.app/profile/dani...

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'Companies such as Trump Media & Technology Group and Alphabet-backed fusion-energy company TAE Technologies, which agreed to a $6 billion merger, are betting the data-center boom will continue for years." Good to see the Journal center the fact that Trump has a direct interest in the AI boom.

This is the first time Pantone has chosen a shade of white. The company says it's "a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection."

We got snow here in Boston. I want to see all the snow day pics.

“According to who? Mr. Rogers? He can suck my fat one.” Is my favorite line of the year.

Too afraid to protest, and exhausted by the opposition’s repeated promise that the end of Nicolás Maduro’s regime is nigh, most Venezuelans just get on with their lives

I want a WSQK sweatshirt

For a minute there I thought Netflix wasn’t prepared for the influx of interest.

Now, when the Gentiles are at their most vulnerable, is the time to strike at the hea-- I mean, Merry Christmas to one and all!

Boston, MA — Hopefully this snowfall will stick.

The significance: DOJ had insisted to the judge for weeks that acting USA Robert McGuire alone made the decision to indict Abrego Garcia, which should foreclose any inquiry into the role of Main Justice. But internal DOJ docs now show otherwise, the judge apparently found in the still-sealed order.

It WAS a redacting error. Abrego Garcia's attorneys filed a correx that now redacts the quote drawn from the sealed Dec. 3 court order which concluded that Associate DAG Aakash Singh had a “leading role in the government’s decision to prosecute” Abrego Garcia. www.courtlistener.com/docket/70476...

i love watching bad guys who’ve chosen to get punched in the face

Part of the fun of White Lotus is deciphering anything from the earliest droplets of news about the incoming season deadline.com/2025/12/the-...

Maria Farmer’s FBI report from 1996. If law enforcement had taken this more seriously, how many Epstein victims might have been spared?

The darkest timeline for Stranger Things is where the fan theory where this was all a story Mike made up to cope with Will’s disappearance is true.

Why yes I have a ticket to watch the Stranger Things finale in theatres.

Cover. 💔 @variety.com variety.com/2025/film/co...

"As the demand for content intensified, something important slipped away with it. I’ll simply call it the act of being there." www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...

Sen. Mark Kelly on the classified boat strikes briefing: "They don't want accountability on this" Watch here: tinyurl.com/mr29fxfx

Holy smokes Fallout premiered tonight.

It’s also amazing how multiple characters on this show were changed after the Duffer Bros. were charmed by them.

I too became a fast fan of Delightful Derek www.vulture.com/article/stra...

Warner Bros likely to reject $108.4 billion Paramount bid, back Netflix in bidding war, sources say reut.rs/4qcP7KC

They should though

So they *are* able to stop a ship in international waters and seize control of it without killing everyone on board? Huh.

In the hours leading up to Australia's social media ban's midnight start, a flurry of goodbye messages came from teenagers — as well as adults — on platforms including TikTok, Instagram and Reddit reut.rs/3KlOmzW

“Eleven plus Eight equals 19. However, you then add the newly powered Will, who looks to be channeling the abilities of Vecna (One). That makes 20, just like the prized natural 20 critical role in D&D.” 🤯🤯🤯 screenrant.com/the-7-bigges...

Now I’m watching season too and the good Dr is being consumed in this season too.

I will say there is a bunch of Dr Pepper product placement in this season of Stranger Things too.

Super Saiyan Will Byers.

Elephants need more space than zoos can provide. So where should they go? Europe's first large-scale elephant sanctuary is about to launch in Portugal, promising a place that the elephants can live out their final years with space and companionship www.ft.com/content/060a...

BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university Full statement from NU below:

I mean I think this season of #strangerthings is good.

Happy Stranger Things Day

Final trailer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Qx...

This show was so bad I couldn’t make it through the first episode. x.com/vulture/stat...

Either the Duffer Brothers had a very precise plan all along or they’ve pulled on threads at a very minute level.

I started watching Stranger Things in anticipation of season 5 and… it all holds up.

Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff. There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.

Did anyone else notice that the actual Mayor of Albuquerque played himself in the latest episode of Pluribus?