This is not just savagely well written but also just a freaking good point about managing declining media Also I am already pre-dreading the Morning Show season about this

One thing about the current moment is that a lot of people who would probably call you hysterical if you said you didn't believe there would be a 2028 election are acting the way they might if they didn't believe there was going to be a 2028 election

I wrote about two Israeli Oct. 7 series, and whether it's possible for works on this subject at this moment to be, as their makers have been saying, "not political." [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/a...

If you are the type of person to comment, "With everything that's going on in the world, how dare the music critic write a music review," today is a terrific day for you to unfollow this account

There is a kind of "Name That Tune" element to logging on to Bluesky for the first time all day and deducing, in like two or three posts, the thing everybody is mad about

What if they hurl it into the unquenchable fires of Orodruin

MOUNTAINHEAD (2025), dir. Jesse Armstrong

I wrote about Trump and Hegseth's speeches to top military brass. It was nuts. And anyone who reports on it as normal is just not doing their job. www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

Not that this exactly requires Benoit Blanc to sleuth out but Trump has pretty consistently used "the enemy from within" to describe his political opponents rollcall.com/factbase/tru...

The president of the United States is considering changing American naval policy based on an NBC WWII doc series, scored by Richard Rodgers, that aired when he was 6 years old.

I was in the midst of writing a nice, fluffy rave about s2 of PLATONIC for my Sept column when I decided I really wanted to write this instead — so, thanks to @lauramarsh.bsky.social for enabling a last-minute pivot. Quick thread of the great journos and critics upon which this essay is built 1/x

weird how every potential breadcrumb of a shooter's online history is extremely relevant sometimes and then other times not so much!

Really interesting discussion. Without putting words in either of their mouths, it seemed like the subtext of it was partly: how much should opinion writers be in the business of advising on how to win elections, vs advocating for the world they want to see?

Had a surplus of farmstand corn, found this recipe and GOOD GOD, you should make this [giftie] cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7575...

I would even put it less nicely than this. If it's not your money, why do you give a crap? Who made you the guardian of giant corporations' bottom lines? Do you complain when other customers load up on the expensive items at an all-you-can-eat salad bar? What is wrong with you

Please, go on. How was Palm Beach in the 90s a different time www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Agreed. “What does this have to do with the Alien franchise, Hawley just used the brand to tell a different sci-fi story he felt like telling!” Don’t threaten me with a good time

Imagine if a TV host made a comment about a certain political faction doing this sort of thing! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/s...

I know -- as @sepinwall.bsky.social writes www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv... -- shows use in medias res openings to hook viewers early. But nothing makes me lose interest faster than "Surprise! Here's a bunch of dramatic shit happening to a character you don't yet know or care about"

Related: just walked by a neighbor who was both wearing a Dag Nasty T-shirt and carrying a Descendents bag and was too paralyzed with pop-punk nostalgia to react

Do not consider this post to be a testament to the quality of the show (I believe reviews were still embargoed in any case) but this is bananas

It's possible I've been missing mention of this in all the voluminous Jimmy Kimmel coverage but... people are conscious of Sinclair's media-political history, yes? Just seems maybe a teensy bit relevant www.nytimes.com/2004/10/11/p...

Just had this shit happen to me with Tylenol (I ain't explaining it if you don't know, you're not freeloading off my research!)

Somebody at Disney googled "How to unring a bell"

The good news is that if the rapture happens late enough you may still have time to binge all three seasons of The Leftovers before it happens

How to sabotage the rapture: 1. Get a bone marrow transplant from a sinless do-gooder. Ideally with first and last names that start with A, in case it goes alphabetically 2. Commit no sins after transplant 3. Have a deadly sin ready to go the second you feel your bone marrow pulling you skyward

At least someone's willing to take a punch for the First Amendment [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/a...

Was too distracted earlier this week to take notice but this is a hall of fame post

Masterly analysis by @jasonzinoman.bsky.social — stick around for the subtle but savage filleting of “Kremlin star” Jimmy Fallon [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/a...

You just know season 2 of The Pitt will include a scene where Dr. Robby says fuck it and orders a Hep B vaccine for a newborn anyway

Assuming CDC formally adopts ACIP's recommendations, CVS tells me it will provide Covid vaccines without a prescription in all 50 states and won't require even self-attestation of a qualifying condition — "it’s up to the individual patient." No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.

“Carr, fully aware of Trump’s stated desire that Kimmel should be the ‘next’ network late-night host to lose his show, grabbed on to the tiniest thread of grievance and spun it into a direct assault on Kimmel, ABC and the First Amendment.” Yes. Thank you for saying this. Yes.

“YOUR LAWSUIT IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD”

If you wrote this line verbatim as a joke in a Saturday Night Live cold open, Brendan Carr would have the show cancelled by Sunday afternoon

One of my absolute fave Nyro songs and one I wish felt less timely!

This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."

When asked for comment, White House Spokesman Lionel Hutz said, "Oh, they got this all screwed up." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Double consonants should be against the law. Especialy in personal names. Make up your mind, Phil(l)ip.

"America may not be an actual autocracy. But it increasingly seems to be playing one on TV." [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/a...

Axios identifies an actual, disturbing story about a trend toward corporate-government aliiance, which it might have been nice not to nickname is if it were the latest red-carpet trend at the Emmys

When someone says one thing to gain power and then a contradictory thing when exercising that power, the most useful lens for understanding it is power, not hypocrisy.

Saving a couple hundred bucks a year with all the subscriptions I’m canceling, so that’s nice.

I feel like I'm gonna explode

A country where you can't joke about the president's political faction by custom is not functionally different from one where you can't joke about the president's political faction by law.

One AI belief I have is that "AI art" is not just bad, it's impossible for AI to make art, even bad art. Art is something created to figuratively express what you can't communicate literally. AI doesn't feel--it is only literal input and output--so what it generates definitionally can't be art.

I wrote about the firing of Alan Sepinwall, which is awful. And I tied it into what's happening all over in the media, why it's scary & what we can do to help. I used my words, but it's definitely Hulk Mo dialed up to 11, if that's a thing you would like to experience: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

OK, not even getting into the ethics or the existential issues around AI: Have some goddamn self-respect. If you're a writer and you do this I don't know how you look at yourself, but I know exactly how I look at you.

NYT on Trump lawsuit:

Holy Christ, if a cultural institution like Rolling Stone is letting go of an absolute giant like @sepinwall.bsky.social ... we are in dark times man alansepinwall.ghost.io/dont-stop-be...

I was Team Andor this year and don't mind seeing The Pitt's surprisingly good first season win over Severance's not-as-amazing-as-the-first second season. But I do think if Severance somehow never wins the Emmy, that's one of those calls that will look nuts in retrospect.