it’s tiiiiiiiime ✨

talked to Vince Gilligan about Pluribus, with a detour through romance www.vulture.com/article/vinc...

Moving sucks and so do broke. Teeth

“it’s a wonderful life” (1946) remains the best christmas film about the importance of mutual aid during the decline of capitalism.

“ella mccay” (2025) reminds me that people are afraid of earnest art-making in a world running on cynicism.

what pleasures are there in a life that outsources every inch of it— thought, word, and deed—-to another person or entity?

32 today. hoping to become more curious, compassionate, and kind in my new year. as always i am grateful for my friends and family who are the foundation of all the things in my life.

Rob Reiner (1947–2025)

“Our sources say the two suffered lacerations consistent with a knife. The LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division is still investigating.”

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dick van dyke’s 100th birthday just rang in as i’m watching a randomly programmed episode of “becker” (forgotten ted danson show) where dick van dyke plays his father 🥲 long live the icon who’s humor and heart has colored generations

the obsession with how history remembers…leaving the “record” to time insinuates the future record has a “neutral” author that won’t censor, distort, or willfully ignore the truth. “history” & willful remembering is the responsibility of us all, not for unnamed people for a under-regarded future.

to like something is to not be in constant defense of your position. don’t alienate yourself from feeling deeply by constantly performing persuasion.

BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr

Sharif has social media that predates the war, a lot of medical documentation and sent me a photo of his Palestinian passport. Being from Gaza makes life incredibly difficult even when not in Gaza. Sharif is essentially stuck with no way to make money and a child with significant health issues.

Rinaldo Walcott considers Sam Cooke and power, connection and promise in Black music.

“'Librarians out in our branches are seeing a lot of young people who are really excited by these collections,' Langlais told 404 Media. 'Folks who are coming in just for the games are picking up program flyers and coming back for something like that.'"

if you're in need of a 'let me just put something on while i work show' might i recommend my standby: dick van dyke's "diagnosis murder" -- a medical murder mystery drama that ran for eight seasons -- and is now streaming again: pluto.tv/on-demand/se...

We're launching our second Blanket Friday today. All funds go to the Sameer Project's "Give Warmth to Gaza" campaign. open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/bla...

Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall propel Paul Thomas Anderson’s most conflicted ideas in ‘One Battle After Another.’ As Angelica Jade Bastién writes, ‘It’s thrilling to watch them embody what his script can only loosely hold.’

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

"The lives of the Black artists who make up Black excellence were shaped by the institutions of the past century, which were rooted in a belief in a common public good and a deep appreciation for the history of artistic craft. We are living through the destruction of all that."

my most listened to modern album of the century (so far)

this boycott picket is part of the National We Ain't Buying It call for boycotts from November 27 through Cyber Monday - weaintbuyingit.com - The target orgs are Target, Amazon and Home Depot.

Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives

We've added a ton of new merch to the @rememberthispod.bsky.social shop, including 4 new t-shirt designs by @sisterhyde.bsky.social available in classic unisex and women's slim fits: merch.ambientinks.com/collections/...

Happy birthday, Delroy Lindo

AT&T has been trying to get rid of landlines in California for YEARS because they are expensive and annoying to maintain, with shrinking market share. The people who use them, however, REALLY need them for safety and communication esp in rural areas with limited cell coverage.

monday

"Azurest Blue: The Life & Legacy of Amaza Lee Meredith, from Saint Heron, is a marriage between archive & narrative, filled w/ personal correspondence, annotated documents, blueprints, photographs, & commissioned essays from contemporary voices of design" www.architecturaldigest.com/story/solang...

Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor

Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.

It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...

rainy weekend in LA. my plans for the day are to read a book cover to cover.

bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken

"The professor will no longer be able to teach a class on diversity after she showed students a diagram that included the 'Make America Great Again' slogan as an example of white supremacy."

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma governor spares life of death row inmate Tremane Wood just before scheduled lethal injection.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Gentle reminder that I am going to be on TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES (!!!!) on Monday for an evening of programming that we put together. I hope you'll be able to tune in. Love y'all.

Since the U.S.’s inception as a nation in the 18th century, white people have deployed monuments to territorialize their power through representations of famous men, writes Mabel O. Wilson in her essay for Issue No. 8 hammerandhope.org/article/uva-...

This excellent post is evoking Larissa Sansour's In the Future, They Ate from the Finest Porcelain (2015), which features "narrative terrorists" that bury fabricated artifacts for future political fights over history. In addition to the film, Sansour actually did this as part of the project!

the obsession with how history remembers…leaving the “record” to time insinuates the future record has a “neutral” author that won’t censor, distort, or willfully ignore the truth. “history” & willful remembering is the responsibility of us all, not for unnamed people for a under-regarded future.

@support.bsky.team why has @sarahkendzior.bsky.social been suspended?? Restore her account.

Hello @support.bsky.team why has @sarahkendzior.bsky.social been suspended without explanation?????

We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced... 👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...

You can't use flexible spending accounts to pay for insurance premiums, only medical expenses. So your premiums go way up, but you can... pay for more visits? In practice, this would mean people end their insurance plans and try to save enough on their FSAs to cover care.