NO ONE does an In Memoriam as well as @tcmtv.bsky.social does. The second half of this tribute to the performers, filmmakers, and essential craftspeople we lost in 2025 hits hard.

If you haven't yet seen Bowen Yang's final SNL sketch, it's a lovely farewell. Inclusive casting matters because Bowen Yang is really funny, and I'm glad SNL finally opened its doors wide enough to allow him to be himself and then some, all the time, and I am rooting for his continued success.

Paris has TURNED AGAINST REMY. This is an outrage.

I previously had understood Even Ed Whelan was the high-water mark of "an unexpected conservative is speaking out against MAGA excesses," but we have now reached the new plateau of Even Josh Blackman with his resigning from the Heritage Foundation over its increased alignment with anti-Semitism.

My god. From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:

🏆 We close out the Festival of Lights with our final win: Pennsylvania voters. In August, the 3rd Circuit required the state to count undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots, saving thousands of voters from disenfranchisement over an administrative error. https://bit.ly/4qlBedl

If you haven't yet seen Bowen Yang's final SNL sketch, it's a lovely farewell. Inclusive casting matters because Bowen Yang is really funny, and I'm glad SNL finally opened its doors wide enough to allow him to be himself and then some, all the time, and I am rooting for his continued success.

SNL decided to rip off one of its own classic filmed sketches, and in this case I HEARTILY APPROVE. (And as in its predecessor, it's perfectly cast.)

Gosh, is there any history of what happens when management interferes with the journalists at 60 MINUTES and their pursuit of a hot-button exposé?

Lawgeeks, this one is worth a read. Judge goes beyond the usual monetary sanctions into serious correction territory.

If I had told you in August that the Titans would be crushing the Chiefs in week 16 by a 26-9 margin, how would you imagine we got there?

U CAN'T C COOP. (This, after he already did a Shawn Michaels tribute this season.)

Not everything needs further adaptations. youtu.be/Hh2X5Ebmx5s?...

SNL decided to rip off one of its own classic filmed sketches, and in this case I HEARTILY APPROVE. (And as in its predecessor, it's perfectly cast.)

I'm in France this week and DAZN is letting me buy a week-long NFL Pass for €0.99 ($1.16 USD). It doesn't have an auto-renew trap. It took two minutes to sign up. So it's 11:30pm here and I'm watching the Eagles game (Fox broadcast) for almost nothing. Why can't we have it this easy in America?

If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

All these Commanders defensive penalties remind me of my late father's maxim that bad teams find ways to lose winnable games.

I know who might be able to fix this.

I'm in France this week and DAZN is letting me buy a week-long NFL Pass for €0.99 ($1.16 USD). It doesn't have an auto-renew trap. It took two minutes to sign up. So it's 11:30pm here and I'm watching the Eagles game (Fox broadcast) for almost nothing. Why can't we have it this easy in America?

Honestly surprised by the results and cross-tabs on their "which Rob Reiner films have you seen" question, (a) that more say they've seen Stand By Me, Misery, and The Bucket List (??) than The American President and Spinal Tap, and (b) no partisan split on any except Spinal Tap, really.

If you ever want to read some real-life John-David-Stutts-level cuckoo-bananas talk, the NYT archives include Charles Guiteau's trial testimony following events depicted in DEATH BY LIGHTNING. (Does this count as spoilers?) #goingtothelordy timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...

“This is Calvinball jurisprudence with a twist,” Justice Jackson wrote. “Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: That one, and this administration always wins.”

redacted Epstein files

NO ONE does an In Memoriam as well as @tcmtv.bsky.social does. The second half of this tribute to the performers, filmmakers, and essential craftspeople we lost in 2025 hits hard.

appreciate this @hksurrey.bsky.social survey of film directors who cast lookalikes of themselves as stand-ins in their works. www.theringer.com/2025/12/18/m...

Honestly surprised by the results and cross-tabs on their "which Rob Reiner films have you seen" question, (a) that more say they've seen Stand By Me, Misery, and The Bucket List (??) than The American President and Spinal Tap, and (b) no partisan split on any except Spinal Tap, really.

I am very happy for @stevehasegawa.bsky.social and all my friends who are Seahawks fans, but if we're talking comebacks today is the 15-year anniversary of The Miracle of the New Meadowlands. Giants 31, Eagles 10. 8:17 left in the game. As called on radio by Merrill Reese:

So while this news might melt your face, while we're all digging in the dirt of these new Epstein photos you should know there's someone who might be in big time trouble for exhibiting no self control in accepting this invitation.

Shocked, shocked that a Board which includes Maria Bartiromo, Pam Bondi, Lee Greenwood, Laura Ingraham, Dan Scavino, Usha Vance, and Susie Wiles did not center President Kennedy's legacy in this decision. www.kennedy-center.org/about-us/lea...

JFK's nephew Robert Jr is, I expect, legit thrilled by this news. That apple fell many orchards away from the tree.

I love the fucking internet, part 972964386: "One Night In Bangkok" arranged and performed as a 16th century chanson. youtu.be/i3jHv0GZB9U?...

Oh, and it's bipartisan: the George W. Bush one, per media sources, says he "started wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, both of which should not have happened" and that "Shortly before the end of his Administration, a Global Financial Crisis and major Recession took place." nypost.com/2025/12/17/u...

Meaning that Sean Duffy is back down to *one* senior Executive Branch position which he doesn't know how to do well.

Humpty Hump told me that this was a real world, even if it doesn't mean anything.

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Lordy, there's "AI slop" and then there's whatever's masquerading as fantasy football advice on Fox Sports this week. www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/...

"He didn't stand by me, and he wasn't a very good man, and I am the American President and I am a very sure thing."

To my Survivor loving friends, including @andydehnart.com @purplerockpod.bsky.social @theonlyjohn.bsky.social. I am overseas RN, and depending on how well I can work a VPN I may not be able to see tonight's finale for days. Are there any terms I should be muting that I'm missing here?

It's time to say it.

As the nation turns to the best college football programs in the country this weekend, we turn our attention to one of the worst: Lincoln University, a downtown Oakland school whose head coach, and athletic director, threatened me at the end of our interview. www.sfgate.com/collegesport...

I’m thrilled that Dick Van Dyke made it to 100 years old, and I also find it hilarious that he’s apparently too old to play with LEGO. Him specifically.😆

Just last week, a federal judge held that child sex abuse victims plausibly pled that McMahon and & husband "had relevant knowledge at relevant times" and "could have and should have taken action" to prevent predatory sexual abuse of young WWF ring attendants by employees. bsky.app/profile/adam...

Jim Geraghty, National Review

As if Mahomes and Kelce needed this right now, but as always, food criticism is essential consumer journalism.

We have (and need) Section 230 because in 1995, Stratton Oakmont successfully sued Prodigy as a publisher of libel because a user posted that Jordan Belfort's firm was "100% criminal fraud" and a "cult of brokers who either lie for a living or get fired." Sec 230 makes online forums possible.

Part of what's been striking to me in rewatching BROADCAST NEWS is that each time Aaron comes off worse, and Tom better. Aaron uses his reputation as a Good Guy as a shield for some pretty shitty behavior. He's entitled and sexist, and believes that his intelligence makes him morally superior. 1/2

There's a reason these action figures have a prominent place in my office.

We are nearing the end of 2025, and not only is Trump's job approval underwater overall (42/54), but he's underwater on the issue which matters most to the public—inflation and prices (31/61)—as well as his own biggest priority, immigration (45/50). d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

You can't really ever go half-pelican. Has to be all the way.