A few dozen eras ago, I feared that RFK Jr. would threaten the republic tangentially, drawing votes from an ersatz liberal contingent and thus throwing the ejection to Trump. Never in all my scorched-earth fears did I figure Kennedy’s lethal impact to be so direct

All the lies as transparent as the “Honey, remember, your phone doesn’t work near the bridge” set-up in What Lies Beneath

True story: ages ago on Twitter I engaged with the frontman of a personally-beloved band. It was delightful! My overture struck me afterward as a possible misplay, though—a Loom contributor years ago said some tough stuff about a couple of the band’s songs. Conflict!

This year’s rankings continue the dominance of Matt & David (@1988toppspodcast.bsky.social) & Jerry (@presidencies.bsky.social), making room too for Bruce (@myhist.bsky.social). Podcast vets Josh & Chuck, meantime, @syskpodcast.bsky.social, nab #1, their massive archive so mood-diverse. Titans all!

Loom’s most recent post! Part 5’s final five is coming soon! Read our penultimate entry if you’re ready to get deep! Or something equally dramatic. writersloom.org/2025/11/26/n...

Immediately looking forward to this new episode. @billtwibh.bsky.social & @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social have the proper touch for discussing a topic so weighty as mental illness, both within and without the context of baseball. Props to the guys for their work and their empathy. Gonna be a good one.

Pete Hegseth is a sadistic serial killer.

Never thought that I would see my name on the marquee. The Paradise Theatre in Toronto where he held a @meidascanada.ca @meidastouch.com townhall last week.

Yeah. Those 71-year-old Oasis and Sturgill obsessives. God help me for reveling in this asinine feature

11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders: Durbin Gallego Hassan Hirono Kaine Kelly King Klobuchar Reed Rosen Whitehouse

I also own the thing on vinyl

Took my last drink twelve years ago today. Somehow still a sports fan, which is its own problem

@1988toppspodcast.bsky.social Limitless points for MK referencing Searching For Bobby Fischer. Astonishingly deep cut

🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.

Lol this fuckin’ guy. Next up: brand-new Ryan Adams LP Everybody’s Rockin’

Late to Jerry’s most recent standalone installment, an interview with Robert Davi. No, actually, it’s a chat about Camp David, nigh-mythical retreat for American presidents, and somehow never the setting of a high-concept Aaron Sorkin script. Jerry’s episode, though not a walk & talk, will be great.

Man, Dalton has two great Bond movies. Lazenby, Moore, Brosnan, and arguably Craig have one each

Ron Silver: poor man’s Davi

Benicio del Toro, horrendously effective here in about five minutes onscreen, giving no vibe of one day fronting two of a calendar year’s biggest auteurist motion pictures

Fuck yes Desmond Llewelyn. No doubt either thrilled or mortified to be in a Bond movie this gnarly

Robert Davi is like the poor man’s poor man’s De Niro

Robert Davi with an iguana on his shoulder, Wayne Newton in a 1-800 TV commercial, big map on the wall, Bond being watched on CCTV as he gambles. This is some Bunuel-ass shit

I’m not gonna make it to the end of Licence To Kill, but rest assured, Felix is way way way too chipper in his closing scene

Bond is probably trysting with some comely usher as his latest heroine owns it playing cello here

I could see the argument for doing new edits of Anthology for Disney+ — the doc can be a little longwinded, even in its shorter cut—but there’s no excuse for this.

“Feeling Inflated? Let Thanksgiving hit the skids by pooping in a swimming pool.”

Entourage season two should’ve been the red flag

Here it is! Bond befriending the future Taliban. I fucking love this movie

The Living Daylights has both Joe Don Baker and John Rhys-Davies. How is this bad boy not above every Roger Moore apart from For Your Eyes Only?

“I tried to call the Mona Lisa but she doesn’t have a phone! Ain’t I a stinker?” -Louis CK

Timothy Dalton was a badass Bond full-stop

Digging deep in the latest from Loom! writersloom.org/2025/11/26/n...

Old buddy of mine and I used to marvel at the most entertaining parts of De Palma’s Untouchables: bigoted ripostes and riffs Connery has way too much fun unfurling. We theorized that the actor just kept on throwing out racist invective well after the director called cut. 100% possible

Wonder how much unfortunate satisfaction Sean Connery got from pretend-decking a woman before the credits in Thunderball

Posted on Reddit, a personal rarity, and within minutes was accused of using ChatGPT. I’d as soon be accused of cheating at darts. Lesson learned about that site

Post-holiday reading from Loom! writersloom.org/2025/11/26/n...

This was a delight

Can’t lie, Jack White w/Eminem worked like gangbusters

Against all my better judgement am amped for Ravens-Bengals. We need NFLA, National Football League Anonymous, this shit is a disease

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

The shooting of the Guardsmen is the sort of tragedy that brings the drool just goopily pooling beneath the chins of Vance & Miller & Hegseth & Homan & all the genocidal murderers running the show in 2025 America. Two soldiers taking fire is yet another excuse for fascist action. God help us all.

People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.

New Loom! Part four of a series that’s really bringing it out of us, Norman and I, all manner of thoughts on music we love from the century so far. writersloom.org/2025/11/26/n...

If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.

He’s a high roller in many casinos. <slaps Joc Pederson> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/tomm...

New Loom! Part four of our personal look at terrific albums from the last 25 years! Come for the lists, stay for the heartfelt revelations! writersloom.org/2025/11/26/n...

@billtwibh.bsky.social So many Wings tracks, those unmistakable Paul/Linda/Denny three-part harmonies, would be fascinating to hear reimagined by Folds/Jessee/Sledge. “Jet” divided by “Kate” could be fabulous

Flown in from Threads because it warms my heart. Liam & Noel. Over the course of the last year, Peter & I have dipped into what really boosts our hearts about this band; I hope our work has expressed this musical adoration in a manner that connects with you all, our mega readers. Love y’all.

Magazine rack at this auto body shop boasts a couple copies of Essence. A stunning Midwestern concession to DEI