I will watch pretty much anything with Josh Charles. He brings something great to even the smallest roles. It’s just icing that he seems to be such a good guy as well. #giftlink www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/a...

The beneficiaries of modernity fucked up mightily by wrongly feeling apologetic about progress as a whole instead of specific fixable problems caused by it. Fetishized a false idea of "down to earth regular folks" instead of saying "Fuck you, more cuisine options and not dying from typhus is cool."

Sounds good to me.

sliwa correctly understanding that mamdani ran a very traditional campaign and thus surpassing the analytical ability of 80% if people who comment on politics for a living

Jess Nevins doing a public service here, as always.

BUCK ROGERS: CURRENT STATUS

The Shadow is in the public domain as of 2026. But only as a mysterious narrator. The pulp hero version goes PD next year, and in 2033 he’ll be able to cloud men’s minds so they cannot see him.

My favorite New Year’s image. Happy New Year from me and Tom Strong. What the hell.

one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers

#giftlink www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/w...

MTV might be dead, but author events are stronger than ever. Well, sort of. If you're in Los Angeles, I'm going to be part of a panel at Village Well Books on Jan. 30. Come on down, we'd love to see you. Don't worry, it's free. www.eventbrite.com/e/local-auth...

"After 44 Years, MTV Is Officially Dead" collider.com/mtv-official...

#giftlink “Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. plans to once again reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance Corp. after the rival media company amended the terms of its offer, according to people familiar with the company’s thinking.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Farthing, my alternate history mystery novel about why good people do bad things is $1.99 as an ebook right now in the US www.amazon.com/Farthing-Sto...

"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." -- James Baldwin

My car died at a green light. A car full of teenagers was stuck behind me. Without any words, they all jumped out and helped me push it to the gas station across the intersection. Then they smiled, waved, and ran back to their car and took off.

Later guys, my ride is here

Sheeeeeeee-ittttt! Just terrible hearing that Isiah Whitlock Jr. has passed at the tender age of 71. You owned every scene you were in in The Wire, my good man, and will be missed. 🌹

The fires reduced homes and cars to ashes. All of those metals and materials had to go somewhere, and a lot of them are still around. #giftlink www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Happy Tuesday Morning from me and the Pogues. youtu.be/QI2pyrN3Z5I?...

Someone could get elected mayor of LA in a landslide on a “Fix The Damn Streets” platform.

in 1975 when I was four, an Adventures of Superman fan, and wore a Clark Kent double-breasted suit with fedora and homemade press pass around town in Windsor, VT, I used to be stopped by J.D. Salinger who lived across the river in Cornish, NH, to talk about comic books.

Die Hard is a diamond of a film. I couldn't write something that tight in a million years. It also would not occur to me to shoot air ducts and cubicle farms with anamorphic lenses like some kind of crazed lens-flare wizard, but that's why I'm not Jan de Bont

Top psychiatrists increasingly agree that using artificial-intelligence chatbots might be linked to cases of psychosis. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4qt0sqb

Good dogs becoming even better, science proves www.usatoday.com/story/pets-a...

This is why Molly is not allowed to do tours.

Waking up on holiday to discover ADAMA is this year's winner of the Deutscher Krimipreis 2025!

I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now

How I’m walking out of 2025

When the polite, cultured Dr. Pepper consumes a special draught, he turns into the brutish, monstrous Mr. Pibb.

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, is tired of these people; tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.

And here comes Annual Gift Man.

Merry Christmas Eve and Happy Jolabokaflod to all who celebrate. Tidings of comfort and joy.

Merry Christmas, here's every note Jeff Healey recorded for the Road House soundtrack

I say this without irony or snark: I really do love going to the grocery store on Christmas Eve. I mean, sure, you pull up and the parking lot is packed and the weather is miserable and you're thinking "This is going to SUCK." And then 99% of the people are happy and kind and doing their best.

Remembering Gardner Fox today. He passed away on December 24, 1986. His influence on the comics industry will never be forgotten. Truly one of the great writers. Go pick up his biography by Jennifer DeRoss! It's a must for every comics fan!

Merry Christmas Eve from this first alternate reindeer.

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imagine the kind of person you would have to be to watch that 60 Minutes segment and think "I must do everything I can to defend the people in charge of this process of sending people to be tortured."

Today's the last day for pre-order, before the Big release in February '26.

This was another one of my favorite reads this year. Funny and dark and sharp and smart. And available just under the wire for Christmas.

One last thing: it's funny how surprised Weiss seems that Miller and Noem and Homan return her calls, but not those of reporters from 60 Minutes.

Reporter: We have 3 videos, 2 breathalyzers, 4 bartenders, and a minivan full of nuns attesting to how the driver was drunk and reckless when he hit the school bus. Weiss; What did the driver say. Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times. Weiss: I’m killing your story.

PG&E has turned my friends in San Francisco to doomsday preppers. They all talk about getting off the grid now.

My most reactionary old-guy belief is that every journalist should have to do six months minimum on the cops beat before they get anywhere near an opinion piece.

14. And I can't help but note that Jack Kirby (the son of immigrants) himself mocked this type of "Heritage American" hubris in the form of his Loyalist LARPing villain William Taurey (i.e. Tory). From Captain America #194 (Feb. 1976). The End.

the vice president is a klansman

This looks like the scheme of a supervillain who’s really into chaos theory.