My husband @lylerubin.bsky.social just did an ep about it for his movies podcast with @vanjackson.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

one of the most gripping films i've ever seen. feels far shorter than its runtime.

Overnight, this extremely well-funded tech company run by a billionaire has gone from “There’s no way we can possibly stop our plagiarism machine from convincing children to kill themselves” to “If you type anything we don’t like, we’re calling the cops.” Either way, they take zero responsibility.

Never miss an episode of The Bang-Bang Podcast! www.bangbangpod.com/p/the-hunt-f...

Extremely @lylerubin.bsky.social’s PhD dissertation thesis here.

we're going to win

Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.

Re-upping.

i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.

Lyle wrote a 🔥 review of Seth Harp’s new book for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...

'But most right-wing Israel-skeptics are not anti-militarists. While they inveigh against U.S. support for war in the Middle East or Ukraine — a similarly contested fault line in the MAGA movement — they saber-rattle just as loudly against China'

Absolutely medieval torture and Israel is carrying it out routinely

“Time and again, Harp brings forth related attestations that point the finger at an industrial meat processor, posing as a patriotic institution, that lures in good working-class kids on one end and spits out nothing but bits and pieces on the other” - put this in bold in the recruitment ads

Power exists for those who are willing to organize for it and to take it.

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

Seth Harp’s debut book is important, and I'm glad I was given an opportunity to review it. Many thanks (as always) to @kevinlozano.bsky.social and the copy editing team at @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Can't think of many films (in this case a miniseries) that have wrestled more seriously with the trials and tribulations of political violence than Carlos. And it was such a pleasure to have the journalist @noahhurowitz.bsky.social (author of El Chapo) on the show to make sense of the work.

Extraordinary documentary, and such a pleasure having someone as knowledgeable as @sandipto.bsky.social on the show with @vanjackson.bsky.social and I to navigate its angles. Check it out!

Can’t recommend enough this conversation with @vanjackson.bsky.social, Alex, and Stuart. What an incredible film. And so timely!

Federal Agent in D.C.: “Proud Boys? They’re great guys. They love the United States.” This is who Trump is sending into our cities to terrorize Black & Brown communities. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DNZldGb...

Are DSA and AOC on a collision course over anti-Zionism? DSA hasn't formally censured AOC...yet. But many DSA members are not happy to see their most famous member take positions on Israel that contradict DSA's positions. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

I think the endgame won't be Sharpie moments, where bad BLS numbers are replaced with 'good' ones. Instead it is creating so much confusion around the data estimates on purpose, so much noise and doubt, that they ceases to function as an independent gauge of what is happening under Trump.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat remains one of the best films I have watched in the last couple of years. So It was a real pleasure (and lot of fun) to chat with @vanjackson.bsky.social and @lylerubin.bsky.social about it. Now out in the world:

Learned so much from Sandipto. Check it out!

Miranda: A head transplant? Carrie, that’s illegal under international law! Charlotte: I don’t know, I heard they’re making new advances in medicine every day.

I just watched the second X Files movie — which came out in 2008, the same year as the first SATC movie — and I can’t get a scenario out of my head in which there’s a crossover. Carrie: Big said he stood me up because he was getting a head transplant. Sam: Smith took care of that last night.

Also Pam Anderson doing physical comedy was so good. The scat singing scene had me laughing really hard.

Six months ago I published my debut collection of essays, about coming of age in the Y2K era and the disappointment I’ve felt since. Here’s an excerpt at @slate.com about my 5th grade Y2K time capsule letter, my beloved silver inflatable chair, Aaliyah, and getting old slate.com/life/2024/12...

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2025) is the best documentary I’ve ever seen. Check. It. Out! @bangbang1492.bsky.social www.bangbangpod.com/p/soundtrack...

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Amazing @bangbang1492.bsky.social discussion of Costa-Gavras’ State of Siege (1972) w/ Alex Avina and @stschrader1.bsky.social @lylerubin.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I4...

Had a great time discussing the entire 28 Days Later series with @vanjackson.bsky.social and Slate Senior Editor @rebeccaonion.bsky.social. Check it out!

Enjoyed chatting with @vanjackson.bsky.social and Sam Carliner on one of the latest treatments of the Afghanistan war.

Such a pleasure having friend and return guest @pauladlerstein.bsky.social and former foreign policy advisor @mattduss.bsky.social on the show to round out our series on Andor. Check it out!

Purge them all.

returning to this from me from early 2019, well before epstein met his, uh. demise, about how the secret horrible truth of things is that the horror has always been entirely out in the wide open all along therevealer.org/suffer-the-c...

I have been keeping tabs on the trajectory of the Gravel teens since 2019. Henry Williams taking a job with Andreessen Horowitz, the far right venture capital firm, is an absolutely despicable end trajectory.

Had fun on this!

My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.

Just heard a podcast ad for Temptations cat treats that pitched becoming a cat dad because it’s a “green flag” for Gen Z women. Not sure what to make of it.

Math:

This is the sort of scope & scale of common debt - a real “Hamiltonian moment” - that 🇪🇺 needs to pursue if it is going to provide even a partial safe asset replacement for USTs & dollar denominated debt

Darth Vader, Stephen Miller, and bad management. Glorious discussion wrapping up our Andor mini-series (also covering Rogue One). Check it out! @pauladlerstein.bsky.social @mattduss.bsky.social @lylerubin.bsky.social www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2025...

Join our 8-part (!) coverage of Andor, where we talk about important topics like revolution and rebellion, but also Darth Vader’s leadership deficit www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfEZ...