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There comes a time in every reactionary politician's life when he must steel himself, insert a nasogastric tube for unclear reasons, put on his bravest grimace, and give the weirdest thumbs-up anyone has ever seen.

Every clip I see about Bauza is so heartbreaking, he seems like such an amazing dude. Also, we gotta bring back using voice actors for animated shows and not just celebrities looking for an easy buck.

On the 30th anniversary of "Endtroducing....", @agspinelli.bsky.social spoke w/ DJ Shadow about creating his instrumental hip-hop masterpiece, forming the SoleSides crew, sample clearance, the influence of DJ Premier & Prince Paul, David Axelrod, Twin Peaks & more. www.powmag.net/p/dj-shadow-...

This story absolutely rocks. A little grim, but also just a blast to read throughout.

RIP to this man. This is a really powerful 62 seconds of video.

every moment harrison butker is on the field is a moment he can't be leading his wife in covenant with christ

"please move this thing"

thinking fondly again of the college girl at the donut place, who made a little muslim boy bounce giddily out the door after she told him his donut was free, and who waved me away and said "you're good" when it was my turn to pay and then, when asked if there was a deal that day said "i hate my job"

Really good and obviously extremely infuriating story here.

Flipping around earlier I caught that the guy who wrote Underworld (and its sequels) is named Danny McBride, and while it turned out to be a different Danny McBride I am now thinking about what a schlock vampire-action franchise written by the other Danny McBride would be like.

The movie is excellent and this is a very cool thing.

Convening a focus group of 30 people who have no idea what's going on and no expertise on basically any topic and just turning them loose. "Fuck me up," I tell them. "Just give me all the dumbest stuff you've got."

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Beautiful headline

I wrote an explainer of the evil, terrible thing that almost happened with our tax dollars in Guinea-Bissau defector.com/the-u-s-fund...

If you're a connoisseur of on-brand James Dolan pettiness, grudge-settling, and ham-fisted dumbassery, have I got the article for you www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

Staggering corruption

Legitimately a dream to write something that inspires a reader to "go Martin Luther Mode."

/solemnly Join us in the Star Gazebo, please.

Huge co-sign from Trump on Ramaswamy's shockingly vile ad just now. It has to feel amazing, if you're running as an abusive predator, to get this kind of endorsement from the number one abusive predator in the game.

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it's funny to me to imagine an entertainment landscape where 1/2 of it is like boutique versions of God's Not Dead and Daily Wire movies and the other 1/2 is Castration Movie Pt. 2 but it feels like we're heading in that direction lol

Thanks to this vile little goblin for helping me make some progress on a unified theory of contemporary-style evil guys. defector.com/vivek-ramasw...

Another astonishing victory in the ongoing War Against Metaphor. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I think this was the best season of Slow Horses so far, and I've liked all of them. The suspense/action stuff looked and felt better than it otherwise has and all the usual Jackson Lamb Flatulence Material was right where you want it to be. Admirably nasty shit all around as always.

Incredible story. nymag.com/intelligence...

I wrote about The Ringer/Spotify launching a series of Substacks, the lack of coordination and communication surrounding the strategy, and a failed odyssey of trying to get people involved to talk about it: defector.com/nobody-wants...

"It will make you think about history, art, impermanence, and immortality. And it’s scientific proof that people really did dress better back then." www.rogerebert.com/reviews/once...

Obviously it's bad that rich people can buy pardons. But I must lol at these creeps misreading the market and offering bum-ass Alina Habba the sort of money/term that a mid MLB closer gets. You do not need to pay her like she's Pete Fairbanks. Gift cards are fine. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

I feel like this but about the Emirates Cup.

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ADL posting like Merriam Webster every time someone pro-Israel is antisemitic

With the election looming, the GOP is calling in the big guns. Which means having a megachurch freak named Timmy dispatch an army of walleyed 23yo home-school casualties with YouTube diction to opposing candidates' rallies, where they will demand those candidates reject and denounce the WNBA.

Struggling to engage with the concept of “father and son Republican operatives Timmy and Tommy Teepell.” Come on man can even one thing be like 5% less stupid

Trade some middling prospects for Freddy Peralta, instantly break his whole shit and flop so bad that all of America knows what every inch of your ass looks like, trade Peralta for some maybe-better prospects to a team that fixes him instantly. Yeah I'd say this is outcome is a big win for the Mets.

Delightful blog. "Absolutely as much fun as you can have reading an overview of Tears For Fears' career through the lens of one of the lead guys' astrology-obsessed memoir." - David Roth

I guess I'm sorry to this lady but her name being Thelma Louise reminds me of my dad butchering movie titles. "Thelma Louise" is what he'd call Geena Davis.

why do we bash "dead beat" children for not being there for their parents but we never question if the parent has bad vibes? or if they're just unpleasant to be around?

A bunch of restaurants in my neighborhood have AI generated signage, but mostly that just means I'm seeing more drippy stuff. But one place has a standee with daily specials that also seem AI-generated. I assume the kitchen loves adding one (1) beef rib to every pho order on Tuesdays (dine in only).

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

This is one of my favorite posts

FRICK!!!!!

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