Emily V Gordon
@emilyvgordon.bsky.social
Current writer. Former comedy booker. Former therapist. Co-writer of The Big Sick et al. She/her. Adamantly from NC. @wintercoatfilms.bsky.social
1. Last week, we revealed that the New York Post published a fake cover story claiming "thousands" of 9/11 families were trying to ban Mamdani from the 25th anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero. Instead of admitting its error, the Post quietly edited the article, adding even less credible info.
"They're out Saturday night punk rocking." --Angela Lansbury
Kevin Daly@kevinddaly.bsky.social · 2w agoAngela Lansbury, forecasting the lasting and widespread appeal of Murder, She Wrote in the NY Times five months before the pilot even aired:
This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City. This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
When grief needs a voice: Finding comfort in California's 'wind phones'
When grief needs a voice: Finding comfort in California's 'wind phones'
After tragedy, a line of comfort: throughout California you can find wind phones, memorials to lost loved ones that encourage those who visit them to share their deepest emotions and feelings.
latimes.com
Mamdani: "Those who led through exclusion & isolation have tried to win power & enrich themselves by turning us against one another ... today, too many of our leaders do not believe in a vision of this nation as an asylum for the persecuted, but rather as one that persecutes those seeking asylum"
"Why Does a Suspected Anti-Muslim Attack Barely Make the News?" Zeteo UK's Shehab Khan on the double standards from politicians & the media when it comes to attacks on Muslims. No front page headlines on Edinburgh; no Cobra meeting; no sustained outrage. Read/share/subscribe:
Why Does a Suspected Anti-Muslim Attack Barely Make the News?
The political and media reaction to a knife-wielding man allegedly attacking Muslims in Edinburgh raises uncomfortable questions about whose safety Britain takes seriously.
zeteo.uk
pete hegseth is engaged in open racial discrimination against black officers. the clear message is that there is no place for black or women leadership in his military
Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity
nytimes.com
VINTAGE LUNCHBOX MEGATHREAD! There is something deeply, nostalgic about the artwork on old lunchboxes. They meet at the crossroads of childhood, food, pop culture, & school/friends. Every day, for as long as I feel like, I'll be adding a new lunchbox to this thread! TMNT-1989 (My first lunchbox!)
It’s not hyperbole that part of what kept the queer liberation movement going in the Reagan era was the partying part of the “bury your friends in the morning, protest in the afternoon, and dance at night” schedule. Without joy there is no air left to fight
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2mo agoFascism's a fever you break with shit like what happened in New York last night. Create more excuses to feel things like that together.
Did anyone every acquire the rights to "How Bizarre" by OMC so we could learn how that story ended?
Brilliant film, incredibly uplifting in a way that's real, not phony.
Gregory Peter McIver@gpmciver.bsky.social · 2mo agoNow watching for the first time.
I feel like the photographer could have gotten a little closer tbh
Rare bug photographed in Golden Gate Park pond: 'Total shock'
The elusive find had never been logged on iNaturalist before.
sfgate.com
really insightful and horrifying stuff from @thefarce.org
🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 3mo agoHow AI Plans to Buy 2026 This election should be a slam dunk for Democrats. There are billions of reasons it absolutely is not. I'm going Paul Revere on this one and connecting the dots. One thing you can never say is that you haven't been told.
Holy shit y’all this is not a drill, David Letterman and Stephen Colbert are dropping stuff off the rooftop of a building near the Ed Sullivan Theater!
A comedian's job is not to hold truth to power. A comedian's job is usually dog walker or barista or baby sitter or sometimes office temp at like Hims.
If you became as obsessed with #Neighbors as I did, you might want to know that Season 2 of HBO and A24's wildest-ever docuseries is officially in production — I spoke with creators, directors, and EPs Harrison Fishman and Dylan Redford for the exclusive details:
HBO and A24's Wildest Docuseries Ever Is Officially in Production on Season 2 [Exclusive]
HBO and A24's wild docuseries Neighbors is officially in production on Season 2, and the creators are revealing what to expect from its return.
collider.com
Come hang out with Jon and Suze and all of the beautiful weirdos we're collecting... deadline.com/2026/05/imog...
Imogen Poots & John Reynolds To Headline 'Sex Criminals' At Prime Video
Imogen Poots and John Reynolds have been tapped as the leads of Sex Criminals, Prime Video's series adaptation of the Image Comics’ title
deadline.com
Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats • The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.
Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats
The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.
erininthemorning.com
