luis, the king of crops
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Degenerate ‘Modernistic’ Works ~ senior editorial producer at @newyorker.com ~ opinions are mine, give them back >:/ ~ he/they read my stuff at https://more-tk.com/
at a certain point we need to stop asking silly questions about things like "plot" or "character" or "motivation" and instead treat these shows as dispatches from the Comedy Works Progress Administration, duty-bound to keep a room staffed and Hannah Waddingham on screens for at least 18 more months
Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · 6h agoSomehow, Ted Lasso returned. Nobody seems to know why — including the people making the show:
The Athletic makes sure to remind you they're part of the NYT from time to time
The Athletic@theathletic.com · 8h agoAaron Rodgers spoke out about Dr. Anthony Fauci. Sophie Cunningham spoke out about transgender athletes. Caitlin Clark chose not to weigh in. Three different approaches, one common result: criticism. Steve Buckley on how athletes can't win on social media: nyti.ms/3Sa9A7D
Listen, strokes/folks etc, but "Batman Begins > Barry Lyndon" should trigger a wellness check
sowing (blogging) and reaping (writing blog post)
"please put in the newspaper that i am normal and can be trusted, you have to believe me guys, please"
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · yesterdayOh yeah, David Ellison is legit scared he's gonna lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
honestly, a middle-brow (complimentary) director doing a big splashy Classics adaptation that’s sold out for a month at the IMAX and there’s an ongoing debate about it with one of its en vogue translators is probably the healthiest the culture has been in a long time
I think it’s nice that The Odyssey has brought back not only middlebrow blockbusters but old-fashioned literary snobbery
I know I'm literally a quarter-century late on this but the "Pine Barrens" episode of the Sopranos is an incredible piece of American art
Devastating news: opening a record store close to me had immediately like 40x’ed my spending on records
October 29, 2024 by @reckless.bsky.social
A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles
Trump doesn’t care about any of this.
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Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w agoATLANTA (AP) — US surpasses 2025’s record-breaking tally for measles cases, with 2,318 cases and 5 more months left in the year.
Olivia Miles please drop 40 on her ass Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
phoenix@phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 2w agoICYMI: Sophie Cunnningham, aka MAGA Barbie, one of the most popular WNBA players among a certain faction of "fans" spoke out against trans inclusion in sports The Lynx play her Indiana Fever on Sun 8/2 -- would be a great day to show up in support of trans athletes
why would the band Pomplamoose do this
The Verge@theverge.com · 2w agoPatreon is laying off 20 percent of workers
It really does look good, but mainly its an excuse to (once again) post the New Yorker piece it's based on, one of the finest examples of comic writing I've ever seen, by the great Ian Frazier. www.newyorker.com/magazine/199...
Coyote V. Acme
From 1990: “Much as he has come to mistrust Defendant’s products, Mr. Coyote has no other domestic source of supply to which to turn.”
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Every Film Now@everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 2w agoFinal trailer for ‘COYOTE VS. ACME’ has been released. In theaters August 28. #CoyoteVsAcme
someone pls get Aliyah Boston off this wack ass Fever team, i beg
Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 2w agoWNBA player Sophie Cunningham (she had that meme that was everywhere recently where she was pointing at another player) decided to speak up about trans people, and uh... Really interesting phrasing here. www.out.com/news/sophie-...
not particularly religious but i do think kewpie mayonnaise is incontrovertible proof of a loving god
having the kind of insomnia they talk about in movies tonight, for some reason. there’s soft indie rock playing during a montage of me tossing and turning and then getting up and going back to bed. A deeply anachronistic digital alarm clock has appeared on my nightstand with big shouty red numbers.
5 years ago, @shadowtodd.bsky.social made a video about the mess that is "Passage" by the Carpenters. anyway I found a copy in the discount bin at the record shop and he was really underselling how fucking bizarre it is for KAREN CARPENTER to do "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" youtu.be/d_gwA_hdKMs?...
TRAINWRECKORDS: "Passage" by Carpenters
YouTube video by Todd in the Shadows
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walked into a record store for the first time in a while and basically entered a fugue state. now I own the Franz Ferdinand self titled and am actively shopping for Fleet Foxes albums, is this hell y/n
I’m sorry I know the match has been over for like four hours now but this is going down as one of the funniest charts in football history
John Muller@johnspacemuller.com · 2w agoWorried about what this red card could mean for Argentina’s ability to create chances
I just realized that after this World Cup result England is now legally worse at football than Spain I’m celebrating all over again
MUPPETS AT THE HALFTIME SHOW, I REPEAT, DR TEETH AND THE ELECTRIC BAND AT THE HALF TIME SHOW
