I wrote about all the sad rich teens (and a few working-class ones). Read on to see which show is better! [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/a...

‘The Shards’ and ‘Sterling Point’ Offer Class Struggle as Teen Drama (Gift Article)

“The Shards” and “Sterling Point” offer different angles on that most status-conscious of genres, the teen drama.

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"The critics are wrong about my political opinions, which for some reason I really really don't want to specify" LOL This is like when you're talking to somebody you just met and politics comes up and they laugh nervously and say, "Oh I just like to tune all that stuff out"

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · yesterday

"Unfortunately, I can't give anyone a view into my heart and mind." Why? Are you unfamiliar with them? Ellison's whole "I'm not allowed to express my specific political opinions here, but trust me" approach is transparent nonsense. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

Continuing our family Felicity rewatch, just explained to my son how landlines would still work during a blackout and I now feel like the world’s oldest surviving WWI veteran

1. It’s obviously awful if the job market is so bad that people who want to live on their own can’t but 2. it always seemed like a messed-up, consumerist mindset to stigmatize young people for not forming an entirely new solo household immediately after graduating www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/b...

More Young College Graduates Are Living At Home. Is That a Bad Thing? (Gift Article)

More young adults are living with their parents. The development suggests that they face a weak job market, but also that fewer face stigma in returning to the roost.

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Are we seriously going to go through another fricking season of How Dare This Dramedy Be Nominated for Either a Drama or a Comedy Emmy

Time for my annual summer recommendation! This veggie burger will use every ingredient in your damn kitchen and take two hours to prep, and it is worth it. Double the recipe and freeze some! cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016...

The Ultimate Veggie Burger (Published 2014)

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1) This is nuts 2) This reminds me of when Trump walked out of a TV interview in 1990 claiming inaccurate reporting, and when the interviewer asked what was innaccurate, Trump said, "I think your demeanor was inaccurate." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...

Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum

President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”

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I fell down a rabbit hole of searching for the best musical performances from TV shows and had to share a few gemstones. Post your faves! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-zn...

The Righteous Gemstones: Misbehavin' with Jennifer Nettles and Walton Goggins (S1 E5 Clip) | HBO

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Very basic question, but is it truly not possible to collapse replies in a Bluesky thread (like you can on, say, Reddit)? Is this the influence of the powerful Reply Guy lobby?

Has Elon Musk ever eaten a tomato

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w ago

Another odd moment occurred when Musk insisted that work in the future would be "optional" because robots would do everything. Musk said people might still work in the future but compared it to people who grow their own backyard tomatoes. He said they could just go to the store for better tomatoes.

How would Carol Love-Smernitch handle this, I ask myself

Noel Murray@noelmu.bsky.social · 2w ago

Closing the loop on this from yesterday, here's what the umpires had to say between games. Seems like this wasn't an MLB judgement call, it was the umpires deciding to interpret the rules in such a way as to disallow the delays. www.mlb.com/news/james-r...

If you start your article or newscast with an unqualified “President Trump says…” what are you even doing?

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2w ago

NEW: President Trump says that the nuclear deal between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia requires the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel, a significant condition not previously mentioned when the deal was announced.

I would watch a HOUSE OF THE DRAGON that is 100% focused on goldcloak policing tactics. Just gradually turn it into THE WIRE: KING'S LANDING

Starting Felicity s3 in our family rewatch, and either this or Big Love is the greatest TV show theme song downgrade in history

As somebody who once worked at a Taco Bell in Monroe, Michigan, let’s just say this article really hit home www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...

Misery in the Epicenter of Cyclospora: ‘A Baseball Bat to Your Abdomen’ (Gift Article)

The debilitating malady has gripped Monroe County, Mich.

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Brilliant Argentina strategy of letting the Spanish goalie get rusty before going to penalties

If it’s 0-0 at the end of regular time they should bring England and France back

I’ve got a fever and the only cure is more vuvuzela

England and France are only playing for third place, but the winner does get to reclaim the North American fur trade

Wrote about the show of the summer and how it sportsed me [giftie] nyti.ms/4wf57PY

Has the World Cup Turned Me Into … a Sports Guy? (Gift Article)

The pleasures of watching the TV show of the summer as a bandwagon fan.

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Surely Yomtov Gasoline is a late-inning reliever with an explosive fastball

kim@kimmymonte.bsky.social · 3w ago

your baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought i’ll go first mine’s Dominic Sandals

Can't tell you the key twist/character from an upcoming series that I am spoiler-embargoed from revealing, but I can tell you you will guess it within the first 15 minutes of the pilot

What a banger today from @shokdiesel.bsky.social about the real estate agents who are doubling as food influencers on social media www.weareravenous.com/real-estate-...

The Rise of the Real Estate Foodie Influencer

As local news coverage crumbles, realtors are filling a niche — but is that a good thing?

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This is hilarious. When will some adoring robot write my slopography

Kashmir Hill@kashhill.bsky.social · 3w ago

Got this text a couple months. Had to investigate it. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...

This article made me so mad (complimentary) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/m...

The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It? (Gift Article)

The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.

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We must, no matter what the cost, protect our purity of essence

Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting

Real boom times for lovers of pressure-cooked salad

I'm a broken record that I don't believe casting can turn a bad show into a good one. But if you believe differently, this is a golden age for you, I guess?

Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · 3w ago

My review of Apple's Lucky, which offers a familiar con artist story, but works relatively well as a delivery system for Anya Taylor-Joy, Annette Bening, and Timothy Olyphant:

Hope Hank Hill was able to score tickets to this World Cup game in Dallas www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PIc...

Hank Hill Falls In Love With Soccer | King of The Hill | Hulu

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Someone should write a story about a curséd device, lusted after as a transformative source of power, that renders its users unnaturally youthful long beyond their time

IGN@ign.com · 3w ago

Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen will return as Frodo and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum — more than 25 years on from when Fellowship of the Ring released, and now director Andy Serkis has said some level of digital de-aging will be used. https://bit.ly/4fxOKI3