Sterling Gates

@sterlinggates.bsky.social

Writer of tv (SUPERGIRL, THE FLASH), film (THE POSTHUMAN PROJECT), and animation (SPIDER-MAN). Sometimes director (JUST THE JANITOR). NY Times Bestselling comic book creator. Eagle Scout.

I think we can say this is the spiritual opposite of Biden’s loan forgiveness program, which targeted public service degrees for debt relief. I don’t think he needs much defending, but the way people blamed him for SCOTUS and the GOP stonewalling debt relief was a real low point in our politics.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Lots of people genuinely suffered during Covid, but if your big trauma was that you had to wear a cloth over your face, or you could only eat on the restaurant‘s outdoor patio, or you couldn’t see Wonder Woman 1984 in a theater, please shut the fuck up.

All of what @moryan.bsky.social says here and also the additional thought that in the current exceptionally shitty climate there's the wager that not only do some people just not care about awful behavior, some people (mostly dudes) valorize it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

Opinion | Jared Leto and Hollywood’s Open Secrets (Gift Article)

Whispers can fester for years before anyone faces consequences. And the tactics celebrities use to escape scandal have completely changed.

nytimes.com

We got headlines about Joe Biden having Parkinsons and being mentally unfit in the big papers for months. One of Trump's own buddies gets on TV and says The President is crazy and doesn't know what he's saying sometimes and has impulse control and it won't move the needle

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Sen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."

A Danny DeVito double in 35mm! THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN ('87) screens today & tomorrow, Saturday & Sunday August 1st & 2nd, at 6:30pm paired w/ RUTHLESS PEOPLE ('86) at 8:30pm. Ruthless People screenwriter Dale Launer in person, schedule permitting, to introduce Sunday's show!

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