the marquee on vidiots says ANNIE AMERICAN PSYCHO and I can’t believe no one’s pitched this movie
Cameron Winter: “This is ‘Cancer of the Skull’” Crowd: [hoots and hollers]
aww there’s that old feeling, feels good to be irrationally angry again
Dan Devine@yourmandevine.bsky.social · 2d agoAt Y! Sports: With the start of a new season approaching, the Knicks announced they've suspended contract extension talks with eligible players — including key starters Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart — as the vibes around the champs grow increasingly contentious: yhoo.it/3TTw51k
oh no you're not gonna make me like you again after all that but honestly very good try
Mike Finger@mikefinger.bsky.social · last wk.Just asked Victor Wembanyama if he’d ever consider promoting a sports betting company. “Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it. .. Everybody does whatever they want, but without me.”
look there’s no way a four-hour documentary about the world’s most insufferable person could ever become the highest grossing movie ever made but
this is what happens when there's nowhere to put a 4,000-word feature
Mark Yarm@markyarm.bsky.social · 3w agoNot sure this should exist at all, but 12 episodes?!
I would have simply not run a half marathon through several feet of water
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4w agoA half-marathon race on Sunday in Paramus, New Jersey, nearly turned disastrous, as heavy rainfall flooded parts of the course and forced runners to wade through several feet of water. Harrowing social media videos showed runners navigating chest-high waters.
it's against New Yorker house style to link out I guess but it's the thought that counts
I get it but this is a bold take in the middle of the rush tour
Defenestra Andropov🇨🇦 The Fall of the new Rome is in the air...🗽🍂@defenestraandropov.bsky.social · last mo.Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: “You know when a rock band is really over the hill, and you see them in a casino playing some song from like 50 years ago?” he said. “I think that’s the part of Donald Trump’s presidency we’re at now.” 😂 #Canada #cdnpoli #Manitoba
I just read somewhere that they're going to start playing another entire NBA season soon, why would they do this
@knickerbacker.bsky.social · last mo.There is a part of me - and not a particularly small part - that still cannot fucking believe the Knicks won the title.
this is awful Corey links to a lot of great writing from Soraya and I would humbly add this (now hideous looking, art-free) story about the messy Canadian origins of Flashdance, the first time I’d worked with her www.buzzfeed.com/sorayarobert...
The Secret History Of “Flashdance”
The dancers and photographer who inspired one of the biggest pop culture touchstones of a generation have gone most of their lives unable to publicly talk about the credit they think they deserve. Unt...
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Corey Atad@coreyatad.com · 2mo agosome words on Soraya Roberts, the best writer i ever knew
a good day to read the story of the band frank beard played in before zz top www.buzzfeed.com/danielralsto...
The True Story Of The Fake Zombies, The Strangest Con In Rock History
In 1969, the Zombies had a huge hit single, despite having broken up two years earlier. To meet the unexpected demand, one promoter did the only sensible thing: hire four kids from Texas to tour Ameri...
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RIP tommy john, you were at the next table when I choked on a big glob of cheese from french onion soup at the looking glass in midland park when I was a little kid and I was embarrassed
he looks like the guy they test breath mints on
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoStephen Miller does a TV hit today (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty)
time to stop talking about how everything is IDIOCRACY and start talking about how everything is WAYNE’S WORLD
so there was a plausible scenario where It could have Happened and two hours later he would have popped out like ta-da jk
I’d have simply called my crime ring something else
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2mo agoA man long sought by the authorities in Ireland on suspicion of links to organized crime appeared in a Dublin criminal court on Sunday following his extradition from the UAE. The defendant, Daniel Kinahan, has been accused of running a crime ring known as the Kinahan Cartel.
gotta start teaching how to make guillotines in high school shop classes
Bobby Silverman@robertsilverman.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe anecdotes in this story have finally and fully radicalized me. Anyway, I gotta go join up with the Shining Path. brb (smashing the state)
hi, actual family member here, just wanted to say real quick: get fucked
CNN@cnn.com · 2mo agoTwenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc
Recovery is so beautiful and we absolutely love to see it www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
‘I have an ego that needs to be put in check’: ex-Gawker editor AJ Daulerio on life after addiction
After his fall from grace, media’s former enfant terrible is now sober and helping others with his addiction recovery newsletter and podcast, The Small Bow
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reading @billjanovitz.bsky.social’s great 2005 exile on main st. 33 1/3 book while on vacation and there truly is no escape
rarely does the whole world get to see an aerial shot of moonachie like this
not sure what this portends politically but Andy Burnham *is* the first British PM whose name is a confusing mash-up of two members of Gang of Four
