I'd vote for him. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/n...

N.Y. Democratic House Candidate Admits to Bondage Photo Shoot (Gift Article)

Christopher Gallant, who is running against Representative Nick LaLota on Long Island, acknowledged that the photos that surfaced in media reports on Monday were legitimate.

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Yeah, stop making scapegoats of them amirite

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Kash Patel: "We did not want to punish victims of beastiality"

In fairness, solving the first problem will also take care of the second. mastodon.social/@fak3r/11727...

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Attached: 1 image This is fine.

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Still thinking about the bungled Emmys, in particular, the death tribute. Macaulay Culkin and the Schitt's Creek folks looking like a very uncomfortable blended family at a wake. A Dolly Parton tribute that could have focused on her great, funny TV work on Carson and various talk shows, but instead>

In sum: when humans solve major mathematical problems, they gain so much insight along the way; "solving problems is only a tool and proxy for achieving the primary goal of conceptual understanding and insight." When AI solves these problems it cheats humans of going through that process.

kottke.org@kottke.org · 2d ago

A declaration signed by 25 Fields medalists: “The goals of the AI companies and the goals of the mathematical community are severely misaligned.” [terrytao.wordpress.com]

That show was losing a thousand potential viewers every second Harrelson and McConaughey spoke, and I believe they spoke for four hours

Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is NOT a great promo for "Brothers," guys.

Whoa, today must have been one of my fastest Queen Bees ever.

Supporting Actor, Actress, Writing and Directing of a Limited Series, and the Variety Special awards that went to the Bad Bunny halftime show and The Muppet Show were all booted off the Emmy telecast to make room for more "fun." An hour and 42 minutes in, I have some questions about that. >

RIP Bob Mackie!

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3d ago

Bob Mackie, designer to the stars who dressed Cher and Madonna, and defined '70s glamour, has died at 87

Why is Mandy Patinkin slumming in a JFK assassination conspiracy movie?

It is SO DISTRACTING to me, I would much rather there was just this random Scottish sheriff in the middle of Nebraska, and they just never ever explained it 

Carrie Raisler@carrieraisler.bsky.social · 4d ago

Kelly Macdonald should always be allowed to use her own voice even when it doesn’t make sense, on account that her natural voice is the best.

From the people who brought you Oh, Mary!:

“Murder of the worst people” should be a word.

I'm around the same age today as my parents were on 9/11, which is just bizarre to me.

One thing I remember about the morning after 9/11 is going to a newsstand to see the newspaper front pages. But because 9/11 had felt like the longest day, by the time the newspapers came out it felt like a lifetime had gone by since the actual attacks. (photo via www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...)

Here's what I wrote on the night of 9/11, after I finally made it home from Manhattan to Jersey City. It began as the morning after a one-night stand and quickly turned surreal and sad. The piece has a lot of self-focus, but I was writing to process my experience. www.tinmanic.com/archives/200...

25 years ago today my college friend & suitemate Doug Ketcham died. He worked on one of the top floors of the north tower of the World Trade Center for Cantor Fitzgerald. I wonder what his life would be like today. R.I.P. archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.... infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/do...

Our Duty Free shop has some amazing deals on the new iPhone Duo.

THE PREMISE IS THAT THE MUPPETS ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW CALLED THE MUPPET SHOW

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 7d ago

There are currently no active conversations for a full ‘MUPPET SHOW’ series revival. Disney, The Muppets Studio and Point Grey Pictures have had difficulties with deciding on a premise for the series that they can all agree on. (Source: Deadline)

“…there have been difficulties cracking a premise.” It’s the Muppet Show. The premise is that IT’S THE MUPPET SHOW. This is not fucking rocket science. deadline.com/2026/09/the-...

'The Muppet Show' Series Order Status After Special Wins 4 Emmys

'The Muppet Show' special got big viewership and four Emmys. Where is the Disney+ series order for the backdoor pilot? A look inside.

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a year later, looking back, I think Charlie Kirk marks the high water mark of the right's cultural dominance for a little bit there they actually managed to force civil society as a whole to crack down on people saying mean shit about one of their own, and it turned out to be a massive overreach

As if the headline isn't enough incentive, do read this short news story to the last paragraph because MAN does it escalate! playbill.com/article/man-...

Man Sentenced to 2-Year Jail Sentence After Strangling Fellow Theatregoer for Singing Along During We Will Rock You

The dust-up happened at a 2023 press performance in London's West End.

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How old is everybody on this app? what memory are we talking about here? Because this never happened.

P(aul) Frazee@pfrazee.com · last wk.

Feel like we've all memory-holed the era where blogging, podcasts, and wikipedia were considered the equivalent of slop

This is an excellent essay from Charles Homans. Such a great writer. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/m...

Did 9/11 Really Change Everything? (Gift Article)

Were the terrorist attacks that day the end of an idyllic era? The beginning of our current dystopia? Or just a middle chapter?

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Signed up for my 2026-27 Covid shot!

Oh! New history of the telephone coming in November from James Gleick! I find telecommunications history fascinating so I'm looking forward to this. us.macmillan.com/books/978037...

Wow, Katie Rogers of the NYT managed to contradict herself over the course of one sentence. Something can’t be both “questionable” and “widely debunked”! If it’s widely debunked it’s not “questionable,” it’s false! So tired of this ironic tongue-in-cheek bullshit they do with his delusions & lies.

Michelangelo Signorile@msignorile.bsky.social · last wk.

This story is buried on NYT site. And they write "questionable and provocative" claims If Biden said this the whole story would be about cognitive decline--or outrageous lying.

Was thinking about how 9/11 is what finally convinced me to buy my first cellphone. It seemed good to be reachable in case of an emergency. I bought it that fall. I can't remember the exact model but pretty sure it was some sort of Motorola StarTAC like this. mobilecollectors.net/phones/motor...

Today’s poem is called ‘Love Excels’.

I finally see my doctor again day after tomorrow. Tired of wearing this boot on my foot. Haven't really been using my crutches for the last few days but haven't left the apartment since Thursday morning anyway(!). Foot doesn't hurt anymore. Looking forward to finding out if I can get back to normal.

Jeff 🏳️‍🌈@tinmanic.bsky.social · last mo.

I broke a bone in my foot on Sunday night. Slipped on a stair and my foot went the wrong way. X-rays confirmed the next morning that it's a fracture. I'm in a boot and on crutches for the next four weeks. Fun times!