Trump is doing real harm to a much broader swath of Americans (and people around the world) this time around than in his first term. That's making him less popular, and making the people who don't like him hate him harder.
Journalistic practice is responsive to both of those trends.
HUGE.
I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.
State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.
www.wired.com/story/gramma...
1. Horrifying ruling out of the 4th Circuit.
An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans.
It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling.
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I don't like that I have to keep writing articles like this one regarding Disney or Pixar. I'm transgender and have never once viewed going to the movies as a form of therapy. But wanting to see myself represented on screen shouldn't be too much to ask for, is it?
Uh…. not to mention doing a #TCMParty! I’m breaking my rule not to participate in live commentary for silent films because you can’t capture any dialogue while you’re typing. But I figured this one was going to be fun. #TheArtist
Another way this movie represents loss: My wife and I saw #TheArtist when it was new at a theater that no longer exists in a city that now has zero movie theaters at all. #TCMParty
The scene on the stairs is symbolic. Note who was going up and who was going down. #TheArtist #TCMParty
His sound dream is so clever. More than 80 years into the talkies and it’s legitimately jarring. #TheArtist #TCMParty
When I first saw this movie I thought it was anachronistic to include it, except the finger gesture was in Hitchcock’s silent THE RING and Harold Lloyd’s SPEEDY. I remember seeing a ‘30s talkie with the gesture but I can’t remember what it was. #TCMParty
I like that Trump will say some garbled sentence like, “The war against the very bad, no class Agrabah is now over until soon and with tears in her eyes, Bianca Jagger thanked me in Studio 54” and serious people act as if he had some sort of coherent thought that he’ll remember tomorrow
#RIP Alexander Butterfield, 99
On President Nixon's orders, he supervised the installation of a recording system in the Oval Office.
Later revealed their existence in front of the Senate Watergate Committee - causing a domino effect of Nixon's resignation
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
This thread is a must watch.
Also known as "using insider knowledge for war profiteering."
Trump did not announce a U.S. policy then walk it back. That is not what happened, and media presenting it that way does a disservice.
Trump said words he thought might appeal to his audience in the moment, with no connection to actual policy, then did that again with a different question/asker.
This level of incoherence about things that matter would generate a call for removal in every other major institution in the Western world other than the American Presidency.
This is one of 2025's best movies. But you won't get to see it compete at the Oscars.
It's called Nobody, and it earned almost $250 million on a $10< million budget. A future is coming for small, risky films — with or without the Oscars. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-film-t...
Imagine the reaction in the US if ~175 schoolgirls had been killed by a targeted Iranian missile. (Or anyone's missile.)
This is an atrocity.
WSJ follows up on its bombshell investigation:
Five Takeaways From the WSJ Investigation of Government Assault Claims— Gift Link
www.wsj.com/us-news/five...
This has been true for quite awhile. Not every nomination is great. That would be an impossible expectation. But especially for people who don't watch many movies... You would do pretty good at the cinema, dating back to like 2019, by simply trying to watch all the best picture nominees each year.
While some modest gains were made, overall representation for women remains stalled below 1/3 of nominees in this year's #Oscars non-acting categories, indicating a stubborn resistance to change. Our annual report on Gender & Non-Acting Oscar Nominations: womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi on why he always returns home, undeterred by imprisonment and film censorship:
“When half of you is there, then how could you be out?”
Trump replaced a dangerous leader of Iran with a more dangerous leader. Good job.
"I looked up, and up, and up, and up, until I saw Tom Noonan's face, looking down at me with a curious expression. 'What did you say your name was?' he asked." A remembrance of my friend Tom, lost too soon. www.rogerebert.com/mzs/a-beauti...
Still gets me. One of the most triumphant finales ever. Can we get a courageous Washington hero like that now? #MrSmithGoestoWashington #TCMParty
Attacking the boys and stealing their papers! 😠 #MrSmithGoestoWashington #TCMParty
The one-man-holding-up-the-state thing and having a stranglehold on the press is… true to life. #MrSmithGoestoWashington #TCMParty
With the Senate floor emptying and refilling and then Jeff giving his rousing filibuster, it’s a shame there’s no C-SPAN yet. #MrSmithGoestoWashington #TCMParty
