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TV writer (SWAMP THING! SHINING VALE!) Friend to books, horses, and old movies. I am pro-Oxford comma.

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I find Ryan Murphy’s preoccupations deeply boring. It’s a shame he’s responsible for so much TV getting made right now!

11.03.2026 14:11 👍 39 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 1

It actually rules to watch LLM centrism develop in real time. "Ok yes, tech bros are taking things way too far but LLM skeptics are just as silly, surely we can all agree that it's a transformative new technology and we all need to get onboard" and like, bro. Bro. We know who's side you're really on

11.03.2026 02:38 👍 725 🔁 124 💬 22 📌 4

He’s not playing chess literally. He’s not playing chess figuratively. He’s not playing chess on any level of abstraction whatsoever. I doubt he can play chess.

11.03.2026 11:52 👍 4656 🔁 648 💬 454 📌 49
NBC News poll

Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.

NBC News poll Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.

Truly a perfect news alert

10.03.2026 15:39 👍 16534 🔁 3367 💬 295 📌 234

Even if Timmy wins the Oscar (doubtful) the damage has been done, the opera and ballet and classical music worlds are made of sterner stuff

11.03.2026 00:18 👍 35 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 2

Chalamet discourse keeps on going because at the NY Philharmonic press event tonight even Gustavo Dudamel made fun of him

11.03.2026 00:16 👍 107 🔁 11 💬 6 📌 0

😆

11.03.2026 00:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Awesome!

11.03.2026 00:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
More than 667,000 people have registered on the Lebanese government's online displacement platform, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday, citing government figures. That included more than 100,000 in the past 24 hours, it said.

More than 667,000 people have registered on the Lebanese government's online displacement platform, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday, citing government figures. That included more than 100,000 in the past 24 hours, it said.

All of this and the admin still can’t explain why they think this started.

11.03.2026 00:12 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The U.S. Central Command said on social media Tuesday evening that it had struck the vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. A video accompanying the post showed munitions hitting nine vessels, most of which were moored at the time of the attack.

The U.S. Central Command said on social media Tuesday evening that it had struck the vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. A video accompanying the post showed munitions hitting nine vessels, most of which were moored at the time of the attack.

Without independent confirmation, we can’t believe our government to tell us who or what they hit.

11.03.2026 00:10 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

Following me just so you can come at me about the annoying actor I already felt extremely mid about is going to get you blocked. Coming at me with “you clearly didn’t read the article” is gonna get you blocked, unblocked and then blocked again. #byebye

10.03.2026 22:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

“Nobody cares about ballet or opera” is a stupid opinion. Because it’s clearly not true. An artist should not demean the work of other artists.

10.03.2026 21:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I will! Everything about this book sounds so up my alley.

10.03.2026 19:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I cannot wait to read this.

10.03.2026 18:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

10.03.2026 17:53 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

WTF is going on here

10.03.2026 17:30 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

What are you doing

10.03.2026 17:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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California to see unprecedented heat wave in coming days Temperatures 30 degrees above normal are expected in parts of California as a startling weather event unfolds over the next 10 days.

California's already poor snowpack is going to further shrink in the coming week as an unprecedented heat wave strikes the state.
Remember how to use #water carefully.

#climatechange

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

10.03.2026 17:07 👍 58 🔁 31 💬 3 📌 2

We can do better.

Let’s make it catastrophic.

10.03.2026 16:41 👍 38 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
Between this and the profoundly stupid Chalamet story, we've reached a crisis point in punishing famous people for saying anything remotely interesting in public.

Between this and the profoundly stupid Chalamet story, we've reached a crisis point in punishing famous people for saying anything remotely interesting in public.

No clue what “this” is referring to, but if you think what ole TC said qualifies as “remotely interesting” then … hooboy

Gotta laugh at “punishing”! There was pushback to a flippant thing a famous person said, that’s not punishment, that’s existing in a world where people respond to provocations!

10.03.2026 16:44 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 2

At a moment when funding for things like the arts and public media are being gleefully and purposefully demolished it is absolutely wild (not to mention incredibly disheartening) to see Vanity Fair (!!) platforming this kind of take.

10.03.2026 15:52 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

So glad my subscription ran out and I didn’t renew it.

10.03.2026 15:52 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gosh, every time I go to the ballet, which is often, I see sold out crowds there. I couldn’t care less about TC. What a ridiculous take.

10.03.2026 15:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

His PR team must be pulling in every string they can right now. Yikes. Vanity Fair- this is... a CHOICE.
Performing arts like opera and ballet have been revered art forms for thousands of years. I think they're doing just fine without the support of Timmmmmmmmm (Parenthood reference) and his ilk.

10.03.2026 15:47 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Investigation: DHS increasingly targeting U.S. citizens A new Wall Street Journal investigation finds the department is increasingly turning its wrath on U.S. citizens, punishing them for filming or observing officers.

A new Wall Street Journal investigation finds DHS is increasingly turning its wrath on U.S. citizens, punishing them for simply filming or observing officers.

Belle Cushing is one of the reporters behind the investigation. She spoke with MPR News guest host Emily Reese about it.

10.03.2026 14:12 👍 309 🔁 186 💬 4 📌 10
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The worst cabinet in American history And it's not even close.

New in PN: The worst cabinet in history

"Even having one or two cabinet members as disastrous as Noem, Hegseth, Kennedy, or Bondi would be a stain on any administration; putting them all in one govt has created a kind of Bizarro World 1927 Yankees, an all-star team of incompetence and malevolence."

10.03.2026 11:23 👍 3887 🔁 1168 💬 201 📌 107
10.03.2026 13:05 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack

One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...

10.03.2026 12:15 👍 9137 🔁 1905 💬 355 📌 193
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Contains Not a Single Greenscreen Shot in the Entire Movie, Director Says Amazon-MGM's entire 156-minute, big-budget sci-fi gamble was shot without any green (or blue) screen, Christopher Miller says.

Hurrah! Let's hope this is such a massive hit that it starts a trend away from the pervasive substitution of bland, generic greenscreen for real* locations that infects so many current films. (* doesn't mean no digital - it's explained in the article)

10.03.2026 13:26 👍 24 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 1

It's so bad that we've reached a point where members of Congress casually discuss stripping citizenship from and deporting people because they don't like their views.

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