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Stop saying that all Schumer and Jeffries ever do is write strongly worded letters. Bullshit. They're not strongly worded at all.

Let's not forget, millions of Americans voted for Trump. They are our fellow citizens. So regardless of where we stand politically, it is imperative to reach out and tell each and every one of them that they are stupid fucking assholes.

If you don't think the capture of Nicolas Maduro has made the world safer, just remember how the death of Saddam Hussein brought stability to the region and a lasting peace to the world.

For some reason this tweet comes to mind today.

*squeezes bridge of nose* okay so no further actions are anticipated but if anyone interferes with the oil companies we have a second bigger strike ready and we’re not nation building but we will be running the country and we left most of the regime intact but don’t support the opposition. Right?

Dear legislator: I am not remotely interested in your personal "take" on what the Trump administration did in Venezuela. I would much prefer it if you initiated some kind of action and then told us about it.

Since so many people on Threads misunderstand my posts, I've been advised to add a symbol or emoji or something to indicate I'm being sarcastic. But I won't because of, I guess, professional pride? It feels like adding a laugh track to a sitcom.

It cannot be underestimated how much Trump & co. are trying to win the 1990’s.

The notion that everything Trump does is about envy/anger towards Obama/Biden just got another big piece of evidence

Ok 9th grade history teacher you win on me having to know what the Monroe Doctrine is

Learning from history is so woke.

Honestly we should be impeaching Schumer as well for being the most useless shmuck in America, btw whatever fucking happened to that promised healthcare vote in December?

I need some wisdom and insight about what's happening in Venezuela. So I guess I'd better go read the "Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk" newspaper.

[Me, prior to watching screeners of the new season of The Pitt] Pitt. Pitt. Pitt. Pitt. [Me, after watching the season premiere] PITT! PITT! PITT! PITT!

Remember, it’s ok to gather facts, decide what you will do about them and then log off to do that. Soaking in the 24/7 news cycle amplified by social media can be hell on mental health

I am perversely nostalgic for a vanished era when news of this sort would keep me up all night with anxiety and anger because it didn't happen all the time

An illegal, unprovoked, regime-change war under the leadership of anyone but Trump is the utopian world Never Trump Republicans are so nostalgic for.

“Nobody can stop us,” a thing famously said by people about to do good things

KUMAIL on TASKMASTER. I’s calling it: The all too rare CONFLUENCE OF AWESOME. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8613...

I can't even be outraged by this guy anymore. If Congress wasn't a joke, with roughly half its members consistently putting party over country, he never would've made it to a second term.

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Let's not forget, millions of Americans voted for Trump. They are our fellow citizens. So regardless of where we stand politically, it is imperative to reach out and tell each and every one of them that they are stupid fucking assholes.

ST finale pod on Monday. Appreciate y’all letting us have a proper break before January swallows us whole!

It was an honor to play the role of "deceived woman"

Cold rainy day in LA and the news as dark as the sky, so lunch was tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwich and tater tots. We are all 12, you say? Confirmed.

I hate the way movies made in the last couple decades add a dramatic sizzle to every draw on a cigarette. It’s so fake and takes me right put of the movie. I also get annoyed by 1970s and 1980s tippy tappy footfall sound effects for all shoe types.

Doing upside down exercises in my Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain workbook. I’ve mentioned this before but the left brain-right brain thing has been debunked HOWEVER the instruction for entering a flow state is excellent

Shortcut: whenever the rich people as a class are complaining about being the victims of some oppression, they are making it up

THE PITT 🤝 INDUSTRY Me somehow understanding everything despite not following 98% of the jargon.

This is a modern retelling of oedipus rex

Made my proper broccoli cheddar soup. Most versions are cheese sauce with a sprinkle of broccoli and I demand truth in advertising. I use a ton of broccoli and some cheese to complement.

Google AI still hitting the mushrooms

The wonderful new President of Ireland has a chance to do the funniest thing

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if he is not stopped now, he will have no reason to stop

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The wonderful Anna May Wong, for both her 120th birthday and #Caturday. This is a publicity shot for her final film appearance in PORTRAIT IN BLACK (Michael Gordon, 1960).

Don’t sleep on these psychopaths’ “Crusader” accelerationism happening here, too. American flags are burning around the world right now. The inevitable blowback will be the justification for more and more racist slaughter and imperial acquisition/resource extraction.

‘We’re going to run it’ beyond how illegal this is by the bare minimum of international law, do any of these dipshits remember how Iraq and Aghanistan went for the US?

When I was on staff at a left-leaning alt-weekly in the Clinton era, our editor confided in me after an overseas bombing mission that he loved seeing the US flex its military power. Having worked in media my whole adult life I don't believe in secret press agendas. But I do recall that conversation.

How do your imaginary friends the Baileys feel about it, Chuck? Call them and find out. Maybe they'll urge you to actually fucking do something for once.

*stares straight ahead, unblinking, for all of 2026*

What are we doing here folks

When a Polish woman is attacked by occupying Russian soldiers, a brawl breaks out in the shared barracks. Raymond Bernard employs his trusty handheld camera to capture all the action in the sci-fi historical epic THE CHESS PLAYER (1927)

This is a day for gathering facts - and posing questions about the near future of Venezuela. Here are six of my questions. www.npr.org/2026/01/03/n...

It does not seem incidental that LLMs are being so heavily touted as all-purpose solutions by incredibly wealthy men accustomed to being surrounded by people who yes-and even their worst ideas, many of whom have descended into their own personal psychosis

a great group of winners from the National Society of Film Critics, a group I am proud to vote with every year @nsfc.bsky.social

The DEA being illegally platformed as the main fake authority over Venezuela - a country which has close to zero actual involvement in drug trafficking - makes anti-sense until you realize that petroleum is the drug they are talking about #petrodollar #alwaystheoil

Del Toro’s might be my favorite performance of the year, period, but I am glad to see Delroy Lindo in the running, as he should be

Literally using the same language that Mario Savio ripped to shreds 60-plus years ago, but at least you're being a condescending dick about it

to be fair it's also about working-class soldiers being forced to die for the benefit of the rich, which Trump enthusiastically supports

I was just watching a live news feed of the criminal-in-chief's press conference, and the ticker at the bottom said US forces "captured" the Maduros. I wasn't aware that they were on the run from Johnny Law. Were they fleeing the country in a 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible?

this is honestly more vile than I was expecting

Do you know how hard it is to write about movies like we live in a normal world? I feel insane when I go to write about EXPLORERS or WARRIORS OF THE LOST WORLD when... *gestures at the world outside* ... is happening.

I'm pretty sure there's a Dril quote for this

My most recent one is, characters in every time period and every country employing martial arts moves in fights. In the old West? Sure, immigration -- it's possible. The plains of Denmark, 1400? Almost certainly not. In ancient Greece? GTFOH.

Workouts are showing results, I successfully lifted Eva the chunky monkey off the ground, which I haven't managed in many years. She was not amused. (Old photo of her watching Eurovision on a tablet.)

on the bright side, maybe this is the push we needed to finally start shopping at local mom and pop oil stores!

People at the table next to me at a restaurant: “Jesus Christ! What are we doing there?” It kind of feels like the national mood in two lines.

Heather is literally the best in so many ways, her work is brilliant and you can support her at both paid and free subscriber levels at the un-nazi un-substacked Ghost 👻

It feels weird to share one's work today, but here's my favorite first-time watches from 2025. It's 25 films! Read: 812filmreviews.substack.com/p/favorite-f...

Oh, quick note for Americans who resolved to learn to cook in the new year. Metric. Get a scale, they're like $12. Use grams. You never have to scramble for a measuring cup again. You never have to worry about baked goods going wonky because the flour wasn't leveled or something.

I would be more grumpy about the fact that everyone just brings their dogs with them to the grocery store these days, but they're all such good boys and I have to give them all the scritches and I love them so much.

Trying to purge things by watching Robyn and David Byrne doing Dancing on My Own on SNL50 and what should be a cathartic experience is undercut by the shots of egregiously white people clapping on the 1s and 3s.

Here's a good post that is not about Venezuela

If Hawke can get nominated, he could make a real run at the win. But that’s a big if.

Evil clickbait strikes again

Never really thought I’d be considering whether I could get a hold of Paul Wolfowitz but here we are.

"I spoke the language of geologic time. Mastodons grazed my underbrush. I heard the last whispered heartbeats of the dinosaurs. Now, I endure the incessant footfall of dudes who think side-stepping a Labrador dump qualifies as a survival skill."

live footage of us the last two weeks

did the classic-since-movies-have-existed move of coping with the news by hiding in a movie theater all day, and saw what are now two of my favorites of last year (Resurrection; The Secret Agent) plus a screening of 8 1/2 beforehand, which is maybe the most unhinged triple feature in known history

Does anyone have a theory for why Trump & his minions (and Kamala Harris, strangely) would use the words "lethal" or "lethality" in relation to the military? Isn't the military (potentially) lethal by definition? Or is it code for "we don't care about civilian casualties"? Or something else?

Notice if you ever make the mistake of having a conversation with some pro-CIA “centrist” about Hugo Chavez, if they’re off the record at a bar or party (not ex cathedra from the thinktank or the opinion page) they never deny the CIA assassinated him, and in fact to a man celebrate it as a good hit.

I’m the type of person who constantly thinks they aren’t doing enough. My day job is running operations for OCN Distribution, which is mainly scheduling, manufacturing and selling home video releases for nearly fifty labels. But I just tallied it up and I also produced 81 discs last year, myself.

MINORITY REPORT-ass reality

A belated final stack of new disc arrivals for 2025, on to 2026!

To say I’m excited about the first @cine-matographe.bsky.social release of 2026 would be an understatement. It’s a true honor to present the world UHD debut of Karel Reisz’s sublimely acted, painfully tense, crime drama THE GAMBLER. A release that feels long overdue. On sale now! Happy New Year!

I don't know exactly what's going on with the criminal-in-chief this particular morning, but he looks like he's checking out the asses of every single person speaking

Cleaning up after the washing machine flood. That is a special kind of dirty floor, all the accumulated washing machine crud, plus whatever was under the machine.

You want to say, "Don't they realize the lyrics say..." but THE LYRICS ARE IN THE CLIP

I have learned that a shocking number of Americans think it’s pronounced “Reesies” and it’s absolute nails on a chalkboard

Talked to my boy Lav Diaz about imperialism today

Heavy matters in the world, but somehow the work still goes on. Take our minds off with a WRITING SPRINT? Starts in 17 mins at the top of the hour. 1 hour of writing oblivion - you're welcome to jump in with your own tasks.

One of my favorite bookstores out there burned down earlier this week. They're having a fundraiser and are really close to their goal. Pitch in if you can! giveahand.com/fundraiser/n...

it's giving high school yearbook

OK, we're doing this now

a story in three movie titles: Sorry, Baby It Was Just an Accident Splitsville

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Just caught up with FAMILIAR TOUCH after learning about this award. (Film critics: Still so influential!) A lovely, understated drama about an elderly woman with dementia finding her way in an assisted living facility. Chalfant is superb. Keep tissues within reach.

Thankfully I get a break from today's news to watch three films **checks notes** about racism. Yay! (it's for a listicle I'm writing that's due Monday)

Feels pretty crazy that despite ongoing geopolitical events, my giant canker sore still hurts like hell.

Wait, there are TWO New Year Treat Taskmaster eps????

Kathleen Chalfant's performance in FAMILIAR TOUCH is a wonder — and the richly deserving winner of the National Society of Film Critics' Best Actress prize today. My review: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

WRITING SPRINT COMPLETE! We now return you to the real world.

OMG, it exists! LOL! But not with either Welles or Garland

I’ve thought about this monologue, and this one particular line, every single day since I saw it for the first time a year ago

Wells’ fridge better take cover