This week, we're covering The Critic, a show whose mix of high and low read as fairly gay, even if Jay Sherman himself repeatedly insisted that he was straight... almost every episode. Listen: www.gayestepisodeever.com/episodes/the...
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This week, we're covering The Critic, a show whose mix of high and low read as fairly gay, even if Jay Sherman himself repeatedly insisted that he was straight... almost every episode. Listen: www.gayestepisodeever.com/episodes/the...
Throne of Blood
Spotify doesn't know about radio stations from 1995-2015
In @theatlantic.com the former First Lady advocating healthy lunches is just like the hhs head being an anti vaccine quack killing people. Stop the planet I want to get off.
Vulture Cinematrix No. 522: Aug 30, 2025 I got 9/9 Correct Score: 2616 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: vulture.com/vulturecinem...
Reminder that TERFS in my replies will summarily have their replies hidden and get blocked In 2025, I do not have the time for your nonsense
I'm all for the Dems finally joining 21st century media but the fact that this makes political spending *less* transparent is. Not great!
Genuinely annoyed I can't discuss my criticism of the New (and now shelved) Cracker Barrel without getting pulled into a culture war
NEW: Thanks to @theflytrapmedia.com, I got to write about Kristi Noem in a way I wouldn't otherwise be able to write about Kristi Noem, by speaking to feminist writers, organizers, & policy experts about internalized misogyny & what Noem's extreme makeover tells us about the changing face of evil.
Note how blue no matter who is near exclusively used to support bigoted right leaning candidates while that energy disappears when a more socialist leaning candidate like Mamdani does well.
The Tlingit Indigenous Artist Making Dazzling Labubu Regalia. hyperallergic.com/1036741/the-...
Gavin Newsom is a genuinely bad person and any admiration you have for him needs to be directed toward actually good people like JB Pritzker or Andy Beshear.
My hope is to never live a life in which the news of my death is excitedly shared by all the people who my works, organizations, and legacy have harmed. This is a tweet about recent news.
Mama Soprano’s Gravy (1999-2000): Jarred pasta sauce marketed as the "personal recipe" of Livia Soprano, matriarch on "The Sopranos". Released as a promotional item to media outlets and collectible shops for the series premiere
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Bill McKibben says solar is a "last chance for the climate." T. Kingfisher offers a dark retelling of Snow White. Nicholas Boggs tells James Baldwin's story. Plus new debut fiction.
NJ Transit's official data makes it difficult to tell just how bad it is. So @suryamattu.com and I spent three months collecting the raw location data for more than 190,000 trains on NJT, Metro-North, and LIRR. Then @mariepastora.bsky.social made the graphics to show you. The answer: Very bad.
Third spaces are important because we need locations to exist in, especially ones that don't charge to do so They are also great places to eavesdrop
I enjoy doing my work at the library for many reasons, including overhearing a librarian list all the titles of kids books about potty training to a patron on the phone: "Go Potty Go" "Even Firefighters Have to Go Potty" "Flush! Flush! Flush!" "Dinosaur vs the Potty"
the final insult of AI is going to be forcing us all to become linux guys. we're all going to be like oh yeah downloading stuff on linux is super easy you just juice the tarball and compile the pulp in the sudo command line. not like windows where you have to click on things
Cabbage vest kids
Once you reach 33 you will have one or more bird experts in your friend group and I think that's beautiful
Just a Hamlet, inserting himself into my lap in any way he can manage
And just as fascinated when the end of a movie like Volcano (1997) makes sure a child says a loud The Moral of The Story
I really wanted this piece to focus on the queer authors who are giving up a rare opportunity for positive mainstream publicity by withdrawing from the Polari prizes, rather than focusing on John Boyne and the specifics of his transphobia.
Fascinated when a movie like Volcano (1997) makes sure in the opening sequence you understand they Have a Message About Society and Capitalism.
The gremblin has something to say
what do you mean 'normal tools'?
It's gratifying that however ugly cybertrucks are in pictures, they're even worse in public
your billions are your incentive you absolute ghoul.
Disney's Chips and Sith (2015-2015): In anticipation of the "Galaxy's Edge" attraction, both Disneyland and Disney World released this dish: Chickpea and lemon hummus, topped with roasted red pepper coulis, Bugles, and black sesame dust, to replicate the face of Darth Maul.
How do you know if an idea is better for a novel or a short story? I used to have a clear sense of what would work as a novel versus short fiction... until I realized I was wrong. Now I deliberately write novels with all the hallmarks of short stories. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/what...
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Big Freedia about her new album, "Pressing Onward," and how her childhood singing in the church led her to this moment, fusing gospel with her signature bounce music.
I have to be honest, friends, I wish it wasn't necessary to have an LI in my field. It's just the pits.
The Millennial Linkedin Experience 1) Remember once a month-ish that you have LI 2) Tell LI "no I don't know these three people trying to connect to me" 3) See you have a message but once again its a weird promoted ad 4) Close 5) Repeat
hey you want to see some old timey pictures of the toledo rockets mascot www.utoledo.edu/mascot/histo...
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
The important thing to understand about the director of Frankenstein is that I would allow him to absolutely ruin my life
I wrote about Tyler Perry (w/special appearance from Jay Jacksonrao and @judysquirrels.bsky.social) for @avclub.com. www.avclub.com/tyler-perry-...
I also want to point out this insane part of the interview where the podcaster talks about the urban legend of kids identifying as cats and pooping in litterboxes and Newsom doesn't immediately just say "that's not happening anywhere and never has"
I looked into a disturbing island while researching an essay about nature. What I found was a media drama starting in 1996, one involving multiple apologies, story retractions, and personal grudges stretching over decades and into the present. Enjoy! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/monkey-bus...
"I don’t have any intention to single out Microsoft, Amazon, Google, or Palantir, but I am doing that because existing records clearly show that they are working with authoritarian regimes to provide cloud infrastructure and various technologies that are powering war and exacerbating injustice."
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
I wrote about how Brad Pitt has effectively albeit transparently used F1: The Movie and its press tour to rehabilitate his image, in order to obscure the violent allegations about abuse toward Angelina Jolie & his current estrangement from his six kids, @vulture.com. www.vulture.com/article/brad...
Happy #pride 🌈 NYC
Last semester, I had the opportunity to take a class on costume design in fantasy, sci-fi, and supernatural film and television. And for my final project, I chose to analyze the costumes in Jem and The Holograms! ✨
I'd forgotten about the truly bonkers conclusion of Time's review of Brokeback Mountain -- "fails to fully engage our emotions"! What film did this guy see???
Vulture Cinematrix No. 455: Jun 24, 2025 I got 9/9 Correct Score: 2597 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: vulture.com/vulturecinem...
Meet the most influential clothier you’ve never heard of. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/c... @simonandschuster.bsky.social @eedickinson.bsky.social #Booksky
Calling all LGBTQ+ SFF authors! I started a new starter pack for us. Happy to add folks, please just share the link when you get a moment! go.bsky.app/URHc5QB
Okay maybe this is too hot a take for 5:30pm on a Saturday but I think meme accounts that don’t give any attribution paved the way for people to accept AI words and imagery because it separated culture and entertainment from the idea that someone had to have those thoughts and compose them.
This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
this is the most bullshit logic that I have ever seen and my rage CAN NOT BE CONTAINED. the supreme court does not need to be deciding WHAT MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARE TREATABLE and no one should ignore this just because this time it wasn't yours, holy shit
this is monstrous.
Day #65: GoldenEye 007 (1995)
Your weekly reminder not to register to protest, just go to the protest. It isn't safe to give that information.
The Accountant 2 keeps billing itself in ads as "even better than the first one!!!!" as if that's not setting the bar right on the floor
please stand and salute the flag 🫡
For reference--Taken came out in 2008, Legally Blonde came out in 2001; I am not reminded so starkly of LB's year when I watch but Taken is a stream of "oh wow I remember those"
I am watching Taken for the first time and it's wild how because the first 20 minutes of the movie has showcased things like disposable cameras, 24 hour photos, getting flight info from the phone–it feels like a time capsule in a way other movies that are older do not.
This year, in the absence of any media outlet or corporation asking me to write about Pride, I challenged myself to write a Pride essay I’d actually want to read. This is what I wrote. open.substack.com/pub/johnpaul...
Watching Glengarry Glen Ross for the first time in 2025 is surreal because this opening scene has been memed so much, I can't tell if any audience ever took Baldwin's character seriously. Lemmon is a revelation though.
getting my bitch media essays back online feels a bit like getting that part of my voice back.
My latest newsletter takes a deep dive into Alex Cooper and her continued affiliation with Barstool Sports, and why that makes a partnership with the NWSL especially ill-advised for a league attempting to re-brand after multiple sexual and workplace abuse scandals.
Do I remember either of these companies' names? No. All I remember is the irony.
Now I'm getting YT ads for a clothing company with all the window dressing of FASHION. The president or a designer stands there, fabric swatches are pinned to the wall, a rack of clothes is behind them. And then they hold up the plainest greyest pants and tell you how excited they are
When I tell you that every buffet looked like they found the saddest caterer and got the cheapest package I have never seen chicken so flat and mac & cheese so soupy
I am fascinated by advertisements that unintentionally tell on themselves. Back on twt, I kept seeing ads for a biz doing stuff with spread betting and their shtick was to show a video of a food spread to show how well off gambling made them...
Whenever I play mini golf it fills me with the false confidence that I could absolutely decimate in the pro golf circuit
Very good rundown of all the reasons Andrew Cuomo was a disaster for the city as governor and would be an even bigger one as mayor. Please spread the word: Do not rank Cuomo. There are very competent people running, especially Brad Lander, who deserve people's votes. Cuomo does not.
No all stars spoilers but I am immediately remembering why Bosco was a favorite from season 14 because she's so fucking funny and amazing
I still think about this show and go why? why?
guy who thinks the Protect The Dolls shirts are about tariffs
y'all girl scout troup #1005 from Rowlett Texas will be uncovering our time capsule tomorrow morning at Dorsey Elementary. The troup of second graders there now will put their own back in the ground! EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. of my former troop members are coming.
Vulture Cinematrix No. 395: Apr 25, 2025 #VultureOchiGrid I got 7/9 Correct Score: 1939 🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: vulture.com/vulturecinem...
I shan't say it
how do you say “diva down” in Latin
John Cena could become WWE's most decorated world champion ever at WrestleMania this weekend. If he does it, it'll be as the bad guy – a role Cena hasn't played for most of his wrestling career.
When Naugahyde (basically fake leather) was invented they created a mascot to go with it and he is too precious for words
Solitary sandpiper that I painted in 2023. I went to one of my favorite shorebird spots last weekend, but I must have been a little early because I didn't see many of them. Maybe this weekend I'll have better luck! #ArtYear #BirdArt #SciArt #Watercolor #FineArt #onlybeautifulthings
It is a scary time to have been actively Out as queer in my capacity as a professional person, is what I will say right now
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Emma Chichester Clark from A Good Night’s Sleep, her picturebook about a girl who outwits wild animals (standing in for worries). Appealing scene-setting, with rich colour and threats that are not too threatening. Pb from Harper Collins 10 April @harpercollins.bsky.social
Vulture Cinematrix No. 384: Apr 14, 2025 #vultureflowgrid I got 8/9 Correct Score: 2319 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩 Play at: vulture.com/vulturecinem...
Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...
I got to talk a little bit in here about people who defiantly reject the idea that something might be a joke.
Friends, I know you're excited to try protesting, but under no circumstances should you ever sign up to attend one. I'm suspicious of any org asking people to put their name on a list that is easily accessible via warrant or may even be public. You can just show up day of.
"I'm here despite his speech. I'm here, because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." Booker says about beating Strom Thurmond's record
My latest newsletter is about queer art and rising up against fascism. And why we need queer art that tells respectability politics to go fuck itself. (And a few noodly thoughts about how this can go pretty wrong if we're not careful.) buttondown.com/charliejane/...
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
I am pretty novice so my bracket choices were a mix of (1) Are there big numbers attributed to this team (2) Do I like the mascot (3) Is the team named something like Lady Horses, Lady Tigers, etc when they could have named the team...Horses, Tigers? In which case, I pick their opponent
I keep cheering at these great shots made in the Miss Vs California game and then remembering Miss is *not* the team I put on my bracket to win
Every trans woman Oz fan I know has deep feelings for Ozma. And like Shela, I didn't know why I was drawn to her story particularly in The Marvelous Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz.
look at this absolute unit
More Fashion Cafe fun facts: -The CEOs (The Buti brothers) weren’t paying taxes, rent, utility fees, or premiums on unemployment insurance, and had failed to pay for trademarks. They faced massive ongoing lawsuits and jailtime, but were ultimately pardoned by Trump before he left office in 2020
Fashion Cafe (1995-1999): A Planet Hollywood for the fashion world, fronted by supermodels like Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer, with 5 locations worldwide. It offered standard chain restaurant fare, with with supermodel-themed names, and kitschy decor, littered with fashion-world memorabilia
Of the three presidential campaigns against Trump, two (2016 and 2024) made elaborate appeals to centrists at the expense of their relationship with progressives, and only one (2020) prioritized efforts to bridge the gap with progressives, however impermanently. The latter approach won.
