Alan French

Mickey 17 was a masterpiece and you guys fucked up by not watching it

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It took just three days to get Sinclair to back down, and what it got in exchange for agreeing to put Kimmel back on the air was...nothing. This is not what happens every time you stand up to a bully, but if you don't fight back, you'll never know if you would have won.

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

"what does it matter, the damage is done"....Jesus, I genuinely hope you're working on behalf of MAGA, because if you're not, and this is the entirety of your contribution, better to just shut up.

I didn’t deserve this.

I’ve spent enough on physical media to go on a mass cancelling spree today. Bye Disney, bye Hulu, bye Spotify

Exactly this

Yeah I hopped on it when the chance came around. Didn’t want to delay give the state of things here

Shockingly I got one in Florida in the last 72 hours

Special election results: Democrats LaVon Bracy Davis, RaShon Young to represent Orange in Legislature The special elections resulted from the death of Democratic state Sen. Geraldine Thompson in February.

#OrangeCountyDems hold the seat in the aftermath of a State Senator’s death. Lavon Bracey Davis moves into the State Senate and her former campaign manager Rashon Young takes her House seat!

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/09/02/s...

Special election results: Democrats LaVon Bracy Davis, RaShon Young to represent Orange in Legislature The special elections resulted from the death of Democratic state Sen. Geraldine Thompson in February.

Bracey Davis and Young won tonight!!!

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/09/02/s...

I love this so much! I really hope we’re able to make the drive in tomorrow night.

Go, Toxie!!!!

Also his sources are stupid as hell. If only there was a very popular book they could look to in order to see what relationship Bartholomew and Agnes have (brother and sister for the record)

In other words: They lied.

I agree with that it does not reach the highs of those other films though.

I didn’t really expect him to be, but Hawley also dives way deeper down the philosophical well as the series progresses. I felt like he got the “this is how we’re different than what you’ve seen” stuff out of the way early. Episodes 3-6 are why I love the franchise (obviously can’t drop spoilers)

Violent crime is at an all-time low in D.C. the NYT acting as stenographers for the administration is shameful - this is an authoritarian crackdown on an overwhelmingly Democratic city. Accepting and amplifying the framing of the Trump admin is wildly irresponsible.

The Phoenician Scheme | Ballerina Baroque schemes, backstabbing...and their consequences.

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME is on Peacock. It's one of my favorites of the year so far.

Awesome movie, can’t wait to pick up my copy of Fangoria later today

Caught up to #Noise at #Fantasia2025, and can honestly say it’s got the best jump scares since Insideous 3. A quick 90 minutes with plenty of substance in the narrative framing. My favorite of the fest so far, review coming later today.

I really dug this one because we don’t get enough goofy horror comedies. This will make an excellent triple feature with Onyx the Fortuitous and Killer Klowns

How do I make it mandatory for every person on the planet to watch this (and understand it) before being allowed to comment on any entertainment website/video/TikTok?

Losing poets & musicians hurts the most. No more new gifts, no more new revelations. It feels like their work ends when they’re gone. But we can revisit it over the many years of our lives and marvel as the words and songs begin to sound different, as the words and songs somehow change with us. ❤️

The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.

Media outlets can't pivot to AI to save themselves. It's not a business strategy and it's not going to work. The only path forward is for journalists to lean into their humanity, to do things AI can't, and to make clear they are writing for people, not algorithms:

www.404media.co/the-medias-p...

Free minutes starting at 9 PM on my moms cell phone.

Free texting between blackberrys (but no one else).

VHS Rewind machines.

The Odyssey (2026)

Age verification? I remember Eckerds and Hollywood Video in high school.

100%

And we need to make sure they never live it down no matter what.