Nate Jones

What a lede!

Can We Not Be Weird About Sydney Sweeney for 5 Seconds? A jeans-genes pun is not a rich enough text to sustain this level of analysis.

I wrote about Sydney Sweeney, a celebrity whose image is so semiotically potent, and yet ideologically unfixed, that the whole question of What She Means becomes contested political territory.

www.vulture.com/article/can-...

Demi Moore (and Sharon Stone) in BOBBY

New DEMI, MYSELF &I ep, where @kn8.bsky.social and I talk about the surprisingly robust awards haul for Emilio Estevez's BOBBY. Yes, I am the first person to have hosted two separate podcast episodes on the film BOBBY. Subscribe now to hear all the Lindsay Lohan talk! www.patreon.com/posts/037-bo...

Gaza: Food, Water, and Cash Aid Reviving Gaza | Mutual AidReviving Gaza is a mutual aid initiative, focused on providing for the immediate and basic needs of people in Gaza.

I just donated to Food, Water, and Cash Aid for Gaza: chuffed.org/project/1237...

Happy birthday! 🎉 🎉🎉

You can imagine the impact this album had for someone with a name like mine.

I'm not sure if there is any reporting on this, but I think the shooting is part of the reason Biden finally dropped out. It heightened the contrast from the debate: He looked weak, Trump looked strong.

The fake Post headlines. I'm dying.

So What Really Was the Conspiracy in Eddington? The divisive new film continues director Ari Aster’s preference for ending his stories on dark cosmic jokes.

Did my best to explain what I think is going on in the last act of Eddington:

Joel Embiid sees you In what he's calling his "most important" offseason, Joel Embiid responds to his critics.

this is the greatest, most all-encompassing, most important piece on Joel Embiid ever written www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

A lovely interview by @jasonspank.bsky.social:

And Just Like That … Exists Beyond Life and Death You can view Lisa’s father’s second death as a continuity error. You can accept HBO’s ‘stepdad’ cover-up. Or you can view ‘And Just Like That …’ as an often accidental work of art that challenges the accepted timelines and borders of life and death.

You can view Lisa’s father’s second death as a continuity error. You can accept HBO’s ‘stepdad’ cover-up. Or you can view ‘And Just Like That …’ as an often accidental work of art that challenges the accepted timelines and borders of life and death.

Can the New York Times Turn Its Writers Into Video Stars? Can the New York ‘Times’ turn its writers into video stars? That seems to be the bet the newspaper is making as it puts some of its most notable voices — including Ezra Klein, Ross Douthat, and now Wesley Morris — in front of the camera.

Can the New York ‘Times’ turn its writers into video stars? That seems to be the bet the newspaper is making as it puts some of its most notable voices — including Ezra Klein, Ross Douthat, and now Wesley Morris — in front of the camera.

The DJ played 30 seconds of "I Gotta Feeling" before cutting to " Blue Monday" which is sort of like when you do a cold plunge to make the hot tub feel even better.

28 Years Later Sets Up a Battle Between Two Visions of Britain If only we didn’t have to wait until the sequel to see which one comes out on top.

An absolutely amazing piece on 28 YEARS LATER by my wonderful former colleague @kn8.bsky.social:

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

If you think this one's esoteric, the original draft had quotations from famed psychogeographer Iain Sinclair and jokes about Laurence Olivier's penchant for crashing RAF planes.

28 Years Later Sets Up a Battle Between Two Visions of Britain If only we didn’t have to wait until the sequel to see which one comes out on top.

Celebrating July 4 by once again writing about the most British shit imaginable:
www.vulture.com/article/28-y...

Brad Pitt Is Fooling You The F1 press tour has been a carefully attuned charm offensive meant to obscure Pitt’s alleged violent behavior toward ex-wife Angelina Jolie.

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...

Is Jurassic World Rebirth in on the Joke? In ‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ Scarlett Johansson’s character takes a job she doesn’t really care about simply because the money is too good. Does the movie get why that’s funny?

In ‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ Scarlett Johansson’s character takes a job she doesn’t really care about simply because the money is too good. Does the movie get why that’s funny?

Movies That Define '20s NYC (So Far) With Jason Bailey, author of FUN CITY CINEMA

Mayoral RCV results are in ... and so is the first of a two-part @jasondashbailey.com special over on my newsletter! Today, we take our first stab at crafting the movies that have defined the 2020s in New York cinema. marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/movies-tha...

movie you've watched more than 6 times using gifs (no sw, st, or lotr)

Don't love the hairline

Just to nip this in the bud, "Commie Corridor" is a joking term that DSA members themselves use to describe neighborhoods that are electing socialists, and this NYT op-ed was written by a very pro-Zohran analyst. It's not an example of establishment redbaiting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Andrew Cuomo to drop NYC mayoral bid after blistering primary defeat to Zohran Mamdani: sources Cuo-no more. Andrew Cuomo will drop out of the mayor’s race after his humiliating defeat against socialist Zohran Mamdani, sources told The Post — as the ex-governor’s donors and backer…

Seems pretty clear that Cuomo never actually wanted to be mayor. He wanted to be governor, and mayor was the seat that was open.

nypost.com/2025/06/25/u...

Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo Zohran Mamdani’s campaign had a visual language like no other, drawing on hand-painted bodega signage and New York iconography in a completely fresh way.

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign had a visual language like no other, drawing on hand-painted bodega signage and New York iconography in a completely fresh way.

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We can debate the wisdom and efficacy of the satire. But it was satire. Critique it all you want, but calling it an example of the mainstream media hating Obama -- rather than hamfistedly attempting to defend him -- seems to me intentionally misleading.

Get in loser we're watching Monsoon Wedding

Today I am seeing Eddington and F1, and going to the dentist in between. Stay tuned for a ranking of all three experiences!