Devin Meenan

This *really* sucks. Teen Vogue has consistently had some of the best political coverage of the last several years. They are one of the few outlets that met the moment. (Hire these writers!!)

I am just a little bit of a media historian, but I've read enough to say that I think this has a pretty easy explanation: there was a time where if you wanted to be a movie exec you had to socially succeed with other movie people; now you have to socially succeed with finance and tech bros.

the second richest man alive simply cannot afford to pay you and bari weiss at the same time

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

Oscar on set (honoring Wrightson)

while studios were fighting unions on every possible dime craftspeople could earn, they were spending $100m on this trash

Can we stop Great Man-ing Cameron NOW?

The problem with classic movies is that too few of them frame the actors as tiny figures dwarfed by a Mac OS screensaver.

I've long said if the Democratic Party wants to run candidates who believe in nothing and peddle corporate-friendly schlock the candidate has to at least be Cool. But most people can't be Barack Obama so it's better to just believe in something and be authentic about it. You can't be boring AND fake

The Emmys Overlooked The Real Best Limited Series Of 2024 - SlashFilm

The 2025 Emmy Awards nominated several big-name shows for Best Limited Series, but it overlooked Say Nothing, which was the best of the potential contenders.

'Lazarus' Is a Briefly Gorgeous Anime That Vibes Hard But Can't Outpace Its Own Silence 'Cowboy Bebop' creator Shinichiro Watanabe's latest sci-fi anime with Mappa had legacy and time stacked against its pursuit to tell a lasting story beneath the cool.

Did a LOT of reflecting to try and surmise my thoughts on Lazarus beyond its story being half baked. It's no Bebop, and the marketing that set it up to be that didn’t help. It is fascinating to see an old head tackle a present issue, and its OST is a bop fwiw.

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We've gotta bloody the likes of Gillibrand, Gillen, Suozzi, Goldman nice and early over their Islamophobic Zohran bullshit and it's gotta leave a mark. The fash is going to be beyond vile during this race, and squishes on the blue side of the aisle have to learn what happens to traitors

this was her campaign ad

Double Take: BJ and Harmony Colangelo on Starstruck and Hearts Beat Loud Culture writers and hosts of the This Ends At Prom podcast BJ and Harmony Colangelo present a double feature of Starstruck and Hearts Beat Loud, featuring exclusive conversations that explore what the...

If y’all wanna see the segments @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social and I hosted that played between Starstruck and Hearts Beat Loud on Shout! TV’s DOUBLE TAKE, they’re available to stream on demand on @watchshouttv.bsky.social !

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Stand Alone Complex episode where the Major investigates a series of people committing spree shootings because of ChatGPT.

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Rasczak from Starship Troopers saying "I only have one rule: Everyone writes, no one quits. If you use ChatGPT, I'll kill you myself."

We need educators like this

it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.

Valnet buying and gutting Polygon is a good reminder that allowing financial criminals indulgence destroys society. The guys who own Valnet are alleged criminals who shouldn't be ever given power over others.

do your fucking job you hack

I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel

Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment?
It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.

Lovely work!

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Shauna Shipman:

Left photo woman crying and upset amidst carnage. Text reads: Liberals under Trump. Right photo, woman sun tanning in the midst of carnage. Text reads: Liberals under Biden

It's the meme. We're living the meme. Again.

One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.