Samit Sarkar

This is how you live a life

Wow. Just read the opening grafs of this opinion on Trump's ordered removal of an exhibition on the treatment of slaves in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Q: I heard a tale from the making of “Network,” that while you were filming up high in those office buildings, you were mooning people on the streets below. ROBERT DUVALL: Could have been. We did a lot of mooning in “The Godfather.” Big time. I remember I was driving Jimmy Caan, and Brando was walking down the street, and Jimmy’s got a little ass and big shoulders: “Stick your ass out the window and get Brando.” Coppola would say, “Come on, guys, we’ve got to be serious here.” He liked it, though, because it relaxed the set.

RIP Robert Duvall. I hope you and Jimmy Caan are mooning Marlon Brando, wherever you are now. www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/m...

the cover for the PlayStation 1 video game NFL Xtreme, featuring Tampa Bay Buccaneers fullback Mike Alstott carrying the ball and the tagline "After The Coin Toss, Anything Goes."

oh wow, did someone mention the name of Mike Alstott, renowned as the cover athlete for NFL Xtreme?

(this is a television tweet)

INDUSTRYYYYYYYYYYY

YouTube video by TooMuchForIt Toy Story 2 - When She Loved Me (HD)

Our toddler has been home sick for the past week, so we declared screen time bankruptcy.

Anyway: I'mma let you finish, Up, but Toy Story 2's Jessie/Emily flashback — set to Sarah McLachlan's "When Somebody Loved Me" — did it first, and maybe just as well? (where "it" = a devastating Pixar montage)

ah yes, Darwin's secret 19th finch species

Credit: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, center, winner of an alpine ski, men's giant slalom race, jumps in celebration on the podium flanked by second placed Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, left, and third placed Switzerland's Loic Meillard, at the 2026 Winter Olympics.(AP)

What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

YOU GUYS THERE'S A LONGER VERSION bsky.app/profile/gigi...

How Contestant Alison Betts Gamed 'Jeopardy!' -- And Went Viral 'Jeopardy!' winner Alison Betts explains the wagering strategy that led her to a come-from-behind victory and the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.

YES I WROTE ABOUT THE FINAL JEOPARDY WIZARDRY www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

It should be obvious that criticizing ICE—or any government agency—on social media is protected by the First Amendment.

It is not a crime.

Tech companies must not comply with sweeping government demands that seek to unmask users simply for expressing their opinions online.

I'm sorry what

call an ambulance but not for me dot gif

I was despairing about this until I realized that I needed to save that despair for when the Supreme Court overturns Massachusetts v. EPA in a couple of years

multiple exclamation points!

This Year's Oscar Nominees Have Real Fight In Them, Even If Hollywood Doesn't An introduction to The Work, a column about resistance in fiction

introducing my column about resistance in fiction for @aftermath.site. I’m calling it THE WORK

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ah. well there you go.

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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

Back in action: January 1991 The first part of a year-long series analyzing 1991's action releases, and comparing them to the 2026 crop

excited to launch part 1 of my big 2026 project: a month-by-month look back at the action movies from 1991, comparing the state of the genre then and now. kicking things off with january 1991, which included an all-time classic Van Damme pvguide.ghost.io/back-in-acti...

wow, I didn't know about the actual biathlon results, because the cheater took the spotlight:

"...instead of talking about the guy who won gold and his beautiful tribute to his late friend, we’re talking about Mr. I Fell In Love With A Girl I Just Met But Not Enough To Avoid Cheating On Her."

good to see NYT say this plainly: "It had been exceedingly rare for grand jurors to rebuff requests by prosecutors seeking indictments, although it has happened with increased frequency to the Justice Department under Mr. Trump, as his appointees push ahead with questionable cases."

"Mr. Heraskevych said in his news conference that there is no text on his helmet and he did not understand how images of people who had died could be considered propaganda."

Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.

Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.

FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.

I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

i'm a fan of the rhetorical one-two of "we're coming after you in this life and in the next"

that's a bold strategy, Cotton

Don't just read Rupar's quote in the post. Listed to her. bsky.app/profile/atru...

We sometimes have Eyewitness News and then World News Tonight on while we're making/feeding dinner for the toddler, and ABC airs a LOT of those damn ads. I try to mute the TV every time, but it gets exhausting.