Matthew Phelan

Happening tomorrow in Soweto. I will be there covering it.

Major new postscript to George Orwell’s “Homage to Catalonia” (1938).

One upshot of American democracy being on the verge of collapse is that I’m getting to learn about all sorts of arcane statutory concepts written in that clear and concise “5th-to-10th grade reading level” of traditional newspaper copy.

The Theft Of Guy Fieri's Tequila Is Now A Matter Of National Importance [extremely newscaster voice] we're rollin' out...

wrote about an important piece of television journalism

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j/k I am briefed.

bsky.app/profile/ryan...

Who the fuck is Barry Weis?

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!

I’m giddy as hell right now.

During the Trump administration, we are seeing *lots* of examples of unions stepping up to defend employers' (stated) core values -- this is an important one

I can’t tell you how impractical it is to store crackers in a barrel.

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I just sent a hot tip to the NYT that the president of the United States publicly called for the Attorney General to persecute his political opposition, the most blatant such corruption in U.S. history, and an obviously impeachable offense. Let’s see if they decide to cover it! www.nytimes.com/tips

Comedy's legal again, T.

Such a No-Real-Person-Involved moment. And as Julia says, boasting that you never experienced or prompted government pressure as the result of your journalism is the opposite of a flex, it’s an admission of uselessness.

Tweet from Dan Satterfield Ok, I keep getting asked about how to complain about Kimmel. The best way to complain that will have the biggest impact? See if you have a Sinclair or nexstar station in your area. 2. Watch the local newscast tonight or some time this week. 3. Note the companies that bought tv adverts. 4. Call them and let them know you will boycott them until they quit supporting that media company. Trust me. I worked in tv for 45 years. Nothing you do will have greater impact.

and a retired meteorologist shall lead us

Review: "Paul Thomas Anderson insists, in #OneBattleAfterAnother’s glorious and just-shy-of-corny final seconds, that there is still something like a future out there, past the smoke and ruin, worth struggling toward, inch by agonizing inch" bit.ly/42y61Kn

Sorcerer (1977)

Eagerly awaiting the release of “We Are the World, Please Don’t Kill Pundits,” a charity single recorded by Ezra Klein, Ben Shapiro and a supergroup of liberal-centrist and conservative political influencers.

F.B.I. Burns Methamphetamine Near Animal Shelter, Sickening Workers and Pets

This is too stupid not to share.

Desperate Kash Patel Asks Shooter’s Family If They Can Solve Any Other Cases WASHINGTON, UT—As he described a massive backlog of murders that continued to stump the agency he leads, desperate FBI director Kash Patel reportedly asked the family of alleged Charlie Kirk assassin ...

Desperate Kash Patel Asks Shooter’s Family If They Can Solve Any Other Cases

I really do think Ezra Klein needs to be held to account for why he gets to keep his columnist job, as a white man, for saying CK was "practicing politics the right way" while Karen Attiah, a Black woman, loses her columnist job for quoting what CK said about Black women.

Someone, plz ask him.

But coyotes aren’t ugly. They’re beautiful majestic creatures!

i think possibly the most embarrassing thing about me is i was president of the debate club in high school and that experience really informed my views on people like Kirk and Ted Cruz and the pod save guys. I think debate club is really harmful actually, it basically straight up teaches amorality

A deft sort of drawing of peak Blur, with a Red Dave and a vague Alex because I always thought he was a twat

Drawing of Blur from 2021