Justin Parlette

Solid week of strong female leads.

That Fortnite scene was bullshit

Now seated.

Overheard: “Jelly Roll makes music for people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody of them.”

Hey #Chicago. Come play #Jeopardy and win some real money. $200 cash for first place! Tonight from 7-9 at Trader Todd’s. Can’t make it? Tag a friend you know would clean up.

If you checked out of Marvel stuff after the admittedly inconsistent multiverse saga but still fondly remember the earlier stuff, I strongly encourage you to give Wonder Man a shot. It's so damn fun.

Here’s my #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday.

TONIGHT at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social - enter THE ROOM and be forever changed. With Greg Sestero (oh hi Mark!) in person to answer your burning questions and sign your spoons.

CTA arrival times are the software installation progress bar in real life.

General Strike Friday In Chicago: Here's How Small Businesses Are Supporting Action Millions are expected to skip work, school and shopping as part of a national shutdown protesting violent federal immigration enforcement tactics.

Info on how small businesses in #Chicago are supporting the general strike today, via Blockclub. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/30/g...

The Beatles First Look Photos: Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn, And Harris Dickinson Become The Fab Four - SlashFilm Get your first look at The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event's version of the Fab Four with these newly-released photos of the films' leads.

The rest of the cast looks alright, but Harris Dickinson looks like Temu John Lennon. #thebeatles www.slashfilm.com/2088928/the-...

Who else is tired of companies reporting profits, beating expectations, then turning around and announcing layoffs? www.reuters.com/business/wor...

If I never have to sit through the “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” trailer again, it’ll be too soon.

Layoffs over the last year:

UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estée Lauder: 7000

Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.

ICE agents blocked from attempting to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis without permission Ecuador's minister of foreign affairs has filed a protest with the U.S. Embassy after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents tried to enter the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis without permission...

So now these knuckleheads are causing international incidents. What did you expect from arming and telling untrained thugs they have carte blanche to accomplish their glorious purpose?  kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

The problem is whatever they say it is. Now eat your mush and go to bed. We have to get up early to provide value to shareholders. Just another day in post-reality America!

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I hear ya there, brother. Godspeed.

Stab me in the ear, please. Make sure it's deep

I'm stoked for #MastersoftheUniverse, but my nitpick is this: Margot Robbie looked like Barbie. This guy playing He-Man looks more Adam than He-Man. Why is it only women get unrealistic body images? This guy should have 13-pack abs and muscles on muscles. A real freak.

Jeopardy! Bar League at Trader Todd’s kicks off in thirty minutes. So long as you’re here before the game ends, if you’re here within the first hour, you’ve got a good shot at placing 1st and winning $200!

Posted some new shows up on my website for February and March, including the return of Doogin + Justin to Logan Square Improv. Check out everything and RSVP at www.justinparlette.com

"Those rights don't count": Bovino says Pretti forfeited 2nd Amendment rights in fatal shooting - Salon.com Border Patrol's Greg Bovino said his agents were "the victims" of a the deadly shooting in Minneapolis.

Well, there you have it. All you #2A folks who have been saying the government will trample on your rights, here's the boot. Are you gonna resist it, or lick it? www.salon.com/2026/01/25/t...

Right?!? That’s insane. I kinda want to try one.

'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.

Meet the mushroom that consistently creates "lilliputian visions." www.bbc.com/future/artic...

TikTok US venture to collect precise user location data Details on the expanded access to location information was published in a new privacy policy for the popular social media app.

What a surprise! The first thing the new owners are doing has NOTHING to do with "national security threats" posed by #TikTok - it's collecting MORE USER DATA! www.bbc.com/news/article...

TikTok US venture to collect precise user location data Details on the expanded access to location information was published in a new privacy policy for the popular social media app.

It was never about national security. It was about the fact that THEY weren't collecting data on the huge user base. #tiktok www.bbc.com/news/article...

Oh damn... that's disappointing. Maybe it shouldn't have been a 3-episode series; maybe one 60-minute doc could have sufficed.

How does this not crush your soul?

The only way I can imagine it not shattering you is if you don't have a soul to begin with.

There seems to be a lot of that going around these days.

We are past the time for stern letter writing and calling our representatives. This tyranny cannot be allowed to continue.

ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas

ICE used this child as bait to detain other family members. That's on top of the fact that he is a literal child. I guess all those guntards jerking it to the Second Amendment were only worried about an anti-tyrannical government coming after white people. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...