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Writer: 84th Oscars, Letterman, The Nation, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, The Baffler, Air Mail, Emmy nominee, NEH Public Scholar, and author of way too many posts. rep: Dara Kaye WME #WGAW letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1lq09

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Live: Iran confirms supreme leader Khamenei is dead after US, Israeli attacks The United States and Israel launched the most ambitious attack on Iran in decades on Saturday, and Iranian state media has confirmed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed.

Congrats to Salman Rushdie on outliving a second Supreme Leader

www.reuters.com/world/iran-c...

01.03.2026 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
the image is tom cruise hanging from an airplane in MI:8 and looking his age.

the image is tom cruise hanging from an airplane in MI:8 and looking his age.

idc about any of that too much, but I wanted "No Time To Die" to end on him retiring from the field and becoming the new M. Why kill him when we all know a new Bond is coming back. As far as being too old for this shit, come on

01.03.2026 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

when your only sources are trump, israel, and iran you might as well ask a magic eightball

01.03.2026 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

nope, days -- trump's going to declare victory as soon as he sees his polls tank.

28.02.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

when your only sources are trump, israel, and iran you might as well ask a magic eightball

01.03.2026 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

nope, days -- trump's going to declare victory as soon as he sees his polls tank.

28.02.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

wtf - i misread that and thought the nyt confirmed it.

28.02.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

reading the quotes and comments on that, or seeing dems dump trans rights, or newsom’s pivot to β€œcultural normativity,” and you can see how dead intersectionality and id politics really is on the left.

28.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Ayatollah just died. I heard they regenerate and the third one will have a whimsical taste for jelly bellies, science-related puns, and wear a top hat.

28.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

don, you could have just let that one play out.

28.02.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œthe Orient” β€” when did ppl stop saying that?”

28.02.2026 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leaked audio: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav tells employees Paramount deal felt 'whiplash-y' WBD CEO David Zaslav addressed employees at a town hall Friday after Paramount won the bidding war over Netflix. He called the process "whiplash-y."

"'The deal may not close,’ Zaslav said. β€˜If it doesn't close, we get $7 billion, and we get back to work.’” I never thought I’d say this, but β€œPlease God, please give David Zaslav 7 billion dollars.” www.businessinsider.com/warner-bros-...

28.02.2026 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
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Leaked audio: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav tells employees Paramount deal felt 'whiplash-y' WBD CEO David Zaslav addressed employees at a town hall Friday after Paramount won the bidding war over Netflix. He called the process "whiplash-y."

"'The deal may not close,’ Zaslav said. β€˜If it doesn't close, we get $7 billion, and we get back to work.’” I never thought I’d say this, but β€œPlease God, please give David Zaslav 7 billion dollars.” www.businessinsider.com/warner-bros-...

28.02.2026 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

"not interested" – he knows the senate would never confirm him, even to get rid of him.

28.02.2026 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"... and if you're really on a budget, look for dead bear."

27.02.2026 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

"... and if you're really on a budget, look for dead bear."

27.02.2026 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

At least SINNERS belongs to Ryan Coogler not WB. They can’t de-colorize it.

27.02.2026 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character from the simpsons says you 've made a powerful enemy today my friend ALT: a cartoon character from the simpsons says you 've made a powerful enemy today my friend

i love it bc i’m so tired of seeing these ppl win.

27.02.2026 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

fuck off

27.02.2026 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least SINNERS belongs to Ryan Coogler not WB. They can’t de-colorize it.

27.02.2026 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

It's been a long shitty day of being lost in one of my own stories, watching liberals RT bigots, and watching non-MAGA media disintegrate. Does Ozempic work for social media? I need a lot less of this.

27.02.2026 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Are they overextended? I thought Larry Ellison can personally cover this.

26.02.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The US and international review process will take months, won't it?

26.02.2026 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

what happened? two nights ago trump said we were the hottest country in the world.

26.02.2026 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i can't prove it, but i think larry ellison bought this place.

26.02.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

none of the last fifty post i've made have a fav from you, so yeah it must be happening.

26.02.2026 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yup

26.02.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, the Tennessee Holler acct reposted a Netanyahu reel today from a J6/Infowars guy. You don't need those kind of allies to make a case against war with Iran or that Netanyahu belongs in jail.

26.02.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Infowars host Owen Shroyer gets 2 months in prison in Capitol insurrection case Prosecutors said Shroyer "helped create" Jan. 6, 2021, by spewing violent rhetoric and spreading baseless claims of election fraud to hundreds of thousands of viewers.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

26.02.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

underrated comedy

26.02.2026 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0