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in new york city ya best friend is a rat. ya clothes? dey's rats. all da taxis is drove by rats, ya pillow’s made a rats, and for dinner? there’s actually this great vegan mexican place off the east broadway stop

nascar is short for “nasty cars”

The thing about jokes is that they require a shared base of knowledge. A shared reality. If I tell a joke about a commercial and you've never seen that commercial, the joke isn't going to go over very well. Losing late night shows is one more step toward losing a shared reality, and that to me is terrifying. There's a moment every New Yorker knows. It happens when you're on the subway and someone does something particularly insane: an 83-year-old white lady raps, or a man in a three-piece suit publicly clips his toenails. And then you catch the eye of someone across the train - they raise their eyebrows and you raise your eyebrows back. And then you feel a little better because someone else saw what you saw and they can confirm that it's something. Late night hosts like Stephen Colbert do that on a larger scale. They're our way of saying "Hey this is crazy right? RIGHT?" In this world of algorithmic bubbles and blatant lies and deepfakes, late night television is a place you can gather at night and say: "Yes, this happened and it's fucking weird"

I wrote about Colbert for the Guardian. It started out talking about the politics, but then it just became a sort of love letter for late night television.

calling ahead to the bar to make sure there aren’t any jerks there

On July 2nd, Paramount agreed to settle a baseless lawsuit brought against 60 Minutes and CBS News by President Trump for $16 million. On July 15, during a regular show of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colbert went on-air and called the settlement a “big fat bribe” in exchange for a favorable decision on the proposed merger between Paramount and Skydance, a charge currently under investigation in California. Less than 48 hours later, on July 17, Paramount canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a show currently performing first in its timeslot, giving vague references to the program’s “financial performance” as the only explanation. For ten years, the show has been one of the most successful, beloved and profitable programs on CBS, entertaining an audience of millions on late night television, on streaming services and across social media.

Given Paramount’s recent capitulation to President Trump in the CBS News lawsuit, the Writers Guild of America has significant concerns that The Late Show’s cancelation is a bribe, sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump Administration as the company looks for merger approval. Cancelations are part of the business, but a corporation terminating a show in bad faith due to explicit or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a democratic society. Paramount’s decision comes against a backdrop of relentless attacks on a free press by President Trump, through lawsuits against CBS and ABC, threatened litigation of media organizations with critical coverage and the unconscionable defunding of PBS and NPR.

The Writers Guild of America calls on New York State Attorney General Letitia James, no stranger to prosecuting Trump for illegal business practices, to join California and launch an investigation into potential wrongdoing at Paramount. We call on our elected leaders to hold those responsible to account, to demand answers about why this beloved program was canceled and to assure the public that Colbert and his writers were not censored due to their views or the whims of the President. In the meantime, the Writers Guild of America will support our members at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and across the late-night industry as they speak truth to power and we will explore all potential legal and political avenues to fight for our members in the aftermath of this decision.

The following is a statement from the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) on Paramount’s Decision to Cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”.

well this so-called "club" sandwich has very little ketamine in it

YouTube video by chambaland chambaland - 4 U 2 (charli xcx / prince) - mashup

new three-track chambaland maxi on youtube! dm for mp3s 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=70pp...

I love late night shows and will always love late night shows. There’s a showbiz magic to hundreds of people throwing together an entire entertainment program for a live studio audience that will then be on television that same night. Regardless of business or if you like them, just kind of magical.

YouTube video by chambaland chambaland - 4 U 2 (charli xcx / prince) - mashup

new three-track chambaland maxi on youtube! dm for mp3s 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=70pp...

The one real IMAX theater in the city flooded. Let this radicalize you.

enjoying an italian gatorade (water bottle full of peperoncini juice)

another great day at my summer job as the guy who keeps amateurs out of the bass pro shop

ahh, rather canny of dubai to draw attention from their horrendous human rights conditions by encouraging name association to a product and industry with no such track record, like chocolate

STOP THE CUTS: SAVE PUBLIC MEDIA! Cutting the funding that supports PBS shows would not only impact me and everyone who works on PBS shows (job loss has already happened)... the biggest impact will be on our child viewers. Research consistently shows that children who watch PBS Kids content demonstrate significant gains in essential school readiness skills. This is a vital resource for all children, particularly those in underserved communities who may not have access to other educational resources. - PBS Writer, 10+ years CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE (202) 224-3121

STOP THE CUTS: SAVE PUBLIC MEDIA! Our film project won an NEH grant in 2023. Contracts were signed, and eventually we got full funding and went into production. Now, as the film is deep in post-production, the administration simply terminated the funding from one day to the next. What kind of person, what kind of organization, what kind of government just does not honor a contract signed two years before? Most Americans would regard a contract as a promise and a legal obligation. Can it be that our government itself has become a deadbeat? - PBS Writer, 10+ years CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE (202) 224-3121

STOP THE CUTS: SAVE PUBLIC MEDIA! Over the past five years, nearly all of my jobs have been PBS: Alma's Way, Phoebe & Jay, Weather Hunters, and American Experience. All of them will be seriously affected by cuts to public media - productions halted mid-stream, fewer scripts handed out, and no chance of a new season pickup. It's not just a job, although it's a deeply satisfying one. I have loved it my entire life as a viewer: being able to watch some of the smartest, best TV programming our country has to offer, no matter what my age. And all for free! - PBS Writer, 10+ years

STOP THE CUTS: SAVE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PUBLIC MEDIA! Your voice and stories about the importance of public media matter. Call your Senators & tell them to VOTE NO on Defunding Public Media! CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE (202) 224-3121

This week, the Senate will vote on the Rescissions Act of 2025, which aims to cut all current federal funding for public media.

We urge you to take action now to help save public media. Hear from some of our impacted members below and call your senators TODAY!

yes well the wedding cake is lemon chiffon because it is summer and the groom's cake has a football helmet on it because he is twelve

calling out of work in observance of wawa hoagiefest

oh so you think zohran's pretty "cool", huh? well wait until you hear what a bunch of people you already hate have to say

Stop the Federal MoratorIum on State AI Laws: The Trump administration and Republican majorities in Congress are poised to take unprecedented action to stop states and localities from regulating artificial intelligence. The Senate is slated to vote as early as this Thursday on a reconciliation budget bill (a.k.a. the "Big Beautiful Bill") Call your Senators at 202-224-3121 & demand they strip the AI moratorium out of the budget bill.

TAKE ACTION: The Trump administration and Republican majorities in Congress are poised to take unprecedented action to stop states from regulating artificial intelligence. Call your Senators at 202-224-3121 TODAY and demand they strip the AI moratorium out of the budget bill.

dare i say that it seems all our haters have indeed become our waiters

[pissing out piss]
i don't remember drinking all this piss

hey if someone goes through all the trouble of posting a video the least i can do is believe every word of it

ok dad first thing its not a "doll" its an ACTION FIGURE and its not "stuck in my ass" i just can't get it out

never gonna be a "taking pictures of strangers in public" person but i just saw a guy on the train who had literal bugs crawling on him and because he was sitting and i was standing i could see his phone and he was looking at bulk bugs to buy

Our members at Vox Media's current union contract expires at 11:59 pm ET on June 12.

Time is running out, but Vox Media management has refused to even discuss our proposals in good faith. Send a letter urging Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff to negotiate a fair contract NOW! wgaea.st/vox-letter

belle jars

ugh i love sylvia plath

another date night ruined by ordering one plain onion for dinner

See you this fall for Season 3. On CNN and HBOMax, formerly Max, Formerly HBOMax formerly HBOGo formerly HBO.

forgot a present for mom? why not spend 30 or so years turning into her

frantically coveting before the protodeacon's proclamation