Nina Metz

But the larger point is this: She knew that this movie would drum up controversy and make money, but what are you doing with the movie that will make you all that money? What is it SAYING about the book's history and literary tradition and those aforementioned themes?

There are many contemporaries of hers who are women and who don't sacrifice larger political examinations for the kind of fey, Devil-may-care-but-that-means-The Devil-is-winning sloppiness that passes for her cultural commentary

We also need to draw lines around people's obviously bad takes. Saltburn was terrible. If you thought it was good, you are really in no position to be opining smartly or accurately about what constitutes good art.

People need to understand that Emerald Fennell is, first and foremost, a charlatan

Billionaires evaded over $168 billion in taxes while undocumented immigrants paid over $100 billion in taxes while receiving no benefits.
I know who should be deported.

is whoever gets the green alien still obligated to buy the next cake??

"To have the people responsible for the show — the head of the network, the star who created and hosted it, and the showrunner who brought it to life — and not nail them to the fucking wall? Malfeasance"

Too Much TV: Who Is Going To Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery? Don't Expect Journalists To Have The Answer It's important to remember that leaks from Paramount Skydance and/or Netflix are more framing than reality.

One thing I learned as a financial reporter is that leaks about corporate strategy are almost always more about changing the public narrative

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if you want 100% nonfictional stories from measles patients and their families, follow voices for vaccines! more: voicesforvaccines.org/resources/blog/

Basically the United States is crumbling into a third-world country with a VERY thin veneer of consumerism temporarily concealing the fast-growing sinkhole beneath us.

A thing I *especially* hate with the new iPhone update is Apple a) changing the process by which you can scan documents and b) making it unnecessarily complicated/stupid to figure out how to find basic tasks like "share" and "delete"

none of this is intuitive!

The real question I often hear is more simply knowledge of the community you seek represent

Which is the whole point of being a representative. Of course that knowledge can be learned and trust built but as many know it does take time

Dont give your friends and community a deadly and disabling disease! Please wear a mask!

Again, if we — and the politicians we elect — prioritized clean indoor air standards this would be less of a concern/health risk

My show 😭😭😭😭

I’m afraid the inclusion of Frances Ha made my brain short circuit lol

I think I mainly like stories about relationships — how they work, or conversely, how and why do they break down

This is another example of selective reporting

Industry predictions were that it would come in at $50-$60 million domestically (it’s actually around $30+ million)

(Contrast this with the reporting around “Sinners” box office, which looks wilder by the day)

www.joblo.com/weekend-box-...

Rewrite men are legends of journalism history

Yes, in the old days there was something called the rewrite man … but it was done by an actual human being

Because we want reporters gathering information, these jobs are 100 percent reporting. We have an AI rewrite specialist who turns their material into drafts. We factcheck everything. Editors review it. Reporters get the final say. Humans — not AI — control every step. By removing writing from reporters' workloads, we've effectively freed up an extra workday for them each week. They're spending it on the street - doing in-person interviews, meeting sources for coffee. That's where real stories emerge, and they're returning with more ideas than we can handle.

This person should be embarrassed for writing this (but maybe they dishy, maybe AI did!)

To be clear, journalism is both gathering information (by asking questions and conducting research) but then also synthesizing all that by WRITING about it

Journalism schools are teaching fear of the future: Letter from the Editor Journalism schools lag in teaching AI, crucial for modern reporting, which aids in efficient news gathering and frees reporters for fieldwork.

wtf????

From the FigureSkating community on Reddit: Does anyone know what’s up with Kao Miura’s boot? He taped it together. Explore this post and more from the FigureSkating community

gulp

Meanwhile this Japanese skater has a broken boot that is held together by tape and cardboard (and a prayer 😂) because even tho he has other skates, these are the ones he likes best???

Yes! And her breakdown of the many reasons why it’s preferable was enlightening!! (it makes you wonder why all skaters don’t use them) but I wish she explained why they attach at angles rather than perpendicular (maybe that’s part of the reason they absorb the shock of a jump more?)

On Ice Perspectives

This guy in particular in the white is a former competitive figure skater:

“On Ice Perspectives was created by former Team USA figure skater Jordan Cowan, who wanted to bring a new perspective of ice skating to movies and television”

ohhhh this is so interesting TY!

Why the Sidelining of Politics in Berlin Is Causing a Stir: ‘If an Artist Is Afraid to Speak Up’ About ‘Fascism, They Shouldn’t Be Coming’ The sidelining of politics — and artists unwillingness to speak out — has become the central theme of the 2026 Berlinale

German journo: “If an artist is afraid to speak up when it comes to fascism — then they shouldn’t be coming. Because these are different times. This is about good and evil, and as a German, we know what we’re talking about. You can’t be on the sidelines when it comes to this”

Via Variety

A symbol featuring a “Y” inside a circle is next to a headline saying “It’s everywhere,” above the Chicago Tribune nameplate on Page 1.

The front page of the A+E section has photos of a symbol featuring a “Y” inside a circle. the headline says “It’s everywhere.”

It’s nice to see @ninametz.bsky.social’s story on the Chicago Municipal Device in print today, with photos by Josh Boland.

TY for all your insights (and helping to inspire the story idea)!

German countess who called Epstein ‘baby’ quits Prince of Wales cancer charity London-based tech investor steps down after extent of her relationship with sex offender revealed

The British media has such a garbled approach to covering the royals lol

On one hand: A bunch of stories yesterday reporting “William and Catherine all smiles in Valentine's Day photograph” because their comms people released a photo taken … last April? April of 2025??

On the other hand: This👇

I am entranced and fascinated by Vanessa’s deep dives into pneumatic tubes—something I haven’t thought about since I was a kid in the 1980s and my dad would go through the bank drive-through and I’d love watching that cylinder shoot up into the air and arrive over inside the building.

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I’m sure that’s their official stance!