Sara Foss

Happy 13th anniversary to perhaps the funniest NFL play of all time: The Buttfumble

The young cartoonist at work in his bedroom

Yes ....

When I was a kid, it was one of the VHS tapes that was constantly playing at my friend Amanda's house. Raiders and Last Crusade might be better, but Temple of Doom is the one I saw the most.

America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.

Mr. Stitch?

Q: Do you still plan to deploy the National Guard to New York City?

TRUMP: If they need it. Right now, other places need it more.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

This

New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."

“If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for? It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”

More of this, please!

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Director Edgar Wright is known for blending action and comedy, but I'd forgotten what a good director of action he is, and The Running Man gives him ample opportunity to demonstrate that. It's less funny than his more acclaimed films, though there's humor in it. Overall: an OK time at the movies!

Went to see "The Running Man," which I mostly enjoyed. The film works well as an action movie, but a little less well, especially in its final 30 minutes or so, as a topical examination of corporate power and how everything - including the reality show The Running Man - is rigged.

Trump says legislators committed treason by noting that soldiers are not obligated to obey unlawful orders The president's authoritarian response to a video posted by six members of Congress, who he says "should be arrested and put in trial," validates their concerns.

Trump's "predictably authoritarian response to the video validates the concerns of the legislators who produced it."

reason.com/2025/11/21/t...

BUS RIDES IN CITES SHOULD BE FREE.

You could call me a wood stove mom

I mean, it looks interesting

"She's a very capable person."

Hilarious!

We definitely need to watch these films. I wonder if that reaction is a way to mask discomfort material that remains provocotive, bold and thought-provoking.

Iran Withdraws From Deal to Let International Nuclear Inspections Resume

Cannot be stressed enough that the US and Israeli strikes on Iran just made things worse - which is exactly what we said would happen, by the way www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...

#NowListening

"And what is behind the extraordinary runup in NBA franchise valuations, even as the fundamentals of the NBA business don’t justify it? It’s the influx of offshore money from Saudi Arabia and a short list of other places where Epstein focused his attention in the final decade of his life."

The King of Sports at the White House In the time of Epstein

Not sure why TrueHoop is so much better than so many mainstream media figures at understanding the Epstein saga, but it is! The latest:

www.truehoop.com/p/the-king-o...

The fights aren't an afterthought, but they aren't necessarily the main thing, either. But there's plenty of drama in striving to be the best. And the film has a nice message about the importance of fighting oppression and selflessly training others to do the same.

36th Chamber delivers plenty of visually pleasing, well-choreographed action, set against eye-dropping backdrops. But the film is distinguished by its commitment to showing the discipline required to master kung-fu. This is a movie about hard work and focus.

Watched the kung-fu classic "The 36th Chamber of Shaolin," which brings a somewhat unusual approach to its very basic story about a man, bent on revenge, training for years to master kung fu. Training montages make up most of the film - and are arguably the most entertaining thing about it.

US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.

"During the drive to the station, prosecutors say she made statements to officers about immigration enforcement, including, 'Why are you doing this to your people?' and 'What are you going to tell your children about what you do?'"

gothamist.com/news/us-post...

The Greatest Rock Album Ever Made About Growing Up One of the best albums of the 1980s is also one of the great albums about coming of age.

One of my favorite albums ever!

"It is one of popular music’s most breathtaking quantum leaps forward. Let It Be is an album about life and art becoming realer, more meaningful but also more complicated, and the strange feelings this evolution provokes."

slate.com/culture/2025...

Sad to hear this, because in finally watched the first installment the other night, and was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it

USCIS reverses course, reinstates halted naturalization ceremonies across New York The move comes days after the Times Union revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties, sparking bipartisan criticism and demands for answers.

Follow up

www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74,000 participants

Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health

www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...

Sickle cell disease, sleep disorders and lung cancer & much more

A dive into the list of NIH's 383 shelved clinical trials, obtained by Scientific American

We already saw a version of this with J6.

A lot of people convinced themselves it wasn't that bad. But it was!