Joe Henderson
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Co-showrunner of Lucifer, co-creator of The Big Burn, Skyward and Shadecraft, co-CEO of Magic Quill Productions
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I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
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Many federal workers left government this year.
Here’s a story about one — a man named Jonathan White.
At a town hall this spring, he demanded Democrats do more to stop Trump's agenda.
"We want you to show fight, and you are not fighting.”
(You may remember this viral clip.)
Here’s a story about one — a man named Jonathan White.
At a town hall this spring, he demanded Democrats do more to stop Trump's agenda.
"We want you to show fight, and you are not fighting.”
(You may remember this viral clip.)
November 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Many federal workers left government this year.
Here’s a story about one — a man named Jonathan White.
At a town hall this spring, he demanded Democrats do more to stop Trump's agenda.
"We want you to show fight, and you are not fighting.”
(You may remember this viral clip.)
Here’s a story about one — a man named Jonathan White.
At a town hall this spring, he demanded Democrats do more to stop Trump's agenda.
"We want you to show fight, and you are not fighting.”
(You may remember this viral clip.)
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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It was Downey who coined the phrase in the LEVERAGE writers room “future episodes do not win out over present episodes”. Trust me, you’ll have more ideas. You’ll die full of them.
WRITING TIP, something simple but it catches many of us out: if you have a great/fun idea for your story, *use it now*.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It was Downey who coined the phrase in the LEVERAGE writers room “future episodes do not win out over present episodes”. Trust me, you’ll have more ideas. You’ll die full of them.
Just when I thought I couldn’t love him more…
Wiener’s Circle Promised Free Hot Dogs If Bears Coach Ben Johnson Took Off His Shirt. He Did https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/28/wieners-circle-promised-free-hot-dogs-if-bears-coach-ben-johnson-took-off-his-shirt-he-did/
CHICAGO — The Wiener’s Circle loves a good promotion and doesn’t seem to mind giving away free hot dogs. On Friday, the Lincoln Park hot dog stand got a big assist from Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson.
The Wiener’s Circle promised free hot dogs if Johnson took off his shirt in a post-game locker room speech.
Word got to Johnson, who happily obliged during his patented “Good-Better-Best!” post-win pep talk after the Bears beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-15 on Black Friday.
“I know you guys are hungry for more, right?” Johnson said to his team after the nationally-television game. “Let me tell you something. The city of Chicago is hungry, too.”
With that, his Bears sideline shirt came off, the team went berserk and the Wiener’s Circle was on the hook for free dogs. Bare down.
The hot stand announced Tuesday would be the giveaway day.
> Is this real life, or is the just fantasy?! Free hot dogs again Tuesday motherfuckers! https://t.co/36J1gQwpl4
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> — The Wieners Circle (@TheWienerCircle) November 28, 2025
In September, the Wiener’s Circle promised free hot dogs if Bears QB Caleb Williams threw four touchdown passes against the Dallas Cowboys that weekend. He did — and they did.
Fans lined up for blocks a few days later to cash in. Williams couldn’t make it, but he sent his dog, Supa, for a free snack.
> Caleb Williams’ dog, Supa, enjoyed a free hot dog at @TheWienerCircle courtesy of his dad's 4 TD passes on Sunday 🐶🌭
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> And no, he did not put any ketchup on it 😂 pic.twitter.com/ffZ8xksptL
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> — Bears on CHSN (@CHSN_Bears) September 24, 2025
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November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Just when I thought I couldn’t love him more…
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Adam Schefter: On Black Friday last year, the Bears fired their head coach Matt Eberflus.
On Black Friday this year, Bears HC Ben Johnson led Chicago to an upset over Philadelphia as the team improved its record to 9-3.
On Black Friday this year, Bears HC Ben Johnson led Chicago to an upset over Philadelphia as the team improved its record to 9-3.
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Adam Schefter: On Black Friday last year, the Bears fired their head coach Matt Eberflus.
On Black Friday this year, Bears HC Ben Johnson led Chicago to an upset over Philadelphia as the team improved its record to 9-3.
On Black Friday this year, Bears HC Ben Johnson led Chicago to an upset over Philadelphia as the team improved its record to 9-3.
Consequences from Republicans on Trump’s ugly bullshit? They really are starting to see him as a lame duck…
Michael Bohacek, an Republican state senator in Indiana, says he is a “NO” on Trump’s redistricting push, pointing to the president’s use of a slur
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Consequences from Republicans on Trump’s ugly bullshit? They really are starting to see him as a lame duck…
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Caleb growth is crazy. He looks so comfortable. Doesn't give a shit. Waited on his guy
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Caleb growth is crazy. He looks so comfortable. Doesn't give a shit. Waited on his guy
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I’m not an expert in the law of war, but an order to kill injured people who were not posing a single threat to anyone would seem to me to be a possible war crime.
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m not an expert in the law of war, but an order to kill injured people who were not posing a single threat to anyone would seem to me to be a possible war crime.
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It's got racism. It's offensive to people with intellectual disabilities. It's Islamophobic. Happy Thanksgiving from the president
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
It's got racism. It's offensive to people with intellectual disabilities. It's Islamophobic. Happy Thanksgiving from the president
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It is possible to stick up for a colleague and to cut in when he is speaking. I know this because I have done it.
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It is possible to stick up for a colleague and to cut in when he is speaking. I know this because I have done it.
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This is word salad
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is word salad
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Mamma Mia!
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Mamma Mia!
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There is no such thing as unskilled labor.
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There is no such thing as unskilled labor.
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If they want to slow down the Trump administration, Democrats should begin promising this *now*
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If they want to slow down the Trump administration, Democrats should begin promising this *now*
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This is who we're deporting while we're importing sex traffickers like the Tate brothers and white supremacists who are nostalgic for Apartheid.
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is who we're deporting while we're importing sex traffickers like the Tate brothers and white supremacists who are nostalgic for Apartheid.
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Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
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also, a #narrativedisorder angle: contrast this grim picture with the decades of media showing us totally unrealistic projections of what it's like to live in the US, from the NYC apartments of FRIENDS to idk the suburbia of TO ALL THE BOYS I LOVED BEFORE to any small-biz romcom...
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
also, a #narrativedisorder angle: contrast this grim picture with the decades of media showing us totally unrealistic projections of what it's like to live in the US, from the NYC apartments of FRIENDS to idk the suburbia of TO ALL THE BOYS I LOVED BEFORE to any small-biz romcom...
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Mom calls Houston police for help; HPD turns the kid over to ICE; John Whitmire at first claims they didn't do that, then reverses himself because his earlier statements simply weren't true, but says not to politicize it. 🤮
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Mom calls Houston police for help; HPD turns the kid over to ICE; John Whitmire at first claims they didn't do that, then reverses himself because his earlier statements simply weren't true, but says not to politicize it. 🤮
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"