Nina Metz
@ninametz.bsky.social
TV and film critic for the Chicago Tribune
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Nina Metz
@ninametz.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Why is the reboot of “Law & Order” so bad?
It’s as if everyone forgot how to make the show.
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Why is the reboot of “Law & Order” so bad?
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To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
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also, why on earth did Lizza wait to release this if this information is true? this is crucial info about the election and RFK that he could have released months ago, when maybe it could have kept RFK out of office!
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
also, why on earth did Lizza wait to release this if this information is true? this is crucial info about the election and RFK that he could have released months ago, when maybe it could have kept RFK out of office!
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There’s so much nonsense going on, but I hope this doesn’t get lost because www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
There’s so much nonsense going on, but I hope this doesn’t get lost because www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Because people are treating it like a juicy spectacle and not like a significant failure of journalism and a condemnation of the industry.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Because people are treating it like a juicy spectacle and not like a significant failure of journalism and a condemnation of the industry.
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“The stiff upper lip was historically an upper class, public school, university and then military concept,” said Dixon, “a brutal, spartan way of not showing your feelings and ruling the world on the basis of your superior self-control – which veered over into oppression and cruelty.”
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“The stiff upper lip was historically an upper class, public school, university and then military concept,” said Dixon, “a brutal, spartan way of not showing your feelings and ruling the world on the basis of your superior self-control – which veered over into oppression and cruelty.”
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TIL that the stereotype of the strict British/English upper lip comes from empire building
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The truth about British stoicism
Brits, according to many outsiders, are reserved, repressed, resilient, unemotional and self-controlled. But how did the “stiff upper lip” become so closely associated with Britain?
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
TIL that the stereotype of the strict British/English upper lip comes from empire building
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
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new from me on how an uptick in series endings and cancellations is bad news for queer and trans representation on TV
Nearly half of all queer characters on TV will disappear next year | Xtra Magazine
An uptick in series endings and cancellations is bad news for queer and trans representation on the small screen
xtramagazine.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
new from me on how an uptick in series endings and cancellations is bad news for queer and trans representation on TV
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POPCORN DISABILITIES is out
tomorrow and the wonderful Kelly McClure at @salon.com published an excerpt you can read now.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/e...
tomorrow and the wonderful Kelly McClure at @salon.com published an excerpt you can read now.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/e...
The cost of being the "exceptional" disabled person
"Popcorn Disabilities" reexamines "Edward Scissorhands" as a deeply coded disability narrative.
www.salon.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
POPCORN DISABILITIES is out
tomorrow and the wonderful Kelly McClure at @salon.com published an excerpt you can read now.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/e...
tomorrow and the wonderful Kelly McClure at @salon.com published an excerpt you can read now.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/e...
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A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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This essay about how (straight) WAGs are the tradwives of men’s sports:
WAGs are the tradwives of men's sports
They represent a very specific version of the American Dream.
www.thefrankiedlc.news
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This essay about how (straight) WAGs are the tradwives of men’s sports:
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I know I’m biased, but I think I do very cool and important work! Some of my favorite newsletter editions include: this story on how the gentrification of the New York Liberty mirrors the gentrification of Brooklyn itself:
the gentrification of the WNBA
While “investment in women’s sports” is often uncritically celebrated among league owners and the media, reality is much more complicated.
www.thefrankiedlc.news
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I know I’m biased, but I think I do very cool and important work! Some of my favorite newsletter editions include: this story on how the gentrification of the New York Liberty mirrors the gentrification of Brooklyn itself:
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Full disclosure: I’ve lost nearly 40 paid subscribers since leaving Substack and this newsletter is 2/3 of my income. If you want to support an independent trans journalist, this is a great way to do so. bit.ly/ooylsagseaso...
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Full disclosure: I’ve lost nearly 40 paid subscribers since leaving Substack and this newsletter is 2/3 of my income. If you want to support an independent trans journalist, this is a great way to do so. bit.ly/ooylsagseaso...
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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People in pajama pants have shown incredible amount of spine this year
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
People in pajama pants have shown incredible amount of spine this year
Also relevant and also not talked about: This is the new president of Paramount 👇
In its 2023 filings to the SEC, NBCUniversal literally reported that it “terminated Mr. Shell’s employment With Cause” following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against him
Gift 🔗
In its 2023 filings to the SEC, NBCUniversal literally reported that it “terminated Mr. Shell’s employment With Cause” following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against him
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November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Also relevant and also not talked about: This is the new president of Paramount 👇
In its 2023 filings to the SEC, NBCUniversal literally reported that it “terminated Mr. Shell’s employment With Cause” following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against him
Gift 🔗
In its 2023 filings to the SEC, NBCUniversal literally reported that it “terminated Mr. Shell’s employment With Cause” following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against him
Gift 🔗
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Also, no one seems to talk about all the MeToo accusations leveled at Ratner anymore.
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Also, no one seems to talk about all the MeToo accusations leveled at Ratner anymore.
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I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing
Campbell's Exec Sparks Backlash After Allegedly Calling Soup 'S--- for F------ Poor People' with 'Bioengineered Meat': Executive Martin Bally was also recorded allegedly making racist comments and saying he consumes marijuana edibles before work, according to a lawsuit
Via People
Via People
Campbell's Exec Sparks Backlash After Allegedly Calling Soup 'S--- for F------ Poor People' with 'Bioengineered Meat'
Former Campbell Soup Company employee Robert Garza is suing the company for wrongful termination after he reported a November 2024 meeting with chief information security officer Martin Bally.
people.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Campbell's Exec Sparks Backlash After Allegedly Calling Soup 'S--- for F------ Poor People' with 'Bioengineered Meat': Executive Martin Bally was also recorded allegedly making racist comments and saying he consumes marijuana edibles before work, according to a lawsuit
Via People
Via People
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By me:
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives @robertloerzel.bsky.social reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
Maybe Things Will Be Better in Chicago
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives us reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
By me:
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“The Black women of the film are lightning rods for the most forceful conversations the film can bear, and it’s thrilling to watch them embody what Anderson’s script can only loosely hold.” www.vulture.com/article/blac...
Black Actresses Are Carrying One Battle After Another
Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall propel the film’s most conflicted ideas, for better and worse.
www.vulture.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“The Black women of the film are lightning rods for the most forceful conversations the film can bear, and it’s thrilling to watch them embody what Anderson’s script can only loosely hold.” www.vulture.com/article/blac...
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
From TikTok to PBS: Kiki Rough’s ‘Recession Recipes’ are filling a need
Kiki Rough really is just darling. We spoke
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Kiki Rough really is just darling. We spoke
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From TikTok to PBS: Kiki Rough’s ‘Recession Recipes’ are filling a need
The resident of Porter County, Indiana has gained popularity after launching her TikTok series less than a year ago
www.chicagotribune.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From TikTok to PBS: Kiki Rough’s ‘Recession Recipes’ are filling a need
Kiki Rough really is just darling. We spoke
Gift 🔗
Kiki Rough really is just darling. We spoke
Gift 🔗
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No editors. I have clients who have been editors for years and they’re losing their jobs to ai
Every day I see spelling and grammar mistakes in ads, TV chyrons, and other places where, in the past, it would be deeply embarrassing and a deal breaker for the source, but now they just fly, and where are the editors. Just hire me or something, damn.
Tell me, bro, where is your EDITOR?
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
No editors. I have clients who have been editors for years and they’re losing their jobs to ai
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Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.