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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 12h

Headline: "Leaked Chats from Leaders of Young Republican Groups Expose Racist, Antisemitic, Pro-Hitler Views and Advocacy for Killing Political Opponents." They're Republicans. Ambitious Trump-era Republicans. This is like saying that leaked X-rays of LeBron James expose him as being really tall.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 15h

R.I.P. D’Angelo

The Line

YouTube video by D'Angelo - Topic

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 15h

You want to know why I love this guy so much? This is his “stable family man” face.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 15h

Happy belated birthday. Lenny, thou shouldst be living at this hour.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 16h

Last known photo of Dr. Phil McGraw, taken seconds before Billy the Kid laid him low using McGraw’s own shotgun, loaded with 16 thin dimes, enough to spread him out like a crazy woman’s quilt.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 20h

I think the best recourse the media might have for dealing with Trump might be what Time is doing here: say something nice about him while inviting him to show what his real priorities are by tying it to a photo where he looks like Howard Cosell, with an eating disorder, without his hairpiece.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 20h

Every morning I wake up to fifty headlines referring to something Trump said, posted, or did as “unhinged.” At this point, it’s like calling Reagan “forgetful.” It’s not a compliment, but it’s also not a revelation, and it is connected to why his supporters think he’s wonderful.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re an actor who happens to be one of the hottest women ever to walk the earth, take comfort in knowing that you can always get a job on a cable cringe-comedy show playing the wife of a socially awkward uber-nerd.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 11d

Hey, The Criterion Channel tacked a Charles Burnett wing onto its site! Which includes his “new” movie, which got a restoration and a limited release earlier this year, 26 years after it was completed but failed to receive distribution.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 13d

32 Chunk, a brown bear from Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, has been declared the winner of the 2025 Fat Bear Week contest. All rise for the National Anthem!

Voice of Chunk

YouTube video by The Lounge Lizards - Topic

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 13d

R.I.P. Jane Goodall

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 13d

Sometimes, in the world of film curation, a simple, direct statement of fact can achieve a Bazin-like eloquence.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 13d

Fuuuuuck yeah Criterion Channel gettin’ its HK on for autumn!

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 15d

Now Playing: The season premiere of BOB’S BURGERS. You think David Mamet could have ever written dialogue like this, if he’d been at the height of his powers and coked out of his mind? That may be two ways of saying the same thing.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 17d

The trick to becoming Ezra Klein is being incapable of ever thinking, “I’m just gonna keep my mouth shut about this for a minute.”

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 17d

Ezra Klein is explaining to David Remnick that anyone who didn’t like him praising Charlie Kirk to the skies in the hours after his death doesn’t get it that there are people who loved Kirk, and if he’d criticized him in that moment, he’d have antagonized and alienated them forever.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 18d

Update: Turns out Sinclair’s and Nexstar’s resolve can be broken, but the Supreme Court is in it for the long haul.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 18d

I’m constantly amazed at much Tiger Woods and I have in common. (My wife once tried to kill me with a golf club.)

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 19d

I filled out my first Cinemascore card today. I knew about these things but I’ve never actually even seen what they look like before. For the record, I gave ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER an A, and I lied about my age in the hope of increasing the likelihood that whoever sees it gives a shit.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 19d

The first time I encountered the phrase “ran like he had never run before”, I pitched a Michael Palin Gumby character spazzing out at top speed.

Jess Bowers @prettyminotaur.bsky.social · 19d

I once had a student who genuinely thought "akimbo" meant "all over the place," and demonstrated "arms akimbo" by imitating a car dealership blow-up guy. I still think this student's interpretation was more accurate than the real definition.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 19d

They’re erasing our history!

A Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Is Removed From the National Mall

www.nytimes.com

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 20d

Now Playing: MUSSOLINI: SON OF THE CENTURY on MUBI. This is the fourth episode of an eight-part series, and I’m enjoying the flash and brio of it all. But I am starting to wonder when this motherfucker plans to shave his head.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 20d

This is it. This is the moment everything turns around. I mean, not really, obviously, but fuck it. Let’s live a little.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.com

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 20d

Let’s get ready to truuuundle!!

Fat Bear Week 2025

www.explore.org

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