Thierry
@tcote.bsky.social
I lecture about political science, social media and media & politics @ York University, I used to write a lot about music but I don’t so much anymore. I still watch too much tennis. He/him.
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The thing about Trump putting his names on buildings all over D.C. is that any footage from the day his name gets taken down from those buildings will probably have to come with a warning—it may just be lethally enjoyable, like The Entertainment in Infinite Jest.
December 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The thing about Trump putting his names on buildings all over D.C. is that any footage from the day his name gets taken down from those buildings will probably have to come with a warning—it may just be lethally enjoyable, like The Entertainment in Infinite Jest.
Nothing says more about the wrong turn we all took with social media than hearing two 5-ish-year-olds at the airport begin every sentence to each other by saying « POV ».
December 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Nothing says more about the wrong turn we all took with social media than hearing two 5-ish-year-olds at the airport begin every sentence to each other by saying « POV ».
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Joe Ely, the Texas singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was at the forefront of the Seventies’ progressive country movement as both a solo artist and part of the group the Flatlanders, died Monday at 78.
Story: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Story: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
December 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Joe Ely, the Texas singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was at the forefront of the Seventies’ progressive country movement as both a solo artist and part of the group the Flatlanders, died Monday at 78.
Story: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Story: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
I still get mad every time I come across one of the shrinkflated 50g Mr. Big chocolate bars.
December 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I still get mad every time I come across one of the shrinkflated 50g Mr. Big chocolate bars.
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Just a SNL skit from S1 starring some bees and a pair of TV stars who would go on to be two of the world’s most successful film directors a decade and a half later.
youtu.be/_nXp3Vw3RU8?...
youtu.be/_nXp3Vw3RU8?...
Bees' Dramatic Scene - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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December 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Just a SNL skit from S1 starring some bees and a pair of TV stars who would go on to be two of the world’s most successful film directors a decade and a half later.
youtu.be/_nXp3Vw3RU8?...
youtu.be/_nXp3Vw3RU8?...
Just a SNL skit from S1 starring some bees and a pair of TV stars who would go on to be two of the world’s most successful film directors a decade and a half later.
youtu.be/_nXp3Vw3RU8?...
youtu.be/_nXp3Vw3RU8?...
Bees' Dramatic Scene - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Just a SNL skit from S1 starring some bees and a pair of TV stars who would go on to be two of the world’s most successful film directors a decade and a half later.
youtu.be/_nXp3Vw3RU8?...
youtu.be/_nXp3Vw3RU8?...
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lettuce, tomato, lettuce, meat, meat, meat, meat, meat, cheese, lettuce.
December 15, 2025 at 5:17 AM
lettuce, tomato, lettuce, meat, meat, meat, meat, meat, cheese, lettuce.
And also how he ended that run with the (deservedly) critically savaged North, then went right back to making The American President, which led to both The West Wing *and* Michael J. Fox’s return to TV with Spin City in an Emmy-winning role that came right out of his performance in that movie.
The thing about Reiner’s early run isn’t just how good it is but also how different it is: This is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 AM
And also how he ended that run with the (deservedly) critically savaged North, then went right back to making The American President, which led to both The West Wing *and* Michael J. Fox’s return to TV with Spin City in an Emmy-winning role that came right out of his performance in that movie.
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
Every new piece of the Rob & Michele Reiner news is worse than the previous one.
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Every new piece of the Rob & Michele Reiner news is worse than the previous one.
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Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
🧵 worth reading
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
🧵 worth reading
And he was a writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour when he was barely out of his teens.
Not many people have ever had this kind of success and combination of onscreen/offscreen TV and film credits.
Not many people have ever had this kind of success and combination of onscreen/offscreen TV and film credits.
Rob Reiner's first seven films: 1. Spinal Tap. 2. The Sure Thing. 3. Stand By Me. 4. THE PRINCESS BRIDE. 5. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. 6. Misery 7. A Few Good Men. Good lord. Even Spielberg included 1941 in his first seven.
And that was after playing Michael Stivic. I hope this news isn't true. But...
And that was after playing Michael Stivic. I hope this news isn't true. But...
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
And he was a writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour when he was barely out of his teens.
Not many people have ever had this kind of success and combination of onscreen/offscreen TV and film credits.
Not many people have ever had this kind of success and combination of onscreen/offscreen TV and film credits.
I didn’t expect to add a version of Richard & Linda Thompson’s « I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight » to my Christmas playlists, but Dar Williams’s new cover is really good!
youtu.be/klMBFFNO_XE?...
youtu.be/klMBFFNO_XE?...
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (Santa Version)
YouTube video by Dar Williams - Topic
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I didn’t expect to add a version of Richard & Linda Thompson’s « I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight » to my Christmas playlists, but Dar Williams’s new cover is really good!
youtu.be/klMBFFNO_XE?...
youtu.be/klMBFFNO_XE?...
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I finally saw Short Cuts in 70mm this week and you can’t convince me that Sia’s aesthetic isn’t based on Claire the clown.
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I finally saw Short Cuts in 70mm this week and you can’t convince me that Sia’s aesthetic isn’t based on Claire the clown.
I finally saw Short Cuts in 70mm this week and you can’t convince me that Sia’s aesthetic isn’t based on Claire the clown.
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I finally saw Short Cuts in 70mm this week and you can’t convince me that Sia’s aesthetic isn’t based on Claire the clown.
I thought this was Billy Idol starring in a House Party reboot.
A new look at Cody Rhodes as Guile in the new Street Fighter movie
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I thought this was Billy Idol starring in a House Party reboot.
The world’s most expensive Death Becomes Her remake.
Trump's mangled right hand was extremely spackled tonight at the White House congressional ball (Alex Wong/Getty)
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The world’s most expensive Death Becomes Her remake.
I first read this as « was huffing gas » and honestly it’s not wrong either
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I first read this as « was huffing gas » and honestly it’s not wrong either
This is very cute and sweet, and French supermarket chain Intermarché is rightly getting a lot of praise for this ad featuring beautiful 3D animation created by a French studio (Illogic Studios) that required the work of about 100 people instead of using generative AI. youtu.be/Na9VmMNJvsA?...
Intermarché - Conte de Noël
YouTube video by Intermarché
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is very cute and sweet, and French supermarket chain Intermarché is rightly getting a lot of praise for this ad featuring beautiful 3D animation created by a French studio (Illogic Studios) that required the work of about 100 people instead of using generative AI. youtu.be/Na9VmMNJvsA?...
I gasped.
December 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I gasped.
We’re reaching extraordinary, unprecedented levels of dumbfuckery.
Fifty different problems in the world just locked into one big uniform piece like a Rubik's cube in my head.
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
We’re reaching extraordinary, unprecedented levels of dumbfuckery.
It’s not a perfect clip, but someone put on YouTube the Mavericks’s first song (there’s about 30 seconds of noise/tuning at the top of the clip and it cuts off) from the 2014 CNE show that I saw, and just from « Tell Me Why » you can hear what a powerful live band this was.
youtu.be/S6NGdI3K_ks?...
youtu.be/S6NGdI3K_ks?...
The Mavericks - Tell Me Why
YouTube video by wowzieee
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It’s not a perfect clip, but someone put on YouTube the Mavericks’s first song (there’s about 30 seconds of noise/tuning at the top of the clip and it cuts off) from the 2014 CNE show that I saw, and just from « Tell Me Why » you can hear what a powerful live band this was.
youtu.be/S6NGdI3K_ks?...
youtu.be/S6NGdI3K_ks?...