Brian Phillips
@brianphillips.bsky.social
Senior Writer at The Ringer 🦉 NYT bestselling author of Impossible Owls 🦉 occasional podcast host (22 Goals, Truthless) 🦉 whippet fancier
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Late del Toro is one of those directors who make me feel like I live on a different planet from the rest of humanity. I read so much about how beautiful this movie is. It looks like a cutscene from a 1997 adventure game about murder on the Titanic
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Late del Toro is one of those directors who make me feel like I live on a different planet from the rest of humanity. I read so much about how beautiful this movie is. It looks like a cutscene from a 1997 adventure game about murder on the Titanic
This is the kind of move I'll eventually be famous for
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is the kind of move I'll eventually be famous for
I didn't think through the consequences!!!
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I didn't think through the consequences!!!
ok now I'm embarrassed
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
ok now I'm embarrassed
Look at this poor creature...can't even find a blanket that keeps all of her warm at once...
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Look at this poor creature...can't even find a blanket that keeps all of her warm at once...
I always say it's a household tool with an interesting text attached
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I always say it's a household tool with an interesting text attached
All I'm asking for is justice, and to be richer than David Brooks and Nate Silver combined
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
All I'm asking for is justice, and to be richer than David Brooks and Nate Silver combined
Ask yourself, "Would Brian be more famous than Matt Yglesias if contempt were not a form of currency?" Then remind yourself that a better world begins with you
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Ask yourself, "Would Brian be more famous than Matt Yglesias if contempt were not a form of currency?" Then remind yourself that a better world begins with you
(shaking my head sadly in the press conference after forfeiting a game I was winning 77-3 midway through the fourth quarter) I'm afraid they were simply too strong for us
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
(shaking my head sadly in the press conference after forfeiting a game I was winning 77-3 midway through the fourth quarter) I'm afraid they were simply too strong for us
boarding the plane at Casablanca seconds before Dick Durbin arrives with a hit squad of fundraising-email copywriters
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
boarding the plane at Casablanca seconds before Dick Durbin arrives with a hit squad of fundraising-email copywriters
"you can't claim refugee status to escape your own side" buddy I am legally represented by John Fetterman "welcome to France, mon frere"
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"you can't claim refugee status to escape your own side" buddy I am legally represented by John Fetterman "welcome to France, mon frere"
(to the judge handling my asylum claim) it's a matter of life and death...chuck schumer gives me the nuclear ick, your honor
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
(to the judge handling my asylum claim) it's a matter of life and death...chuck schumer gives me the nuclear ick, your honor
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I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.