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They set a slamhound on Turner's trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the color of his hair.
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· Nov 14
With SANDBAGGERS now on Amazon Prime, I present The Cut-Glass Index, a ranking of the series' posh accents. We begin at #10: Jeff Ross. Cartoonish American accent, vital as a foil, but a deep blow to the character. A golden retriever gallumping through the hedge rows amid the beagles. Score: 0/10Jef
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Slate Movie Club 2025 is underway, with an opening post from me on the challenge of coming up with a movie that best encapsulates this year. More posts coming up over the next two weeks from @bilgeebiri.bsky.social, @alisonwillmore.bsky.social & @justincchang.bsky.social.
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
The Movie of the Year Was Also a Surprise Blockbuster
The two best films of 2025 were also the two that best encapsulated it.
slate.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Slate Movie Club 2025 is underway, with an opening post from me on the challenge of coming up with a movie that best encapsulates this year. More posts coming up over the next two weeks from @bilgeebiri.bsky.social, @alisonwillmore.bsky.social & @justincchang.bsky.social.
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
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30 hours left for Apocalypse World: Burned Over on @kickstarter.com. Would love to see it hit 200k! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
30 hours left for Apocalypse World: Burned Over on @kickstarter.com. Would love to see it hit 200k! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Rosamund Pike in Now You Three Me isn't getting enough credit for channeling Sean Young in Ace Ventura. Pike kneeling stunned during Three Me's climax a clear homage to Young standing dazed before she's revealed as Finkle.
December 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Rosamund Pike in Now You Three Me isn't getting enough credit for channeling Sean Young in Ace Ventura. Pike kneeling stunned during Three Me's climax a clear homage to Young standing dazed before she's revealed as Finkle.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
"What if you could join the United States of America? The USA has 340m members and if one government negotiated for all 340m and they bought a group plan like Taxes like Medicare does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"What if you could join the United States of America? The USA has 340m members and if one government negotiated for all 340m and they bought a group plan like Taxes like Medicare does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
Got no human grace.
Such a human waste.
Your...
Such a human waste.
Your...
December 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Got no human grace.
Such a human waste.
Your...
Such a human waste.
Your...
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Tomorrow! @aduralde.bsky.social returns to The Flop House with our annual dose of Christmas coal! This year, we discuss Canada's utterly bizarre THE CHRISTMAS MARTIAN!
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Tomorrow! @aduralde.bsky.social returns to The Flop House with our annual dose of Christmas coal! This year, we discuss Canada's utterly bizarre THE CHRISTMAS MARTIAN!
Men operating a speedboat on the ocean are not in a fight with drones and missiles just as a fish swimming in a barrel is not in a fight with my shotgun.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Men operating a speedboat on the ocean are not in a fight with drones and missiles just as a fish swimming in a barrel is not in a fight with my shotgun.
Have critics eager to bash this trash unfairly overlooked the book’s moments of intentional grace amidst accidental disgrace, this Teuton’s homoioteleuton?
I cannot convey to you the sheer fucking weirdness of Olivia Nuzzi's book.
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Have critics eager to bash this trash unfairly overlooked the book’s moments of intentional grace amidst accidental disgrace, this Teuton’s homoioteleuton?
More best of 2025 lists cropping up and only the great @bilgeebiri.bsky.social has SPLITTSVILLE in his Top 10. Trust no best of 2025 list that doesn't have a comedy or horror film on it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
More best of 2025 lists cropping up and only the great @bilgeebiri.bsky.social has SPLITTSVILLE in his Top 10. Trust no best of 2025 list that doesn't have a comedy or horror film on it.
I ransacked used bookstores for years looking for a Webster's 2nd without success. Then, one day, I discovered that some hero created a web version. Go forth and be like McPhee.
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I ransacked used bookstores for years looking for a Webster's 2nd without success. Then, one day, I discovered that some hero created a web version. Go forth and be like McPhee.
Reading classic-style prose always perks me up and makes me alert for the dry asides ("unornamented") I love so much.
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Reading classic-style prose always perks me up and makes me alert for the dry asides ("unornamented") I love so much.
"The man who loses the King's colors loses the King's friendship."
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"The man who loses the King's colors loses the King's friendship."
The lowest that The Last Jedi should be is #2.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The lowest that The Last Jedi should be is #2.
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Planned migration away from unsustainable areas is the only rational government policy and it is grimly funny to think about how far the US’s politics are from being able to accomplish that.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Planned migration away from unsustainable areas is the only rational government policy and it is grimly funny to think about how far the US’s politics are from being able to accomplish that.
When the day came in Army basic training to take us all to the rifle range for the first time, our drill instructors swapped our usually aggro morning PT for an hour of chill stretching while they played Enigma's MCMXC a.D. in its entirety.
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
When the day came in Army basic training to take us all to the rifle range for the first time, our drill instructors swapped our usually aggro morning PT for an hour of chill stretching while they played Enigma's MCMXC a.D. in its entirety.
I should not be drinking assam this late, but an in-theater triple feature puts a gleam in a man's eye. Blue Moon first, then a fast walk from IMAX on 68th as the end credits of The Running Man began to drop into a seat at Walter Reade at Lincoln Center just as Sirat's title credits started.
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I should not be drinking assam this late, but an in-theater triple feature puts a gleam in a man's eye. Blue Moon first, then a fast walk from IMAX on 68th as the end credits of The Running Man began to drop into a seat at Walter Reade at Lincoln Center just as Sirat's title credits started.
Jerry Brown must have changed his number several times to duck Nuzzi's texts.
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Jerry Brown must have changed his number several times to duck Nuzzi's texts.
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In 2016, the Apocalypse World 2nd Ed campaign ended at $149,681. We'd like to beat that!
At $149,682, we'll get with the original authors and update three classic playbooks:
• The Faceless by Bret Gillan
• The News by Josh Savoie
• The Show by Elliot Baker
At $149,682, we'll get with the original authors and update three classic playbooks:
• The Faceless by Bret Gillan
• The News by Josh Savoie
• The Show by Elliot Baker
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In 2016, the Apocalypse World 2nd Ed campaign ended at $149,681. We'd like to beat that!
At $149,682, we'll get with the original authors and update three classic playbooks:
• The Faceless by Bret Gillan
• The News by Josh Savoie
• The Show by Elliot Baker
At $149,682, we'll get with the original authors and update three classic playbooks:
• The Faceless by Bret Gillan
• The News by Josh Savoie
• The Show by Elliot Baker
From the society magazine whose modern protocols were stripped by the same texts that denuded boughs from his family tree and denuded the reputation of this American journalist.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
From the society magazine whose modern protocols were stripped by the same texts that denuded boughs from his family tree and denuded the reputation of this American journalist.
Matt Belloni is Louella Parsons for people with MBAs.
They really thought they could confidently publish a take as objectively wrong as “Matt Belloni is the Cassandra of current day Hollywood” and nobody would notice because of how bad the rest of the stuff they published today was www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/b...
The Man Yelling ‘Iceberg!’ on the Hollywood Titanic
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Matt Belloni is Louella Parsons for people with MBAs.
The most important question an RPG scenario designer can ask is whether the pages a GM needs while running a session need to look the same as the pages read between sessions.
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The most important question an RPG scenario designer can ask is whether the pages a GM needs while running a session need to look the same as the pages read between sessions.
KEEPER: Dread is a higher bar to clear than terror or revulsion and few can match Perkins in delivering it. So many gracefully sinister touches and all built upon the Atlas-like shoulders of Maslany. What I wouldn't give to see him tackle some cosmic horror.
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
KEEPER: Dread is a higher bar to clear than terror or revulsion and few can match Perkins in delivering it. So many gracefully sinister touches and all built upon the Atlas-like shoulders of Maslany. What I wouldn't give to see him tackle some cosmic horror.
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One of the only constructivist churches in the world, in Kouvola, Finland, is scheduled for demolition because the declining population of the town no longer matches up with the cost of maintenance.
See things while you can.
See things while you can.
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
One of the only constructivist churches in the world, in Kouvola, Finland, is scheduled for demolition because the declining population of the town no longer matches up with the cost of maintenance.
See things while you can.
See things while you can.
No one has explained to me how Aussies expect to throw shrimp on an electric barbie.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
No one has explained to me how Aussies expect to throw shrimp on an electric barbie.