Norm Wilner
@normwilner.bsky.social
Consultant! Writer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, ex-Secret Movie Clubber. I can probably help you with your movie. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
oh for crying out loud
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
oh for crying out loud
Take a Yautja to the river
Dek the Small One, they called him
Wash the Yautja in the water
Give that boy a bag of skin
On a planet they call Genna
There's a beast that will not die
Dek's a-goin' off to kill it
Hope he doesn't lose an eye
Dek the Small One, they called him
Wash the Yautja in the water
Give that boy a bag of skin
On a planet they call Genna
There's a beast that will not die
Dek's a-goin' off to kill it
Hope he doesn't lose an eye
PREDATOR BADLANDS is the Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska of Predator movies
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Take a Yautja to the river
Dek the Small One, they called him
Wash the Yautja in the water
Give that boy a bag of skin
On a planet they call Genna
There's a beast that will not die
Dek's a-goin' off to kill it
Hope he doesn't lose an eye
Dek the Small One, they called him
Wash the Yautja in the water
Give that boy a bag of skin
On a planet they call Genna
There's a beast that will not die
Dek's a-goin' off to kill it
Hope he doesn't lose an eye
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i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
Psst! The giveaway in yesterday's column is open until 3pm ET today! Still plenty of time to enter!
(And subscribe while you're there, you're not a jerk.)
(And subscribe while you're there, you're not a jerk.)
New SHINY THINGS just went out, looking at two new 4K editions of counterculture classics. Free to read, but you can subscribe if you want to -- and you should! We have giveaways!
Rage Against the Machinery
In which Norm spins up the new 4K releases of CATCH-22 and ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.
shiny-things.ghost.io
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Psst! The giveaway in yesterday's column is open until 3pm ET today! Still plenty of time to enter!
(And subscribe while you're there, you're not a jerk.)
(And subscribe while you're there, you're not a jerk.)
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Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
This is INSPIRED.
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is INSPIRED.
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It is fucking insane to me that senate democrats bailed him out
Trump to air traffic controllers: "For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK"
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It is fucking insane to me that senate democrats bailed him out
PTA, doing it his way like always
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
PTA, doing it his way like always
You know what, good for them. Even the Supreme Court knows better to throw in with Kim Davis.
Supreme Court weighs appeal to overturn ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide
A call to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is on the agenda Friday for the justices' closed-door conference.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
You know what, good for them. Even the Supreme Court knows better to throw in with Kim Davis.
Victory lap.
BREAKING
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Victory lap.
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Look. Times are hard. Shit sucks.
Here's a live feed of 11 Springer Spaniel puppies from Finland. Their mother's name is Maru. She shows up every few hours to feed them. She's understandably fucking tired. Just an adorable pack of potates who excel at bettering your mood.
areena.yle.fi/1-76362374
Here's a live feed of 11 Springer Spaniel puppies from Finland. Their mother's name is Maru. She shows up every few hours to feed them. She's understandably fucking tired. Just an adorable pack of potates who excel at bettering your mood.
areena.yle.fi/1-76362374
Pentulive 24/7 | Pentulive
Pentuliven pikkuiset kehittyvät vauhdikkaasti ja jokainen pentu on saanut nimensä! Kahdeksan viikkoa kestävässä suorassa lähetyksessä seurataan englanninspringerspanieli Murua ja tämän pentuetta.
areena.yle.fi
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Look. Times are hard. Shit sucks.
Here's a live feed of 11 Springer Spaniel puppies from Finland. Their mother's name is Maru. She shows up every few hours to feed them. She's understandably fucking tired. Just an adorable pack of potates who excel at bettering your mood.
areena.yle.fi/1-76362374
Here's a live feed of 11 Springer Spaniel puppies from Finland. Their mother's name is Maru. She shows up every few hours to feed them. She's understandably fucking tired. Just an adorable pack of potates who excel at bettering your mood.
areena.yle.fi/1-76362374
Could we just send Mamdani in there to explain the concept of public service
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Could we just send Mamdani in there to explain the concept of public service
Surrendering to a demented old man and his enablers is no kind of victory.
you can see why fascism is so popular when the other option is The Loser Party That Loves Losing
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Surrendering to a demented old man and his enablers is no kind of victory.
"We have to counter the narrative about you falling asleep during that meeting, sir"
"Okay, so let's make it look like I've NEVER slept"
"Okay, so let's make it look like I've NEVER slept"
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"We have to counter the narrative about you falling asleep during that meeting, sir"
"Okay, so let's make it look like I've NEVER slept"
"Okay, so let's make it look like I've NEVER slept"
What the hell is he supposed to be doing? Reading his own oath of office?
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What the hell is he supposed to be doing? Reading his own oath of office?
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At the risk of sounding like a scold for posting about this too much: your call to a senator right now could be a key factor at a crucial moment. Please read this thread & call if you haven't.
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
At the risk of sounding like a scold for posting about this too much: your call to a senator right now could be a key factor at a crucial moment. Please read this thread & call if you haven't.
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She is all of us today.
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
She is all of us today.
New SHINY THINGS just went out, looking at two new 4K editions of counterculture classics. Free to read, but you can subscribe if you want to -- and you should! We have giveaways!
Rage Against the Machinery
In which Norm spins up the new 4K releases of CATCH-22 and ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.
shiny-things.ghost.io
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
New SHINY THINGS just went out, looking at two new 4K editions of counterculture classics. Free to read, but you can subscribe if you want to -- and you should! We have giveaways!
Oh no. No no no no no.
The full report on this alleged food crime, now posted at ye olde blogge:
In Which I Eat The Food Crime Known As Kraft Apple Pie Mac & Cheese
You may have heard the news — and if not, you may have felt it in your bones, a paroxysm of worry squirming in your marrow like worms — that Kraft put out an apple pie mac and cheese. A…
terribleminds.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Oh no. No no no no no.
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“I’m not a master jewel thief, I’m just a kid” has to be the greatest jewel thief coverup story of all time.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“I’m not a master jewel thief, I’m just a kid” has to be the greatest jewel thief coverup story of all time.
We learned nothing from Quibi.
Fox, Disney, and others are investing in micro dramas, a mobile-first format, to engage new audiences.
5 Hollywood companies from Fox to Disney that are looking to capitalize on soapy 'micro dramas'
Fox, Disney, and others are investing in micro dramas, a mobile-first format, to engage new audiences.
www.businessinsider.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We learned nothing from Quibi.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Second episode: Holy shit, he thought of EVERYTHING.
PLURIBUS: This must have been so much fun to shoot.
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Second episode: Holy shit, he thought of EVERYTHING.