Shane O'Neill
@shaneisland.bsky.social
🗞️ Washington Post, formerly NYT
📝 Seriously? newsletter
📻 Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
📝 Seriously? newsletter
📻 Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Reposted by Shane O'Neill
My friend @shaneisland.bsky.social is the style newsletter editor at WaPo and has taken on one my most pet peeves: “welcome in.”
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
My friend @shaneisland.bsky.social is the style newsletter editor at WaPo and has taken on one my most pet peeves: “welcome in.”
Reposted by Shane O'Neill
@shaneisland.bsky.social: Seriously, y'all are going to have to come up with the "Seriously?" version of "Pinocchios."
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
@shaneisland.bsky.social: Seriously, y'all are going to have to come up with the "Seriously?" version of "Pinocchios."
Reposted by Shane O'Neill
Guess what? The @washingtonpost.com has a new/revamped pop culture newsletter from the great @shaneisland.bsky.social: Seriously? Yes, seriously. Seriously! s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
Seriously?: Longevity secrets from an 80-year-old fashion designer
s2.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Guess what? The @washingtonpost.com has a new/revamped pop culture newsletter from the great @shaneisland.bsky.social: Seriously? Yes, seriously. Seriously! s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
So I guess we're all just going to let Outlook continue to be an email platform that feels like it's constantly tricking you?
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
So I guess we're all just going to let Outlook continue to be an email platform that feels like it's constantly tricking you?
If you know any teenagers you've already heard "6-7."
Here's everything I was able to learn about it:
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Here's everything I was able to learn about it:
wapo.st/47l9Gga
Why kids keep saying ‘6-7’: ‘It’s really beautiful because it’s dumb’
The “6-7” meme, originating from a song by rapper Skrilla, has become a viral trend among Gen Alpha. Adults are perplexed.
wapo.st
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you know any teenagers you've already heard "6-7."
Here's everything I was able to learn about it:
wapo.st/47l9Gga
Here's everything I was able to learn about it:
wapo.st/47l9Gga
My goodness the new Sudan Archives is good
October 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My goodness the new Sudan Archives is good
Wow, turns out Bluesky is much more fun when people actually reply to you!
Is this what all the fuss was about over on "Twitter?"
Is this what all the fuss was about over on "Twitter?"
October 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Wow, turns out Bluesky is much more fun when people actually reply to you!
Is this what all the fuss was about over on "Twitter?"
Is this what all the fuss was about over on "Twitter?"
Just accidentally texted my therapist my thoughts on the new creative director at Victoria's Secret.
Today bodes well.
Today bodes well.
October 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Just accidentally texted my therapist my thoughts on the new creative director at Victoria's Secret.
Today bodes well.
Today bodes well.
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I may not speak Spanish.
But it sure makes me feel good when YouTube thinks I do.
But it sure makes me feel good when YouTube thinks I do.
October 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I may not speak Spanish.
But it sure makes me feel good when YouTube thinks I do.
But it sure makes me feel good when YouTube thinks I do.
Personally I like to think that Courtney Love almost named the album "Celebrity Pubes"
October 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Personally I like to think that Courtney Love almost named the album "Celebrity Pubes"
QUESTION FOR CHICAGOLAND:
Had you heard of eating Spaghetti with meat sauce AND fried catfish?
This was new to me ... and sounds delicious.
Had you heard of eating Spaghetti with meat sauce AND fried catfish?
This was new to me ... and sounds delicious.
September 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
QUESTION FOR CHICAGOLAND:
Had you heard of eating Spaghetti with meat sauce AND fried catfish?
This was new to me ... and sounds delicious.
Had you heard of eating Spaghetti with meat sauce AND fried catfish?
This was new to me ... and sounds delicious.
If none of you cowards have the balls to admit it, I guess I'll have to say it myself:
Bernadette Peters kinda sounds like Bart Simpson.
Bernadette Peters kinda sounds like Bart Simpson.
September 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If none of you cowards have the balls to admit it, I guess I'll have to say it myself:
Bernadette Peters kinda sounds like Bart Simpson.
Bernadette Peters kinda sounds like Bart Simpson.
Ever hold your pee for so long that you become afraid to go because you think you now need this much urine in your body or you will go into medical withdrawal?
September 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Ever hold your pee for so long that you become afraid to go because you think you now need this much urine in your body or you will go into medical withdrawal?
If Jake Cruise and Julee Cruise were equally formative for you, we should be friends.
September 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If Jake Cruise and Julee Cruise were equally formative for you, we should be friends.
August 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Someone should make a coffee table book of social media divorce announcements.
August 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Someone should make a coffee table book of social media divorce announcements.
Amanda Lear - Incredibilmente Donna (HQ)
YouTube video by RobertoLoiali
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August 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own
YouTube video by AmyWinehouseVEVO
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August 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reposted by Shane O'Neill
My dear friend @shaneisland.bsky.social writes the Style column for WaPo and has this to say on the abrupt cancellation of AJLT:
“The character Che Diaz, one of the most valiantly misguided and strangely written characters in television history.
“The character Che Diaz, one of the most valiantly misguided and strangely written characters in television history.
August 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My dear friend @shaneisland.bsky.social writes the Style column for WaPo and has this to say on the abrupt cancellation of AJLT:
“The character Che Diaz, one of the most valiantly misguided and strangely written characters in television history.
“The character Che Diaz, one of the most valiantly misguided and strangely written characters in television history.
Just remembering all the media i consumed as a child where "fat" was considered a personality.
July 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Just remembering all the media i consumed as a child where "fat" was considered a personality.
One day, we will look back on all these decisions and say "So we sacrificed all of that in the name of profit?"
Just kidding. We'll be too busy fighting our neighbors for drinkable water to look back at anything.
Just kidding. We'll be too busy fighting our neighbors for drinkable water to look back at anything.
July 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
One day, we will look back on all these decisions and say "So we sacrificed all of that in the name of profit?"
Just kidding. We'll be too busy fighting our neighbors for drinkable water to look back at anything.
Just kidding. We'll be too busy fighting our neighbors for drinkable water to look back at anything.