Tim Stevens
@ungajje.bsky.social
Writer (Connecticut College), TV Editor (The Spool), Film Critic (Wealth of Geeks). Rotten Tomatoes Approved Critic. Member of the CCA. Therapist on Hiatus. Formerly of Marvel.com, Comics Nexus, ComicsVerse, CBR, and likely more. he/him
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Let us think about Ahmed El Ahmad, a 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah, and hope his lesson in solidarity is what we take from this horrific event
December 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Let us think about Ahmed El Ahmad, a 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah, and hope his lesson in solidarity is what we take from this horrific event
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Every metric shows that X is not just unpopular but largely considered lame by anyone younger than 30. X tries to counter this by saying it’s still the best megaphone for outlets but anyone who tracks clickthrough traffic also knows this isn’t true.
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Every metric shows that X is not just unpopular but largely considered lame by anyone younger than 30. X tries to counter this by saying it’s still the best megaphone for outlets but anyone who tracks clickthrough traffic also knows this isn’t true.
Look love the Ron Howard directed Grinch if you want. But I refuse to get onboard with this holiday classic nonsense. It is ugly, loud, and mean. Worse it totally misses the point of the source material.
December 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Look love the Ron Howard directed Grinch if you want. But I refuse to get onboard with this holiday classic nonsense. It is ugly, loud, and mean. Worse it totally misses the point of the source material.
I've decided to have some pretty firm opinions on John Cena's last match.
December 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I've decided to have some pretty firm opinions on John Cena's last match.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
Pet theory on the ELLA MCCAY sex scarf. As one piece of dialogue makes reference to, Ella may be--consciously or not-- trying to dodge the fate of her mom re a cheating spouse. Hence the frequent midday sex meetups with the hubby. (Cont)
December 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Pet theory on the ELLA MCCAY sex scarf. As one piece of dialogue makes reference to, Ella may be--consciously or not-- trying to dodge the fate of her mom re a cheating spouse. Hence the frequent midday sex meetups with the hubby. (Cont)
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A mass shooting at my alma mater Brown University hit hard, proving no community is safe from senseless violence in a land with more guns than people
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
Mass shooting at Brown U.: When gun heartbreak comes home | Will Bunch
A mass shooting at my alma mater is a gutting reminder that no one is safe until we tackle America's gun crisis.
www.inquirer.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A mass shooting at my alma mater Brown University hit hard, proving no community is safe from senseless violence in a land with more guns than people
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
When you get married you talk about how you like to celebrate the big holidays. The things I said about Christmas were not traveling more than an hour/obe house besides ours (we're both kids of divorce and spent our childhood years running hither and thither to satisfy all parties) (cont)
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
When you get married you talk about how you like to celebrate the big holidays. The things I said about Christmas were not traveling more than an hour/obe house besides ours (we're both kids of divorce and spent our childhood years running hither and thither to satisfy all parties) (cont)
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I just wanted to thread some of the great stuff my colleagues at Vulture have had published this week. Starting with @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social taking the Catholic angle on "Wake Up Dead Man," a thing I haven't been able to stop thinking about since I saw it. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
The Pope Would Love the New Knives Out Movie
‘Wake Up Dead Man’ is the darkest — and best — ‘Knives Out’ movie yet.
www.vulture.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I just wanted to thread some of the great stuff my colleagues at Vulture have had published this week. Starting with @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social taking the Catholic angle on "Wake Up Dead Man," a thing I haven't been able to stop thinking about since I saw it. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
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Re-sharing this piece I wrote last year about Christmas and my teenage near-death experience
Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/christmas-...
Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/christmas-...
December 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Re-sharing this piece I wrote last year about Christmas and my teenage near-death experience
Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/christmas-...
Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/christmas-...
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This week had more new measles cases than sales of “American Canto”.
Hope the media is proud.
Hope the media is proud.
December 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This week had more new measles cases than sales of “American Canto”.
Hope the media is proud.
Hope the media is proud.
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"AI is a tool."
No. Empirically not. A tool empowers people; helps people. It solves an extant problem. Generative AI in creative mediums is being used as a cudgel that diminishes and eliminates people, and the only "problem" being solved is fiscal.
Stop validating it, even in passing.
No. Empirically not. A tool empowers people; helps people. It solves an extant problem. Generative AI in creative mediums is being used as a cudgel that diminishes and eliminates people, and the only "problem" being solved is fiscal.
Stop validating it, even in passing.
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"AI is a tool."
No. Empirically not. A tool empowers people; helps people. It solves an extant problem. Generative AI in creative mediums is being used as a cudgel that diminishes and eliminates people, and the only "problem" being solved is fiscal.
Stop validating it, even in passing.
No. Empirically not. A tool empowers people; helps people. It solves an extant problem. Generative AI in creative mediums is being used as a cudgel that diminishes and eliminates people, and the only "problem" being solved is fiscal.
Stop validating it, even in passing.
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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Friendly reminder🦆
Okay. Again
❗️Sketch-commissions are open until January 5 (2026)❗️
If you are interested:
- 📧 [email protected]
- DM
- Discord MadS#4983 or madssighduck
*Every Sunday I have a little day off, so I accept commissions but start to draw them on the next day.*
❗️Sketch-commissions are open until January 5 (2026)❗️
If you are interested:
- 📧 [email protected]
- DM
- Discord MadS#4983 or madssighduck
*Every Sunday I have a little day off, so I accept commissions but start to draw them on the next day.*
December 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Friendly reminder🦆
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Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
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Sometimes people who love physical media are so focused on what is the BEST stuff, when sometimes good enough is good enough to start. This applies to disc players, turntables, etc.
A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
December 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Sometimes people who love physical media are so focused on what is the BEST stuff, when sometimes good enough is good enough to start. This applies to disc players, turntables, etc.
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An important statement from the desk of Robin Ince
December 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
An important statement from the desk of Robin Ince
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@UnGajje.bsky.social doesn't think LITTLE DISASTERS is a big enough deal to earn the title "disaster," but he wants to be very clear that he thinks it is bad.
Melodramatic Little Disasters frequently commits plot malpractice
Did you know everyone is just awful? That’s the de facto message of Little Disasters, the latest of what is an increasingly cookie-cutter subgenre that boasts all the trappings of prestigious…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
@UnGajje.bsky.social doesn't think LITTLE DISASTERS is a big enough deal to earn the title "disaster," but he wants to be very clear that he thinks it is bad.
SUPERGIRL trailer yesterday makes today a great day for a Mario Chavez's #Supergirl to go up in UnGajjesArtGallery. Don't you agree?
www.instagram.com/p/DSLSj_eiY0...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
SUPERGIRL trailer yesterday makes today a great day for a Mario Chavez's #Supergirl to go up in UnGajjesArtGallery. Don't you agree?
www.instagram.com/p/DSLSj_eiY0...
www.instagram.com/p/DSLSj_eiY0...
Feels like a really bad time to release an adaptation of ANIMAL FARM that aggressively misses the point.
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Feels like a really bad time to release an adaptation of ANIMAL FARM that aggressively misses the point.
The combination of my employer's photographer taking entirely too many pictures of me at this week's alumni event and seeing the film Ella McCay has put me in an all-timer of a bad mood.
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The combination of my employer's photographer taking entirely too many pictures of me at this week's alumni event and seeing the film Ella McCay has put me in an all-timer of a bad mood.
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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WAKE UP DEAD MAN, the latest #KnivesOut film, hits Netflix today. Look back at @UnGajje.bsky.social's review during its theatrical run to encourage you to schedule your weekend around seeing it.
Wake Up Dead Man is worth resurrecting for
When you are winning, most will frown on changing the game plan. Talk to an expert, though, and they’ll tell you the best coaches are the ones who do exactly. They recognize when a winning formula is…
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December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN, the latest #KnivesOut film, hits Netflix today. Look back at @UnGajje.bsky.social's review during its theatrical run to encourage you to schedule your weekend around seeing it.
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shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
I should start wearing spectator shoes.
December 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I should start wearing spectator shoes.