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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 1h

They're fine. Like contextually.

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Victoria Song @vicmsong.bsky.social · 1d

Blorbo (my “friend”) crashed out mid-taping.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Here’s this week’s Better Offline. I’m joined by @davidjroth.bsky.social and @vicmsong.bsky.social to talk about Sora 2, Meta’s AR glasses, the “friend” pendant, and why none of these products can ever truly deliver meaningful friendship.

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Radio Better Offline: Victoria Song and David Roth

Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 10/08/2025 · 51m

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 1h

Hmm pretty sure this is the real Lacey Chabert I am dm'ing with

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 6h

He's right, and he should say it.

Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 10h

This week’s JAMBOROO topper is about Slow Horses, which is a perfect TV show. defector.com/how-slow-hor...

How 'Slow Horses' Explains The World | Defector

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something you wanna contribute? Email the Roo. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE,...

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 6h

Well thanks for doing that.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 7h

That is now Defector practice. However Flaming Hydra takes a more open-minded approach...

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 7h

It's when readers read

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 7h

This went up last Friday around The Appointed Time, albeit not at Defector. I really liked the movie, and appreciated the opportunity to write some descriptive language about 1970s Gene Hackman movies.

Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 7h

Here's a super thoughtful take on "One Battle After Another" from @davidjroth.bsky.social ... he puts it in the context of 1970s thrillers whose style informed the film. Then he identifies what makes it different. And maybe more hopeful. Only on @flaminghydra.com! flaminghydra.com/winning-isnt...

Winning Isn’t Everything

It will be clear that I am not offering a self-care tip by the time you finish reading this sentence, but when things started getting dark for me around the beginning of this year I started watching m...

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 7h

Sadly we did not parge (?) our lath in this instance

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 7h

Very fun episode this week, a long-awaited (by me, anyway) crossover between the @whatatimepod.bsky.social cinematic universe and The Distraction. Come for the talk about comedy, stay for Eli saying "you're going to want to see a lot of lathes." defector.com/maxing-out-t...

Maxing Out The Candle Budget, With Eli Yudin | Defector

I just assume that no one is paying attention to anything I say. It makes the anxiety easier to manage, and is mostly correct. So you can imagine my surprise when, last weekend, Drew posted that, on m...

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 9h

The "somebody showed me a TikTok" era of American government is going pretty much exactly how you'd expect.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 10h

Ralph Wiggum delivering his legendary "Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel were in the closet making babies" speech

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 9h

Truly one of the Most Ray Ratto Blogs of all-time. defector.com/the-raised-m...

The Raised Middle Finger Is Implied | Defector

This was the moment Jerry Jones could have cleaned the slate on his reputation as a brilliant businessman, Foghorn Leghorn tribune act, mirror addict and gaseous faildad, and as you may have guessed g...

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 10h

This is it. This is the dream job.

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 12h

Is this the Hallmark debut of the makeup term "plumper" and updating a busboy on the progress of where your husband's semen currently is in your reproductive system? It is for us, and @davidjroth.bsky.social and I are going to make it your problem.

It's Christmastown @itschristmastown.bsky.social · 12h

It turns out the horniest Hallmark movie ever is an avalanche safety video where an unbearable manchild no-sells a woman's competency and outsources dumping strumpets to his daughter on the way to a night of live music by "Melvin."
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139 - Snow Crashing the Joe Morgan Moneyball Universe

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