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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 4h

Seen it, dug it

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 9h

Jenna would make Liz write jokes for her, Liz would write a bunch of feminist material because she’s mad at Jenna and then try to pull it at the last minute because she’s worried for Jenna’s safety. Jenna would ham it up so hard that the Saudis would love it as parody of shrill American women

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 10h

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 5h

Ha, I just passed that scene and that is correct

Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 5h

Yep, I watched it immeeeediately

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 5h

I haven’t been the TV critic in several years – the excellent Inkoo Kang writes the column

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 6h

Once the youngest head of government in the world, Sanna Martin, as Prime Minister of Finland, pushed through ambitious policy programs, including extended family leave and free child care. But she was also intent on living like someone her age.

The Prime Minister Who Tried to Have a Life Outside the Office

As the thirtysomething leader of Finland, Sanna Marin pursued an ambitious policy agenda. The press focussed on her nights out and how she paid for breakfast.

www.newyorker.com

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 6h

God bless you – and I’ll be excited to hear your thoughts!

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 6h

THANK YOU! I knew there was something I meant to watch

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 6h

What out there is genuinely good? I was into Peacemaker and Adults and I’m looking for more stuff that’s legitimately interesting, not just watchable

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks for the recommendation, Internet, “Task” is, as promised, extremely intense and well-made

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

I've decided to dedicate my life to confidently popping into people's replies and saying "why are people surprised by this" despite nobody, anywhere, expressing any surprise

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

Grim & terrific @naomifry.bsky.social review of a documentary about To Catch a Predator: www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...

Why Did We Love “To Catch a Predator”?

A new documentary explores how the show turned troubled individuals’ actions into a quasi-pornographic exhibit meant for an audience’s titillation.

www.newyorker.com

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

AMAZING

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 1d

My next book will be a biography of Jack Nicholson, written as an epic story of the transformation of the movie industry and modern masculinity from the 1950s to the present, with Nicholson as the main character. The title: Leading Man.

New York Times bestselling author and film & TV critic at New York Magazine Matt Zoller Seitz's LEADING MAN, the definitive biography of Jack Nicholson, casting Nicholson as the complex main character in an era of American culture spanning six decades, while shining a light on the actor’s crucial role in shaping modern masculinity, both on and off the screen, based on new interviews and original reporting, to Amar Deol at Grand Central, in an exclusive submission, by Ethan Bassoff at WME.

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Rachel Klein @racheleklein.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that the final sentence of this excerpt starts with “This misfire provided a window into how…” and somehow DOESN’T end with “deeply addled and unfit Donald Trump is for the office of the presidency” is pretty wild.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

In the early aughts, Clive and I came up with a plan to install buckets with small foam bats in bars so you could smack people who said “you snooze you lose”

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1d

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 1d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

Great profile of Mamdami by Eric Lach: Ready or Not www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

What Zohran Mamdani Knows About Power

The thirty-three-year-old socialist is rewriting the rules of New York politics. Can he transform the city as mayor?

www.newyorker.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

When Richard Nixon opined on the guilt of a criminal defendant, it ignited a media frenzy and opened the door for a mistrial. But such incendiary commentary is standard fare for Donald Trump, Ruth Marcus writes.

Nixon Now Looks Restrained

The former President once made an offhand remark about Charles Manson’s guilt. The reaction shows how aberrant Donald Trump’s rhetoric is.

www.newyorker.com

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

Terrific, complex piece by @jasonzinoman.bsky.social about the Riyadh Comedy Festival: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/a...

Why Arguments About Free Speech Don’t Apply to the Riyadh Comedy Festival

www.nytimes.com

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a terrific piece about a hilarious and disturbing phenomenon— you should read it!

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

That’s one of the reasons that I was thrown by the quote – it felt as if he was saying it as a self-parody… if this entire situation turned out to be a prank, I would feel much much better!!

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

There’s part of me that wondered if he was deliberately trolling with some of these quotes… It feels like he’s hovering in the grey area between mischievous trickster and unironic creep… which is unfortunately the 2020s personality in a nutshell

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