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Alright, here we go y’all! This is gonna be where I store the bulk of my thoughts on what I experience during the year.
2026 Media Thread! 🧵
2026 Media Thread! 🧵
Solidarity with those in Minnesota.
Today is the day. Right now hundreds of Minnesota businesses and institutions are shut down. Thousands of people are refusing to work. There’s a massive picket at the airport. Minnesota’s resistance to ICE today is changing the tenor our fight against fascism.
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The first General Strike in 80 years
We're at war, and now people are fighting back like never before
www.jphilll.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Solidarity with those in Minnesota.
Tom Brady would not be on the right side of this fight bro
January 23, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Tom Brady would not be on the right side of this fight bro
It’s hard to watch a Mads Mikkelsen film because you have to have a bucket for all the girl drool.
January 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
It’s hard to watch a Mads Mikkelsen film because you have to have a bucket for all the girl drool.
I get what PTA was going for but the racist restaurateur straight-up did not need to be racist, or even exist?
If you’re trying to give this freewheeling, anything-goes LA for people to step into, why potentially alienate people due to your own idea of “authenticity?” Bad choice.
If you’re trying to give this freewheeling, anything-goes LA for people to step into, why potentially alienate people due to your own idea of “authenticity?” Bad choice.
Licorice Pizza (2021)
This movie feels just effortlessly made. I love these snapshots and vignettes paint such a vivid picture of 1973 Los Angeles.
The goofy side characters (Bradley Cooper was PERFECT)
and the two leads in their debut film, it’s a vibe that I really like!
This movie feels just effortlessly made. I love these snapshots and vignettes paint such a vivid picture of 1973 Los Angeles.
The goofy side characters (Bradley Cooper was PERFECT)
and the two leads in their debut film, it’s a vibe that I really like!
January 23, 2026 at 8:59 AM
I get what PTA was going for but the racist restaurateur straight-up did not need to be racist, or even exist?
If you’re trying to give this freewheeling, anything-goes LA for people to step into, why potentially alienate people due to your own idea of “authenticity?” Bad choice.
If you’re trying to give this freewheeling, anything-goes LA for people to step into, why potentially alienate people due to your own idea of “authenticity?” Bad choice.
Marty Supreme's a well-made, entertaining movie but idk man, there's something about it where it feels more like it was created for Timothée Chalamet to win an Oscar rather than actually say something that matters.
January 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Marty Supreme's a well-made, entertaining movie but idk man, there's something about it where it feels more like it was created for Timothée Chalamet to win an Oscar rather than actually say something that matters.
Really happy Delroy Lindo and Wunmi Mosaku got nominations (Delroy especially, he should have been nominated for Da 5 Bloods before).
Frankenstein and Hamnet are nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay just because they're pretty good movies, but the screenplays are the weakest part.
Frankenstein and Hamnet are nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay just because they're pretty good movies, but the screenplays are the weakest part.
Oscars: Full List of Nominations
'Sinners' leads the nominees with a record-breaking 16 mentions.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Really happy Delroy Lindo and Wunmi Mosaku got nominations (Delroy especially, he should have been nominated for Da 5 Bloods before).
Frankenstein and Hamnet are nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay just because they're pretty good movies, but the screenplays are the weakest part.
Frankenstein and Hamnet are nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay just because they're pretty good movies, but the screenplays are the weakest part.
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Like when Shakespeare stands on the dock and recites The Monologue, I felt that could have been a little less hammy. There’s a lot of moments where it could have benefitted from “show, don’t tell.”
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Like when Shakespeare stands on the dock and recites The Monologue, I felt that could have been a little less hammy. There’s a lot of moments where it could have benefitted from “show, don’t tell.”
Hamnet (2025)
Great performances and direction outshining so-so writing (some things should have remained unsaid).
The final scene had the whole theater, myself included, in tears however, and it did earn them.
Great performances and direction outshining so-so writing (some things should have remained unsaid).
The final scene had the whole theater, myself included, in tears however, and it did earn them.
January 22, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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Like when Shakespeare stands on the dock and recites The Monologue, I felt that could have been a little less hammy. There’s a lot of moments where it could have benefitted from “show, don’t tell.”
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Like when Shakespeare stands on the dock and recites The Monologue, I felt that could have been a little less hammy. There’s a lot of moments where it could have benefitted from “show, don’t tell.”
Woman Who Has Never Listened to This Album: Hell yeah brother
*Animals by Nickelback plays in her head*
*Animals by Nickelback plays in her head*
On this date in 1977, Pink Floyd - 'Animals' was released.
📈 #1 for 1977, #23 overall
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📈 #1 for 1977, #23 overall
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January 21, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Woman Who Has Never Listened to This Album: Hell yeah brother
*Animals by Nickelback plays in her head*
*Animals by Nickelback plays in her head*
The Metamorphosis is the Boss Baby of novellas.
Not the point really, but I think it's funny that all Kafkaesque means to some people is 'when something sucks.'
The head of product at "X" and guy most responsible for all the horrible algorithm and feature decisions just got KO'd by a piece of fried chicken.
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 PM
The Metamorphosis is the Boss Baby of novellas.
For those who haven't seen, I discussed 55 different games in a skeet's length or less.
It was rather fun to limit my thoughts so severely to dozens of elevator pitches and personal stories!
It was rather fun to limit my thoughts so severely to dozens of elevator pitches and personal stories!
January 21, 2026 at 8:40 PM
For those who haven't seen, I discussed 55 different games in a skeet's length or less.
It was rather fun to limit my thoughts so severely to dozens of elevator pitches and personal stories!
It was rather fun to limit my thoughts so severely to dozens of elevator pitches and personal stories!
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January 21, 2026 at 5:12 AM
This reminds me of when my friend’s nearly-80 year old grandmother watched Black Swan with her.
In the scene where Mila Kunis goes down on Natalie Portman, this woman, who saw Gone With The Wind on theatrical release, turned to my friend with her arms in the air and said, “My hands are up here!” 😂
In the scene where Mila Kunis goes down on Natalie Portman, this woman, who saw Gone With The Wind on theatrical release, turned to my friend with her arms in the air and said, “My hands are up here!” 😂
January 21, 2026 at 3:53 AM
This reminds me of when my friend’s nearly-80 year old grandmother watched Black Swan with her.
In the scene where Mila Kunis goes down on Natalie Portman, this woman, who saw Gone With The Wind on theatrical release, turned to my friend with her arms in the air and said, “My hands are up here!” 😂
In the scene where Mila Kunis goes down on Natalie Portman, this woman, who saw Gone With The Wind on theatrical release, turned to my friend with her arms in the air and said, “My hands are up here!” 😂
When I was a kid, my Dad told me that we had to watch Eddie Murphy Raw when I was older b/c it was his favorite stand-up special but there was NO WAY he was letting a 4th grader watch it.
I think he ended up putting it on when I was 15, and I remember us both fucking crying laughing. Good times.
I think he ended up putting it on when I was 15, and I remember us both fucking crying laughing. Good times.
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
One of my favorite Eddie Murphy performances, he is tearing this up in scenes that are both side-splitting and also hint at the deeper motivations behind Rudy Ray Moore’s life and career.
Special Note: Oh my God if Wesley Snipes is not having a fucking ball with this 😂
One of my favorite Eddie Murphy performances, he is tearing this up in scenes that are both side-splitting and also hint at the deeper motivations behind Rudy Ray Moore’s life and career.
Special Note: Oh my God if Wesley Snipes is not having a fucking ball with this 😂
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 AM
When I was a kid, my Dad told me that we had to watch Eddie Murphy Raw when I was older b/c it was his favorite stand-up special but there was NO WAY he was letting a 4th grader watch it.
I think he ended up putting it on when I was 15, and I remember us both fucking crying laughing. Good times.
I think he ended up putting it on when I was 15, and I remember us both fucking crying laughing. Good times.
This album would be the best of Bob's career if it wasn't for the fact that, instrumentally, "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" absolutely sucks to listen to. 😂
On this date in 1975, Bob Dylan - 'Blood on the Tracks' was released.
📈 #2 for 1975, #84 overall
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📈 #2 for 1975, #84 overall
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January 20, 2026 at 6:11 PM
This album would be the best of Bob's career if it wasn't for the fact that, instrumentally, "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" absolutely sucks to listen to. 😂
This is like the gross inverse of when I got lunch with noted former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers and he, while chuckling in response to a drunken misadventure I had the previous weekend, said, "Yeah, I did some crazyyyy stuff when I was a kid too."
January 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM
This is like the gross inverse of when I got lunch with noted former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers and he, while chuckling in response to a drunken misadventure I had the previous weekend, said, "Yeah, I did some crazyyyy stuff when I was a kid too."
I’m meeting the boyfriend’s family today but it’s gonna be a couple of hours on public transportation and some walking and I’m just like, “C’mon dude.”
Hard to wear a cute, femme fit when it’s this cold.
Hard to wear a cute, femme fit when it’s this cold.
January 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I’m meeting the boyfriend’s family today but it’s gonna be a couple of hours on public transportation and some walking and I’m just like, “C’mon dude.”
Hard to wear a cute, femme fit when it’s this cold.
Hard to wear a cute, femme fit when it’s this cold.
Unretirement clause got triggered for night and I played a 3v3 yesterday. Was super happy to hang with my friends again but the games weren’t much fun.
Played Dracotail Branded because my teammate asked me to. Honk shua. 😴😴😴
Played Dracotail Branded because my teammate asked me to. Honk shua. 😴😴😴
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Unretirement clause got triggered for night and I played a 3v3 yesterday. Was super happy to hang with my friends again but the games weren’t much fun.
Played Dracotail Branded because my teammate asked me to. Honk shua. 😴😴😴
Played Dracotail Branded because my teammate asked me to. Honk shua. 😴😴😴
Anytime I think about the essence of Gavin Newson, it’s this fuckass ad
January 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Anytime I think about the essence of Gavin Newson, it’s this fuckass ad
Bro, you’re getting pressured by a guy who still isn’t tall enough to ride the roller coasters
Only 15 days in and we have a strong contender for most embarrassing headline of the year.
Ben. Shapiro. The guy who can't get his wife wet. The guy who needs an old person to open the pickle jar for him.
Ben. Shapiro. The guy who can't get his wife wet. The guy who needs an old person to open the pickle jar for him.
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Bro, you’re getting pressured by a guy who still isn’t tall enough to ride the roller coasters
Thinking about getting Big Crit.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Thinking about getting Big Crit.
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Ash is possessed of a massive amount of journalistic integrity, heart, and brilliance in her writing.
Wherever she’s writing at, and whatever she is writing about, I’m reading it. Get in touch with her!
Wherever she’s writing at, and whatever she is writing about, I’m reading it. Get in touch with her!
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
Ash Parrish
www.ashparrish.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Ash is possessed of a massive amount of journalistic integrity, heart, and brilliance in her writing.
Wherever she’s writing at, and whatever she is writing about, I’m reading it. Get in touch with her!
Wherever she’s writing at, and whatever she is writing about, I’m reading it. Get in touch with her!
That's the spirit of Chicago baybee
We love to see it
January 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
That's the spirit of Chicago baybee
I think the goal for me is to read every book that I own that I actually have wanted to read.
I make this distinction so I don't have to read the signed copy of Arne Duncan's book a family friend got for me as a gag gift.
I make this distinction so I don't have to read the signed copy of Arne Duncan's book a family friend got for me as a gag gift.
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I think the goal for me is to read every book that I own that I actually have wanted to read.
I make this distinction so I don't have to read the signed copy of Arne Duncan's book a family friend got for me as a gag gift.
I make this distinction so I don't have to read the signed copy of Arne Duncan's book a family friend got for me as a gag gift.