Joshua Rivera
@jmrivera.bsky.social
writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
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Joshua Rivera
@jmrivera.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Oh I never did an intro post. So:
I’m a writer interested in pop culture and how we make meaning from it. I was entertainment writer at polygon, and before that had stints at EW, GQ, and freelanced everywhere. Stories saved my life and I want to help people understand them, and each other, better.
I’m a writer interested in pop culture and how we make meaning from it. I was entertainment writer at polygon, and before that had stints at EW, GQ, and freelanced everywhere. Stories saved my life and I want to help people understand them, and each other, better.
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had a really lovely time chatting about TCW, star trek: enterprise and how a culture only does That if it's very, very sick
Video Interview: Mattie Lubchansky and Clayton Ashley on the STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE podcast TEMPORAL CULTURE WAR
Comics Beat Star Trek team members Avery Kaplan and Ollie Kaplan interview Mattie Lubchansky and Clayton Ashley on Temporal Culture War.
Comics Beat Star Trek team members Avery Kaplan and Ollie Kaplan interview Mattie Lubchansky and Clayton Ashley on Temporal Culture War.
Video Interview: Mattie Lubchansky and Clayton Ashley on the STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE podcast TEMPORAL CULTURE WAR
Comics Beat Star Trek team members Avery Kaplan and Ollie Kaplan interview Mattie Lubchansky and Clayton Ashley on Temporal Culture War.
www.comicsbeat.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
had a really lovely time chatting about TCW, star trek: enterprise and how a culture only does That if it's very, very sick
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A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
yeah this x100. I also think there’s a well-meaning desire to purge them from the record that is just as misguided. For example: You don’t have to canonize sandman anymore, but a huge swathe of comics history doesn’t make sense if you pretend it never held the position it did.
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
yeah this x100. I also think there’s a well-meaning desire to purge them from the record that is just as misguided. For example: You don’t have to canonize sandman anymore, but a huge swathe of comics history doesn’t make sense if you pretend it never held the position it did.
wonder man the rare genre thing that gets funnier as it goes, the scene where Simon and Trevor pull over to read script pages in the middle of a chase killed me
February 3, 2026 at 5:52 PM
wonder man the rare genre thing that gets funnier as it goes, the scene where Simon and Trevor pull over to read script pages in the middle of a chase killed me
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this is probably a losing battle but like, the articles you read are written by people, not the website.
people can write good things for websites you don’t like and bad things for websites you enjoy.
people can write good things for websites you don’t like and bad things for websites you enjoy.
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
this is probably a losing battle but like, the articles you read are written by people, not the website.
people can write good things for websites you don’t like and bad things for websites you enjoy.
people can write good things for websites you don’t like and bad things for websites you enjoy.
I keep getting hiring notifications for freelance job listings and…if the position is freelance…are you really hiring
February 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I keep getting hiring notifications for freelance job listings and…if the position is freelance…are you really hiring
I don’t care for this new Kermit
February 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I don’t care for this new Kermit
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people installing this at work is an inevitable consequence of checkbox based security and compliance over values and mindset
1Password not mincing words here:
"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."
"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."
"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password
The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on ...
1password.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
people installing this at work is an inevitable consequence of checkbox based security and compliance over values and mindset
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Emerging from post-Sundance hibernation to declare: I'm on the lookout for a new full-time job. Seeking Chicago-based or remote editing and writing opportunities—don't have to be in the field; I'm extremely open to copywriting, technical writing, marketing stuff, etc. Email and portfolio in profile.
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Emerging from post-Sundance hibernation to declare: I'm on the lookout for a new full-time job. Seeking Chicago-based or remote editing and writing opportunities—don't have to be in the field; I'm extremely open to copywriting, technical writing, marketing stuff, etc. Email and portfolio in profile.
man….completely forgot the fight over his tax returns….feelin a hundred years old rn
Epstein to Peter Thiel - August 2016: "donalds new york supporters concerned, . we can talk if you like. he cannot release his tax returns so what are his options?"
February 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
man….completely forgot the fight over his tax returns….feelin a hundred years old rn
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PCMag is now hiring for TWO roles. The first is for a Writer to cover mobile, and the second is for a Senior Writer to cover mobile.
This is the Writer job:
www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...
This is the Senior Writer job:
www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...
This is the Writer job:
www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...
This is the Senior Writer job:
www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...
Search Jobs - Ziff Davis
We hire only the best and brightest because we know it takes great people to make a great company. We embrace the power of collaboration, have an entrepreneurial spirit and promote a work environment ...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
PCMag is now hiring for TWO roles. The first is for a Writer to cover mobile, and the second is for a Senior Writer to cover mobile.
This is the Writer job:
www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...
This is the Senior Writer job:
www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...
This is the Writer job:
www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...
This is the Senior Writer job:
www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...
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Dads love to make movies about the beautiful transcendence of parenthood. Moms prefer to tell the truth (it stinks)
February 3, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Dads love to make movies about the beautiful transcendence of parenthood. Moms prefer to tell the truth (it stinks)
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furthermore, fuck Neil Gaiman
In Neil Gaiman’s “I did nothing wrong ever” statement he says there’s been no good journalism about him or his assaults. There has been, of course.
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
A Burn It Down video extravaganza, and thoughts on Neil Gaiman, creative gods, American Gods and rotten pedestals
Hello!
Chicago folks, on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m., I’ll be in conversation with my friend Steve Darnall at The Book Cellar in Chicago. The occasion is the reissue of Uncle Sam, a brilliant graph...
www.moryan.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
furthermore, fuck Neil Gaiman
the substacker claiming to vindicate Neil Gaiman begins their report with a long diatribe against social media invective which is traditionally how all good investigative reporting starts
February 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
the substacker claiming to vindicate Neil Gaiman begins their report with a long diatribe against social media invective which is traditionally how all good investigative reporting starts
an incredibly thorough consideration of Gaiman and Sandman, well worth reading
Hugo eligibility post!
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
The Cuddled Little Vice (Sandman)
Previously in The Last War in Albion: Alan Moore wrote Watchmen, which, for complicated reasons involving William S. Burroughs and the weak nuclear force, ended the Cold War and replaced it with a mag...
www.eruditorumpress.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
an incredibly thorough consideration of Gaiman and Sandman, well worth reading
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Bruno Mars, my favorite of the Bruno Scouts
February 2, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Bruno Mars, my favorite of the Bruno Scouts
gonna bring back dabbing but only for sad stuff. 21 dab salute for funerals
February 2, 2026 at 6:31 PM
gonna bring back dabbing but only for sad stuff. 21 dab salute for funerals
Remarkable work here
New Stop Caring article is live.
@aglhrm.bsky.social returns to the site, blessing us with an essay on Dragon Quest VII, gnosticism, and the secularization of game mechanics.
Really riveting read, was an absolute pleasure to read and edit.
@aglhrm.bsky.social returns to the site, blessing us with an essay on Dragon Quest VII, gnosticism, and the secularization of game mechanics.
Really riveting read, was an absolute pleasure to read and edit.
God Won't Forgive You For Following His Will
The secularization of Dragon Quest.
www.stopcar.ing
February 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Remarkable work here
This is measured and thoughtful and kind of articulates my concerns with this
While Dragon Quest VII Reimagined still encapsulates much of what makes Dragon Quest VII resonant, efforts to streamline the adventure succeed at the expense of player discovery. Our review: https://www.rpgsite.net/review/19437-dragon-quest-vii-reimagined-review
February 2, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This is measured and thoughtful and kind of articulates my concerns with this
was doing research for a project on the right-wing/manosphere overlap and I learned that there are guys who advocate for wearing a Rolex as a tactical bargaining chip in case they get mugged.
like they are literally doing the John Mulaney street smarts moneyclip thing
like they are literally doing the John Mulaney street smarts moneyclip thing
February 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
was doing research for a project on the right-wing/manosphere overlap and I learned that there are guys who advocate for wearing a Rolex as a tactical bargaining chip in case they get mugged.
like they are literally doing the John Mulaney street smarts moneyclip thing
like they are literally doing the John Mulaney street smarts moneyclip thing
calling for a moratorium on “sickos”, true deviants would show more delight in describing their perversion
February 2, 2026 at 3:35 PM
calling for a moratorium on “sickos”, true deviants would show more delight in describing their perversion
sitting by my phone this morning waiting for everyone to text me congratulations for being puerto rican
February 2, 2026 at 3:15 PM
sitting by my phone this morning waiting for everyone to text me congratulations for being puerto rican
more like markipied piper if you ask me
Sam Raimi’s SEND HELP and Markiplier’s IRON LUNG duked it out at the box office over the weekend in what proved to be an unexpectedly close battle.
SEND HELP Narrowly Escaped IRON LUNG At The Box Office
Sam Raimi’s SEND HELP and Markiplier’s IRON LUNG duked it out at the box office over the weekend in what proved to be an unexpectedly close battle.
dlvr.it
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
more like markipied piper if you ask me
HE DID IT I YELLED
February 2, 2026 at 4:33 AM
HE DID IT I YELLED
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its clear that she didnt just watch the Avatar films, but she truly UNDERSTOOD them.
February 2, 2026 at 4:21 AM
its clear that she didnt just watch the Avatar films, but she truly UNDERSTOOD them.