Ken Pisani
@kpsmartypants.bsky.social
Screenwriter and Emmy nominee. Author of LA Times bestseller & Thurber Prize for American Humor finalist “AMP'D." Smartest of pants. Repped @ WME
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This is what “mass deportations” of 11 million immigrants was always going to be because that’s what they mostly are, peaceful.
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is what “mass deportations” of 11 million immigrants was always going to be because that’s what they mostly are, peaceful.
HOW THE WRITING IS GOING
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
HOW THE WRITING IS GOING
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Patrick McGoohan on the set of THE PRISONER.
One of the greatest TV shows of all time is now streaming on Kanopy, free w/ a library card.
You can watch all 17 episodes w/ *no ads* for a week w/ a single borrow. A perfect holiday weekend binge.
www.kanopy.com/en/product/1... #ClassicTV #Streaming
One of the greatest TV shows of all time is now streaming on Kanopy, free w/ a library card.
You can watch all 17 episodes w/ *no ads* for a week w/ a single borrow. A perfect holiday weekend binge.
www.kanopy.com/en/product/1... #ClassicTV #Streaming
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Patrick McGoohan on the set of THE PRISONER.
One of the greatest TV shows of all time is now streaming on Kanopy, free w/ a library card.
You can watch all 17 episodes w/ *no ads* for a week w/ a single borrow. A perfect holiday weekend binge.
www.kanopy.com/en/product/1... #ClassicTV #Streaming
One of the greatest TV shows of all time is now streaming on Kanopy, free w/ a library card.
You can watch all 17 episodes w/ *no ads* for a week w/ a single borrow. A perfect holiday weekend binge.
www.kanopy.com/en/product/1... #ClassicTV #Streaming
Maybe the 60 Minutes propaganda puff piece on Anthropic combined with his day job at the shittiest cable news network finally caught up with him.
Anderson Cooper broke down crying during an emotional discussion about death with poet Andrea Gibson's widow, Megan Falley.
Anderson Cooper breaks down crying during emotional discussion about death
Anderson Cooper broke down crying during an emotional discussion about death with poet Andrea Gibson's widow, Megan Falley.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Maybe the 60 Minutes propaganda puff piece on Anthropic combined with his day job at the shittiest cable news network finally caught up with him.
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ARE THEY SEX TRAFFICKERS
Justice will be served at the White House on Tuesday as Trump pardons a pair of turkeys for fowl reasons, participating in the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. https://cnn.it/48iywxI
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
ARE THEY SEX TRAFFICKERS
A great cast and more firmly grounded than “Onion” while no less fun.
We are in theaters TOMORROW!! See my pinned post for a theater finder link ❤️❤️💀⏰ #WakeUpDeadMan
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A great cast and more firmly grounded than “Onion” while no less fun.
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
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when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
This is like putting on your dating profile “I’m not at all like Ted Bundy.”
Nvidia refuted accounting questions in a memo to analysts, saying "Unlike Enron, NVIDIA does not use Special Purpose Entities to hide debt and inflate revenue" (Tae Kim/Barron's Online)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is like putting on your dating profile “I’m not at all like Ted Bundy.”
If only ICE felt this way.
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If only ICE felt this way.
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As an author, I don't make a whole lot of money, but at the same time I need to read a lot of books to stay aware of trends and support my fellow authors. Obviously if I spend all my profits on other people's books, I'm not coming out ahead!
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
As an author, I don't make a whole lot of money, but at the same time I need to read a lot of books to stay aware of trends and support my fellow authors. Obviously if I spend all my profits on other people's books, I'm not coming out ahead!
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
Same, but it’s Trini Lopez.
Every day reality likes to remind me of the existence of Shrek. Today I came across a hand-painted Shrek bobblehead. Yesterday Shrek was the answer to a question in the House of Games episode I watched. Shrek will once again show himself tomorrow.
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Same, but it’s Trini Lopez.
The confidence of their stupidity is breathtaking.
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The confidence of their stupidity is breathtaking.
A perfect gem of a movie.
Tonight’s movie: “Train Dreams” (2025), directed by Clint Bentley
Watch Train Dreams | Netflix Official Site
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
www.netflix.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 AM
A perfect gem of a movie.
Democrats could fuck up a 2 touchdown lead with 8 seconds left in the Super Bowl.
Democrats Could Take The House Next Year As Fed-Up Republicans Say They Will Resign
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Democrats Could Take The House Next Year As Fed-Up Republicans Say They Will Resign
Several House Republicans are threatening to follow Marjorie Taylor Greene and immediately resign, which would give the House majority to Democrats.
www.politicususa.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Democrats could fuck up a 2 touchdown lead with 8 seconds left in the Super Bowl.
The 90s were 10 years ago for so fucking long it broke the time continuum.
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The 90s were 10 years ago for so fucking long it broke the time continuum.
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I’m begging novel writers to hire an artist for their covers. At least someone who can do graphic design at a minimum. I see the worst book covers on here everyday and you’re all doing such a disservice to yourself to put in the effort to write a whole book only to turn people away with a bad cover.
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I’m begging novel writers to hire an artist for their covers. At least someone who can do graphic design at a minimum. I see the worst book covers on here everyday and you’re all doing such a disservice to yourself to put in the effort to write a whole book only to turn people away with a bad cover.
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"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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And his complete misunderstanding of humans that he thinks a "vulgar roast" of someone in the room read off a chatbot is the way to do it.
This all makes perfect sense when you understand that the thing Musk wants most in this world (even more than white supremacy) is the one thing his gajillions of dollars can’t buy: the ability to make others laugh.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And his complete misunderstanding of humans that he thinks a "vulgar roast" of someone in the room read off a chatbot is the way to do it.
I like to think the dullest man with the worst personality poking at his AI chatbox to insult everyone at a party would cause him to be shunned, the way Elon, absent his billions, would be in any room he entered.
He looks and sounds like shit so bad
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I like to think the dullest man with the worst personality poking at his AI chatbox to insult everyone at a party would cause him to be shunned, the way Elon, absent his billions, would be in any room he entered.
If “Mean dullard” is the life of the party, you’re at the wrong party.
Nothing sadder than a smug, dull rich person who thinks they can buy a personality
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If “Mean dullard” is the life of the party, you’re at the wrong party.
There are not, in the history of cinema or the universe, 76 movies funnier than “Blazing Saddles” or half that many.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
There are not, in the history of cinema or the universe, 76 movies funnier than “Blazing Saddles” or half that many.
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I see it's the seasonal argument about why piracy to fuck over Amazon and publishers is okay while many authors live below the poverty line.
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I see it's the seasonal argument about why piracy to fuck over Amazon and publishers is okay while many authors live below the poverty line.