Molly Templeton
@mollytempleton.com
I read, I write, & I pet cats. Column, news, & book reviews at Reactor (formerly known as Tor.com); publicity, prize, & more for the Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation. Once a bookseller, always a bookseller. PDX.
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Molly Templeton
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· Dec 9
Okay, I've compiled all the recommendations below into a list here. Happy to add more titles basically indefinitely!
my decades long one-person nike boycott shows no signs of ending
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
my decades long one-person nike boycott shows no signs of ending
having a real "CATS! why???" kind of week over here
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
having a real "CATS! why???" kind of week over here
they should use the technology that created the Eno doc to make a @themountaingoats.bsky.social concert film that pulls from a jillion hours of footage (that I imagine is out there?) to create a new setlist (and assorted stage banter) every time it screens
yes I'm listening to the new record A+++++
yes I'm listening to the new record A+++++
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
they should use the technology that created the Eno doc to make a @themountaingoats.bsky.social concert film that pulls from a jillion hours of footage (that I imagine is out there?) to create a new setlist (and assorted stage banter) every time it screens
yes I'm listening to the new record A+++++
yes I'm listening to the new record A+++++
I love them, your honor—well, mostly the green one—but this movie could not win me over with its plasticky charms
"For Good is not here for nuance. It is here for strangely lit spectacle, for beautifully detailed costumes, and odd flashback choices, and often peculiar stagings of beloved songs, and for eventually winding up in the one place that it works well: The space between Elphaba and Glinda"
Wicked: For Good Is a Less Magical Return to Oz - Reactor
But if you like crying over CGI animals, it will give you that
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November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I love them, your honor—well, mostly the green one—but this movie could not win me over with its plasticky charms
it was my birthday yesterday so I feel obliged to say I am too old for this shit (where by "shit" I mean "oh fuck me not another day of fighting about star wars movie rankings")
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
it was my birthday yesterday so I feel obliged to say I am too old for this shit (where by "shit" I mean "oh fuck me not another day of fighting about star wars movie rankings")
what I need to do: write about six overdue things
what I want to do: play Tears of the Kingdom from the beginning again
(I mean, yes, I want to write the things! but I have 2025 senioritis and I wish to reunite whiny little koroks, also)
what I want to do: play Tears of the Kingdom from the beginning again
(I mean, yes, I want to write the things! but I have 2025 senioritis and I wish to reunite whiny little koroks, also)
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
what I need to do: write about six overdue things
what I want to do: play Tears of the Kingdom from the beginning again
(I mean, yes, I want to write the things! but I have 2025 senioritis and I wish to reunite whiny little koroks, also)
what I want to do: play Tears of the Kingdom from the beginning again
(I mean, yes, I want to write the things! but I have 2025 senioritis and I wish to reunite whiny little koroks, also)
Reposted by Molly Templeton
man fuck the atlantic for this headline are you serious
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
man fuck the atlantic for this headline are you serious
hello, friend
An American holiday looms ahead. Can we offer Dev Patel and Mr. Robot instead?
What to Watch and Read This Weekend: Wicked: For Good, Mr. Robot For Chaos - Reactor
Plus: Dev Patel is David Copperfield and all the books you haven't read.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
hello, friend
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oh yeah well *I* voted to condemn the house of representatives
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
oh yeah well *I* voted to condemn the house of representatives
how much time am I going to spend trying to figure out what "12 tide turns" (the amount of time passed between Wicked and For Good) is supposed to mean
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
how much time am I going to spend trying to figure out what "12 tide turns" (the amount of time passed between Wicked and For Good) is supposed to mean
if I had the mysterious power to do one very petty and generally meaningless thing I would ban the word "reveals" from entertainment headlines and the word "must" from fantasy book cover text
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
if I had the mysterious power to do one very petty and generally meaningless thing I would ban the word "reveals" from entertainment headlines and the word "must" from fantasy book cover text
I have so many questions about the print production capabilities in Oz
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I have so many questions about the print production capabilities in Oz
is NYT cooking sponsored by thanksgiving or what
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
is NYT cooking sponsored by thanksgiving or what
does this young man not look more like Baby Rufus Sewell than Baby Woody Harrelson????
The inherent cruelty of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping trailer dropping an entire year before the actual movie
#TheHungerGames #SunriseontheReaping
#TheHungerGames #SunriseontheReaping
The Second Quarter Quell Begins in the Trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping - Reactor
Haymitch Abernathy's story is coming to the big screen next year
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November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
does this young man not look more like Baby Rufus Sewell than Baby Woody Harrelson????
this is fascinating and I love it but wowwwwwww the gender imbalance is brutal
Which TV Show Has the Best Coaching Tree?
Vince Gilligan is eternal proof of the strength of the ‘X-Files’ writers room. But frankly, that room has a ton of competition across television history.
www.theringer.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
this is fascinating and I love it but wowwwwwww the gender imbalance is brutal
this is so gross.
All 3 major labels reached a deal with an AI music startup www.brooklynvegan.com/major-labels...
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
this is so gross.
I didn't watch the National Book Awards because it coincided with a screening of Eno (which was fabulous), but I did of course look up the winners right afterward and while I felt sure that Omar El Akkad would win, I'm SO glad that he actually did. Happy for everyone! But especially that book.
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I didn't watch the National Book Awards because it coincided with a screening of Eno (which was fabulous), but I did of course look up the winners right afterward and while I felt sure that Omar El Akkad would win, I'm SO glad that he actually did. Happy for everyone! But especially that book.
genuinely, baffled-ly asking: how are we getting anything done These Days, pocket friends?
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
genuinely, baffled-ly asking: how are we getting anything done These Days, pocket friends?
Reposted by Molly Templeton
We are officially less than two years away from the events of CHILDREN OF MEN
Matters seem to be right on schedule
Matters seem to be right on schedule
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We are officially less than two years away from the events of CHILDREN OF MEN
Matters seem to be right on schedule
Matters seem to be right on schedule
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Yeah we know how to prevent it: make sure people have a safe place to live and plenty of food to eat so they don't have to resort to theft to survive
Unsurprisingly, they recommend video doorbells, despite little independent research indicating that they reduce package theft.
CNET Survey: 1 in 7 US Adults Are Victims of Porch Piracy. We Know How to Prevent It
Among trends uncovered in the 2025 survey, I share my best home security tips to help stop your package theft worries this holiday season.
www.cnet.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Yeah we know how to prevent it: make sure people have a safe place to live and plenty of food to eat so they don't have to resort to theft to survive
there is not enough NO in the world
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
there is not enough NO in the world
much to be haunted by here but somehow the paw-stick is the most horrifying to me personally
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
much to be haunted by here but somehow the paw-stick is the most horrifying to me personally
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"Quiet, Piggy." He's said horrible things, worse than this, but I keep thinking about this moment since reading about it and seeing the video. The contempt, the sheer malice in his words, tone, and gesture. This is an angry, dangerous, loathsome person and more people need to call out this behavior.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Quiet, Piggy." He's said horrible things, worse than this, but I keep thinking about this moment since reading about it and seeing the video. The contempt, the sheer malice in his words, tone, and gesture. This is an angry, dangerous, loathsome person and more people need to call out this behavior.
Reposted by Molly Templeton
The GOP is trying to sneak legislation into a bigger bill that would preempt state laws around the regulation of AI, and create a national environment with very little regulation of the technology.
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
House eyeing AI preemption in NDAA, Scalise says
House Republican leaders are searching for a legislative vehicle they could attach language to that would effectively ban state regulation of artificial intelligence.
punchbowl.news
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The GOP is trying to sneak legislation into a bigger bill that would preempt state laws around the regulation of AI, and create a national environment with very little regulation of the technology.
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
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I really cannot emphasize enough that if you like dark, horny, angry, extremely lefty big-ideas literature, you will ADORE this book
I have next to zero interest in Wicked the movie, but I’ve been rereading Wicked the book and I’m again struck by how brutal and intelligent and unflinchingly politically radical it is.
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I really cannot emphasize enough that if you like dark, horny, angry, extremely lefty big-ideas literature, you will ADORE this book