Nathan Alderman
@nathanalderman.com
Word arranger, story mechanic, question asker, door knocker, Oxford comma enthusiast. Senior News Reporter at @cvilleweekly.bsky.social. Freelance manuscript editor for hire. Opinions are my own.
Pinned
Look, it's simple.
Be kind.
Be curious.
Tell the truth.
Ask for help.
Help others if you can.
Don't hurt people.
If you do, say you're sorry, mean it, and prove it.
Think before you speak.
Say less.
Say please.
Say thank you.
Be kind.
Be curious.
Tell the truth.
Ask for help.
Help others if you can.
Don't hurt people.
If you do, say you're sorry, mean it, and prove it.
Think before you speak.
Say less.
Say please.
Say thank you.
Skill issue? Lemme tell you, pal, my whole LIFE is a skill issue
December 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Skill issue? Lemme tell you, pal, my whole LIFE is a skill issue
God give me the confidence of the folks rolling around in a van emblazoned with their pictures, contact info, and the name of their apparently Mexican band, LOS ILEGALES.
(And keep them safe and happily playing music.)
(And keep them safe and happily playing music.)
December 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
God give me the confidence of the folks rolling around in a van emblazoned with their pictures, contact info, and the name of their apparently Mexican band, LOS ILEGALES.
(And keep them safe and happily playing music.)
(And keep them safe and happily playing music.)
Wow, I didn't know ANY of these folks posted regularly about movies of varying ridiculousness and stuff happening in Charlottesville!
December 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Wow, I didn't know ANY of these folks posted regularly about movies of varying ridiculousness and stuff happening in Charlottesville!
One reason my new job's great: They let me use the word "fleshbags" when writing social media posts. (Article by the ever-intrepid Sean Tubbs.)
Please take ticket, fleshbags. AI continues its creeping takeover with new camera- and app-based parking at Charlottesville’s public garages. Read more: www.c-ville.com/city-using-a....
December 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
One reason my new job's great: They let me use the word "fleshbags" when writing social media posts. (Article by the ever-intrepid Sean Tubbs.)
Excited for the debut of my upcoming televised debate, "Is A Once-Proud Major News Network Now Run by Flailing Incompetents?" I feel confident my framing of the issue in that title is sufficiently impartial. The debate is between the ghosts of Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow.
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Excited for the debut of my upcoming televised debate, "Is A Once-Proud Major News Network Now Run by Flailing Incompetents?" I feel confident my framing of the issue in that title is sufficiently impartial. The debate is between the ghosts of Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow.
My children have reached the point in the evening where tranquilizer darts are the only possible solution.
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My children have reached the point in the evening where tranquilizer darts are the only possible solution.
You probably wouldn’t scrupulously clean your entire kitchen in the morning, then make a giant mess of it while making homemade pizza that very night, but that’s just because you’re not a genius like I am.
December 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
You probably wouldn’t scrupulously clean your entire kitchen in the morning, then make a giant mess of it while making homemade pizza that very night, but that’s just because you’re not a genius like I am.
Reposted by Nathan Alderman
We talked about this. It's "sic semper tyrannis," y'all, not "seek simpering dean of business."
"When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, I – basically an overhyped brand consultant – think we should find the most efficient and optics-friendly means of licking the boots of tyrants."
“It is not my job to critique the federal government.” -Thomas Jefferson
December 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We talked about this. It's "sic semper tyrannis," y'all, not "seek simpering dean of business."
The number one movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
A crooked judge. Corrupt deals to bulldoze neighborhoods and destroy public goods for private profit. Institutional bias against a segregated minority group. Hollywood censorship. Yeah, sounds about right.
A crooked judge. Corrupt deals to bulldoze neighborhoods and destroy public goods for private profit. Institutional bias against a segregated minority group. Hollywood censorship. Yeah, sounds about right.
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The number one movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
A crooked judge. Corrupt deals to bulldoze neighborhoods and destroy public goods for private profit. Institutional bias against a segregated minority group. Hollywood censorship. Yeah, sounds about right.
A crooked judge. Corrupt deals to bulldoze neighborhoods and destroy public goods for private profit. Institutional bias against a segregated minority group. Hollywood censorship. Yeah, sounds about right.
Nothing says "legitimate process" like "we announced the new head of this entire organization at 3:30 p.m. on the Friday before Christmas after literally every stakeholder overwhelmingly told us not to."
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Nothing says "legitimate process" like "we announced the new head of this entire organization at 3:30 p.m. on the Friday before Christmas after literally every stakeholder overwhelmingly told us not to."
Whoever is in the Republican party today, and was especially in the Republican Party, say, 30 years ago, needs to reckon hard with what the future of the party looks like.
December 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Whoever is in the Republican party today, and was especially in the Republican Party, say, 30 years ago, needs to reckon hard with what the future of the party looks like.
Solemnly tying a red headband on, and smearing camouflage paint on my face, before I get out the Swiffer to start wet-mopping the kitchen floor
December 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Solemnly tying a red headband on, and smearing camouflage paint on my face, before I get out the Swiffer to start wet-mopping the kitchen floor
I was not aware I needed crime-solving livestock in my life, but apparently I was wrong?
December 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I was not aware I needed crime-solving livestock in my life, but apparently I was wrong?
One thing I learned from two decades at The Motley Fool: When you merge your underperforming stock with another random company in a completely unrelated line of business, everything is going great, your company is well-run and definitely worth investing in, and no one should bother looking further.
Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, agreed to merge with a nuclear fusion company in a deal worth $6 billion.
Truth Social Parent to Merge With Nuclear Fusion Firm in $6 Billion Deal
Trump Media & Technology Group, the social media and crypto company in which President Trump holds a large stake, said it would help develop a “utility-scale fusion power plant.”
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
One thing I learned from two decades at The Motley Fool: When you merge your underperforming stock with another random company in a completely unrelated line of business, everything is going great, your company is well-run and definitely worth investing in, and no one should bother looking further.
Question for anyone interested: Who's your favorite _underrated_ filmmaker, living or dead? An unusual suspect who turns in quietly extraordinary work on the regular.
I've never seen a bad Gina Prince-Bythewood film. BEYOND THE LIGHTS, THE OLD GUARD, THE WOMAN KING, all stellar.
I've never seen a bad Gina Prince-Bythewood film. BEYOND THE LIGHTS, THE OLD GUARD, THE WOMAN KING, all stellar.
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Question for anyone interested: Who's your favorite _underrated_ filmmaker, living or dead? An unusual suspect who turns in quietly extraordinary work on the regular.
I've never seen a bad Gina Prince-Bythewood film. BEYOND THE LIGHTS, THE OLD GUARD, THE WOMAN KING, all stellar.
I've never seen a bad Gina Prince-Bythewood film. BEYOND THE LIGHTS, THE OLD GUARD, THE WOMAN KING, all stellar.
Thanks to @gruber.foo, I have now seen David Lynch's wonderfully Lynchian letter to projectionists for MULHOLLAND DRIVE, and I think you deserve it in your life, too. www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...
From the movies community on Reddit: David Lynch's memos to projectionists for Mulholland Drive
Explore this post and more from the movies community
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December 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Thanks to @gruber.foo, I have now seen David Lynch's wonderfully Lynchian letter to projectionists for MULHOLLAND DRIVE, and I think you deserve it in your life, too. www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...
THE SMALL PEOPLE IN BIG CHAIRS CONTINUE
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
THE SMALL PEOPLE IN BIG CHAIRS CONTINUE
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spot
Light
Losing my religion
That’s me in the spot
Light
Losing my religion
December 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spot
Light
Losing my religion
That’s me in the spot
Light
Losing my religion
I mean, it'd get me to watch.
MS NOW Lures New Viewers With Rotating Gyro Spit In Corner Of Screen
MS NOW Lures New Viewers With Rotating Gyro Spit In Corner Of Screen
NEW YORK—In a continuation of their post-MSNBC rebranding effort, cable news network MS NOW was reportedly luring in new viewers Wednesday with a slowly rotating gyro spit in the corner of all its pro...
theonion.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I mean, it'd get me to watch.
When your Chief of Staff lets you use the power of your office to take revenge against your personal enemies, but only for 90 days! You know, as a little treat. No more retribution after that.
You get to have dessert first, but then, then!, you make sure to eat all your vegetables.
You get to have dessert first, but then, then!, you make sure to eat all your vegetables.
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
When your Chief of Staff lets you use the power of your office to take revenge against your personal enemies, but only for 90 days! You know, as a little treat. No more retribution after that.
You get to have dessert first, but then, then!, you make sure to eat all your vegetables.
You get to have dessert first, but then, then!, you make sure to eat all your vegetables.
Reposted by Nathan Alderman
Back for seconds: Former VA-5 Congressman Tom Perriello shakes up the 2026 Democratic field with a new run for his old House seat. Read more: www.c-ville.com/tom-perriell....
December 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Back for seconds: Former VA-5 Congressman Tom Perriello shakes up the 2026 Democratic field with a new run for his old House seat. Read more: www.c-ville.com/tom-perriell....
Reposted by Nathan Alderman
Red Cross: A blood donation is the best gift you can give to someone.
[Christmas morning]
Kids: [all screaming while opening presents]
[Christmas morning]
Kids: [all screaming while opening presents]
December 6, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Red Cross: A blood donation is the best gift you can give to someone.
[Christmas morning]
Kids: [all screaming while opening presents]
[Christmas morning]
Kids: [all screaming while opening presents]
Trying to enjoy THE BEAST IN ME, but I keep getting thrown by the main characters’ terrible opsec
hey it’s me the writer Mr. FBI agent, what did you find on the drive we stole from the rich killer who can spy on anyone call me at my personal phone number listed here aaaand send text
hey it’s me the writer Mr. FBI agent, what did you find on the drive we stole from the rich killer who can spy on anyone call me at my personal phone number listed here aaaand send text
December 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trying to enjoy THE BEAST IN ME, but I keep getting thrown by the main characters’ terrible opsec
hey it’s me the writer Mr. FBI agent, what did you find on the drive we stole from the rich killer who can spy on anyone call me at my personal phone number listed here aaaand send text
hey it’s me the writer Mr. FBI agent, what did you find on the drive we stole from the rich killer who can spy on anyone call me at my personal phone number listed here aaaand send text