Samuel Polay
@polay.bsky.social
Writer, occasional moderator, full time dirt bag
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Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/pixeldash
Gen Z Jews definitely have our fair share of “Zionists who don’t get the point of holocaust education.” However, between Weiss and that Obama speech writer lady Gen X is putting up numbers we’ll never top.
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Gen Z Jews definitely have our fair share of “Zionists who don’t get the point of holocaust education.” However, between Weiss and that Obama speech writer lady Gen X is putting up numbers we’ll never top.
Rob Schneider Mark Twain Prize imminent
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Rob Schneider Mark Twain Prize imminent
I just got back from visiting my ailing grandmother and I cannot stress enough how much trouble she would be in if not for my aunt taking care of her. I wish these folks the best of luck in their commitment to being bitter and small
Welcome to the pissed-off parent pushback: After years of therapists and others encouraging adult children to cut ties with families they deem harmful or “toxic,” estranged parents are speaking out on.wsj.com/4s49U52
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I just got back from visiting my ailing grandmother and I cannot stress enough how much trouble she would be in if not for my aunt taking care of her. I wish these folks the best of luck in their commitment to being bitter and small
You can tell Paxton is really feeling divorced because a lawsuit like this only comes from somebody bored enough to dig through the horrors of a Smart TV’s settings menu
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You can tell Paxton is really feeling divorced because a lawsuit like this only comes from somebody bored enough to dig through the horrors of a Smart TV’s settings menu
An unfortunate but welcome Rare Ken Paxton W www.theverge.com/news/845400/...
Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch
TVs made by Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL are part of a ‘mass surveillance system,’ Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges.
www.theverge.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
An unfortunate but welcome Rare Ken Paxton W www.theverge.com/news/845400/...
We always watch When Harry Met Sally around New Years but I guess we’ll have to do a marathon of Reiner’s ‘84-‘92 run instead. What a loss
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
We always watch When Harry Met Sally around New Years but I guess we’ll have to do a marathon of Reiner’s ‘84-‘92 run instead. What a loss
Sam Altman is more like Ed Norton’s character in Glass Onion than Elon is and it’s not even close
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Sam Altman is more like Ed Norton’s character in Glass Onion than Elon is and it’s not even close
Biden and Schumer all time rivalry for the title of “America’s Hindenburg”
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Biden and Schumer all time rivalry for the title of “America’s Hindenburg”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general... the most disappointing thing about this isn’t that Bill Burr was so ignorant that he took the money, it’s how goddamn gullible he’s showing himself to be now that he’s back
Bill Burr Defends Performing at Controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival: “They’re Just Like Us”
The actor-comedian details his experience at the event: "Definitely one of the top three experiences I've ever had ... I think it's going to lead to a lot of positive things."
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general... the most disappointing thing about this isn’t that Bill Burr was so ignorant that he took the money, it’s how goddamn gullible he’s showing himself to be now that he’s back
All things aside, objectively the best time for Bluesky to have launched saved posts
September 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
All things aside, objectively the best time for Bluesky to have launched saved posts
Lowkey this is why cops get paid more than firefighters
September 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Lowkey this is why cops get paid more than firefighters
Chuck Schumer is so allergic to good ideas that even when he needs to get revenge on Platner for saying he’d vote against him for Sen Leader, the best Spite Store candidate he can come up with is a 77 year old
Schumer is out of his fucking mind. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
September 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Chuck Schumer is so allergic to good ideas that even when he needs to get revenge on Platner for saying he’d vote against him for Sen Leader, the best Spite Store candidate he can come up with is a 77 year old
Torres’ consistent standing ten toes down for Israel despite all the demographic and economic interests of his district having nothing to do with it tell me that Mossad hacked his hard drive long ago and this is the only way he keeps us from seeing the horrors within. He speaks with fear in his eye
August 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Torres’ consistent standing ten toes down for Israel despite all the demographic and economic interests of his district having nothing to do with it tell me that Mossad hacked his hard drive long ago and this is the only way he keeps us from seeing the horrors within. He speaks with fear in his eye
I dislike calling movies a “cash grab” since every movie ever made in history was made to make money. Well, except Megalopolis
August 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I dislike calling movies a “cash grab” since every movie ever made in history was made to make money. Well, except Megalopolis
My review of #fantastic4 is that you should just watch Superman again
July 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My review of #fantastic4 is that you should just watch Superman again
Marvel hasn’t put out anything as good as James Gunn’s Superman this decade, save for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, which coincidentally was already written in the prior decade.
July 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Marvel hasn’t put out anything as good as James Gunn’s Superman this decade, save for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, which coincidentally was already written in the prior decade.
33 year olds are literally children
Youth pastor voice: You know who else took on a globally important leadership role at the age of 33?
June 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
33 year olds are literally children
Massive props to the junior Walmart exec who successfully pitched “we should corner the market on MicroSD Express cards and undercut Nintendo by selling double the storage for the same price.” Based off this packaging design, your power lunch with the graphic design team paid off big time!
June 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Massive props to the junior Walmart exec who successfully pitched “we should corner the market on MicroSD Express cards and undercut Nintendo by selling double the storage for the same price.” Based off this packaging design, your power lunch with the graphic design team paid off big time!
Thoughts on my switch 2 after 24 hours
- performance is no joke
- hardware build is top notch
- the LCD screen is quite good(I still miss OLED tho)
- way too heavy for extended play before bed now
- it’s big enough and speakers are good enough that I want to use tabletop mode now
- performance is no joke
- hardware build is top notch
- the LCD screen is quite good(I still miss OLED tho)
- way too heavy for extended play before bed now
- it’s big enough and speakers are good enough that I want to use tabletop mode now
June 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Thoughts on my switch 2 after 24 hours
- performance is no joke
- hardware build is top notch
- the LCD screen is quite good(I still miss OLED tho)
- way too heavy for extended play before bed now
- it’s big enough and speakers are good enough that I want to use tabletop mode now
- performance is no joke
- hardware build is top notch
- the LCD screen is quite good(I still miss OLED tho)
- way too heavy for extended play before bed now
- it’s big enough and speakers are good enough that I want to use tabletop mode now
Take Sam Altman and Jony Ive out of it and you can see the obvious similarities between Humane and io are still pretty clear. I have slightly more faith in Ive to ship a product that isn’t hot garbage like, but they’re definitely pulling the annoying vague magic leap strat that has doomed so many
May 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Take Sam Altman and Jony Ive out of it and you can see the obvious similarities between Humane and io are still pretty clear. I have slightly more faith in Ive to ship a product that isn’t hot garbage like, but they’re definitely pulling the annoying vague magic leap strat that has doomed so many
@reckless.bsky.social Do I recall correctly that you said you’d cop a PHEV SUV if it did 50 miles of range? If so, will you be a man of your word and return from leave one RAV4 poorer? www.theverge.com/news/671999/...
Toyota’s new Rav4 plug-in hybrid lets you fast charge the battery
One step away from a fully-electric Rav4.
www.theverge.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
@reckless.bsky.social Do I recall correctly that you said you’d cop a PHEV SUV if it did 50 miles of range? If so, will you be a man of your word and return from leave one RAV4 poorer? www.theverge.com/news/671999/...
Insanity aside this seems genuinely unenforceable because it’s basically the first tariff on digital goods.
If A24 bids $5 mil for a Japanese film at a festival do they pay $10 mil for it? Are movie theaters going to have to charge double for tickets sold to Illumination movies (made in France)?
If A24 bids $5 mil for a Japanese film at a festival do they pay $10 mil for it? Are movie theaters going to have to charge double for tickets sold to Illumination movies (made in France)?
Deranged Trump is now putting a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US.
May 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Insanity aside this seems genuinely unenforceable because it’s basically the first tariff on digital goods.
If A24 bids $5 mil for a Japanese film at a festival do they pay $10 mil for it? Are movie theaters going to have to charge double for tickets sold to Illumination movies (made in France)?
If A24 bids $5 mil for a Japanese film at a festival do they pay $10 mil for it? Are movie theaters going to have to charge double for tickets sold to Illumination movies (made in France)?
A complete and utter travesty of the largest proportion. Vox Media just gave up on one of its brightest lights
I'm no longer with Polygon. If you're hiring, please consider the many talented writers and editors now on the market. Every one of them deserves a spot on your staff. I won't be talking more about the sale because I wasn't involved.
Going to hang out with my kid. Taking wins where I can.
Going to hang out with my kid. Taking wins where I can.
May 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A complete and utter travesty of the largest proportion. Vox Media just gave up on one of its brightest lights