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Sam Adams

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Culture writer at Slate, published in LA Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, THR, and points south. Member: New York Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics, WGA East

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · Dec 19

This was my first full year as a staff writer at Slate, and it gave me a chance to try some new things, improve some old ones, and have a lot of fun. Here are some of the things I'm proudest of.

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 2h

I can’t say I remember specifically but I am 99% certain no one else would have assigned it

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 4h

What an utter disgrace @fetterman.senate.gov has turned out to be

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 6h

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 4h

Well, this just got even better

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 4h

I am a very last-minute addition to this “Lolita at 70” panel tonight with the wonderful writers Jiayang Fan and Julia May Jonas! Details here: www.92ny.org/event/naboko...

Nabokov’s Lolita at 70 (with Jiayang Fan, Julia May Jonas, and now me, not pictured since I was a last-minute addition to the panel

Thursday October 9 at the 92nd Street Y, 7:30 PM

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · Jul 15

you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...

What It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT

“Everyone is using it”—almost everyone.

slate.com

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 19h

Was completely on purpose

Ghoulian Singleton 🎃 @juliansingleton.bsky.social · 22h

Threw on the new Criterion of NIGHTMARE ALLEY 2021 and forgot that the reappearance of Richard Jenkins and Mary Steenburgen makes this the Catalina Wine Mixer of Guillermo Del Toro's oeuvre.

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Sarah Lawton @sarahelawton.bsky.social · 1d

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.” ⚓️

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 17h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 15h

To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 15h

I love that Beckett is still making people this mad

Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 15h

as someone who has played air drums to “Gee Angel” until my arms got tired, I endorse this

Is Bob Mould reforming Sugar with original lineup?

There's been no official word, but the Sugar instagram account is followed by the band's Bob Mould, David Barbe, and Malcolm Travis.

www.brooklynvegan.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 21h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 19h

quick question, who were the antifascists in 1930s Germany against

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 20h

knowing that trolling is a key part of any such list: respect

Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 20h

I Think You Should Leave (please note this is the name of the television show)

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 20h

I mean, am I wrong? (my actual problem is I like the shirt more than the show)

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 20h

I mean, I wouldn't have put Rebecca Black's "Friday" at No. 1 but Rolling Stone gonna Rolling Stone

The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far

The 250 greatest songs of the 21st century so far -- from all over the musical map and every corner of the globe

www.rollingstone.com

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 20h

today I learned that there is a real Dan Flashes store, and I am concerned that some of the shirts actually look kind of good

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 20h

oh no my carefully concealed secret double life has been exposed

Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 20h

It’s true, I was just in Portland and there are no stores, I had to gun a man down so I could take his coffee

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 21h

Water.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 21h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 23h

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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ceej @ceej.online · 22h

bad bunny should not play the super bowl half time show because he is not a good role model for children. they should get good bunny

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