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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 2h

Reminds me of this excellent sign that I saw at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia.

Piano, which once belonged to Little Richard, with a sign on it saying "Do not attempt to play Little Richard's piano. He will know."

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 40m

Thank you for the reminder

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 21h

This is not just savagely well written but also just a freaking good point about managing declining media

Also I am already pre-dreading the Morning Show season about this

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 13h

I don’t know why I was surprised by this— I just remember being so relieved a few years back when it felt like maybe it was gone for good… Naive

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 14h

It’s devastating, I couldn’t believe it when I saw that headline

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 16h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Tricia Romano @tromano.bsky.social · 20h

Never forget that Stephen Miller lost his high school election to the Cobrasnake. 2000s hipster LES folks know exactly how hilarious this is. pitchfork.com/news/71675-t...

The Cobrasnake Beat Trump Advisor Stephen Miller in a High School Election

“Our high school was very diverse, which I loved, but it always seemed to bother Stephen and make him mad.” - Mark Hunter, aka the Cobrasnake

pitchfork.com

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 23h

One thing about the current moment is that a lot of people who would probably call you hysterical if you said you didn't believe there would be a 2028 election are acting the way they might if they didn't believe there was going to be a 2028 election

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Do CBS News executives understand that MAGA will not be in power forever? I genuinely think this is lost on a lot of people. They've gotten scammed by bad actors into believing Trump's 2024 win represented something seismic and even permanent. I predict they'll look back on this as a serious error.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News current president Tom Cibroski praised Weiss on the call, saying "Bari's energy and passion is infectious and you will feel it, big time." He also added that the Free Press and CBS News "are going to learn a lot from each other...that's what this is all about."

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

My profile of the delightful Keri Russell, the darkly funny, surprisingly introverted former New Mickey Mouse Club member who—even after Felicity, The Americans and The Diplomat!—has never fully embraced the idea of herself as an actress: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Keri Russell’s Emotional Transparency Has Anchored Three Decades of TV

But, offscreen, she’s not even sure that she wants to be an actress.

www.newyorker.com

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much! A fun subject to write about

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 1d

Mountainhead (2025, w/d by Jesse Armstrong)

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

Another laser-sharp column by the great Michelle Goldberg: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Opinion | Megyn Kelly Knows Which Way the Winds Are Blowing

www.nytimes.com

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful essay www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/t...

She Didn’t Speak to Other Women for 28 Years. What Did It Cost Her?

www.nytimes.com

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 1d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 2d

This week in Talk of the Town: Tonatiuh, a genderqueer actor named for the Aztec sun god, goes window shopping on the verge of his first starring movie role, opposite J. Lo in "Kiss of the Spider Woman." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Tonatiuh Refashions Old Hollywood

The “Promised Land” actor goes window shopping as he stars in his first big movie role, opposite Jennifer Lopez, in “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”

www.newyorker.com

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

I think the pilot set it up for that expectation, a bit – it had 3 edgy, cartoony premises about sex crimes & millennial narcissism, which made it feel like Girls meets Always Sunny/Curb… I love all of those shows but that’s not what’s going on w Adults! It’s so funny but sexy & sweet, too

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

It better! That was a wonderful finale with a perfect cliffhanger

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, it has its moments, I'm not sorry that I took a look after I was done, but it would have prepared me poorly for the warmer, broader tone and range of the rest of the show

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

There's something great about a comedy including a laid-back, sexy dude who everyone just LIKES. That's a real thing in a group of twentysomething friends!

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

Gen Z, early twenties, mostly just out of college

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

I support this trend. Down with manbuns, up with staches

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

Finished the season & I loved it— silly, raunchy, generationally sharp & ultimately, kind of romantic? The pilot (which I watched after the rest) didn't match up, it was nasty-gonzo in a way that didn't ring true for the rest... I loved all the characters & the dinner party ep was top-notch

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

Yesssss www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

Groups Sue E.P.A. Over Canceled $7 Billion for Solar Energy

www.nytimes.com

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

Tis a gift to be basic, tis a gift to be cringe

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

wrote this line yesterday:

"If President Trump were, in other words, trying to instigate some kind of national divorce, it is hard to imagine what he would be doing differently than this."

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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