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Erin Alberty
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Utah news reporter for Axios. Gardener, word puzzler, Pulitzer winner, mom. Happiest in the mountains.
Ahhh she's so good
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My big memory from my first viewing (at age 14) was the surprising ratio of veggies to paper trash in the garbage can Sonny dumps on Carlo.

Your buddies are much more attentive viewers than I was!
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Anyway, there's a LOT to notice, which makes it such a good movie for repeat viewings. If you go to the bathroom once or twice, or are briefly distracted by James Caan's back hair, you might miss, say, Tessio's significance to the family — which kind of affects the ending.
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
(Though I gotta say, the timing of that market shooting still seems to depend on Vito's last-minute fruit-shopping detour amid the trumpet arpeggios. If he'd gotten into the car with Fredo, the hitmen would have been too late.)
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
unplanned stop amid random holiday errands, so the idea that Paulie helped orchestrate it made no sense to me. When Sonny ordered the hit on Paulie, I thought it was to show he's a hothead don. Now that I know Vito was shot right outside his business, Sonny's suspicion seems a *bit* more reasonable.
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I just saw it in the theater yesterday! It was so fun to watch on the big screen. I've seen it several times, & there are still names I don't catch, plot points that I'm unsure of. Like, I didn't realize the fruit market where Vito gets shot is AT his olive oil place. I thought it was an
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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This thread is the perfect example of what I mean. The quote is pulled from an entire conversation about wokeness in D&D. The author ignored the consensus (wokeness is fine) and cherry-picked the one comment he misread as confirming his thesis.
www.reddit.com/r/DnD/commen...
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm also seeing more and more examples of people who obviously don't deserve their station in media. Again, I always KNEW that, but now each new piece of evidence is noticeable, like when they highlight parts of the screen in a football replay.
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Ya this story unfolding alongside the Epstein emails has been weirdly radicalizing. Of course I cognitively KNEW this class enjoys freedom from consequences. But now I feel it on a pitchforks-and-guillotines level, and I'm struggling to keep shrugging at the fact that it'll never change.
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This was the conversation I had with my kid on the day of the Uvalde shooting.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reposted by Erin Alberty
My teenage son texted my husband and I “love you” from school last week and we both immediately panicked thinking there was a school shooting. Our country is so fucked up. He was fine, just a sweet kid who forgot to say it when he left for school. 😢
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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And these are the same people who say gender isn't a social construct.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Well I guess the part that baffled me was how nimby yimby mapped onto ideology, the Left Nimby being particularly elusive!
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
When I was her age, I had a HUGE 2-bedroom apartment near downtown for $750/month and only paid $300 bc I had a rotation of roommates. TBF that was a screaming deal even at the time, & I did fix it up quite a bit. But for her to spend twice that on a studio just 16 yrs later? It's unbelievable.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My reporting partner works just as hard as I do, but she might never own a home here just because she's 16 yrs younger. Rent is SO awful compared to when I was her age. I don't know how anyone can save up a downpayment with that sinkhole to fill.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM