Josh Berman
@joshbermanwrites.bsky.social
Writer. Sometimes screen, sometimes ghost. Mostly decent. Life is increasingly far stranger than fiction, but still trying to make sense of it through stories. Here because the other place got a little too fashy.
I know there's many far more important things going on right now, but can we all take a moment to talk about how utterly insane it is that Amazon premiered the Melania doc with an immediate WIDE RELEASE to 1500 FUCKING THEATERS? A documentary. About the least involved First Lady, like, ever.
January 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I know there's many far more important things going on right now, but can we all take a moment to talk about how utterly insane it is that Amazon premiered the Melania doc with an immediate WIDE RELEASE to 1500 FUCKING THEATERS? A documentary. About the least involved First Lady, like, ever.
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
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Fuck ICE and anyone who stands with them
January 24, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Fuck ICE and anyone who stands with them
An entire agency of hair trigger failsons taking their insecurities out on American cities
January 24, 2026 at 5:27 PM
An entire agency of hair trigger failsons taking their insecurities out on American cities
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Our Democratic elected officials are not rising to this moment so most of them must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Our Democratic elected officials are not rising to this moment so most of them must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
Jail. All of them.
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Jail. All of them.
It took five of them to pin him to the ground and still these guys are such pathetic piss-pantsed losers they decided to unload a clip into him anyway
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
It took five of them to pin him to the ground and still these guys are such pathetic piss-pantsed losers they decided to unload a clip into him anyway
Such a cool, deserved moment for Sinners. More than anything else, just a pure, epic, explosive display of the awesome power of cinema at every level. Takes full advantage of the breadth of the art form; image, sound, performance, all coming together as one. My best time in the theaters last year
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Such a cool, deserved moment for Sinners. More than anything else, just a pure, epic, explosive display of the awesome power of cinema at every level. Takes full advantage of the breadth of the art form; image, sound, performance, all coming together as one. My best time in the theaters last year
THE RIP one of those movies where you really feel the whole Netflix mandate of “explicitly remind the audience of key plot details every 20 minutes because are only half paying attention.”
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 AM
THE RIP one of those movies where you really feel the whole Netflix mandate of “explicitly remind the audience of key plot details every 20 minutes because are only half paying attention.”
Bo Nix’s game winning/season ending ankle injury is unfortunately the most diabolical ball don’t lie instance of all time.
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Bo Nix’s game winning/season ending ankle injury is unfortunately the most diabolical ball don’t lie instance of all time.
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Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain
A discussion needs to be had about not just the individual officers trampling citizen rights and murdering civilians, but the institutional cancer that fosters them.
These agents have been radicalized by their leaders and endless right wing slop to believe they are at war with the US populace.
These agents have been radicalized by their leaders and endless right wing slop to believe they are at war with the US populace.
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
A discussion needs to be had about not just the individual officers trampling citizen rights and murdering civilians, but the institutional cancer that fosters them.
These agents have been radicalized by their leaders and endless right wing slop to believe they are at war with the US populace.
These agents have been radicalized by their leaders and endless right wing slop to believe they are at war with the US populace.
Not sure exactly what investigation you need at this point. If they can do this, they can do anything.
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Not sure exactly what investigation you need at this point. If they can do this, they can do anything.
What makes really these movies work, beyond their astonishing technical achievements is how goddamned genuine they are. There’s a lot of silly stuff in these stories. Blue aliens have emotional conversations with space whales in subtitled dialog! And Cameron puts zero irony in it. He cares, we care.
January 3, 2026 at 3:54 AM
What makes really these movies work, beyond their astonishing technical achievements is how goddamned genuine they are. There’s a lot of silly stuff in these stories. Blue aliens have emotional conversations with space whales in subtitled dialog! And Cameron puts zero irony in it. He cares, we care.
Anyway, while it’s perhaps a little messier than the other two, the highs of the third Avatar entry are extremely high and cast a shadow on just about every other modern genre blockbuster in its category. Big Jim remains a master of cinematic spectacle on a level unlike anyone working today. At 71!
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Anyway, while it’s perhaps a little messier than the other two, the highs of the third Avatar entry are extremely high and cast a shadow on just about every other modern genre blockbuster in its category. Big Jim remains a master of cinematic spectacle on a level unlike anyone working today. At 71!
Feeling a bit uncomfortable about how deliriously hot the new villain is in FIRE AND ASH. Would set my life as well as all of Pandora on fire for Varang and her drug powder. Quaritch, unfortunately, gets it.
January 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Feeling a bit uncomfortable about how deliriously hot the new villain is in FIRE AND ASH. Would set my life as well as all of Pandora on fire for Varang and her drug powder. Quaritch, unfortunately, gets it.
Everyone is 12
'In response to HuffPost’s query about who suggested Budapest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “Your mom did,” and White House communications director Steven Cheung replied: “Your mom.”'
Everytime you think they can't sink any lower:
Everytime you think they can't sink any lower:
Trump To Hold Putin Summit In Budapest – Where Russia Promised Not To Invade Ukraine
Asked who chose Budapest given that history, top White House aides told HuffPost: “Your mom.”
www.huffpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Everyone is 12
The thing about using your political platform to drive as many people as possible frothing mad is there are more guns than people in this country and tragedy only takes one bullet
September 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The thing about using your political platform to drive as many people as possible frothing mad is there are more guns than people in this country and tragedy only takes one bullet
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How much longer are we going to let this madness go on before we start admitting a heavily armed population is corrosive to democracy itself
September 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
How much longer are we going to let this madness go on before we start admitting a heavily armed population is corrosive to democracy itself
Wonder what will happen to these suddenly outraged spending efficiency warriors when they find out that most government offices also have subscriptions to the Wall Street Journal and cable packages with Fox News 😱
February 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Wonder what will happen to these suddenly outraged spending efficiency warriors when they find out that most government offices also have subscriptions to the Wall Street Journal and cable packages with Fox News 😱
Galactic, comic, incomprehensible political stupidity, thy name is Dems
January 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Galactic, comic, incomprehensible political stupidity, thy name is Dems
The thing about Daniel Penny and self defense laws is setting up a legal defense based largely on the perception of the perpetrator insinuates that the level of potentially lethal violence you are sanctioned to inflict on another individual necessarily increases based on how scary that person seems
December 13, 2024 at 11:45 PM
The thing about Daniel Penny and self defense laws is setting up a legal defense based largely on the perception of the perpetrator insinuates that the level of potentially lethal violence you are sanctioned to inflict on another individual necessarily increases based on how scary that person seems
Oh man Trump was totally going to respect the justice process and act ethically and not abuse his power at all before this and voters were definitely going to care if he stepped a toe out of line, oh no
December 2, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Oh man Trump was totally going to respect the justice process and act ethically and not abuse his power at all before this and voters were definitely going to care if he stepped a toe out of line, oh no