Lauren Sarner
@laurensarner.bsky.social
TV reporter & critic at The New York Post. Past bylines: HuffPost, The Daily Beast, Inverse. TCA member. Views my own.
He’s got places to go and people to see
December 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
He’s got places to go and people to see
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The average normie on the street has absolutely no fucking clue whatsoever who this woman is. The only reason WE know who she is, is because Bluesky fucking loves a scandal and there are a shit ton of media people here who have a vested interest in our industry and so keep bringing it up!
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The average normie on the street has absolutely no fucking clue whatsoever who this woman is. The only reason WE know who she is, is because Bluesky fucking loves a scandal and there are a shit ton of media people here who have a vested interest in our industry and so keep bringing it up!
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I think the weirdest thing about AI usage has been seeing how quickly people are willing to surrender themselves to it
like that desire to offload every mental challenge, any need for validation, every single curiosity is channeled through it
like that desire to offload every mental challenge, any need for validation, every single curiosity is channeled through it
December 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I think the weirdest thing about AI usage has been seeing how quickly people are willing to surrender themselves to it
like that desire to offload every mental challenge, any need for validation, every single curiosity is channeled through it
like that desire to offload every mental challenge, any need for validation, every single curiosity is channeled through it
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Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
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I am enjoying that Mina is a mental giant towering over two doctors, a lawyer, an aristocrat, and an ancient vampire, to say nothing of the Texan
Where would they even be without her???
Where would they even be without her???
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I am enjoying that Mina is a mental giant towering over two doctors, a lawyer, an aristocrat, and an ancient vampire, to say nothing of the Texan
Where would they even be without her???
Where would they even be without her???
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Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
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writing about the art you care about is such a good feeling, like you're baking a birthday cake for someone you love
December 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
writing about the art you care about is such a good feeling, like you're baking a birthday cake for someone you love
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it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Also engaging with technology that isn't actively surveilling you.
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Also engaging with technology that isn't actively surveilling you.
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I can’t get over how Barbie succeeded because it offered tangible ways for women and girls to celebrate each other (and dress up and go to the movies together) but studios thought it worked because it’s about toys so now they’re making like Bananagrams the movie
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I can’t get over how Barbie succeeded because it offered tangible ways for women and girls to celebrate each other (and dress up and go to the movies together) but studios thought it worked because it’s about toys so now they’re making like Bananagrams the movie
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
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"I had the weirdest affair imaginable with the worst person alive" OK give me a second to grab a chair and open my Notes app, start from the beginning
December 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"I had the weirdest affair imaginable with the worst person alive" OK give me a second to grab a chair and open my Notes app, start from the beginning
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Here’s my interview with Stranger Things costume designer Amy Parris nypost.com/2025/11/26/e...
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here’s my interview with Stranger Things costume designer Amy Parris nypost.com/2025/11/26/e...
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If the Nuzzi blast radius doesn't impact both the new editor of VF and the NYT profiler, then something wrong. Holy shit.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If the Nuzzi blast radius doesn't impact both the new editor of VF and the NYT profiler, then something wrong. Holy shit.
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It's a holiday weekend. You're going to hit up a townie bar and need a break from family soon enough. Why not read [EDITOR'S NOTE: if you're on *Bluesky*, it's reread] our good friend Tim's now 10.5 year old story on arguably the greatest jukebox goof of all time www.vice.com/en/article/i...
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It's a holiday weekend. You're going to hit up a townie bar and need a break from family soon enough. Why not read [EDITOR'S NOTE: if you're on *Bluesky*, it's reread] our good friend Tim's now 10.5 year old story on arguably the greatest jukebox goof of all time www.vice.com/en/article/i...
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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I'm now at the part of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein where the creature, like many young men, has decided, "A girlfriend will fix my identity crisis"
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm now at the part of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein where the creature, like many young men, has decided, "A girlfriend will fix my identity crisis"
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"It'll be fine," I said. "I only need to know enough about these people to make jokes," I said.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"It'll be fine," I said. "I only need to know enough about these people to make jokes," I said.
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
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Anyone: How are you?
Me, waking up every day in 2025:
Me, waking up every day in 2025:
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Anyone: How are you?
Me, waking up every day in 2025:
Me, waking up every day in 2025: