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Nico de Benito
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renaissance freak
homophobic hollywood executives now that heated rivalry is a worldwide sensation and cultural behemoth
January 30, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I have to be the person logging the most obscure Christmas film on Letterboxd, for some reason
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
it’s too early for the sun to go down I can’t cope like this any more!!!!!
December 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Every single video game announcement trailer should feature a segment where they let you know if you can be gay in the game.
December 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If I speak… I will get in trouble
YouGov founder Peter Kellner has concluded there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU, thanks in large part to 3.2 million Leave voters having died since 2016.
December 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I always assume the money has run out either because of

a) an expensive divorce that we don’t know about yet

b) a settled lawsuit we don’t know about (and may never do)

c) the roof of their grade II listed historic home has fallen in and will cost millions to fix

d) tax bill
every time I see an A-list actor in an ad for some slot machine phone game, I think about how Bill Murray's character in Lost in Translation doing advertisements is framed as basically the highest form of humiliation an actor could go through.
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I never fail to be horrified by the things I read in TikTok comments
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Israel is not allowing antibiotics, IV solutions or surgical material to enter besieged Gaza despite 2-month ceasefire.
No essential supplies in truce: Gaza’s healthcare system broken by Israel
Israel is not allowing antibiotics, IV solutions or surgical material to enter besieged Gaza despite 2-month ceasefire.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I’ve actually divested from Spotify as a paid listener, but I used it for most of the year so my Spotify wrapped most accurately reflects what I’ve been listening to this year and…….
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
the depiction of Latina women in The L Word makes me want to tear my own skin off
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
are you pro-gay or...
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“Creative director” is not a real job and the people who do that “work” are appropriating the word “creative”
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Sorry I know this is absolutely not the point… but the level of pedantic prick you have to be to put an umlaut on the word “reenters” is insane… and I would know
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
had a setback in my recovery from oesophagus surgery yesterday and choked/hiccuped/retched in the street, it was so humiliating… but it was also kind of giving:
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Good take imho
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I have finished reading Frankenstein and I don’t think I have ever hated a character more than the titular Dr. Pathetic worm!
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
this can’t be how you spell “bollocksed”
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
will I understand Wicked: For Good if I haven’t seen Wicked: Three Good, or Wicked: Too Good?
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
me when I love a perfect mirror: 1 star
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Me 🤝 Tom Lehrer 🤝 Joni Mitchell
🤝
hating Bob Dylan
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I never believed that mercury in retrograde was real, but after moving house and everything going slightly wrong, I am now a paid-up firm believer in Big Retrograde
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM