Sam Adams
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Sam Adams
@samadams.bsky.social
Culture writer at Slate, published in LA Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, THR, and points south. Member: New York Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics, WGA East
This reads like a lot of mealy-mouthed lawyering on both CBS and the FCC’s part to draw a flimsy distinction between actually forcing Colbert to spike the interview and just threatening him with consequences if he didn’t
February 19, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Aw man, they were not letting people climb up when I was there
February 19, 2026 at 2:16 AM
thus the origin of my belief that capital punishment is wrong but certain people deserve to be struck by lightning
February 19, 2026 at 1:24 AM
With the American Grain
February 19, 2026 at 1:23 AM
It’s either be an optimist or walk into traffic
February 19, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Spaceballs: The Temporal Paradox
February 19, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I tried but some guy started yelling about his daughter and ruined it
February 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM
A thing that happened constantly until they invented body wash
February 18, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I’m skipping Taxi Driver
February 18, 2026 at 11:11 PM
only the righteous shall see inbox zero
February 18, 2026 at 11:00 PM
if you bring a James Talarico novel with you on vacation, you are going to spend a lot of time by the pool
February 18, 2026 at 10:59 PM
somehow this didn't fit into the piece, but "James Talarico" is not the name of a progressive Christian politician, it is the name of a 60something crime novelist whose work is the basis for an undistinguished Netflix series
February 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I have a large basket of hotel soaps from the days when they were a thing, and travel sporadically enough that they should last the rest of my days
February 18, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I will invite you to consider, as a general matter, that things existed before you were around to understand them
February 18, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I'm afraid they are boogin' me
February 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM