what if I don’t have it matthew rhys! what if I forgot how the whole karen pittman arc even started!

“oh you don’t remember this character from four episodes ago where we got two lines of dialogue about their deal? ah well, this scene would hit REALLY hard if you did but we’ve got a lot of stuff to do so, you know, do your best next time I guess”

it’s like staring at a dutch master painting and the label copy is like “no one actually understands exactly how they painted it but we think it involved a camera obscura and these twelve different finely ground minerals”

rewatching the americans and I count fully 10 separate ongoing plot threads or character development threads by mid season 3

what a gift to be alive at the same time as maria bamford

it’s my husband’s birthday and we’re at bell house to see maria bamford, and truly what says “it’s a birthday in your 40s” more than getting there 45 minutes early to get seating and then saying “…you know … we could do open enrollment right now 👀”

youcandoitgardening !

just another morning in 2026, when one of my favorite gardening instagram accounts posts a beautiful landscape photo with the caption "executions are not entertainment"

would love to know how he feels about the term!!

everybody buy Alan’s book so this man can relax and get better!!

huge news, our cat has somehow acquired a new nickname at the ripe age of 16 because 12yo said that his ears look like the flaps of a juicebox and so now of course he is Mr Juicebox Man, sung to the tune of Watermelon Man

For The New York Times, I wrote about how Rod Serling create The Twilight Zone in part because it was the only way in the 1950 and 60s for him to comment on the subjects he cared about most, and how that's a good blueprint for contemporary media to deal with our surreal current moment:

fun new frontiers in annoying AI where it was not asked for: middle school orchestra repertoire

here is a photo of a woman, which I am sharing in the group chat, who has said No

JFC

saw this yesterday and went through a whole "oh shit the book is real" emotional cycle but APPARENTLY IT IS AHHH

no this was an Apple announcement today about a show called Imperfect Women

[youth pastor voice] I know one guy who thought his story was a limited series

omg thank you so much for bragging though?