It’s a huge problem with how #resistance libs view this administration, because every bit of criticism is met with “Would you rather have Trump???????,” as if being more capable than Donald Trump (which describes every living creature in my house, including one 8 year old cat and 4 humans ranging in age from 4-40) is…

I’m glad I’m not the only person who remembers that!

Remember when Jen Psaki mocked the idea of sending at-home tests to every American? Good times! Probably not the best political strategy for a president that probably won in no small part on the basis of his promise to actually respond capably to COVID to be essentially half-assing it at this point.

I’m not sure you can call it a cheap shot if the film itself implies this as strongly as this reviewer and others are saying. It’s possible for a creator to be of two minds about their own work (i.e. Trinity and Neo could be incredibly comforting figures...in a movie Lana really didn’t want to make).

Hearing Brian fucking Eno described as “one of Bono’s pals” is possibly one of the most disdainful things I’ve ever heard.

And one can always take Eno seriously. Beyond reproach at this point. (well, I’ll give you some Coldplay involvement.) But if he’s a gatekeeper it’s purely to keep that gate open, unless he’s giving you a warning you about an objective scam.

Before the “NFTs are dumb because energy usage/hype/poor artists” and “NFTs are great because there are a handful of legit use cases” crossfire starts, let’s all just remember that those are both sideshows: NFTs are primarily a mechanism for the super-rich to avoid taxes and launder money.

Yeah, I’m not a regular viewer of SNL, so all the bits that weren’t those classics (and that dumb Jimmy Fallon commercial) were totally new to me.

MSNBC was talking more about SNL not doing a regular show than it was about Manchin. 

I love that there are a couple of sports-related links in this article, but neither are to Zombie Deadspin.

It made me think of Martin’s other monologue

Man, what can we say about Tom Hanks? He still continues to seem to be the nicest guy in the world. I feel like there aren’t many stars of his caliber that would appear on this show like he’s just pitching in to help out the gang. I’m also not certain there are two more likable presences in Hollywood than him and Rudd.

Short said a few months ago that he hopes Selena can host and he and Steve can do cameos (as I don’t think either of them want to host now). He said it would just depend on whether SNL will have room to book them. Selena did a decent job in a little sketch she had when she was MG, so hopefully it can work out if the…

But they also sat next to each other without masks during the show. They also stood next to each other on stage during the show without masks, like in the photo above. It’s just a perfect metaphor for what we’re doing here- everything’s shutting down, cases are sky rocketing and we’re doing stupid performative stuff…

I share the feeling that it’s admirable that the cast and crew tried to put something together after things fell apart at the last minute, but I think the bit about Lorne and other decision makers clearly being caught flat-footed by this is still the defining aspect of this episode for me. Despite how a lot of people…

No we wouldn’t be. Covid isn’t going anywhere just like the flu never went anywhere.  Its never going away. 

This is not true. I was vaccinated and boosted and I got a breakthrough case. Everyone I know has a breakthrough case, actually. Omicron seems to be mild but very capable of getting past barriers.

A number of people I know in New York (including myself) have breakthrough cases right now despite getting boostered and it’s quite miserable. They were right to send everyone home. I assume the people who stayed back were the people who tested negative right up until 11:30.

He’s done about five things that seemed like farewell sketches. 

The whole “Peter Falk, the actual actor, is literally a biblical fallen angel” thing remains amazing and the makers of “City of Angels” were cowards to cut it from their remake. This is the entirety of my ‘City of Wings of Desire of Peter Falk Angels’ hot take.