Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen in "The Christophers."

I cannot stop thinking about The Christophers. Spiky and smart and unsentimental and deeply felt and just brilliant.

They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn he-ah! This far, no further! And I WILL MAKE THEM PAY for what they've done!

It says…something…about our current times that my first thought about this was, "So he asked ChatGPT for Bible verses that justify war and violence, and ChatGPT did what it does."

Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen in "The Christophers."

I cannot stop thinking about The Christophers. Spiky and smart and unsentimental and deeply felt and just brilliant.

It says…something…about our current times that my first thought about this was, "So he asked ChatGPT for Bible verses that justify war and violence, and ChatGPT did what it does."

Easily my most excruciating interview experience.

Excellent thread:

“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.

"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”

“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."

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A McDonald’s where the sign has been reduced to McDo.

There is no McTry.

I think so.

Oh. It’s BTS. Huh.

A President simply cannot do this. It’s not like “controversial” or “breaking norms.” The President not controlling our money is the main structural support beam of American democracy. It’s the whole fucking thing. You let him do this, you have ended the separation of powers.

US military jets hit in Iran war are the first shot down by enemy fire in over 20 years Iran shooting down two American military jets marks an exceedingly rare assault for the U.S. that hasn't happened in more than 20 years.

Trump claims he personally "rebuilt" the US military and "decimated" Iran's, but the two planes Iran shot down this week are the first US military jets shot down by enemy fire in more than 20 years.

Under Presidents Obama and Biden, no US fighter jets were ever shot down by enemy fire.

All the handwringing today about Bluesky has reminded me of something I read on Bluesky quite recently: 2014 is not coming back.

Meryl. It HAS to be Meryl.

All the handwringing today about Bluesky has reminded me of something I read on Bluesky quite recently: 2014 is not coming back.

Death of Rohingya refugee left in parking lot by US border agents ruled a homicide Nurul Amin Shah, 56, who was visually impaired, was left outside Buffalo Tim Hortons on cold night and later died

He couldn’t see. He didn’t speak English. He was left alone in winter darkness. His death is now officially a homicide. If this doesn’t shake you, what will.

Too soon! TOO SOON!!!

2:29 Trump Administration Updates LIVE War in the Middle East In mid-March, five Republicans on the House Oversight Committee blindsided their own leadership - and Ms. Bondi - by joining Democrats to vote to subpoena her to testify under oath behind closed doors about the Epstein case. The committee's Republican chairman, Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, scheduled a deposition for April 14. Ms. Bondi has said she would comply with the law, but she and Mr. Comer have been quietly working together to avoid the deposition, even though it is unclear if it is legally possible to withdraw a subpoena, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.

Um, what’s going on here?? Down at the end of an NYT story on the Bondi firing www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

Unrelated query: How physically proximal to each other are you at this particular moment?

This whole thread is worth reading.

This isn’t the point of this story, but good lord, I talk with my hands a lot.

Adam B. Vary asked Catherine O’Hara how For Your Consideration did the plastic surgery effects.

She didn’t explain.

She just morphed her face.

Harry Shearer looked at him like:
“You do realize who that is… right?”

Full episode on Patreon.

#ChristopherGuest #CatherineOHara

This is a common enough complaint across so much pop-culture that I really wish that someone would ask what, specifically, is meant by "political or social axe to grind." Cite examples. Give context. Because otherwise, it comes off as, "the thing I love changed in a way that doesn't reflect me."

This is a common enough complaint across so much pop-culture that I really wish that someone would ask what, specifically, is meant by "political or social axe to grind." Cite examples. Give context. Because otherwise, it comes off as, "the thing I love changed in a way that doesn't reflect me."

A terrific Draft, chock-full of expert insights and personal anecdotes. Listen to it! LISTEN TO IT!

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR...

San Diego woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was in ICE custody Hanne Engan, whom ICE arrested at her green card appointment, said her diabetes quickly escalated while at Otay Mesa Detention Center due to medical negligence. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited...

This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo...

This made my day!

This week on @podcastlikeits The 2000s @emilystjams.bsky.social and I wrapped up our Christopher Guest miniseries by talking For Your Consideration with @adambvary.bsky.social! We discuss Catherine O’Hara’s Oscar buzz, deviating from the mockumentary format, movies about Hollywood and Purim.