Is my family the only one in LA who didn’t get an Olympics time slot!?

I did! I was summarily ignored.

Homestate is not even close to the best breakfast burrito in LA.

Opinion | There’s a Good Reason You Can’t Concentrate

"In 2016 my main concern was helping people find enough free time for deep work. Today I think we’re rapidly losing the ability to think deeply at all, regardless of how much space we can find in our schedules for these efforts." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o...

We were crucified nearby… how often can you say that?

Making the Strait of Hormuz safe for energy shipments would be a remarkable accomplishment, one that the world has never seen since the beginning of the month.

Congrats!!

Tonight was actually a viking funeral for Warner Bros. when you really think about it.

Top 5 Spielberg and perhaps his deepest film.

Munich remains one of the most astonishing films made in the 21st century, confronting the human cost of seeking vengeance after suffering unredeemable bloodshed — and challenging us to contemplate whether there is such a thing as *redeemable* bloodshed.

This is a fabulous interview.

This Jets fan is thrilled for Sam Darnold

Bill Belichick’s Snub Is a Watershed Moment for the Hall of Fame The NFL already punished Bill Belichick, so why do we need to punish him further by not voting him into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, writes @ConorOrr:

On a moment the Hall of Fame would like back and the damage it cannot undo www.si.com/nfl/patriots...

Silhouette of Batman from Batman: The Animated Series

Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.

Best TV episodes of the year, part 2 Inspiring speeches, red hot chili peppers, brutal hallway fights, and a lot more

At What's Alan Watching?, I wrap up superlatives season with a look at some more of this year's best TV episodes:

It brings me no joy to announce that Remy "Gambit" LeBeau lost his greatest battle today to a 2005 Toyota Corolla

The Hip Pocket #305 - Sarah Watson An old friend (and a great writer) stops by with a special triple-feature

It's a really good episode of THE HIP POCKET today. An old friend joined us to talk about THE DISH, ANOTHER EARTH, and A WALK ON THE MOON. We picked ARRIVAL, and then CONTACT joins the HPHoF!

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Great thread

My number one favorite thing about being a director is that I get to surround myself with experts. I can have opinions on everything, but I can’t DO everything, and having oodles of experts makes the whole thing so much better! I love not knowing what they know!

Today is one of those days I wish I had chosen a career working at Trader Joe’s.

Consider the gauntlet thrown.

Hard disagree. I beat the robots all the time taking my kid to school.

Jack Lowden To Star In Drama Series Based On ‘Berlin Noir’ Books From Playtone And Apple; Tom Shankland To Direct Jack Lowden is set to star in Apple's limited series based on the 'Berlin Noir' book series

Right time for this story I'd wager.

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Smiling at all the Edi Gathegi Superman love. He’s such a talent and had so much fun working with him on Aporia.

I love this peak inside Superman’s mind from Hitman/JLA by Garth Ennis and Steve McCrea.

So jealous you have the money to build sets!

I see people saying, "What do we expect the Democrats to do? We don't have majorities in any of the three branches of government!"

But what I'm thinking is: Chuck Schumer's been a public servant since he was 24 years old. When, exactly, are we expecting him to get good at it?

Imagine if early in Obama's first term, in the face of a Democratic supermajority passing the Affordable Care Act, Republicans merely shrugged and said, "What do you want us to do? We're out of power!"

And then just waited for the next election.