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Season 2 of The Pitt: men would rather save thousands of lives than go into therapy.

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We have an excellent musical bio-pic about an emotionally stunted man-child performer, packed with great songs, featuring a chimp, and it's called Better Man. You should watch it.

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I permanently wrecked my knees at a Less Than Jake show and regret nothing.

It's like Order 66 for Matt's colon.

See also: vape shops.

Harry is not King Charles' son.

Do you know any NPR local reporters or editors?

You do realize that, in many areas, it's NPR or nothing in good local journalism? That they're also the emergency broadcast system for natural disasters?

1 year ago today I was terminated by DOGE from USAID where I worked to get humanitarian aid into Gaza. Everyone I knew across almost 10 years of my career across 3 prior jobs became unemployed as well. My entire LinkedIn network suddenly became "open to work"

I'm a one issue voter. Punishment.

Isn't that In a Violent Nature?

Well, dedicated funding for digital frees up money for other areas, so it all helps.

I have ... complicated feelings about this. Personally, I want everything Jones touched to be full-on Ozymandiazed by the desert of time, but this seems a workable option.

There's almost no American beef industry as is. Texas beef got killed by decades of drought. You see more goats in Central Texas than cows these days.

Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!

Universal healthcare turns out to be good for business.

The Zebros of Zootopia 2, voiced by Joe and Phil.

It has come to our attention that this is the Main Event of WrestleMania 42.

How the back room of a cinema became the soundstage for the film version of Suzanne Vega's passion project about Southern Gothic pioneer novelist Carson McCullers. My conversation with the team behind LOVER, BELOVED, streaming on @pbs.org now. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/how-...

The Stranger Review: Alienated in Algiers • The Austin Chronicle For those of you who kept a copy of Albert Camus’ 1942 novella L’Étranger around your college apartment to impress fellow students but never actually cracked the spine, it’s not too late to immerse yo...

Francois Ozon's take on Camus' The Stranger may be the best possible conventional narrative adaptation of the text possible. That's the problem ... www.austinchronicle.com/screens/film...

Art, Lies, and Handheld Cameras: Steven Soderbergh on The Christophers • The Austin Chronicle There’s something distinctive about a Manhattan hotel room. The fire door tight up against the bed. The mirrors on the closet to give the impression of space. So much for Hollywood glamour as Steven S...

Had a fantastic chat with Steven Soderbergh about his newest film, The Christophers, forgery, failure, hotels, one-sentence pitches, and why rumors of the death of the author has been greatly exaggerated. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/art-...

What a bombing in Nevada reveals about the nation’s appetite for violence - High Country News There is no definition of domestic terrorism. And the reason why is complicated.

It’s the 31st anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, which killed 168 people. It should disturb everyone that the ideas and rhetoric that motivated Timothy McVeigh have mainstreamed. I grapple with that reality here:

www.hcn.org/issues/58-4/...

It costs $0.00 to support a human artist

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A pocket square? That'll do it.

So, sex tourism.

It may not work trying to do this here, but: I mistakenly bought two tickets for the wrong night to see the Improvised Shakespeare Company. If any NYers are interested, lmk & the tix are yours. They make up a play on the spot! Tonight at 7 at Brooklyn Improv in Wmsburg: www.improvisedshakespeare.com

Spirit: Stallion of the Halloween Store

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Good thing there's no sequel to ruin that buzz.

That no one has said, "Dude, enjoy your vacation, you earned it" all season? They're the villains.

Especially after he supposedly passed on making Evil Dead Burn ... unless this is his script for Burn with find/replace swapping "mummy" for "deadite."

Ari Melber's show put together a supercut of an 8-minute Trump rant about snakes that raised concerns about his mental wellbeing