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Peanuts feature films, ranked: 1. A Boy Named Charlie Brown 2. Snoopy, Come Home 3. The Peanuts Movie 4. Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown 5. Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown, and Don't Come Back THEY ARE ALL GOOD, EVEN IF PEANUTS DOES NOT EASILY EXPAND TO SUCH A LENGTH -TV specials need not apply

submitted 3 hours ago • 16 comments

Read an advice columnist advising a guy who was considering leaving his pregnant wife (with whom he already had a child) for a coworker. Things were stressful at home, and he felt a spark, etc., etc. Checked the pub date, and it was February 2020. ABSOLUTELY wonder how that guy handled lockdown.

submitted 19 hours ago • 7 comments

“Why aren’t people protesting?” Bitch we showed up for three weeks at children’s hospital and they caved and kids are getting their gender affirming care now from checks notes protests

submitted 21 hours ago • 4 comments

[willem dafoe unprompted] now, this cookie monster. [toothy smile] what a creature, what a lust. it consumes him. [crosses legs] he’s really a tragic figure.

submitted 41 days ago • 87 comments

wrote about The Situation www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61...

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

hope Longlegs and the monkey team up in the next one

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Woodworking (a novel by Emily St. James) is out in 11 goldurn days! Have you preordered Woodworking (by Emily St. James) yet? Kirkus says it's "pristinely characterized"! My mom said, "There's a really good book in there" of an early draft! High praise! Order here: bookshop.org/p/books/wood...

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major props to the associated press for not capitulating to trump. they're setting the standard for what news should be - independent, committed to the truth, and ready to stand against authoritarian governments.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

This is so, so, so fucked. And the only immediate end is cruelty.

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“Intimations of death’s certainty are woven into the narrative, in recurring but varied ways that get the audience used to the idea that life on earth is brief and precious. Frith the sun gives life and the Black Rabbit takes it away.” www.rogerebert.com/features/30-...

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

I still can't get over how ruining our relationship with Canada never came up during the campaign but is apparently now a flagship issue for the WH because ???

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

So glad our president somehow undid the fucking miracle on ice by making us the baddies in a friendly, tightly contested international hockey game that took on grim geopolitical overtones thanks to waves hands around.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

happy to announce the launch of my newsletter, String in a Maze. i'll be writing about the law, politics and media at least a few times a month, with a mix of free and premium content. thank you and bless up.

submitted 10 days ago • 37 comments

Call your Senators. Call your House Rep. Call your State AG. @5calls.org can help.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Scream this from the rooftops. Powerful men being certain that "if you're smart at one thing you must be smart at all of the things."

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man

submitted 2 days ago • 80 comments

As a film & tv writer I struggle with this sooooooo much

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

Please know that if you're a friend or acquaintance of mine and you're publishing on Substack, I would very much like you to leave them and their bigot-and-nazi-supporting-leadership behind. Many people already have. You can do it! Begin the baby steps today.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

If Donald Trump really did love to build things more than he loved, like, graft, he would absolutely be building this shit and calling it the Trump Train, and I would grit my teeth every time I rode it WHICH WOULD BE OFTEN.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Thinking a lot about Sam Nordquist, the trans man who was held captive and tortured for a month in New York state before finally being beaten to death and his body dumped, and how the cops are misgendering him to the media.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

Dress day was also "llamas on the loose" day. It was the last good day online. Everything after that was loss and pain.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

You asked so many great questions about writing! I attempted to answer them! Including: how to name characters, how to shift from writing nonfiction to fiction, how I got my agent, etc. It's INFORMATIVE FUN. episodes.ghost.io/novel-writin... (And preorder my book: bookshop.org/p/books/wood...)

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Q: Now look closely, 007. Now this might look like a normal Windproof Compact Stick Umbrella for Rain, Trusted Seller One-Click Automatic Open and Close, Strong Reinforced Fiberglass Ribs, Easily Collapsible, Lightweight Portable Umbrellas for Travel Umbrella but turn the handle & the device will ex

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

"They're putting persecuted Christian refugees in camps in the jungle" sounds like something Glenn Beck would accuse the Obama administration of doing and yet now it's a pillar of the Republican agenda.

submitted 3 days ago • 78 comments

If you live in LA go to Union Station at 9AM to protest this criminal administration

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Stay away from my BEAUTIFUL TRAINS.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Counting down the days until the white house conditions access on how trans people are referred to or how democrats are referred to. This fight isn't really about the name of a coastal sea.

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

This is a good reminder that anytime you try to find some kind of 4D chess reason for what Musk does, the reality is much likelier that he is a complete idiot who has no idea how the world works, yet he is powerful and rich and wields near complete loyalty from others so he gets what he wants.

submitted 3 days ago • 29 comments

Trump: I AM A KING! NYT: Trump displays a "fondness for regal themes"

submitted 3 days ago • 394 comments

the line about how trump is just trolling or joking about the “king” thing is belied somewhat by the fact that his administration’s explicit position is he can do whatever he wants and that everyone in every branch of government needs to bow to his demands or be banished

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