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Andy Lewis/The Optionist

@andyblewis.bsky.social
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Looking for great IP? Read the Optionist on Substack. Also wrote the civil rights history The Shadows of Youth, UVA Phd, Hollywood Reporter alum, lapsed college prof, retired fencer, once on KUWTK

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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh look, it's Reed, Johnny, Ben and Sue.
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is the kind research RFK, Jr. is hostile to. This is the cancer that killed his beloved uncle Ted Kennedy. The death cult doesn't care who it kills.
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The first color TV hit stores #OTD in 1951. “Color TV will sweep the country!" said the head of CBS, whose proprietary technology was deemed superior by the FCC—even though it was incompatible w/ black & white TVs. Only 100 sets were sold—and CBS killed its color broadcasts 3 weeks later. #TVSky
CBS-Columbia 12CC2 Field Sequential Color Receiver (1951)
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Please share. #Pinks
girlyfeminist girlyfeminist
l've been a SA advocate for decades:
NEVER go to campus resources for a SA. Call a rape care hotline/program (off campus), get a SA advocate (they're free), go to a SART hospital for care (and evidence collection if you choose).
They activate the police. Schools have NO business in this process and will minimize and bury it. It's a criminal matter, not an administrative matter.
Period. No exceptions.
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nobody should take this article srsly. It's as much kicks for clicks as the original Globe story. The "story" is 95W% baseless speculation. There's a huge gap b/t a fun to read story & something adaptable for the screen, even as a doc. The lesbian bar story sits on the wrong side of that equation.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An acute reminder that we don’t live in a free country as long as American tech oligarchs continue to maintain their power.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Quite a thread
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh, this is better. When I first saw it trending I read it as "Meryl Streep cast as ASIAN" and I thought, 'oh boy'
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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NDSU’s punter might hold the record for kinds of cultural experience in a six year span
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is an A+ event with lots of talent on stage. Harper's latest A Violent Masterpiece is a gem.
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'm a Sebastian Stan stan. He's carved out a great career, sought out challenging roles & really grown as an actor and in the couple times I've talked to him at parties low-key, interesting and unfailingly nice. I'll watch a movie b/c he's in it. www.vulture.com/article/seba...
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Sebastian Stan Wants the Hard Parts
The Marvel star is making risky career choices — most recently in the Cannes favorite Fjord.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I hope biographer Walter "Musk is the Great Man of our time" Isaacson and NYT"s Jeremy "what [Musk] stands for remains largely unclear" Peters are both forced to watch this documentary, then beg for our forgiveness.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 31/08/2026
What are the odds the same justices issue an emergency stay on a highly accelerated timeline blocking a Democratic president from demolishing it?
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Remember which company bent the knee to Trump (Google) and which company didn't (👇)
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'We're not changing it': SoCal-based Mapquest takes stand against Trump's 'Lake America'
Like a voice of dissent from 2005, the mapping site holds firm to Lake Ontario despite Trump's executive order stemming from his escalating trade war with Canada.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
your denials-of-care at work
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Jillian Sauers @jilliansauers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So excited to see #CoyoteVsAcme this weekend! It's had such a hard road, and Ketchup Entertainment deserves all the praise and box office rewards for rescuing it from David Zaslav chucking it into a bottomless pit
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If fat bear week isn't enough for you. (Look out Shark Week ....) www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
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Cast Your Vote for the Chunkiest Alpine Rodent During Colorado's First-Ever Fat Marmot Week
The inaugural competition puts eight yellow-bellied marmots head-to-head while shining a light on the science behind their seasonal weight gain and survival at high elevations
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The email pitch for this asked "What if Bari's version of 60 minutes is better?" Sure, and pigs wil fly. There's basically zero chance it will be better. How do I know? Because we have *evidence* based on what's she's done so far. (Also I'm sick of journalists being contrarian for clicks)
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Bari Weiss Blew Up 60 Minutes. Now She Has to Fix it.
Inside her battles with the staff and her attempts to overhaul the show.
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In Trump's world the NIH wouldn't fund this basic research, ICE would deport some of the researchers, and the FDA wouldn't approve the vaccine.
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
All this because these guys can't take it that these "feminist pagan women" have been saying no to them for years
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Man, I can't believe Bari Weiss hasn't hired him yet to join 60 Minutes as a correspondent.
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The problem w/this (& by extension larger attacks on hiring) is that it imagines some fantasy ranking of absolute quality-1 pt for this, 1/2 pt for that etc-not lots of factors (area of expertise, potential courses, next project) alongside race/gender (does dept not have many/any women or POC?)
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is the problem with trying to turn complicated nuanced history into a social media post. The start & finish of this are mostly right, the middle is not. How "the media" viewed the sweep of the "CRM" can't be captured like this but to say "largely hostile, indifferent at best" isn't right.
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is the "baby shoes, never worn" of TV criticism. Everything about this episode and what's wrong with it in fewer words than I'm using to describe it.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yet another story framed around Trump’s supposed anger rather than his incompetence. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
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An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran’s Defiant Leaders
Iran’s leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 05/08/2026
We’re auctioning a limited number of MetroCard Vending Machines and MetroCard Express Machines! The auction is now open and offers must be received by Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 8 pm EST. Learn more and bid on our website: mta.info/auction
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CBCC🔜NYCC @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"1982: Steven Spielberg & Jack Kirby Talk Comic Book Evolution" via Today. www.today.com/popculture/m...
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Steven Spielberg Predicted the Superhero Boom Back on TODAY in 1982
The comic book revolution was just getting started, but Spielberg and Jack Kirby knew superheroes were perfect for movies.
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Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 01/08/2026
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I really wish reviewers would do their homework before writing stupid things like this. Forgotten by whom? Distorted by whom? There's a lot of scholarly work, work I'm guessing this book drew on, about this. Academic scholarship is the foundation for pop history. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/b...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The point is that "Chinese interference" is a theater whose audience is purely domestic. It's purpose is to enable more federal control of elections to ensure that the ruling regime stays in power.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Now Poochie the Rockin’ Dog is in the picture
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World Cup Scorigami @worldcupscorigami.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
🚨 WORLD CUP SCORIGAMI 🚨 FINAL: France 🇫🇷 (4), England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (6) 6–4 has NEVER happened in men's World Cup history (1930–present).
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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Husband just came in to tell me that since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln every American president has been alive at the same time as Herbert Hoover.
Bill and Ted in the parking lot of the circle K in full Whoa
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026
stuff like this is why one important avenue for court reform is just nixing the shadow docket altogether and forcing these people to explain themselves to the public when they issue orders. also, making their records property of the united states and subject to publication when they leave the bench.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is an interesting article. It neglects to ask: Who profits from the US control of Venezuela? Do any benefits accrue to Trump family, friends or crony businesses? Was intervention post earthquake adequate? How long does the US intend to have Venezuela as a colony? Etc. www.nytimes.com
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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
mandatory reading
"SAM NEILL
- If you were to commit a murder, how would you do it?
- It's got to be big! No slipping something into someone's drink, that's just pathetic. I'd use a steamroller, just leave a stain on the road. There's probably a couple of people I'd put under a steamroller, but I won't say who they are, otherwise when they see a steamroller coming their way they'll be on full alert. And steamrollers don't go very fast..."
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
You could definitely give these people a Trojan Horse and they’d be like “wow a big horse thank you” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...
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New Air Force One Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Previous Model, Officials Say
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Supreme Court will do anything & everything to stop death row inmates from appealing, even w/questions of actual innocence but Donald Trump can file frivolous appeal after frivolous appeal w/o consequences to avoid paying E. Jean Carroll $5M b/c he's a petty little bitch & that's okay.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/07/2026
Patriot Front came out of their moms’ basements, dusted off the Old Navy khakis, put on the white masks so they don’t get fired from their day jobs, and headed to Washington for America’s 250th birthday celebration. Four hundred self-described patriots, not one ounce of bravery.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 04/07/2026
The expression of the woman in the center of the photo says it all.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 04/07/2026
This is Mariner. He was born completely deaf, which means he gets to enjoy fireworks with all the sparkle and none of the boom. 13/10 (IG: real_marinertheseapuppy)
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is not fucking happening. Trans athletes are not now and or ever taking up loads of college scholarships.
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Head it like Harry
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Head it Like Harry!
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Dave Draeger @davedraeger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Weird how this never applies to the Second Amendment.
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is why we're not going to get court reform, even with a Dem trifecta in '28. If the normie Dems can't get angry that a clear cut 9-0 decision came down 5-4 they'll never rally public opinion to reform
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026
really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*
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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 04/05/2024
This is Christopher Priest, one of the old school writers of Black Panther (1990s) & Marvel's 1st black editor, discussing his time/interactions with Larry Hama -- the guy who created the classic comics version of G.I. JOE. Hindsight of my own experiences makes this incredibly important to me.
First day on the job, Larry took me to lunch to explain the New Deal to me. Before his arrival, I had been paid twenty-five dollars a month (yes, a month) to be Paul Laiken's assistant on CRAZY. Larry was incensed that Marvel had allowed this, and immediately gave me a raise to a whopping $400 per month, which, for a nineteen year-old, was a good deal. Larry later worked to get me on staff (I was, officially, a freelancer), and soon I was making an actual salary, with benefits and so forth.
At the restaurant, as we waited for an open table, a lovely blonde and her lunch companion stepped past us, and the host appeared and began to seat them. Hama objected, politely— we were here first, and the host quickly sat us instead.
Hama sat at the table, removed his mirrored aviators, and said, *Jim— never let the white man tako advantage of you." And, I guess, that's when it hit me: Larry was Japanese American. A guy many people sidled up to and spoke loudly and slowly, hoping he could understa
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Andy Lewis/The Optionist @andyblewis.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
And then fucking bill Trump for the entire amount.
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