Reposted by Bill WasikJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Found in the bathroom of the Lyme, NH library. 2545332
Reposted by Bill WasikEric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025my guess is a DraftKings commercial with the phrase When Harry Bet Sally, with the diner scene after winning a parlay 2362663
Reposted by Bill WasikAlan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 18/01/2025No one EVER learns the lesson of Surf Dracula 281608249
Reposted by Bill WasikJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/01/2025Today I Learned: That the Jackson 5 once covered Jackson Browne's "Doctor My Eyes" youtu.be/JSVQVbBJd34youtu.beDoctor My EyesYouTube video by The Jackson 5 - Topic 4327725
Reposted by Bill WasikHane @hane.bsky.social · 19/12/2024a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers 1. Spinoza 8733311176
Reposted by Bill Wasikkarter @karteraka.bsky.social · 17/12/2024with every bite of bánh mì they grow stronger 11269042103
Reposted by Bill WasikDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 16/12/2024If you're looking for one journalist to read every story of, it should probably be Eli Saslow. You do not luck into this level of intimate reporting over and over again 1325558
Reposted by Bill WasikKeith Phipps @kphipps3000.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Another case of a conventionally attractive star taking a role that should have rightly gone to a Hutt. 520229
Reposted by Bill WasikMike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 09/12/2024What a photo. A new NYT pic of Luigi Mangione being brought into a Pennsylvania courthouse tonight. 📸 by Rachel Wisniewski www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12... 1514029
Reposted by Bill Wasikwhet moser @whetmoser.com · 08/12/2024incredible piece, especially in how it handles both the truth and the fiction (🎁) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/m...nytimes.comWhat Alice Munro Knew (Gift Article)The Nobel-winning author’s husband was a pedophile who targeted her daughter and other children. Why did she stay silent? 1165
Reposted by Bill Wasikemmagoldberg.bsky.social @emmagoldberg.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I wrote an essay for @nytimes.com Ideas about how people decide where to give away money and how the tech industry's obsession with optimization filtered into so many parts of our culture. Here's a gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b...nytimes.comWhat if Charity Shouldn’t Be Optimized? (Gift Article)The recent trend in philanthropy has been to look for the most bang for your buck. Maybe you don’t have to. 1613729
Reposted by Bill WasikKurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 05/12/2024The CEO’s assassin yesterday used a silencer. Murders with silencers have been rare. But the proliferation of silencers here in Fantasyland—that is, the U.S.—is staggering, quintupling since 2016 to 5 million. The gun industry’s silencer sales are approaching $1 billion a year. 2224874
Reposted by Bill WasikKyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024“I don’t personally know anybody that has hit a level of fame that likes it. I have a friend who became famous overnight and his horror story was realizing, ‘Oh, it’s too late. I fucked my life.’” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/m...nytimes.comKieran Culkin Could Rule Oscar Season. He’d Rather Be at Home. (Gift Article)The “Succession” actor is an awards front-runner for “A Real Pain,” but his actual priority is being a dad: “That’s the whole point of life.” 1629
