Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 01/10/2026I once went through several rounds of jury selection for a federal death penalty case, and it was clear that anyone who exhibited the slightest doubt about the death penalty would not make it on the jury. 000
Reposted by Kyle GilmanGwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The appeals court has sided with New Kings Democrats in Brooklyn Democratic party struggle, ordering the Aug. 25 rule changes voted on by prior district leaders, calling them "null and void." 310431
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 29/09/2026I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Congress: Pass the Bipartisan Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act (MPTERA). Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Pass the Bipartisan Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act (MPTERA)Film and TV Production has been moving overseas, and American workers are paying the price. The bipartisan Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act would change all that, imm... 022
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 27/09/2026This movie is a good way to demonstrate what editing is. You can't help but notice how great it is, plus there's actual editing depicted in the film. Fun fact: editor Alan Heim plays the editor, and many years later we elected him president of the Editors Guild. youtu.be/4QccsVzhjgQ?...youtu.beAll That Jazz (1979) - Joe edits Lenny’s stages of death monologueYouTube video by 3rd Rate Clips 060
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 24/09/2026My parents live in the town with the masking lesbian bar, so I felt an obligation to read the article, but now I just feel sad. 010
Reposted by Kyle GilmanThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 24/09/2026An older woman pushing a walker stalked out of the auditorium into the lobby at one point yelling, “This is goddam ridiculous. Nobody got no time for this.”buff.lyRaucous Brooklyn Party Meeting Rubber-Stamps Rule Changes That Judge Found IllegalEmbattled Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn didn’t attend Wednesday’s chaotic meeting, where four of her allies contended with an angry crowd of opposition leaders. 16116
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 23/09/2026Guy who edits "Reggie Dinkins" seeing his second movie about a filmmaker moving in with a wealthy, disgraced family: Getting a lot of "Reggie Dinkins" vibes from this... 091
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 23/09/2026If this is true, Resident Evil will be my new favorite movie. 000
Reposted by Kyle GilmanRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 21/09/20261. I almost cried when I saw how many people picked “Catastrophe” as one of their favorite shows. No possible greater honor than having your peers fondly remember a show that wrapped up yrs ago. 2. I asked the NY Times if I could write an appreciation of “Girls5Eva” & they said no thanks. 245239
Reposted by Kyle GilmanHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 21525361
Reposted by Kyle GilmanThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 14/09/2026A New York State Supreme Court judge ruled against Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn on Monday, declaring that outgoing executive committee members had “no authority” to vote on sweeping rule changes at a recent August meeting.thecityreporter.nycJudge Strikes Down Controversial Rule Changes Benefitting Embattled Brooklyn Party BossOutgoing party leaders had no authority to vote on rule changes that would have changed the balance of power on the party’s executive committee, a State Supreme court judge found. 524249
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 07/09/2026Woke up this morning at my dad's house to what I thought was frantic, happy car horns, and I was half convinced that It Had Happened, but apparently it was just the local donkey. 081
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 03/09/2026I remember the first time I saw King Lear I was like "I Am the Walrus!" 000
Reposted by Kyle GilmanMarisa LaScala @martogo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's video game week at GH, and so far this was my favorite story to write this year. I set out hoping researchers would make me feel OK about the amount of time I let my kid play video games. I left thinking that, actually, we should ENCOURAGE kids to play. www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationship...goodhousekeeping.comThe Research-Backed Reasons I'm Fine With My Kid Playing Video GamesWe should be looking at video games as something that’s actually good for our kids. 071
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 02/09/2026Yeah, something doesn't add up. Gorbachev's been dead for 4 years. 030
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 31/08/2026First day working in-office and apparently the show got a good rate from The Backrooms. 050
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 30/08/2026Gotta read the book before you see the movie. www.newyorker.com/magazine/199...newyorker.comCoyote V. AcmeFrom 1990: “Much as he has come to mistrust Defendant’s products, Mr. Coyote has no other domestic source of supply to which to turn.” 240
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 29/08/2026Also, this guy should consider doing like 10 seconds of research about Renaissance artists guilds. 040
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 29/08/2026This is dumb and has no concept of how unions work in practice, but I'm particularly interested in the illustration implying that union interference between mentor and mentee is like interfering between God and the creation of Adam. 240
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 28/08/2026Adults and Always Sunny both have new seasons on Hulu/FX right now, and it's so great to have two funny, fast-paced, joke-forward shows to watch. Give me more funny shows, please! 020
Reposted by Kyle Gilmanmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Hell ya this rules. It's like Tim and Eric but for insane levels of political corruption 517211
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 26/08/2026Every time I start on a new season of half-hour comedy television I get such a good sense of fulfillment as I start to put the pieces together.static.klipy.comShocked: It's a UNIX System! I Know This!Alt: Girl from Jurassic Park clicks a mouse: "It's a UNIX System! I Know This!" 060
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 26/08/2026I'm back at work on Reggie Dinkins. It appears that almost every television editor and assistant editor I know in NYC is working. I had to turn down two shows this summer so I could edit two shows this fall. Are things getting... better? 3170
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 26/08/2026I remember they messed up the aspect ratio on one of the cameras and that really annoyed me. Should have hired me back then, guys! 130
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 26/08/2026Re-creating the 2008 UCB table read they did during the strike would be fine with me. It was raucous! 130
Reposted by Kyle GilmanGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/08/2026Deeply, deeply shameful. All of these politicians are tainted forever. 317126
Reposted by Kyle GilmanStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed: 9465764509
Reposted by Kyle GilmanCarey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Huge story breaking right now in NYC: BK Dems party boss Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn announced that she's subverting the will of Brooklyn's voters (a majority of whom recently voted to change party leadership) by dramatically changing the rules in order to hang onto her position as party boss. 16525180
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 14/08/2026This is how we find that slime river from Ghostbusters II. Actually, that stuff might be good for filling the cooling pipes. Absorb the bad vibes on the hot subway platforms and replace them with good vibes stored underground. 050
Reposted by Kyle GilmanRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Just watched 1st 5 eps of The Fall & Rise of Reggie Dinkins on a flight. I laughed loudly and clapped a lot. Constant A+ jokes & cast is killer. Erika Alexander as Tracy Morgan’s ex-wife/current manager is magnificent. 1000x funnier than most other shit calling itself comedy these days. 1941314
Reposted by Kyle GilmanInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Columbo Summer (looking like I slept in whatever I’m wearing, asking questions I already know the answer to, talking about my wife to people who don’t know her) 1458133
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 04/08/2026Studio policy is generally don't use generative AI because the training data isn't clean and some other studio's IP might end up in the shot and we might not notice until it's too late. 030
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 01/08/2026More about this second chance at a first impression. I guess I'm coming around on it, since I like it when people watch funny shows. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b...nytimes.com‘Adults’ Is Getting a New First EpisodeMany viewers turned away from “Adults” after an over-the-top scene in the show’s first episode, so FX made a new one. 010
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 01/08/2026There's something about this new Adults episode slotting in to the Hulu interface as a retroactive pilot that disturbs and offends me. It is of course a funny episode of the funny show Adults, but you already aired a whole season! 120
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 31/07/2026The barista was probably confused because they specifically say in the movie that it's on a totally different corner several blocks away. 000
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 29/07/2026Yes! ✊✊✊static.klipy.comKylo Ren Demands More Star WarsAlt: Kylo Ren Demands "More!!!" 070
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 23/07/2026static.klipy.comJeff Goldblum's Iconic Jurassic Park QuoteAlt: Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.” 000
Reposted by Kyle GilmanAlex Press @alexnpress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026New in @jacobinmag.bsky.social: The Mamdani administration is launching an initiative to help build tenant unions.jacobin.comZohran Mamdani’s City Hall Wants to Build Tenant UnionsA new New York City initiative, led by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Office of Mass Engagement, will send volunteer organizers into neglected buildings to help tenants organize, testing the role government c... 240876
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 20/07/2026And to be fair to The Bear this season is frequently very funny. 010
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 20/07/2026Making my way through The Bear season 5 and the foodie nerd guy who reacted to the yelling in the kitchen with "this isn't funny!" is 🤌💋 110
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 19/07/2026I caught the last half on TNT a couple nights ago and it's so much fun! 010
Reposted by Kyle Gilmandan mentos @danmentos.com · 17/07/2026[whispering to date while watching The Odyssey when Chappie first appears on the screen] I think we’re in the wrong theater 323630
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 17/07/2026I think it has to be The Master of Disguise.static.klipy.comMaster Of Disguise - Funny Face ManAlt: The Master Of Disguise - Pistachio Disguisey (Dana Carvey) dressed as a turtle in order to gain access to the Turtle Club, which in a hilarious misunderstanding is not actually a club for man/turtle hybrids. 020
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 17/07/2026Both "Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" and "The Invite" were hilarious. Comedy is back at the movies! 141
Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 17/07/2026100% not my business. I was more concerned about seeing the "Panic!" headline with that picture. Like maybe something actually bad had happened. 010