Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026R.I.P. Patricio Guzmán. You should definitely watch THE BATTLE OF CHILE. You know, as a tribute to its director. It’s sure not as if it has some kind of topical interest. 140
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Trump says that he saw thousands of Muslims in New York and New Jersey celebrating the terrorist attacks on September 12, 2001. But the parade that locals threw together a few blocks from where he was standing to honor his visit to Ireland? He says, nah, sadly, he missed it, 041
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 04/09/2026All I’m saying is that if you look at a picture of any random assortment of rock-affiliated celebrities making the scene in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Harry Nilsson is going to be the one who looks as if he’s extremely troubled about the situation in East Timor. 0101
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I was reading A BRUEF HISTORY OF 7 KILLINGS when my wife got her Ph.D, and the day she defended her dissertation, I bought BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF at the campus bookstore, so I always get a nice buzz from seeing Marlon James’s name.It feels as if he and my wife and I went through some shit together.nytimes.comBook Review: ‘The Disappearers,’ by Marlon JamesMarlon James’s story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalist’s banquet — and the Booker Prize winner’s finest book yet. 010
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Now Playing: STUART FAILS TO SAVE THE UNIVERSE. Funny thing: I grew up on a cattle farm, yet somehow, I’ve never bothered to find out what “chewing one’s cud” means, in the literal, bovine sense. Until now. Ewwwwwwwww 010
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This guy makes whoever came up with “Freedom Fries” look clever. 040
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Deputy Grayson has died of colon cancer, because God has a terrific sense of humor, and the angels have learned to recognize the smirk that means he's thinking, “What if this scumbag was killed by his own asshole?”theguardian.comFormer Illinois sheriff’s deputy who killed Sonya Massey in her home dies aged 32Sean Grayson, who was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer in 2023, was serving a 20-year sentence for second-degree murder 040
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 22/08/2026nytimes.comA Bold New Fine-Dining Story Is Being Written in New OrleansAt Dakar NOLA, the chef Serigne Mbaye is tracing the origins of Creole food back to West Africa, and doing something groundbreaking in the city. 010
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Happy birthday, great American artist, devoted hat enthusiast, and transplanted soul of New Orleans George Herriman 0112
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Now Playing: the Netflix import HUMAN VAPOR. I need a dancing sunflower with oversized sunglasses for my kitchen counter and I need it yesterday! 010
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The old LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE had a town bitch, Mrs. Olsen, indelibly played by Katherine MacGregor. Mrs. Olsen often looked as if she was just about to ride a bicycle that would turn into a broomstick. The town bitch on the Netflix reboot is just a goddam Karen. 260
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The newer generation of right-wing billionaire douchebags all look like Tony Goldwyn in THE 6TH DAY. I don’t know whether the credit belongs to God or their plastic surgeons, but somebody’s got a taste for deep cuts and one hell of a sense of humor. 040
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Now Playing: ANIMAL CRACKERS. When Groucho razzes Chico about his piano playing, Margaret Dumont looks as if she’s suppressing laughter and makes “Oh, you naughty boy!” faces. SHE KNEW WHICH LINES WERE THE JOKES! ANYBODY WHO SAYS OTHERWISE CAN GET STUFFED! 171
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Both of the adult dogs looked up from nap time to see me petting and speaking baby talk to the puppy and now they’re giving me this shit. 080
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Thank you, lord, for allowing me to live long enough to see people on the internet complaining that Jeff Daniels isn’t jacked and sexy enough to play Ronald Reagan. 120
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 12/08/2026My new hobby is listening to day-old podcasts after a big election and listening to people say about the candidate who lost, “If you look the polling, it’s clear they’re unbearable.” 120
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 14/05/2026“Adolf Hitler, on a two-day pass from Hell, shows up next. The play is a work in progress.”nytimes.comElon Musk and Friends in the Den of Oakland’s Literary Lion 3191
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Now Playing: “Send Help”. I love Dylan O’Brien, and he’s perfect in this. I have to wonder, though: after Rachel McAdams was hired, did they even consider trying to get Ryan Gosling? 1140
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Now Playing: “The Other Bennet Sister” on BritBox. Ryan Sampson, who plays Mr. Collins, has a great career ahead of him. Every BBC casting director needs somebody in their contacts who can make David Mitchell look suave. 0131
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I feel as if I’ve seen enough of Ken Russell’s “The Devils”. The version I’ve seen twice runs about an hour and 40 minutes. That feels like a full meal to me. I’m not going to die feeling unfulfilled because I never got to see Vanessa Redgrave boxing the Jesuit with Oliver Reed’s charred femur. 150
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 04/05/2026theguardian.com‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study findsLouisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors say 12114
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 04/05/2026“He was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people?” 070
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 25/04/2026The morning headline on one of the thousands of email newsletters sitting in my inbox reads, “The Free Press Was Never Supposed to Sit Quietly Beside Power.” This confused the bejesus out of me until I read the first paragraph and realized it was referring to the free press, not The Free Press. 060
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I for one think it’s adorable that Kash Patel thinks he can be defamed. 220
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I spent some pleasurable time contemplating a gallery of pictures of Gillian Anderson. Then I saw that whoever curated these images had grouped them together under the heading, “Gillian Anderson, side profiles.” I plan to spend the day sitting in this chair, wondering if there is any other kind. 170
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Here’s hoping Roberts kidnapped her cat or something.nytimes.comJustice Sotomayor Apologizes for Highly Personal Criticism of Justice Kavanaugh 120
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Now Playing: MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES. It’s just mid-April, but so far, the funniest non-JD-Vance-humiliation-related thing I’ve seen on TV this year is this baby’s facial expression upon learning that his grandfather is Nick Offerman. 030
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Today's Most The Free Press Thing In The World: Mike Pesca's article arguing that Victor Orban's "graceful" concession after losing an election proves one and for all that neither he nor Trump is an authoritarian. 330
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 13/04/2026R.I.P. Sid Krofft. I'll just say that the first time I laid eyes on H. R. Pufnstuff, I couldn't tell what the hell he was supposed to be, and if they hadn't said he was a dragon, I never would have gotten there on my own. 130
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 13/04/2026“Fertilizer monopoly” needs to become to Trump’s presidency what “shining city on a hill” was to Reagan’s. 020
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Rod Dreher placed on suicide watch.nytimes.comHungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat 140
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 09/04/2026ballsandstrikes.substack.comBrett Kavanaugh’s Colleagues Are Getting Awfully Tired of Brett KavanaughJustice Sonia Sotomayor’s comments about the Supreme Court’s recent racial profiling case are just more evidence that Kavanaugh’s colleagues kind of hate his guts. 020
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 09/04/2026We can be heroes, just for one day.theguardian.comHelen DeWitt turns down $175k Windham-Campbell prize over promotional requirementsThe novelist says she couldn’t accept the award after being told it would entail ‘extensive promotion’ 120
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The New York Times on Hasan Piker: “This anti-establishment rebel, who has a professed love for things like streetwear, anti-imperialist politics and marathon streaming sessions…” Now all I can think about is how much I miss reading the “likes” and “dislikes” on the back of Playboy centerfolds. 120
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 07/04/2026All I’m saying is, it feels strange to see so many people saying “He’s actually talking about how he’s going to do war crimes!” about someone who we know doesn’t believe war crimes can be a thing, and almost certainly wouldn’t know the legal definition of a war crime even he did. 141
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 07/04/2026New Substack: phildyessnugent.substack.com/p/schrodinge...phildyessnugent.substack.comSchrodinger's PresidencyLiving the dream 010
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Hi, I’m Phil, and I am a birthright citizen of the only country that has a national facial expression. 010
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The first headline I saw said “ousted”, not “fired”. I preferred it. More I, CLAUDIUS.nytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: Bondi Fired as Attorney General 010
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Now Playing: The Criterion Channel’s trailer for its new “Corporate Thrillers” wing. Is it just me, or does Ryan Philippe absolutely own the category “American-born actors whose American accent makes you think, ‘That guy’s British, right?’” 110
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Now Playing: the season finale of PARADISE, a bold foray into a vein of storytelling best summed up by the existential question: Can there be shit so silly that not even Patrick Fischler can sell it? 120
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I did not have “the calcified Islamofascist mullahs of Iran take to the internet to out-troll Donald Trump” in my 2026 Bingo card. 081
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Surely he became president of the United States in this moment, period. 140
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 20/03/2026TODAY IN “I THINK YOU ARE TELLING US SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE SAYING”: “One of the many reasons I love The Free Press is because I don’t much like the news.” — Suzy Weiss 062
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 17/03/2026A headline at The Atlantic reads: "Trump Is Learning That His Bullying Has Consequences". Remember when normie journalists in Washington were competing to see who could be the one to nail "Trump has just become presidential!"? The new version of that will be pretending that Trump can learn things. 050
