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Saloni Gajjar

@salonig.bsky.social
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tv critic: The A.V. Club member: WGAE, Television Critics Association, Critics Choice Association formerly: NBC, Mashable, Complex, Interview

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights
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Know Your Rights: Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - MOIA
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Saloni Gajjar @salonig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So curious for everyone to see Apple TV's #Nocturne, premiering later this month. For our fall TV preview, I spoke to star Rory Culkin about what to expect from this disturbing Silence of the Lambs-esque crime thriller (in which Stephen Graham plays *quite* the psycho):
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Rory Culkin has never done a TV show like Apple TV's terrifying Nocturne
Rory Culkin has never done a TV show like Apple TV's terrifying Nocturne
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Saloni Gajjar @salonig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As part of @avclub.com's fall TV preview, I also spoke to the team behind THE ALTRUISTS about making a show centered on crypto fraudsters/former lovers, Sam Bankman-Fried & Caroline Ellison:
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How The Altruists expands Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto saga into a dysfunctional love story
How The Altruists expands Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto saga into a dysfunctional love story
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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 08/10/2026
Showrunners Graham Moore and Jacqueline Hoyt give us a preview of The Altruists, Netflix's true-crime drama about the downfall of Bankman-Fried's FTX. tinyurl.com/s4kfk2fk
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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 08/10/2026
Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson give us an exclusive preview on what to expect from Showtime's psychological thriller. tinyurl.com/2s35bj74
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Saloni Gajjar @salonig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
for @avclub.com's fall tv preview, i had a lot of fun talking to #Yellowjackets' co-creators Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson about what to expect from the 4th and final season, & the pressures of ending a complex thriller like this one:
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The creators of Yellowjackets know how much is riding on this final season
Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson give us an exclusive preview on what to expect from Showtime's psychological thriller.
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Saloni Gajjar @salonig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All episodes of CARRIE are out on Prime Video (wish it was weekly!) I really dug a lot of Mike Flanagan's spin of Stephen King's book, but the show still has somewhat of a distracting identity crisis. Reviewed it:
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Mike Flanagan’s darker, riskier Carrie adaptation takes a few too many detours
Mike Flanagan’s darker, riskier Carrie adaptation takes a few too many detours
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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm very excited for Americans who can now watch Small Prophets on Apple TV. Here's my A-rated review for @avclub.com. www.avclub.com/small-prophe...
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Small Prophets blends magic and the mundane for more unhurried comic delights from the creator of Detectorists
Small Prophets blends magic and the mundane for more unhurried comic delights from the creator of Detectorists
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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Recommended: Hearing Keith David do a great big Keith David laugh over the telephone
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Nobody’s having the year Keith David is having
Nobody’s having the year Keith David is having
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Monica Castillo @mcastimovies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING is truly a sight to behold. In a year with so many good movies, this is a great one and must be seen to be believed. My review:
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Matt Mitovich @mattmitovich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Great @salonig.bsky.social review of #TedLasso finale. Piggybacking on one critique: my God, what a waste of screentime Zelda ultimately was. (And the role wasnt even particularly funny Ulman.) www.avclub.com/ted-lasso-re...
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Ted Lasso season 4 sputters to an unceremonious end
Ted Lasso season 4 sputters to an unceremonious end
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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Haven't watched the last few Ted Lassos, but @salonig.bsky.social's finale recap suggests there wasn't much there to watch (because the show continues its odd habit of letting major moments occur offscreen).
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Ted Lasso season 4 sputters to an unceremonious end
Ted Lasso season 4 sputters to an unceremonious end
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Mike Flanagan @mikeflanaganfilm.com · 06/10/2026
Wonderful profile of the phenomenal Samantha Sloyan by the great @brezwrites.bsky.social for Esquire. Cannot wait for you guys to see what she does on this show... www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
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The Best Part of the New ‘Carrie’ TV Series? Her Mom.
You already know her from ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ and Mike Flanagan’s other shows. As Margaret White, she may finally become a household name.
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Saloni Gajjar @salonig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For @avclub.com's fall TV preview, here's an exclusive clip from Netflix's Josh Hartnett-led #Below. I spoke to the show's creator & producer about setting an atmospheric thriller in Newfoundland & how the show blends local folklore & history with present-day reality:
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Dive into an exclusive look at Netflix's Josh Hartnett-led supernatural thriller Below
Dive into an exclusive look at Netflix's Josh Hartnett-led supernatural thriller Below
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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 05/10/2026
The prolific creators tease their upcoming Silicon Valley-set legal drama. Read more at the link in our bio.
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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Waxed poetic about that Lanterns show and how its lowest-rated episode had the most to say about a bullshit aspirational platitude.
Black excellence is a term coined, lamentably, during the Barack Obama presidency. It’s meant to celebrate the Herculean efforts Black people make to succeed despite systemic and social barriers like racism, bigotry, and all manner of invisible tripwires that make success harder. Become a billionaire like Beyoncé and Jay-Z? Black excellence. Become president? Black excellence. Become a Lantern? Honey, you just might be a Black Hal Jordan in the making. But every time I hear the phrase, my teeth itch. To me, “Black excellence” lives in the same area code as white people calling a Black man “King” as a compliment—well-intentioned, maybe, but pandering as hell. 

My issue isn’t the term itself but the mindset behind it. The idea that Black people must be excellent to be worthy of celebration, status, or privilege. That mediocrity is unacceptable. That you must be exceptional on whatever sliding scale the moment demands, doing twice the work for half the validation. Black excellence is almost never self‑defined—it’s projected onto you, shaped by other people’s expectations rather than your own. It's a prison where your only solace is toxic gratitude for platitudes over self-affirmation. Having John reject that fool’s errand plight as the main hero of a primetime DC Studios series means more to me than any roadmap superhero timeline.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/10/2026
it is interesting that I can't find any mainstream media coverage of Altman's sister Annie going viral on social media over the weekend for uploading footage of the first hour of her deposition in her lawsuit against him (one of two) in which she is alleging years of CSA
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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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Saloni Gajjar @salonig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CUPERTINO, one of my fave new shows of the fall, premieres Oct 8 on CBS. I spoke to co-creators Robert and Michelle King about digging into Big Tech, the AI boom, and other Silicon Valley shenanigans through a zippy, incisive legal drama that prioritizes, gasp, humans.
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Robert and Michelle King want humanity to be the focus of Cupertino's AI stories
Robert and Michelle King want humanity to be the focus of Cupertino's AI stories
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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Got to hash out the #Lanterns finale with @avclub.com all-stars @salonig.bsky.social @danettechavez.bsky.social and @erikadams.bsky.social. Come argue with us! www.avclub.com/lanterns-fin...
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Anatomy Of A Finale: Does Lanterns soar or sour in the end?
Anatomy Of A Finale: Does Lanterns soar or sour in the end?
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Jarrod Jones @jarrodjones.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That's a wrap for LANTERNS! Thanks for joining us every week on @surf.social for TV Club -- for more LANTERNS goodness, read @dennisperkins5.bsky.social's recap on @avclub.com. Until next time! www.avclub.com/lanterns-rec... #lanterns
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Lanterns pays off its mission with heroic grace
The Man Of Tomorrow gains a powerful ally thanks to John Stewart's decidedly human journey at the end of Lanterns.
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Angie Han @ajhan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
every tv critic this week
Newman from Seinfeld saying "the mail never stops, it just keeps on coming and coming," only instead of "the mail" the caption now says "fall tv"
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 10/09/2026
Banger today from @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social on private equity's love of giant, kind of flavorless cookies www.weareravenous.com/the-curious-...
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The Curious Case of the Soulless Private Equity Cookie
If you’re going to pay more than $5 for a single cookie, it should at least have some soul.
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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 01/10/2026
War has some growing to do, but it could be HBO’s successor to Succession and Industry
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War has some growing to do, but it could be HBO’s successor to Succession and Industry
There are plenty of thrills to be found in the stylish first installment of this British anthology series.
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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 01/10/2026
Mike Flanagan’s darker, riskier Carrie adaptation takes a few too many detours
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Mike Flanagan’s darker, riskier Carrie adaptation takes a few too many detours
Summer H. Howell and Samantha Sloyan lead an unsettling horror series that soars—until its dubious end.
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William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here's a piece I'm really excited to roll out: An in-depth interview with Dropout's Sam Reich, diving deep on the game design of Game Changer season 8. Do I make a parody of myself by bringing up the concept of "the magic circle"? Oh baby, you bet I do. avclub.com/game-changer...
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“We really aren’t control of that dial”: Sam Reich on designing the games of Game Changer season 8
The Dropout CEO on encouraging competition in his players and the ways he stops himself from turning into Mr. Beast.
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M.K. @mkcarr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For my September wrap-up, I thought about doubles with the help of Emily St. James’ Exit Party and a bit of Leigh Bardugo’s Dead Beat: thedeskofmkcarr.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 2026: Doubles, Mirrors, Twins
Some brief thoughts, a lot of recommendations
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Saloni Gajjar @salonig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mike Flanagan turns Stephen King's #Carrie into a prettyyy good, meaningful, & unsettling series with a lot to say about growing up today. But the show loses sight of its strengths when it focuses on surprisingly expanding its world (for potential future seasons):
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Mike Flanagan’s darker, riskier Carrie adaptation takes a few too many detours
Mike Flanagan’s darker, riskier Carrie adaptation takes a few too many detours
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Saloni Gajjar @salonig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
some major stuff goes down in this week's #TedLasso episode & i wrote about why it all still feels emotionally manipulative and chaotic:
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Ted Lasso season 4 is just one odd choice stacked on top of another
Ted Lasso season 4 is just one odd choice stacked on top of another
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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 30/09/2026
NAZA, the No Other Land team's latest film, exposes American influence on Israeli aggression
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NAZA, the No Other Land team's latest film, exposes American influence on Israeli aggression
Reading about American generative AI being used to kill Palestinian civilians is one thing. Hearing about it from the perpetrators is another.
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Bilge Ebiri @bilgeebiri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NAZA opens theatrically today. www.vulture.com/article/revi...
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Naza Is One of the Most Important Films of Our Time
24 different Israeli intelligence officers testify in this unflinching exposé of systematic war crimes in Gaza. Their words are impossible to shake.
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I posit to you, dear reader, that Robert Pattinson is the new Nic Cage. I wrote my thesis for @avclub.com. www.avclub.com/robert-patti...
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Robert Pattinson is the new Nicolas Cage
Robert Pattinson and Nicolas Cage both get weird to find something more exciting in a landscape obsessed with realism.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 29/09/2026
I wrote a (very long, but could have totally been longer) oral history of our beloved The CW -- which turned 20 earlier this month and officially entered its new age when All American ended yesterday. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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From creating 'crack for girls' to superhero TV: The untold history of the CW, 20 years later
When the WB and UPN merged 20 years ago, the result was the CW, a network that took younger viewers seriously, spawning stars and hit series like 'Gossip Girl,' 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'Arrow.'
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Many people are asking.
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Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man? - The American Prospect
OpenAI’s models aren’t “going rogue” from their creators as much as they are mimicking them.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the humans who moderate chatbots say they're inundated with people trying to generate nonconsensual nudes: www.404media.co/humans-readi...
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank you student journalists/editors.
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 25/09/2026
A glib telling of The Lizzie Borden Story only reminds us of the futility of Ryan Murphy's salacious true-crime series. www.avclub.com/its-time-for...
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It’s time for Netflix to slay its Monster
A glib telling of The Lizzie Borden Story only reminds us of the futility of Ryan Murphy's salacious true-crime series.
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Saloni Gajjar @salonig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
wrote about netflix's MONSTER, a misguided TV series that gets more and more disingenuous each time, as seen by the Lizzie Borden/Aileen Wuornos stuff in season 4. end it already!
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It’s time for Netflix to slay its Monster
A glib telling of The Lizzie Borden Story only reminds us of the futility of Ryan Murphy's salacious true-crime series.
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Lacy Baugher Milas @lacymb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reminder: Hang out and watch #TheTraitorsNewBlood with me for the @avclub.com's @surf.social feed! Who survived the Traitors internship program? What will Alan be wearing? Let's find out together. surf.social/feed/surf%2F... #TheTraitorsUS
Alan Cumming in the season prmeiere of "The Traitors" New Blood" wearing a tartan cape over a denim kilt situation.
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Jackson McHenry @jdmchenry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
had an incredibly lovely time wandering around Boerum Hill with Merritt Wever who would have been so happy to not have to talk to me or anyone who has ever held a tape recorder near her www.vulture.com/article/inte...
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Merritt Wever Would Do Anything to Get Out of This Interview
In Primetime, she puts on a standout performance as Chris Hansen’s producer. In real life, she prefers the shadows.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Monica Castillo @mcastimovies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My only quibble with PRIMETIME is with the script, but Oppenheim and Pattinson make a hell of a team. My review on the movie about the man who would be the king of must-watch TV.
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Michaelangelo Matos @matoswk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Now up, my newest for @rollingstone.com: Private equity firms bought up all the big rock publishing. Now they're going after the indie labels. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Private Equity's Next Target Is Indie Music
For years, private equity firms have snatched up the catalogues of music's biggest names. Now they're after independent labels.
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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ahhh yeah that feels good www.avclub.com/ai-plolicy
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some CNN staffers were still barred from entering the White House this morning following a judge’s ruling blocking Trump’s ban on multiple outlets
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Some CNN Staffers Still Unable To Enter WH Following Court Ruling
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