sam @samthielman.com · 5hsound on. full screen. oscar for best short subjectAaron Rupar@atrupar.com🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 132238
sam @samthielman.com · 6hI'm raising my word rate by 50¢ to cover operational costs. This will be reflected on your next invoice 5290
sam @samthielman.com · 8hI'm 45 now, which means neologisms are illegal now. thank you for your attention to this matter 1160
sam @samthielman.com · 9hearly career Alex Ross using his cachet to become insane yellow Bob Kane Batman Alex Ross is such a baller move 061
sam @samthielman.com · 11hscience has long said it is impossible to be both a pig and a worm. well, 000
sam @samthielman.com · 11hThe worst thing is the silhouetted figure is Shaquille O’Neal@mattielubchansky.com@mattielubchansky.comawoke this morning with a Vision 000
sam @samthielman.com · 12hGot onto the fire escape briefly, licked a bird poop, ran back in, wolfed down some kibble, yelled, threw up, took a nap. A rich, full day 200
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026everyone watching this makes the same face@headquartersnews.bsky.social@headquartersnews.bsky.socialKen Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days. 000
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026the 80's were the 70's without hope, now the 20's are the 80's without money 000
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026remarkably quick journey from "do I need WhatsApp so I can communicate safely" to "do I need to take WhatsApp off my phone and factory reset it so I can communicate safely"@evacide.bsky.social@evacide.bsky.socialMeta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...appleinsider.com 000
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026he's just mad because he didn't get credit for that beach boys single@frogsgent.bsky.social@frogsgent.bsky.social"Does the rationalist movement have a misogyny problem?" is a question with a pretty clear answer. Just look at what Yud's willing to say out loud. 000
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026[applause]fnl.mit.eduHow We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter 000
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026Marvel actually had a bunch of incredibly successful creator-owned books like Casanova and Powers and Kick-Ass and Incognito but they let the entire line go over to Image because they didn't want to play ball with the creators. Now they're probably a couple billion dollars poorer.J. Caleb Mozzocco@jcaleb.bsky.socialOkay, maybe I'm being a bit facetious with the WATCHMEN comparison. But I've been thinking about Marvel "graphic novels" vs. DC ones, and I have a hard time thinking of any that meet this criteria I lay out in the post (especially the "in print" part): 200
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026no! no!!@eddiecampbell.bsky.social@eddiecampbell.bsky.socialThree months from now you'll be lamenting that you only got socks and underpants for xmas and wishing you'd signed up for this. www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...kickstarter.comThe Arts of Eddie Campbell, ComickerThe first ever Eddie Campbell Artbook 000
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026MARY SHELLEY: so I was sad after we lost the baby and I wrote a novel. I think you should read it PERCY SHELLEY: [reading] this is about a brilliant scientist beset by tragedy MARY: right, because of his hubr— PERCY: my god he’s so awesome MARY: actually he— PERCY: this the best thing I’ve ever read 000
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026Can you imagine Percy Shelley reading Frankenstein for the first time 200
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026Again: “Liberal” arguments against 230 are stupid. They imagine a world where meaningful regulation of trillion-dollar tech companies that are embedded like ticks in our military and legislature would follow the obliteration of all competition to those companies. Ridiculous, childish nonsense. 000
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026I think this is extremely clever.refference.substack.comOn On On Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixoteby Multiple Authors 200
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026Bought the China Mieville novel and, in a shocking twist no one could have predicted, must now carry the China Mieville novel 000
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026Going to disagree with a lot of my peers on here and say this is a tiresome piece that refuses to treat billionaire tech overlords as people with agency and is woefully ignorant of the workings of applicable laws, especially section 230, which is the bedrock of the internet.liberalcurrents.comSocial Media Has Not Brought LiberationSocial media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies. 200
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026Obligatory@mobiusstripper.bsky.social@mobiusstripper.bsky.socialFinally, we're getting the darker and grittier version of Mary Poppins. I'd like to see you claim Hollywood is out of ideas now!avclub.comA darker Mary Poppins TV series is in the worksA darker Mary Poppins TV series is in the works 000
sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026The Coder of the Woosters@aohsusometimesy.bsky.social@aohsusometimesy.bsky.socialCreate an unnecessary sequel by adding an -er to a book’s title. I’ll start: Jude the Obscurer 000
sam @samthielman.com · 27/09/2026Wait, they did this AGAIN?!@carlzimmer.com@carlzimmer.comFour days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 000
sam @samthielman.com · 27/09/2026If you leave your motorcycle idling on the sidewalk, it becomes my motorcycle 000
sam @samthielman.com · 27/09/2026Real embarrassment of riches here@radleybalko.bsky.social@radleybalko.bsky.social“Muscular Christianity” means that when when you’re glazing the serial predator president who deports refugee children, executes fishermen, and builds idols to himself, you TYPE REALLY HARD. 000
sam @samthielman.com · 27/09/2026Who would fucking fardels bear?@wallaceme.bsky.social@wallaceme.bsky.socialOk don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads. 000
sam @samthielman.com · 27/09/2026I LOVE this series. My favorite thing Marvel is putting out. Buckingham is such a king. (Hearing good things about this @gregpak.net guy too)Comic Watch@comic-watch.bsky.socialThe ever-lovin’ Thing, struggles in the spotlight in his rocky, monstrous form in The Fantastic Four: First Foes – Dragon Man #1 on shelves September 30, 2026 @gregpak.net #MarkBuckingham #MarvelComics #FantasticFourFirstSteps #FantasticFour comic-watch.com/news/comic-b...comic-watch.comThe Ever-Lovin' Thing And His Rocky, Monstrous Form Struggle With The Spotlight in The Fantastic Four: First Foes – Dragon Man #1 - Comic WatchThe ever-lovin' Thing, struggles in the spotlight in his rocky, monstrous form in The Fantastic Four: First Foes – Dragon Man #1 on shelves and digital platforms September 30, 2026, #GregPak #MarkBuck... 000
sam @samthielman.com · 27/09/2026hot, and I want to be very clear here, diggity@javierrodriguez.bsky.social@javierrodriguez.bsky.socialFriends! I’ll be posting updates soon with my schedule for signings, panels, and other events, but for now, I’m happy to announce that I’ll be back at NYCC in just a few days, once again with Scott’s Collectables, as always. See you there! 000
sam @samthielman.com · 27/09/2026Remarkable piece here.cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 200
sam @samthielman.com · 27/09/2026very hard for me to react to this without sounding like Rorschach’s Journal@rallennautilus.bsky.social@rallennautilus.bsky.socialKentucky Republicans have been fawning over Trump for the past decade. But now, as the war with Iran drags on and Trump’s approval ratings crater, even they are starting to keep the president at a distance. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe Republicans Are Bolting From TrumpA president who demanded loyalty is no longer getting it. 000
sam @samthielman.com · 26/09/2026At the risk of stating the extremely obvious this is emphatically nowhere near enough to replace the container ships that should be transiting the strait@maciekhamela.bsky.social@maciekhamela.bsky.socialWith the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets. 000
sam @samthielman.com · 26/09/2026Truly astounding to have a mayor who talks like this. He hasn’t done everything right and won’t, but refusing to be ashamed of your convictions is a real breath of fresh air.@mayor.nyc.gov@mayor.nyc.govBeing a leftist means taking big shots. And making them. 000
sam @samthielman.com · 26/09/2026we love to see itRobert Reich@rbreich.bsky.socialDoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 000
sam @samthielman.com · 26/09/2026Oh that's unfair. As a middle-aged married person who has regular sex, at no point am I thinking, "why am I doing this at all" or "this person does this exact same thing with so many different outlets I doubt they could even name mine"@royalpratt.bsky.social@royalpratt.bsky.social“Talking to Rahm, it’s like middle-age married sex,” said John Anzalone, a Democratic pollster who has known him for decades. “It’s focused. You know what you’re going for. And it’s short.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...nytimes.comRahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play (Gift Article)The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about 2028. 200
sam @samthielman.com · 25/09/2026looking for a place called lee ho fook's, obviously@rogersparkman.bsky.social@rogersparkman.bsky.socialI have always said the best people-watching spot in Chicago is Miller’s Pub on S. Wabash. First time I’ve seen a dude in a gorilla suit. Whatever he’s up to, I am smiling. 000
sam @samthielman.com · 25/09/2026“The boundaries between respectable art and disreputable art are arbitrary and porous” is a truism that is constantly misunderstood by people with awful taste to mean “there is no such thing as good or bad art” 000
sam @samthielman.com · 25/09/2026No, this issue standard fatuous objection and it’s not reasonable. Rembrandt doesn’t sit in your house trying to sell you fast food in between brushstrokes@mtc111.bsky.social@mtc111.bsky.socialAll art is commercial. Rembrandt wasn’t painting for free 200
sam @samthielman.com · 25/09/2026saw somebody say that breaking bad is the dramatic equivalent of junk food and like, yes, that's what makes it the best TV show of the 21st century. you have correctly understood the nature of television. there *aren't* 100 TV shows that transcend the medium. it's there to sell cars. 200
sam @samthielman.com · 25/09/2026I love arguing about lists of pop culture stuff because it reminds me that I actually care a great deal about it. The Sopranos and Mad Men are perpetually overpraised for the depth of insight in their writing because the performances are so good. Homeland is genuinely hateful. Rick and Morty whips 200
sam @samthielman.com · 25/09/2026nytimes.comMy Top Shows — the 100 best TV shows of the 21st centuryDon't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, The Mighty Boosh, Adventure Time and 7 more. 200