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• Pluribus - I Know You Are There. I’ll Help You.

  

  Pluribus: 1x09 La Chica o El Mundo.Carol: They are not evil. They wouldn’t even kill an ant. Manousos: And isn’t it evil to value a man the same as an ant. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Pluribus – Whatever Makes You Happy.

  

  Pluribus: 1x08 Charm Offensive. Eight episodes into the first season of Pluribus and one episode from its season finale, it feels relevant to talk about the pro... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Pluribus – I Am Not One of Them.

  

  Pluribus: 1x07 The Gap.Nothing on this planet is yours. Nothing. You cannot give me anything because all you have is stolen. You don’t belong here. My name is... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtape - i Can't Speak This Way.

  

  autoclave | paper boy. helium | hole in the ground. sleater-kinney | stay where you are. snocaps | heathcliff. bicep | opal (four tet remix). joanne robertson... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Pluribus - But She’s So Lonely.

  

  Pluribus: 1x06 HDP. There are a lot of gnarly questions about how the Others are reshaping the world that remain unasked on the show, primarily because Carol... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Pluribus - We Just Need a Little Space.

  

  Pluribus: 1x05 Got Milk.When is the last time you’ve seen someone drink from a carton of milk in public? With the exception of vaguely coffee-flavoured milk... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Pluribus - You’ve Never Been Us.

  

  Pluribus: 1x04 Please, Carol. You can’t touch me. I have agency. There’s an alternative version of Pluribus, one that would make for a very different show, in... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: November.

  Non-Fiction:Eleanor Johnson: Scream with Me. Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980)Cory Doctorow: Enshittification.Why Everything Suddenly... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Pluribus - Only I Get to Remember Her.

  

  Pluribus: 1x03 Grenade. Carol: You’re gonna forget everything you know about Helen. Every memory, every thought she ever had. Get her out of your head. Heads!... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: October.

  Fiction: Mick Herron: Slough House novels. Sarah Gailey: Spread Me. Quan Barry: The Unveiling. Yume Kitasei: Saltcrop. Caitlin Starling: The Graceview... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Good Boy

  

  is a very good film regardless but laden with a whole other layer of emotional resonance if the viewer has a dog of their own. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Das Lied Zum Sonntag

  

  Joanne Robertson Oliver Coates - Always Were I'm running, I wonder where I'm goingYeah, I guess I'm goingI guess it's better than runningI see the lights,... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Horror Wednesday: Weapons

  

  There are two moments in Weapons that will stick in my mind for a while. They have nothing to do with finding broader themes in Zach Cregger’s follow-up to... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Horror Wednesday: American Sweatshop

  

  I’m just afraid of what’s gonna pop up next. The titular “American sweatshop” is a content moderation farm that Lili Reinart’s Daisy works at. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: September.

  Fiction: John le Carré: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. John le Carré: The Looking Glass War. John le Carré: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Olivia... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Andor’s Make It Stop - I Don’t Have Lately. I Have Always.

  

  This is mainly about the episode Make It Stop, but there will be mention of events after and before as well, covering the entirety of Andor. Lonni Jung: And wha... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: August.

  Non-Fiction: Hannah Kent: Always Home, Always Homesick. Sarah Weinman: Scoundrel. How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Sorry, Baby

  

  In an interview with the Guardian, director and actor Eva Victor described the effect of trauma on life this way: “it’s like a stone gets shoved into the river... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtape - I'll Steal Your Axe.

  

  heavens to betsy | axemen. lois | wet eyes. torres | strange hellos. lucy dacus | big deal. clipping. |dominator. aminé feat. waxahatchee | history. kate tempes... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• 28 Years Later

  

  When I think about Danny Boyle’s original 28 Days Later, which came out in 2002, I think of it as a film released at a moment in time that now feels like the... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2025 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO