Devon Freeny

Book editor; film/TV nerd.
(Science means that not all dreams can come true!)

[Devon Freeny @NotAllDreams]

@BenjaminCrew1 Whenever Pete declares victory he definitely holds the losers to the rule that the winner "is declared the 'Lord of All Catan,' and is praised and heralded by all the people of Catan."

[Pedro L. Gonzalez @emeriticus]

Karen Bass rigged the election in Los Angeles so that she could face a more threatening challenger from the left in an overwhelmingly liberal city rather than a challenger from the right at a time when MAGA is the most toxic political brand. Very astute analysis here.

[Max @maxtmcc]

One idea I really enjoy is that Democrats have an unbeatable vote rigging operation, but instead of just using it all the time, they sadistically employ it only after briefly giving Republicans hope

[Sonny Bunch @SonnyBunch]

The thing about Donald Trump—the most consistent thing—is that he is the whiniest bitch on the planet.

[kyle @Caol_MacCormaic]

this is the thing. when Pratt announced I thought he had a really good shot, because he seemed to be running as "independent celebrity focused on mismanagement of the fires." tilting all the way to R was a bad call! it's a Dem city! any R that wants to win has to be Independent

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

Elon conservatizing X was a poisoned chalice the exact way pre Elin twitter was for liberals, it convinced them their worldview was much more hegemonic than it really was in the real world

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Why did he construct an analogy in which he is on the side of the Nazis?

[Devon Freeny @NotAllDreams]

@ettingermentum But everyone on L.A. loved those AI slop ads of Pratt curing the lamestream media mind virus!

[Jack @tracewoodgrains]

this is the struggle right-wing Mormons have always experienced.

they fundamentally agree with enforcing strict boundaries against a broad outgroup from within a narrow ingroup, they're just want the ingroup to recognize that they're better than the outgroup

[Jack @tracewoodgrains]

Mike Lee sowing, Mike Lee reaping

sorry, man, they don't love you like that

[BonkDaCarnivore @BonkDaCarnivore]

What's amazing to me is that, 10 years apart, there are the exact same clouds in the exact same positions.

DC truly is a magical place

[Devon Freeny @NotAllDreams]

When I say I thought Head was BUFFY's most consistently great performer: I just found this old list I posted nearly a quarter century ago of my favorite BUFFY scenes. *More than half of them* are Giles scenes.

[Devon Freeny @NotAllDreams]

Fuck, another one gone. Head was probably BUFFY's most consistently great performer, and pulling off the stern authority figure role with warmth, humor, and "Is that the Taster's Choice guy?" sex appeal was a big part of how a goofy teen actioner garnered such broad appeal.

[Variety @Variety]

Anthony Head, the British actor best known for his roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” has died at 72.

His daughters shared in a statement that he “passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family.”

https://t.co/TOTGKcKLzx

[Sonny Bunch @SonnyBunch]

"Donald Trump can tear down the Statue of Liberty just because he says so" is kind of the whole ballgame, isn't it?

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

I don’t get what Mills is doing here. Run or don’t run! Everyone is worried about this race and desperate to win it, but her response throughout has just been to half-ass her way through it.

[Saad Yousuf @SaadYousuf126]

the fact he may carve out time to attend two basketball games merely weeks after saying he didn’t have time to attend his own son’s wedding is objectively hilarious 😂

[Emma Ashford @EmmaMAshford]

Donald Trump himself. Iran has been a colossal blunder that has and will continue to undermine anything else his presidency could achieve, for good or ill.

[zero @yves8nts]

widows bay might be the best television on air right now because it's the only show that has patricia in it

[Jacob Rubashkin @JacobRubashkin]

This kind of thing is too cute by half and emblematic of what sank Mills in the first place. Not mounting a serious or energetic campaign and hoping people vote for you anyways because your name is there. Wasn’t enough to beat Platner and doesn’t speak well to a general either.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Check this prediction from February 2025 —>