I found a big hole in the ground

Yup. its pretty big.

On Becoming A God In Central Florida finds its voice in butchered gators and tear-soaked waterslides

On Becoming A God In Central Florida’s pilot so thoroughly sets up the specific world of this show—namely the insidious nature of FAM, the multilevel marketing company that is indirectly responsible for Krystal’s husband’s death—as well as its central themes of greed, power, survival. It lays the groundwork, as any effective pilot...

Jesse gets what’s coming to him on a not-bad Preacher

Preacher is too far gone at this point to ever really be a good show again—its plotting has been too sloppy, its compromises too noticeable, and its remaining episodes too few for it to ever dig itself out of the hole. But it’s still capable of good episodes from time to time, and “Bleak City” is one of them. Sticking mostly to the...

Trump Suggested Dropping a Nuclear Bomb to Stop a Hurricane. Really.

I can’t believe I am typing this sentence: President Donald Trump apparently actually suggested dropping a nuclear bomb into a hurricane in order to stop the natural disaster. What’s worse is that he suggested this multiple times.

I don’t want you to think I’m exaggerating what Axios is reporting, so let’s go to the tape about an undated hurricane briefing:

During one hurricane briefing at the...

Taylor Swift Has Already Toppled A Star Is Born

Taylor Swift’s album Lover only just dropped on Friday, but it’s already overtaken the A Star Is Born soundtrack as the top-selling album in 2019. I imagine I am partially to thank for this, having texted at least 30 people this weekend to alert them that “Cruel Summer” is “a real bop,” so, yeah, you’re welcome, Taylor.

According to Billboard, Lover sold 500,000 copies by Saturday, surpassing...

On Becoming A God In Central Florida's pilot is a darkly funny cautionary tale

In On Becoming A God In Central Florida, the myth of the American Dream is deadly.

The show’s excellent pilot tracks Travis Stubbs (Alexander Skarsgård with a mullet), whose life has been swallowed up by Founders American Merchandise (FAM), a multilevel marketing company that looks more like a religion than a business. Or, at least,...

Over The Rainbow

Had my four year old nephew watch Wizard of Oz for the first time. Didn’t realize it was the 80th anniversary at the time. Flying monkeys and Oz scared the shit out of him as anticipated but he loved it.

I hadn’t seen this performance of Over The Rainbow before. I don’t know if the outfit and makeup are from a previous skit, but this version is a bit different than in the film and...

A change in perspective keeps The Righteous Gemstones rolling

“Is This The Man Who Made The Earth Tremble” begins before the final events of last week’s two-part series premiere. The shadily organized deal for the video of Jesse snorting coke is about to go down. As “The Devil” hilariously muses on the misconceptions about Thailand, Jesse, Judy, and Kelvin roll up with their duffel bags of money....

All the world has closed her eyes. Tired faith all worn and thin. For all we could have done. And all that could have been...

There's a boar on the floor when Succession goes on a corporate retreat

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Vulture—no, not Vaulter —just published a great piece that aligns with a lot of what I’ve said about Succession since I started recapping it , which is that, despite its weighty score and stuffy aesthetic, it’s best to view it as a comedy first and...

The Affair kicks off its final season with 2 birthdays and a funeral

Frankly, I am as dubious as anyone going in to The Affair’s fifth and final season. Mainly because I loved the fourth one so much, the episode with Alison’s death reveal a shocking and sad series high point . Even though I get that the show creators left the mystery of Alison’s death unresolved for a reason, I already miss Ruth Wilson...

grasping at straws

Not today, Satanova.

More Than 20,000 AT&T Workers Have Walked Off the Job In Nine States

More than 20,000 AT&T workers walked off the job in nine states to protest management’s behavior during recent contract negotiations. Members of the Communications Workers of America accused the company of stalling negotiations and “not bargaining in good faith.”

“We entered these negotiations prepared to bargain in good faith with AT&T to address our members’ concerns and to work together to...

Leonardo DiCaprio Pledges $5 Million to Help Save the Amazon

Leonardo DiCaprio, in an apparent effort to DISTRACT from his refusal to comment on the longstanding Titanic door controversy, has pledged $5 million to help combat the rampant wildfires currently destroying the Amazon rainforest.

According to Deadline, DiCaprio has funneled $5 million into an emergency Amazon Forest Fund launched by Earth Alliance, an environmental activism organization he...

"The Great Below" -NIИ (1999)

Can Oppo help me retire?

Specifically, my wife’s car. I’m looking at these and an curious if any Oppos have experience with Vredesteins. They look like they can handle the wet and snow fairly well. I know they’re not a full snow tires, but the reviews look like they’re capable.

Is Captioning an Audiobook Illegal? Major Publishers Say Yes, And They're Suing Audible

Seven of the biggest names in publishing filed a lawsuit against Audible on Friday, arguing that its recently announced AI-generated captions feature breaks copyright law.

The Amazon subsidiary debuted the service, Audible Captions, last month with a release lined up for the start of this upcoming school year (which, of course, these publishers want the courts to put a stop to). Designed in...

Jawbones And Swords, Man, That's What I Do

Andrew Mar is an artist and illustrator who has worked for companies like Wizards of the Coast and Bethesda.

You...

How to make Lumpia Shanghai, the Filipino egg rolls that bring the whole neighborhood over

My mother-in-law’s best friend is a Filipino woman whose favorite thing was to host elaborate feasts, which would essentially shut down the neighborhood for a few hours as everyone would stop by.

I never got to attend one of these Filipino shindigs, but I did experience the next best thing. My mother-in-law was able to get the recipe for her friend’s Lumpia Shanghai, the Filipino take on egg...

Galaxy Note 10+, Alternate Internets, and Bernie's Climate Plan: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

This week at Gizmodo, we took a long, hard look at what could have been with our Alternate Internet series, cataloging some of the ways the web could have been different—or still could be. While we didn’t have the time to write a sweeping, The Wheels of Time-length series on what would happen if I was given absolute control over the internet (nothing good!), we did take the time to look at...