The mind reels

also I liked this week's House of the Dragon, which finally slows down to lean into the _drama_, something I fear the show will not do so much in the future. pretty sure we'll get more incest though. polygon.com/23344676/house…

Pete (and Damon) giving us what we didn't know we needed

“We all die, though when someone you love passes and you’re mired in grief, reducing the environmental impact of your loved one’s body isn’t generally top of mind.” —@kristastevens.bsky.social highlights @elliepses' fascinating The Verge read on human composting: theverge.com/c/23307867/hum…

House of the Dragon seems to take place in a different timeline than Game of Thrones, where the original show’s ending doesn’t really matter polygon.com/23399493/house…

Wrote a bit about fans imagining/creating their own "Renaissance" visuals in the absence of official ones, the whole situation being pretty uncharacteristic for the Beyoncé we've come to know, and how it's helped keep the album trending for months straight sydurbanek.ghost.io/beyonce-renais…

wrote about the feet show polygon.com/23404846/house…

Fun story I worked on recently for the The New York Times nytimes.com/2022/10/17/din…

Despite our tweets, Love is Blind *doesn't* lock musicians in a basement, or use AI, or match songs to speech I spoke to Love is Blind music supervisor Jon Ernst about choosing songs for reality TV (he's been in the biz since '03) for Polygon polygon.com/23451681/love-…

“There’s this exquisite irony to Amazon [bringing back] the sign....The elephant met its demise because of ...that area being swallowed up by Big Tech. And now Amazon is going to claim it and hang it like some sort of trophy.” via Levi Pulkkinen The Seattle Times seattletimes.com/business/seatt…

looking for culture pitches for polygon! fandom, people focused, trend, streaming, + subculture stories related to video games and blockbuster film/TV. not looking for reviews. (thread has more info and examples) send to [email protected]; pay starts at $300 for reporting

I wrote about Adam Scott's face...and my idea that he should star in a live-action remake of the Disney fox Robin Hood where Robin and Maid Marian are in a loveless marriage and Robin has taken a job doing accounting for the Sheriff of Nottingham. slate.com/culture/2023/0…

off my normal beat: i spent the past year sorting through court docs, interviewing investors and former employees of a startup that sold itself with an industry-disrupting product. it allegedly raised millions. the problem? the product never existed. bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2…

For my Polygon debut, I traced how Chloe Bailey's terrific turn as Marissa in Donald Glover's #SWARM is the latest stop on her ever-evolving exploration of the intersection of love and horror aesthetics in her artistic oeuvre. polygon.com/23643712/swarm…

"I Think You Should Leave got the perfect dead eyes, butthole for the egg game" polygon.com/23751214/itysl… via Polygon and Zosha Millman

this month we're publishing barbie stories every week 💅 welcome to Barbie World polygon.com/23779035/barbi…

Tweeting for the first time in a long time to say: This includes me! It's been an absolute dream getting to be a TV editor, and I hope to do more of it somewhere soon. Let me know if you want any TV/movie editing, writing, or copy-editing! I'm open for business.