Cornered by a heat wave and wildfire smoke, the news and sports are no relief. Also: Torrential Milwaukee rain, and Petrifying Springs redesign.
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Another Week: Number 136
Fighting Canadian wildfire smoke with my Coway HEPA filter, more Trump-Epstein horseshit and Gaza starvation. Plus: ‘Easy Living‘ (1937), ‘South Park’ (2025), and ‘The Lady Vanishes’ (1938).
Another Week: Number 94
Hurricane Milton follows Hurricane Helene and the GOP disinformation machine goes into high gear. Also: ‘Big’ (1988) and ‘Funny Girl’ (1968).
Another Week: Number 88
Dew points and skincare commercials. Also: CNN’s interview of Kamala Harris and Time Walz, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ (1969), ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ (1975), and ‘Bridesmaids (2011).’
Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin: The rich flee climate change
Energetic thinker Russell Brand — whose brand new book is called Revolution — has a YouTube show called The Trews ("The Trews is news if the news were true") on which he discusses current events and world problems. Back in August, The Trews gained attention through...
‘An Inconvenient Truth’: Al Gore’s global warming, climate change slide show
The day before Earth Day, the movie that created such a stir last year — An Inconvenient Truth — finally made it through our Netflix gauntlet and onto our TV. The film is a documentary about former Vice President Al Gore's "slide...





