My latest film, “The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero—and Nuclear Peril Today” has been airing over PBS stations this past month and streaming for free (key links to watch now and more here). A companion book is now available, and you can read more or order here. Thank you. And subscribing to this newsletter is still somehow FREE.
No additional commentary this morning but plenty said in the cartoons below, and enjoy the usual music and film trailer. But it was amazing to watch in real time on social media as conservatives turned on a dime on how they characterized the “trans, far-left” killer of Kirk when news emerged on his true background and Republican, Christian, gun-loving, background and possible rightwing leanings. Now they have landed on: “He had great upbringing but got radicalized when….he went to college.” As they deleted old tweets and posts. Note: He attended college for three months. As an engineering student. At an ultra-conservative college in Utah…
NBC: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tells staff to find and identify military members, and any individual associated with the Pentagon, who have mocked or appeared to condone Charlie Kirk’s murder so they can be punished, according to two defense officials.
First trailer for the “untold story” of the Lilith Fair movie:
Tom Petty’s estate is starting to release never seen videos and music to mark 30th anniversary of his “Wildflowers” album. Here, just out yestereday, he sings this song at a rehearsal.
New release from Jeff Tweedy in the style of Lou Reed and in fact it is titled “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter.” Great:
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Took my daughter to the Lilith Fair. Great show
The dead don't die they just bring on the new bad guy...