Welcome to day 399 of the Twitter implosion

by Therese Odell, posted in watch this

Have you ever seen an indignant dog? Not an angry dog, but an indignant dog?

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The sweaters are from Goldpaw, they’re microfleece. I love them! I’ll put them in my Amazon Storefront in my Linktree. Smalls and Magwai are in size 8, Stuntman is in a 10, Tess is in a size 20. There’s dozens of colors and patterns. #yorkie #stuntmanmike #pudelpointer #tesstok #tiktoktess

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

I’ve never seen anyone self-destruct as spectacularly as Elon Musk. It’s just flabergasting to watch. At The New York Times DealBook summit, Elon was interviewed — in front of a live audience! — by Andrew Ross Sorkin (whom he called a “friend” before mistakenly calling him “Jonathan”). When confronted about the fact that his recent trip to Israel felt like an “apology tour” for posting antisemitic comments on Twitter (never gonna call it “X”), and that it was part of an attempt to bring advertisers back to Twitter, Musk promptly responded that the advertisers, Bob Iger of Disney in particular, could, and I quote: “go fuck yourself.”

When Sorkin suggested that Twitter won’t survive economically without advertisers, Musk pouted that Twitter will fail and it will be the advertisers’ fault, and that the “whole world will know that those advertisers killed the company.”

This man spent $44 billion to buy Twitter last year, and promptly fired most of the employees, including those who moderated the site; this allowed hate speech, porn and violence to flood the zone unchecked; he restored Former President Hate Speech’s account (not that he uses it) along with a number of other banned hate mongers in the name of “free speech”; he then limited users’ ability to block or mute other accounts; he destroyed the verification process, removing legacy verification from reputable accounts, including celebrities and news media, and began charging users for a “blue checkmark” thereby completely destroying the ability for users to trust information being shared on the site; furthermore, he incentivized users to spread disinformation and rage bait by monetizing tweets; he changed the name from “Twitter” to “X” completely trashing a household brand name, one that had become its own verb for fuck’s sake; and as a result of all those changes — the return of hate speech, the lack of moderation, the incentivizing of spreading disinformation and vitriol — major brands’ ads were being paired with literal white supremacist content, and advertisers had enough.

But sure, Elon, it’s the advertisers’ fault they are leaving a site you have deliberately turned into a Nazi dumpster fire. Anyway, if you are on Threads, you can find me at @thereseodell. I’m just waiting for WordPress to add a Threads button and for Threads to be more shareable and searchable in general, to finally move Foolish over there once and for all. Let’s go, Mark.

And in other Oblivious-Billionaire-Saying-Weird-Shit-to-Andrew-Ross-Sorkin news: David Zaslav is threatening to bring Chris Licht back to CNN and said it took “courage” to kill Batgirl. That should make people like him.

Sounds like The Bear will begin filming season three in February. And The Sandman began production on season two yesterday, the 35th anniversary of the original comic series. 

Outlander‘s Sam Heughan almost made his debut in a different TV show and I bet you can’t possibly guess what it was unless you immediately guessed Game of Thrones since every single available U.K. actor was on that show at some point.

Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles are out here teasing that there could be more Supernatural. Nothing is currently in the works, though, everyone stand down.

This story about Kyle Richards tattooing a “K” on Morgan Wade isn’t doing anything to quash those relationship rumors if that was the intention.

Jamie Lynn Spears is a quitter.

So, there’s this new biography of the royal family by Omid Scobie, Endgame, which presents the royal family as an institution in crisis. In the book, he referenced Meghan Markle accusing two members of the family of making racist comments about her son Archie’s potential skin color, but the book in English versions left out the members’ names, lest the publishers be accused of libel. However, a Dutch version accidentally included the names, and Piers Morgan decided to share them with his audience on Piers Morgan Uncensored, claiming it was King Charles III and Catherine, Princess of Wales. The Palace is “considering all options” while author Scobie claims he never identified the royals in writing and doesn’t understand how they were included in the Dutch version. Now, would someone else have reported the names of the royals had Morgan not? Of course, there’s no way this was going to remain a secret, it was just a matter of time before it came out. Still, it is a mess.

Shannen Doherty has revealed that her breast cancer has spread to her bones. She says she’s “not done with living,” and has started a podcast, “Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty,” “to raise awareness and funds for cancer research and show that people with terminal cancer like herself are still capable of working and contributing.” My thoughts are with her and hers.

Renewals

Cancellations

In Development

  • Is There Still Sex in the City is being developed into a reality series by Bunim/Murray Productions and Candace Bushnell and it will be the most intolerable/bingeable thing ever.
  • Faerie, a series based on the works of Brian and Wendy Froud, is being developed by The Jim Henson Company and Amazon MGM.
  • Dead in the Water, a true crime documentary from the creators of The Tinder Swindler, is in the works at Prime Video.
  • A docuseries about Owen Hanson is being made at Amazon Sports.
  • The People v Gary McKinnon, a documentary about a Scottish hacker, is being made at BBC.

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • Ted debuts on Peacock on January 11.
  • Criminal Record premieres on Apple TV+ on January 10.
  • Griselda debuts on Netflix on January 25 on Netflix.
  • A Very Demi Holiday Special debuts on Roku on December 8.
  • Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?! will premiere on HBO on December 16.
  • Coach Prime returns on Prime Video on December 7.
  • TMZ’s Merry Elfin’ Christmas will premiere on Fox on December 5.

R.I.P.

Frances Sternhagen, Tony-winning actress who played Cliff’s mom on Cheers; Charlotte’s mother-in-law on Sex and the City; Dr. Carter’s grandmother on ER; and countless other movie and TV roles.

Shane MacGowan, Lead singer of the punk-folk Irish band The Pogues (whose music my young boys would call “pirate music” — they were my kids’ favorite band, and their first concert). My pal Andrew Dansby wrote a lovely tribute over on the Houston Chronicle that beautifully captures the roughness and sweetness of this man and his colleagues.

Scott Kempner, Co-founder of The Dictators and The Del-Lords

Luigi Caiola, Broadway producer

Michael Latt, Former Netflix manager, founder of Lead with Love, and communications director and political adviser of Imagine Justice

Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State, presidential advisor, Nobel prize winner, author, scholar and war criminal

WATCH THIS

The Golden Bachelor: Gerry makes his big decision and then we spend an hour talking about it. Season finale. 7 p.m., ABC

Family Switch: Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms star in this twist on a classic: the body switch comedy. Except this time, it’s the entire family body switches! Premiere. Netflix

Bookie: Chuck Lorre is back with this new comedy about a bookie whose business is threatened by the potential of legalized sports betting in California. Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco stars. Series premiere.  Max

Late Night:

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live: Sarah Silverman; Dwight Yoakam
  • The Daily Show: Guest host Michelle Wolf
  • Watch What Happens Live: Venita Aspen, Jarrett “JT” Thomas
THUR 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC The Golden Bachelor
(new)		 Bachelor in Paradise
(new)
CBS Young Sheldon
(repeat)		 Ghosts
(repeat)		 Ghosts U.K.
(new)		 Ghosts U.K.
(new)		 SEAL Team
(new)
The CW Son of a Critch
(new)		 Children Ruin Everything
(new)		 Whose Line Is It Anyway?
(repeat)		 The Great American Joke Off
(repeat)		 News/Local
FOX Hell’s Kitchen
(new)		 LEGO Masters
(new)		 News/Local
NBC How the Grinch Stole Christmas Shrek the Halls Transplant
(new)		 Dateline NBC
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2 thoughts on “Welcome to day 399 of the Twitter implosion”

  1. Something I only recently found out when I had to sign in again was Elon also got rid of two-step verification unless you gave him money for the blue check. Just a wild implosion of a once semi-fun site

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  2. I am absolutely with the description of Kissinger as a war criminal. Yet I have to acknowledge his wit. He once pointed to a map of South America and described Chile as (sorry if I get the quote a little wrong) “a dagger pointed at the heart of Antarctica.” It’s a very funny characterization, but of course it also minimizes the US’s role in overthrowing a duly elected Socialist regime in favor of a horrible authoritarian.

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