“You see-a here where-a Jesus, he-a choose-a Charmander. ‘This-a one a spicy meat-a-ball,’ Jesus say.”
“Your Holiness, you’re from Chicago.”
Pope Leo has reportedly blessed a Pokémon card in what has to be a first for the Catholic Church and has sparked a debate over whether the card in question is now a holy relic. While this event may seem random, are we not all pocket creatures of the Lord? Routinely placed in balls and unleashed to do battle as He sees fit. Does that ever happen to you guys? I feel like that happens to me a lot. Way too often if I’m being honest. (Kotaku)
Is Monica Barbaro and Andrew Garfield’s Wimbledon “hard launch” hitting all that hard? (Lainey Gossip)
Celebrities are stepping up for the Texas flood victims. (Celebitchy)
Karen Bass is not having ICE’s bullsh*t. (Wonkette)
From Dustin: Pajiba quietly celebrated 21 years in business last month, “quietly” because I forgot, but our friend Andy over on Reality Blurred hit 25 years today. There aren’t a lot of 20-year-old indie websites remaining. If you’re into reality television — and especially Survivor and Amazing Race, but also Below Deck and all the rest — add this to your bookmarks, if you still use them! (Reality Blurred)
James Gunn and the Superman cast are already laughing off Fox News’ freakout over Supes being an immigrant and kind to others? Can’t have that! (Rolling Stone)
Catherine Hardwicke’s raw deal after making Twilight a box office gold mine keeps getting more insulting. (Variety)
Ayo Edebiri’s publicist was getting concerned about the whole Irish thing. (The Wrap)
From Jen: Our long, national inconvenience is over. No one f*ck it up by putting explosives in their shoes, OK?!?! (CNN)
Andy Samberg’s mom has an insane adoption story. (Vulture)
Watch Robert Downey Jr. geek out about Ironheart for 14 minutes. (Gizmodo)
Two of frogbandocto’s favorite authors released second chance romances on the same day – Rewind it Back by Liz Tomforde, which utilizes flashback chapters and Left of Forever by Tarah DeWitt, which does not. “Everything we find out about Wren and Ellis’s past…are presented to the reader in quick scenes or short paragraphs…and the past events that it does delve into are all in the context of how they are affecting the characters in the present.” Which books do you think have dealt with flashbacks well? (Cannonball Read 17)
From Andrew:
how can you even think of asking Donald Trump and Pam Bondi about the Epstein files at a time like this
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— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff.bsky.social) July 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
