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Journalist & screenwriter. Wrote The 30 Rock Book. Fmr ✍🏽/editor w/ TheWrap, LAist (NPR/KPCC). Hawaiian/πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·. Exploring what's next 🀩. Signal: MikeRoe.39. Read my book, come talk screenwriting or spirituality or comics w/ me. πŸ‘‹πŸ½ More Mike: linktr.ee/mikeroe

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In honor of today's news, currently watching: WarGames (1983).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQUs...

28.02.2026 03:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œEmploy your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.”

- Socrates

28.02.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

Given all the discourse today about Bluesky vs. X... seems like good timing for @lastweektonight.com's latest video on just how bad X has become...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...

23.02.2026 07:39 πŸ‘ 869 πŸ” 272 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 15
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"If you love Spider-Man so much, why were you so mean to him?"

Because that's the job of a Spidey writer.
To stack the deck against him.
Being Spider-Man isn't supposed to be easy.

Aunt May says it best.

20.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 8

As long as you share it on your Xanga and/or LiveJournal.

20.02.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mike Roe | Journalist & Screenwriter - Mike Roe, Journalist & Writer Los Angeles–based journalist, editor, and screenwriter. Covers TV, comedy, and entertainment industry culture. Author of The 30 Rock Book (Abrams).

Just launched an updated portfolio of my entertainment journalism (TV, pop culture, and the business/craft around it).

If you’re hiring editorial roles, assigning stories, or know someone who is, I’d love to connect: mikeroe.journoportfolio.com

20.02.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

"Treat every person you encounter as though they are having a way worse day than you." - Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies.bsky.social)

05.02.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

being addressed as "gumshoe" while rockapella lays down a sick track could fix me

04.02.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 350 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 4

Misheard someone saying "carrying costs" as "carrion costs" and now just picturing rotting death being carried by a business, which, also fits!

04.02.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Endwokeness tweets: "Star Trek cadets are now required to get DEI training from an obnoxious lesbian

Yes, this is real" and embeds a video from Starfleet Academy.

Endwokeness tweets: "Star Trek cadets are now required to get DEI training from an obnoxious lesbian Yes, this is real" and embeds a video from Starfleet Academy.

In the scene depicted, the instructor is teaching quantum physics and temporal mechanics. She calls out a student who is being an ass and doesn't even know his classmates' names. But to bigots, the mere presence of an LGBTQI+ actor (Tig Notaro) is "DEI training."

15.01.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 7

You aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.

15.01.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 3570 πŸ” 886 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 0
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The NY Times concludes that the ICE agent who shot Renee Good was NOT hit by her car

β€œthe visual evidence shows no indication that..Jonathan Ross, had been run over..It also establishes-millisecond by millisecond-how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place”

16.01.2026 05:57 πŸ‘ 4477 πŸ” 1629 πŸ’¬ 132 πŸ“Œ 104
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new single 'my co-worker Clark Kent's secret black box' is out now

this is a song about open secrets and folks being mad at you beacuse they gave up on their dreams and you didn't.

produced by K-Nite13

tour starts this week. NGU LP is out friday

linktr.ee/openmikeeagle

08.07.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Officially in my Attending Hipster Steely Dan Cover Shows Era

11.01.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œTo be cringe is to be free.” - Marissa Bode

09.01.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Grok Is Generating About 'One Nonconsensual Sexualized Image Per Minute' Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok keeps churning out nonconsenual images of women and minors in bikinis and lingerie, outraging users and regulators

GROK IS GENERATING ABOUT β€˜ONE NONCONSENSUAL SEXUALIZED IMAGE PER MINUTE www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

07.01.2026 08:22 πŸ‘ 414 πŸ” 197 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 34

You used to be able to tweet the darkest jokes on the planet and go on to run a movie studio.

Now you've gotta move to text chains or Discord for that.

07.01.2026 05:33 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Saw this today and, same.

21.12.2025 01:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve definitely had guilt over that too, though I’ve gone back to wishing happy birthdays more frequently as a way of connecting with old friends, especially when I can think of something fun/unique to say. πŸ€”

21.12.2025 00:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gotta watch out who Facebook asks you to wish a happy birthday or they'll have you blithely wishing happy Bday to a dead acquaintance.

20.12.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Just realized 2025 was the year I needed to reassess which side to take in this age-old expression:

Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?

... I'm just not sure anymore. πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™‚οΈ

17.12.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the thing with thinking youre running out of time is that whenever you think it its undoubtedly true. Youre not delusional for thinking it at 18, 38, 68, etc.

But there is no more useful information to extract from that line of questioning so stop

15.12.2025 08:41 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Counting Crows - A Long December (Official Video)
Counting Crows - A Long December (Official Video) YouTube video by CountingCrowsVEVO

It’s already so long.

A long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last

…

And it's one more night in Hollywood
If you think that I could be forgiven
I wish you would

m.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5P...

15.12.2025 04:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking back through my photos to when I saw John Cena on a fan event ahead of WrestleMania 19.

I never loved another version of his character more than his early heel Word Life gimmick, but he's always given his all to be a consummate performer, and I've got to salute that. 🫑

14.12.2025 06:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m at a conference today for spiritual creatives!

But you BETTER BELIEVE I’m rocking my newest John Cena shirt as he wrestles off into the sunset. 🫑 πŸ‘‹πŸ½

14.12.2025 00:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Peter Rollins: Live in Pasadena We’re excited to welcome Peter Rollins as a special guest speaker on Sunday, Dec 7th at 10:15am at 155 S. Fair Oaks, Pasadena.

PSSST any fellow spiritual nerds, my favorite theological philosopher Peter Rollins speaks tomorrow (Sunday) morning in Pasadena at 10:15!

Would love to see anyone who's interested there tomorrow!

Details and free RSVP link here: www.eventbrite.com/e/peter-roll...

06.12.2025 23:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:

05.12.2025 21:49 πŸ‘ 2422 πŸ” 867 πŸ’¬ 111 πŸ“Œ 141

(Sorry for the β€œmay be” typo! I AM NOT BEING ORDERLY ENOUGH.)

06.12.2025 02:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.

Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT

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