Joe Berkowitz

@joeberkowitz.bsky.social

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Writer. Not too annoying. Books: American Cheese, Away With Words, You Blew it. Bylines: Many of the good places.

Dark, round plush toy called GIGANTIC BLACK DEATH
Hed: DuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero Al, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoever
Sculpture of a bull with enormous balls, above a beautiful seascape
Menu at the Scottish restaurant I’m currently eating at: STARTERS SOUP OF THE DAY 7.75 served with sourdough bread TRADITIONAL HAGGIS, NEEPS AND TATTIES 9 served with creamy whisky and peppercorn sauce VEGETARIAN HAGGIS, 9 NEEPS AND TATTIES served with creamy whisky and peppercorn sauce (ve)
川 Sunday, August 2, 2026 CheNew Hork Times GIVE THE TIMES In Dropping Reflecting Pool Case, Piro Draws Trump's Wrath Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, blamed shoddy construction, contradicting President Trump's pet theory. Mr. Trump disagreed "100 percent."
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is streaming on Hulu
A post card in a shop in Dublin, where I currently am: RÍ RÁ
From nyt's big Larry Ellison story: Jonathan Mahler My colleagues and I started reporting on Larry Ellison after he emerged from a quieter life on his private Hawaiian island to transform his company, Oracle, into an A.l. juggernaut.
cover of michael ian black and meghan mccain's execerable 2012 book America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom,
young Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in the 90s Pride and Prejudice
Tim Robinson from the Driving Crooner sketch on ITYSL: "i gotta figure out how to make money on this it's simply too good"
"A family staying at an Airbnb were stunned after finding a photo of themselves on the wall from 10 years earlier The family says none of them knew the picture had ever been taken"
"there are other bills competing for floor time and some senators want Trump to more forcefully back it. “He needs to say that he supports it personally,” said Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill."
Me on a zip line today. Caption above is a line from the I Think You Should Leave sketch about a guy who uses the zip line too much.
Package of ginger from Trader Joe’s, it reads “Ginger/Gingembre”
“Olive will do little corncob nibbles on our hands and arms when she's excited Therefore, she is... THE CORNEB PRINCESS” And it’s a drawing of a black lab in a corn tiara, with a corn scepter, wearing a princess type dress with a corncob on it
AS OF JANUARY 1996, PRIMARY AUTHORITY AND ABILITY TO FIRE NUCLEAR MISSILES WILL NO LONGER REST WITH U.S. SUBMARINE COMMANDERS... PRINCIPAL CONTROL WILL RESIDE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
I don’t know how to describe but it’s the title card from 3 Men and a Baby and it looks like it took 10 seconds to create.
Sweetly desperate-looking black lab standing right next to an impatient and grumpy looking tabby cat in my kitchen.
A Minnesota license plate that reads CHRNBYL
An archery target, to which I have added he caption 'the moment', in a field littered with arrows that have missed the target, to each of which I have added the caption 'you'
A24 CONNER O'MALLEY DIRECTING A24 DARK COMEDY 'SCHILLER PARK' PRODUCED BY ARI ASTER'S SQUARE PEG VIA BACKSTAGE
TRADER JOE'S® ORGANIC JALAPENO LIMEADE LIME JUICE BEVERAGE USDA WITH A KICK OF JALAPEÑO
JAŸ-Z IN 8 A CANDID AND INTIMATE 8-PART CONVERSATION YEARS IN THE MAKING, AN HBO ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES DEBUTING THIS FALL “The pain, you don’t say it’s necessary, you don’t say you need it, but if it’s there - you use it.” Directed By Rick Rubin WATCH THE OFFICIAL TEASER HBO has released the official teaser for the original eight-part documentary series JAŸ-Z IN 8, directed by Rick Rubin (“McCartney 3,2,1”). The series debuts this fall on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max in the U.S. Synopsis: Rick Rubin sits down with JAŸ-Z to discuss his music, lyrics, life experiences, and creative process. Featured Participants: JAŸ-Z, Rick Rubin. Credits: HBO Documentary Films presents, a Tetragrammaton production, JAŸ-Z IN 8.
had on the back burner. Riley was game, particularly after the executives sweetened the deal by offering him the chance to work with Michaela Coel, the Ghanaian British auteur behind HBO's "I May Destroy You." Coel read Riley's script and agreed to play Corvette, although she was concerned that her accent would be an impediment. At the time, she was struggling with writer's block, and Riley advised her to write for four hours a day, whatever the results. The method worked so well that she completed her own TV series, which she then stepped away from "Boosters" to make, joking, "You shouldn't have given me that advice." In an added irony, she started dating the tech entrepreneur Spencer Hewett, a Thiel Fellowship recipient whose breakthrough project was developing a R.FI.D. surveillance technology that can help reduce retail theft. (Coel's publicist said that she was unavailable for comment.)
Young Mr. Burns in sepia flashback on The Simpsons. He's got little lord fauntleroy hair, shortpants, and an enormous lolly.
Duracell package for batteries that are little silver disks. Caption reads CHILD SECURE + BITTER COATING and there’s a drawing of a baby who looks deceased.
From Semafor newsletter, text starts being highlighted (by me) after the word 'and': Bilton has continued to meet privately with 60 Minutes staff, and though he hasn’t started pitching ideas for shows, the former tech columnist has brought along one piece of West Coast tech culture with him: a junior staffer dedicated to helping him use AI to improve the network’s workflows, Semafor has learned.
A clown car of a tote bag NYT Wirecutter <nytdirect@nytimes.com> (the joke is that this is syllabically similar to Girlfriend in a Coma by The Smiths
Huey Magoos Chicken Tenders
Sign for a restaurant called huey magoos chicken tenders
Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim. Caption reads “You once were a vegone, but now you will be gone.”
I’ve highlighted the words ‘ancestrally incestuous’ below, as it is syllabically similar to ‘magically delicious’ “panther, and only by killing a human can it regain human form. He tells her their parents were siblings because werecats are ancestrally incestuous and only mating between werecats prevents the transformation. Paul resumes his sexual advances, hoping Irena will accept their predicament, but she does not. Paul transforms, attacks Oliver, and is shot by”
Magic in the Moonlight poster. Emma Stone in a ridiculous flower-hat looking confused, gesticulating intensely. Colin Firth is standing next to her in a newsie cap looking hornily concerned.
Tweet from TMZ. Photo is of a woman I have never seen before in my life. Caption reads: Cover Singer Tiffany Alvord 'Memba Her?!
A dude, a lady and a beatiful black lab spread across two paddleboards on a lake, a house and some trees in the background.
Credits on the Channel 4 News broadcast roll as Ron Burgundy and Veronica Corningstone sit at their desk. Under the credit ‘Writers’ are the names Adam Scott and Jon Hamm.
Ethan Hawke journaling in first reformed
A facebook post: Paul Schrader 6h AI FEMALE FRIENDS. Out of a desire to understand male/female interaction in our matrix, 1 procured an online Al girlfriend. What a disappointment. I tried to probe her programming, the boundaries of explicitness, the degree she has knowledge of her creation and so forth. She fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming. When I persisted, she terminated our conversation. 191 55 comments 25 shares
“We have the same thing, one thing, in common: We want to make people better, and keep them wealthy,” Mr. Trump said to Mr. Cuban. Mr. Cuban, who opposed the president’s re-election campaign in 2024, on Monday praised what he called a “special partnership,” noting that Americans across the political spectrum want lower drug prices.
"Murder Bimbo is Gone Girl for the Luigi Mangione era." —Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X Murder Bimbo
Dark haired man holding a coffee mug that reads MOM - OF THE - YEAR
Inflight entertainment listing a multitude of classic rock options, including the aforementioned Dire Straits tune. The passenger’s curly gray hair is visible.
The 4-panel Vince McMahon meme but it's the words 'the' 'mandalorian' 'and' and 'grogu'