TV Quote of the Day (‘Succession,’ on Why Its Very Rich Family Is Different From You and Me)

Shiv Roy [played by Sarah Snook] [to a threatening ATN anchor Mark Ravenhead]: “The thing about us [is] we don't get embarrassed.” —Succession, Season 3, Episode 4, “Lion in the Meadow,” original air date Nov 7, 2021, teleplay by Jesse Armstrong, Jon Brown, and Jamie Carragher, directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

That is the key to the oligarchy, folks. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of their "vast carelessness," but he might just as well have added, "and shamelessness."

Joke of the Day (Amy Schumer, on Her Scary Feeling of Being Brave)

“So, I tweet out this photo of myself. I’m holding coffee. I’m topless in just underwear, and it goes viral. It was everywhere, every news show, every website, and that’s when I learned the word you don’t want people to use when a nude photo of you goes viral: ‘Brave.’”—Stand-up comic Amy Schumer, ‘The Leather Special,” June 20, 2017

(Amy Schumer at 2015 SXSW on March 16, 2015, by Anna Hanks)