Welcome to the third season of Someone on Film (FKA Substack on Film¹). A year in, we’ve shared stories from all sorts of writers and creators—including Lloyd Kahn, the nonagenarian pioneer of the green building movement; former Vogue editor Plum Sykes; children’s book authors and illustrators Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen; and many others. For our latest season, we decided to visit Substackers who call Los Angeles home.
LA is a city of creative strivers, and we tried to capture that ambition from several angles: a TV-showrunner-slash-illustrator, an underground club raver, a veteran entertainment journalist, a lifestyle creator with millions of followers, and a touring comedian. We shot it all on 16mm film, as usual, working with Director of Photography Jack Duffy, sound recordists Kenneth Orozcoand Adrian Arteaga, and with our very own Dave Bonawits behind the second camera and in the editing booth.
First up, we visited Lisa Hanawalt, who you might know as the creator of Tuca & Bertie and the production designer of BoJack Horseman. She’s currently working on a book called I Can’t Stop Thinking About Horses and Sex, and she let us invade her (very nice) lair to take a look at the pages. We traded imaginary horses for real ones when Lisa brought us to the stables, where we met her horse, Juniper.
I hope you enjoy our first installment of Someone on Film: Los Angeles. There’ll be more episodes in the coming weeks.
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April series don’t get any bigger than this one. We’ve got a World Series rematch — the Dodgers vs. the Blue Jays — starting tonight.
It feels like it was just yesterday that the Dodgers prevailed over the Jays in a thrilling Game 7 in Toronto, ending a Fall Classic that was, well, an instant classic as L.A. became back-to-back World Series champs.
Of course, that was actually five months ago, not yesterday. But when these two teams take the field again for tonight’s series opener in Toronto (7:07 p.m. ET, MLB.TV/FS1), it will be like the World Series never ended.
As Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman put it: “It feels like we’re getting ready for Game 8.”
The Blue Jays-Dodgers showdown will showcase the postseason heroes on both sides. The ageless Max Scherzer, who was great in Game 7 for Toronto, will get the ball again for tonight’s opener. World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who closed out the Fall Classic on zero days’ rest, will pitch the second game for L.A. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the best hitter of the 2025 postseason, will be anchoring the Blue Jays lineup all series. And Wednesday’s finale will feature Shohei Ohtani at his two-way best, starting on the mound and at the plate for the Dodgers.
After 561 days, the Rays are finally returning to The Trop. Today’s home opener will be the first game at Tropicana Field since its roof was torn apart by Hurricane Milton in October 2024.
Jo Adell had one of the greatest defensive games of all time on Saturday when he robbed not one … not two … but THREE home runs in the Angels’ 1-0 win over the Mariners. The third and final robbery in the ninth inning, when Adell went flipping into the stands in the right-field corner, even produced a once-in-a-lifetime fan photo.
We wanted to know what it was like to be in the building to witness Adell’s historic performance. So we asked our reporters who were there covering the game — Angels reporter Rhett Bollinger and Mariners reporter Daniel Kramer.
Bollinger:
I’ve seen my fair share of home run robberies during my time covering baseball since 2008, especially at Angel Stadium because of the relatively short height of the fences. But I’ve never seen anything like what Jo Adell did on Saturday night.
It was crazy enough to see Adell take away the first two homers, but the ninth inning is what made it so incredible. Torii Hunter put it best: That it felt like a movie, with Adell disappearing into the stands and everyone wondering if he had caught it, before he triumphantly stood up with his glove raised high near the foul pole.
The fact that it came in a 1-0 win and in front of a sold-out crowd made it even better, because the atmosphere was electric and the catches directly impacted the win. And it made for several iconic photos of Adell. It’s a night I won’t forget anytime soon, and it just shows that anything can happen at the ballpark on any given night.
Kramer:
You always try to be factually, statistically and objectively grounded in these moments.
Yet my first reaction was — did Griffey ever do anything like this?
I never saw The Kid play in person, but I guarantee he’s since seen the highlights from Adell’s insane night — and he must have marveled at it, even if it was against the team that he’s still so associated with.
The short answer to the hypothetical — if Griffey might’ve had some home-run-robbery record that Adell matched — is no. As far as anyone can tell (these stats are unofficial and have only recently been tracked), no one ever pulled off a hat trick like that in a single game.
Griffey aside, watching Julio Rodríguez man center field every day has been a marvel in itself. I’ve seen him rob three home runs in person, and the one he took back from Fernando Tatis Jr. in 2023 — complete with a crowd-wide fakeout — was one of the best theatrical performances I’ve seen on a baseball field.
But what Adell did on Saturday takes the cake. Heck, it takes the whole bakery.
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Here are five more big things that happened in baseball this weekend:
Yordan Alvarez is back to being one of the most fearsome hitters in the league. The Astros slugger hit his fourth home run of the season yesterday and is batting .400 with an MLB-leading .900 slugging percentage and 1.478 OPS through his first 10 games of 2026. (And Alvarez isn’t the only Astros star who looks rejuvenated this season — Jose Altuve does, too.)
Ben Rice is raking
Giancarlo Stanton might have made headlines by literally putting a dent in the Yankee Stadium outfield wall, but it’s Rice who’s been the Yankees’ best hitter. After his breakout 2025 season, Rice is batting .370 with three home runs — including a 110 mph rocket off Rays closer-turned-starter-for-a-day Pete Fairbanks yesterday — plus an AL-best 11 RBIs.
Good luck hitting Mason Miller
Miller has been the most overpowering reliever in baseball for a while, but the Padres fireman is taking things to another level right now. Not only has Miller not allowed a run yet this season, he hasn’t allowed one in his last 25 2/3 innings — the longest active scoreless streak in the Majors. And he’s struck out the last nine batters he’s facedafter back-to-back lights-out outings this weekend. Miller has 11 K’s in 4 1/3 innings this season. Insane.
Murakami again
Munetaka Murakami just keeps slugging home runs for the White Sox. The Japanese star has hit four in his first nine Major League games. The latest one on Saturday was his biggest swing yet: 111.1 mph off the bat and 431 feet to center field against the Blue Jays.
J-RAM TO MAKE HISTORY IN CLEVELAND
José Ramírez is the present-day face of Guardians baseball. But he’s about to become even more than that.
J-Ram’s next game will make him Cleveland’s all-time franchise leader in games played. The team’s cornerstone third baseman will have played 1,620 games in a Guardians uniform. Ramírez will be the only active player to lead an MLB franchise in games played.
Ramírez tied Terry Turner atop the Cleveland list on Sunday. He’s already passed Nap Lajoie (1,614) this season. And after today’s game against the Royals at Progressive Field, Ramírez will stand alone.
J-Ram made his MLB debut as a 20-year-old on Sept. 1, 2013. Over the last 13-plus years with the Guardians, he’s made seven All-Star teams, won six Silver Sluggers and finished in the top five of AL MVP voting six times. But playing his 1,620th game for Cleveland will top all of that.
Ramírez said Friday: “Of all the records, I feel that one is the most important because it kind of resembles what I wanted to do with this team.”
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BSEM Just Released Publication of Its Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025—Fast-Tracking a High-Profile Nasdaq Uplisting!
BioStem Technologies (OTCQB: BSEM) is rapidly evolving from a niche regenerative medicine innovator into a full-scale MedTech growth story.
The company’s recent acquisition of BioTissue Holdings’ surgical and wound care business for up to $40 million not only broadens its market from physician offices into hospitals and surgical centers but also immediately adds $29 million in revenue and a seasoned national sales team.
Coupled with the proven BioREtain® technology and breakthrough clinical results demonstrating superior wound closure rates, BSEM is now uniquely positioned to address a $300–$350 million total addressable market.
On the financial front, BSEM continues to impress. Q4 revenue topped $10 million with nearly best-in-class gross margins of 97%, and adjusted EBITDA remained solid at $3.4 million despite temporary headwinds. Importantly, the company has published its audited 2024–2025 financials, a key milestone toward its highly anticipated Nasdaq uplisting in 2026.
This move promises increased liquidity, institutional investor interest, and higher valuation potential. With analysts assigning a $25.50 price target, BSEM’s combination of earnings strength, strategic expansion, and regulatory readiness underscores a rare small-cap investment story with multiple growth levers.
Almost exactly two years after its initial public offering (IPO), Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) is one of the hardest-hit mid-cap stocks this year.
The decline began last October, when reports surfaced that ChatGPT was reducing its reliance on Reddit for sourcing content for generative responses. The Q4 2025 tech stock sell-off, which carried into 2026, further pressured the shares.
Med-X is gearing up for a possible Nasdaq listing (ticker: MXRX) – and for investors, the biggest potential upside comes before the bell rings.
Med-X is a botanical pesticide company replacing chemical toxins with proven, plant-based solutions. With $6.4M in sales, no long-term debt, and expanding into 41 markets, the company is positioned to capture the surge in global demand for safer pest control.
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Today, shares of the online social news aggregation, discussion, and content-sharing platform are down more than 43% year-to-date (YTD) and nearly 48% from their all-time high on Sept. 19, 2025.
But for current shareholders and prospective investors, there are several reasons to be optimistic about the stock’s outlook.
Breakout 2025 Results Set Up a Confident 2026 Outlook
Advertising is Reddit’s primary revenue driver, and 2025 was a standout year for the company.
In Q4 alone, ad revenue grew 75% year-over-year (YOY) to $690 million. Lower-funnel performance was also notable, with conversion volumes doubling.
These results, among other factors, supported stronger capital allocation and guidance. Reddit’s board authorized a $1 billion share repurchase program, and the company issued Q1 2026 revenue guidance of $595 million to $605 million—roughly 53% YOY growth.
Guidance also included adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of $210 million to $220 million, following a staggering 200% YOY EBITDA increase in 2025.
The gains reflect a growing user base. In his earnings call comments, cofounder and CEO Steve Huffman said Reddit welcomed over 121 million daily active users in Q4—up 19% YOY—and more than 471 million weekly active users, up 24% YOY.
Huffman also emphasized that the platform increasingly attracts users who want to “connect, learn, and research,” calling Reddit “the most human place on the internet…in a world flooded with AI slop.”
Ultimately, a larger user base draws more advertiser interest, which is fueling both top- and bottom-line growth at a record pace.
Checking Under the Hood: Reddit’s Financials Fuel the Bull Case
When the company reported full-year and Q4 2025 financials in February, it posted quarterly revenue above $725 million—a record for Reddit—and well ahead of analyst expectations of about $666 million.
Revenue growth has been a hallmark for Reddit, with annualized growth rising year after year. Quarterly growth ranged from more than 61% to nearly 78% in 2025, finishing the year with YOY revenue growth of 69.4%.
Meanwhile, the company’s earnings have improved. Since missing analyst expectations in Q1 2024—its first report after going public—Reddit has delivered seven consecutive quarterly earnings beats, including earnings per share (EPS) of $1.24 in Q4 2025, its largest beat to date on the back of record net income.
Much of the earnings growth stems from robust YOY revenue increases, a trend expected to continue and help EPS rise by nearly 95% next year, from $1.12 to $2.18 per share.
Another sign of financial strength is Reddit’s gross margin, which has been both high and steadily improving: more than 86% in 2023, above 90% in 2024 (the IPO year), and exceeding 91% in 2025.
What Wall Street Is Saying About Reddit
RDDT carries a consensus rating of Moderate Buy from 29 analysts, with 18 (62%) rating the stock a Buy. The consensus price target of $242.19 implies nearly 78% upside.
Reddit scores higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, which aligns with significant institutional interest in RDDT. Over the past 12 months, inflows of more than $10 billion have outpaced outflows of about $4 billion, with 726 buyers versus 303 sellers.
The current short interest of 14.70%—about $2.68 billion worth of shares—is notable but substantially lower than the $5.19 billion in shorted shares seen when short interest peaked in September 2025.
Meanwhile, for the first time since going public, insider buying, though still trailing insider selling, totaled $8.87 million in Q1.
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Oil has been front and center. Oil spiked above $110/barrel triggering a global selloff, Dow dropped ~545 points in one session, then the markets ripped higher on ceasefire hopes just days later.
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Same industry. The S&P ran 68% in the same stretch. That spread is the story.
Here is why it happened.
UPS made a deliberate choice to walk away from Amazon.
Amazon accounted for nearly 12% of its revenue, but it was low-margin volume that looked good on the top line and killed margins everywhere else. UPS cut it.
At the same time, they absorbed one of the most expensive Teamsters labor contracts in the company’s history. The market punished the stock hard and kept punishing it while FedEx restructured and ran.
UPS sat there.
That punishment is now priced in. The leaner, higher-margin business UPS is building starts showing up in the second half of 2026. The market is pricing in a problem that is already over.
Consider this…
At $97.22, UPS trades at 13.4x forward earnings, a valuation it has not seen in over a decade. It has raised its quarterly dividend for 16 consecutive years. At this price, the yield is nearly 7%. You are getting paid to own it while you wait for the recovery.
So far this year, UPS is flat. The selling has stopped. The question is whether the bottom is already in.
Buying below $100 represents the best Buy Low opportunity in this market today.
After bottoming last October at around $85, UPS is back in a recovery move that could retest the 2026 high at $115. If that breaks, the next stop is $130. Below $100, you are getting the recovery move and locking in a nearly 7% yield while you hold.
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