unfortunately I must confirm that Trump personally denying Bill Maher a prize is one of the funniest things he’s ever done

It doesn’t have to be a conflict. Just top off the AZ with whatever liquor you have handy when it’s a quarter finished.

One thing that makes the Mark Twain Prize such a great watch is all the friends and colleagues giving funny and heartfelt speeches about the honoree. Serious question: who’s got anything nice to say about Bill Maher? Ann Coulter, maybe? Stg if Affleck or MacFarlane debase themselves for this…

People don't understand LLMs or lawyers. Claude can and will produce standard non-compete and independent contractor language. ... but the lawyer will stop you first, asking questions before you walk yourself into getting sued on both because they're in California and misclassified.

who is vera drew

This movie better have a montage of a mildly depressed Spidey fighting minor crimes, doing the best he can to keep going, because he knows it's the right thing to do even when it completely sucks ass, set to LCD Soundsystem's "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" is all I'm saying.

Southland Tales is the only movie stupid enough to actually be prophetic about 2026

Considering the difficulty of parachuting into a race that turned into a fairly wide field of candidates with local ties, plus the unforced errors, that's a hell of a result of Kat Abughazaleh. Shot across the bow for machine types.

Everyone is wondering what the correct level of contrition is and this seems about right

I'm not a luddite on AI - it can do some truly impressive things. That said, the industry as it currently stands needs to be regulated to within an inch of its life immediately and forced to rebuild responsibly. We only learn about these things after the tragedy. How many are incubating right now?

Hot take: DLSS5 looks impressively realistic compared to past efforts, and graphics are the least interesting thing to talk about wrt video games.

I was wondering when these stories would begin to surface, but it takes time to build a case. Interested to see if it turns into a class action. No shortage of plaintiffs who were wronged by Elon.

2025 was a good year at the movies. Great flicks winning Oscars. Let’s hear it for movies. “I like seeing them in the theater” - Stella

This is a total no brainer, and a reminder it's a damn shame Paradise Square never had the chance to find its' legs. It never got a proshot or slime tutorial, but my God what a show it was. Joaquina Kalukango was supernatural, maybe the single best live performance I've ever seen.

2025 was a really damn good year for film. A lot of these nominees would've been winners in any other year. Not Diane Warren, but like, more than a couple others in nearly every category!

honestly if Oscar ratings are way up and this is the reason why, I may have to rethink my position on prediction markets

Adam Baldwin was literally *the* guy who named GamerGate and made it go viral. It was just some loser 4chan/incel YouTuber shit before then. They spammed him to get his attention because they knew he’s also a psycho loser and they wanted to make it go viral, and he did it. And it worked.

PREACH

"While moviegoing appeals to less than half of those born from 1965 to 2012, it is gaining traction among those born in 2013 and after ... It estimated 59% of children in that age group preferred to see a film on the big screen." we're so back

Dudes rock

Even when I told Claude to be direct/concise/not sycophantic, I felt a pang of real guilt not replying to its persistent “anything else you need done?” signoffs. A tool that you communicate with like a human triggers emotional responses, even if you know they’re irrational.

Taking my first waymo, had a minor “who goes first” conflict in traffic, and couldn’t help feeling like this afterwards.

I loved I LOVE BOOSTERS. Go in as blind as you can. Especially you, @thewokeginger.bsky.social. It’s like Boots made it with you in mind. #SXSW #Filmsky

Dude’s intent with the post was to get paid, damn the consequences, and sure enough the consequences have arrived.

Where our conclusions differ is, I don’t consider the comparison an insult.

If the only way you can feel transgressive and alive is by being a massive bigot, buddy you’re going to the wrong parties.

I can understand why Nintendo is much happier with the 21st century take, but don’t sleep on the old one - it’s an insane masterpiece. Dennis Hopper’s Not Trump goes toe to toe with Julian Glover in Gremlins 2.

Nicole Kidman. She’d be another person who’s a hero. The stuff she’s made the past few years, I don't really watch it, but the fact that she's making it, I respect that.

It’s an expensive indulgence, but the Breville Control Freak is so so good for this. Set the pan temp, let it heat through, perfect every time. Could never get caramelized onions right. Now the best I’ve ever had take an hour to make, and maybe ten minutes of that is active cooking/tending?

There’s a half dozen people in Kensington whose names I don’t know, but we still smile and wave when we pass in the streets.

If Mario Day ends with Italy beating America at baseball the real winner has to be Shigeru Miyamoto

Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success

If you're excited about the technology for specific applications, you're cool If you're excited about convincing LLM skeptics to get onboard by telling us we're just as bad as the tech bros, you're a centrist

there’ll be class solidarity finger-wagging over this, but she needs to go to jail too. she’s an adult, and she’s living it up on stolen tax dollars

You should try to do the right thing instead of coming up with a weak but righteous justification for doing the wrong thing for a cheap thrill. You're not 17 anymore.

"Just do it and be legends, man."

Your new Canadian obsession just dropped. For a split second, you can see the back of my head in this trailer!

One of the greatest shots I’ve ever seen.

I'm no theologian, but Trump's whole deal has been "What Would Jesus Don't" for decades at this point.

Holds up pretty much word for word. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5xG...

This is a Mr. Show sketch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp83...

Feeling a sudden urge to throw on the Ocean’s Twelve soundtrack: (David Holmes’ work on all three films is a triumph, but this is absolute peak stuff) youtu.be/cpZkokW8zLY?...

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Hoppers doesn’t reach the level of the best Pixar flicks but it is funny and weird and charming and did I mention it was funny? It’s really funny! Plays it a little too safe for my liking, but I had a good time!

I enjoyed The Bride! in fits and starts, but it’s pretty uneven, throwing a lot of ideas at the viewer that it doesn’t do a great job exploring. Buckley is unsurprisingly fantastic. I’d watch a dozen spinoff sequels about Penelope Cruz’s detective.