Really loved The Mandalorian & Grogu. Lots of great action. Mostly moved at a fast. Some themes & messages very clearly geared towards a younger audience, but that's OK. Maybe it feels like a super-sized episode of the show, but there's absolutely nothing wrong w/ that. The boys loved it too.

Star Wars is meaningful even if you don’t see it yourself. Get out of your own way and embrace a larger view. I wrote about one of the ways I think The Mandalorian and Grogu is a terrific Star Wars film, thanks to my youngest kid.

Billionaires must be targeted with tax policy and antitrust policy not because it helps everyone else (though it does) but because their political power must be limited so they can't wreck the world the way they're currently doing

If you're opposed to this explain why.

Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American history. It is not close.

We officially have a teenager. May the old gods and the new protect us in the battles to come.

If you were a video game character, what would your health pickup be.

daaaamn london

Our boys don't quit. White Sox won the series for the Crosstown Classic and sent the Cubbies packin' back to North side. 🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆 #SouthSide #GoSox #FTC

Mortal Kombat II knows exactly what type of movie it is. Hyper violent. Funny. Great action. Cheesy SFF plot w/ over-the-top characters. Had a lot of fun.

White Sox have swept the Royals and officially have a winning record. Baseball is fun again. #SouthSide #DaPope

Chicagoland has seen a steady pace of ICE sighting + abduction alerts all week. After one person was taken in Waukegan yesterday, this morning feds are dispersed broadly across the burbs again. Seen in Round Lake Beach and Joliet so far. A worker was snatched at a Bolingbrook Burger King at 5:30am.

Trump gathered all of the very worst people in the country in one place and got them to break a million laws and then pardoned all of them, and now local law enforcement has to go get them one by one as they commit new crimes.

TLJ expanded upon the original lore in a way that was consistent with everything Lucas intended and people were too obsessed with dogma to see it

This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it

GREAT interview with Sam Witwer on House of R talking all things Maul - Shadow Lord. Mal & Jo have their usual blend of fun and insightful questions. Sam's answers are all thoughtful, introspective, and in-depth. Wish the interview was twice as long. #HouseOfR #Ringerverse #TeamGreenApple

The Darth Maul Shadow Lord season finale was action-packed and had some delicious character moments. The end of Episode 9 gave me chills. Episode 10 hit some expected plot beats, but threw in a couple I was not expecting. Really excited to see where season 2 goes. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou

Not at all concerned that our 8-year-old is eagerly making drinks for everyone who's willing. (The adults are adding their own alcohol, it's okay.)

Stayed up far too late reading last night, but I finished "Inversions". I don't know what it was specifically about the book, but I could *not* put it down. Which is odd, because it's the least Culture-y book so far in the series. #TheCulture

A real banger from @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

Get your Summer Movie Wager guesses in ASAP. Tomorrow is the deadline. One of my favorite times of the year. #TheFilmCast thesummermoviewager.com

I don't mind saying I will shamelessly drive 3.5 hrs to have my best friend cook an amazing dinner for me.

Today's Wordle is a sign From Above on how to spend my birthday.

Just FYI there’s an account on here called @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social (with over 200k followers) that is posting a bunch of AI slop (including a “Saturn polar hexagon” with 8 sides) and claiming it’s NASA imagery. If you see anything posted by them, it’s likely fake.

At 33 points, Trump’s approval rating is official lower than his felony count.

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

Just finished Banks' "Excession" and once again thoroughly enjoyed it. Interesting how much of this book takes place from the POV of various Minds and AI characters. Offers some interesting perspectives and insights into that aspect of #TheCulture.

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

mRNA technology may be THE most underrated and unfairly scrutinized (fuck you COVID antivax crew) medical breakthrough in my lifetime. Like... The things this is already showing it can do in the last 5-7 years is incredible.

Healthcare is a right. You shouldn’t have to earn it. It shouldn’t be dependent on employment or economic status. It shouldn’t be something you have to fight for. It shouldn’t be something that leaves you in debt for life. Universal healthcare saves lives.

Primitive War is schlocky & bonkers in the best kind of way. Pure DTV, SyFy Channel energy. Far worse ways to spend a Friday night.

And the woman did speak unto the hound, saying, What do you mean, normal men, and the hound answered the woman, saying, We are just innocent men. And great was her emotion

It would be *so* easy. Almost so easy you'd think there's a hidden catch somewhere.

This is a win-win for Mamdani’s agenda (which is an agenda for poor/working & middle class NYers): —a tax on luxury pieds a terre worth $5M+ raises money for vital New York programs that benefit everyone —if luxury pied a terre owners decide to flee and sell, it’ll put downward pressure on rents

Star Wars fans are so lucky that the actor who played the franchise's main character is a genuinely wonderful guy.

The TMNT Archie comics. That Future Tense/Armaggon arc back in '93 blew my 9 year old mind.

People have been shocked that an AI company is offering chats with an AI Jesus for $1.99/minute but it's important to remember and respect the fact that a core part of American evangelicalism is being financially defrauded by people who claim to speak for god

these motherfuckers said it would splashdown at 8:07 and it splashed down at 8:07. after going to the fucking moon. fucking a man. god damn

folks we have a real world “how can that be profitable for Frito-Lay???” situation on our hands

Brutal.

Always great analysis and insights from the ForceCenter crew!

I like my TACOs seasoned with a good mix of Resigning garnished with Impeachment and a touch of Invoke the 25th Amendment.

Stocks soar on 2-week postponement of Armageddon.

just to be clear, everyone, when 8 pm EDT comes and goes, regardless of what does or does not happen, the president still threatened genocide and war crimes and we should still impeach, arrest, and try him

anyway please remember that curtis yarvin and peter thiel and marc andreessen and elon musk and sam altman and mark zuckerberg told everyone who would listen donald trump was a brilliant statesman who was going to make the world safe for innovation after the stifling regulation of the biden years