crazy to me that rich people have been so successful in perpetuating the lie that the poor are stealing from everyone. they don't have any money. the rich people are the ones with the money! that's who stole the money

Everyone is so weird about New York. Like, you never see people say "This movie is a love letter to the Pacific Northwest" or "This movie is a love letter to Chicago" or "This movie is a love letter to Tokyo." There are hundreds of things that are "Love letters to New York." WHY. It's creepy.

The orange seller is very talented. 📸 kokonananya_01

yes, of course yer a writer if you use AI, in the same way a cheese grater creates cheese.

It will never be this way again. Human connection is over. I'm afraid it may be nigh time to log off. Return to our pre-Internet lifestyles if that's even possible. RIP to something pure and true.

Absolutely love this haiku by one of the school's fourth graders.

I don't know if this is intentional but whenever people try to spin a hot day positively by saying "but at least it's a dry heat," they sound like an asshole. Am I the only person who thinks dry heat is the worse kind of heat (I still hate them both, naturally)?

The difference between having a cat and having a dog is staggering. Having a dog is like having child who’s disgusting. Having a cat is like having a painting that’s mad at you.

Dr. Kelson would like to welcome you to the Bone Temple

This is on my mind too much lately. I don't even know how to hope anymore.

The Thing In the Mouth of Madness They Live Dark Star Halloween

today on the streetcar the man sitting across from me ended what seemed like an important business call with “well, as snoopy would say: gawrsh!” then he frowned, looked at me, mouthed “goofy?”, I nodded, then he said “I’m just being goofy!” and hung up, and gave me a thumbs up

I didn't check all my favorites but checked the ones most likely to be under 25%. Dracula: Dead and Loving It, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Mr. Deeds, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane and Monkeybone all hit below 25%. I'd say of those ones, my favorite is probably Mr. Deeds. So sorry about that.

To all my reader friends who wish AI would just completely disappear from existence: What's a very good book you have read about AI? I'm looking for something well-researched that won't necessarily be confirmation bias but will give me a realistic idea of how it's affecting the world.

Been thinking about this for a while -- about 1/4 of the cars I see with rear wipers have the wiper taped down with blue tape. This is crazy to me.

I wonder why I dream about shopping malls so much. And Disneyland. And shopping malls that are somehow also Disneyland.

How many can you list?

I like Steve Zahn and I like his picks.

I see this a lot, where people are like "well how can I reach my kid if it's an emergency?" The same way we did before cell phones. Call the school, duh. It's like people have no brains anymore I swear.

While we're on the topic of favorite movies, I guess this is good time to put up a reminder that every May, I write about a favorite movie each day of the month on my filmstagram page. 6th annual round of favorites starts tomorrow. www.instagram.com/scenesfromth...

Ten favorite films off the top of my head (one per director): Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) The Stepford Wives (1975) Harvey Wayne's World Everything is Illuminated The Thing (1982) The Jerk Better Off Dead A Life Less Ordinary Empire Records

you probably never stopped to consider that some ABBA instrumentals work perfectly as a Castlevania soundtrack.

As someone who's tried to get blood out of clothes, stripping beforehand is simply the practical choice

The public education system has severely lost the plot.

what i want to know is if they understand their own bigotry and hatred and stupidity was weaponized against them to get them to vote for trump, without that its all completely meaningless and will happen again

For *my entire lifetime* Republicans have had one fiscal strategy, which is to cut taxes and sabotage the government while they're in office, then leave the Democrats with the job of cleaning it up.

Anything that can be destroyed by Godzilla deserves to be destroyed by Godzilla

FFC review: MICHAEL (2026), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2026/04/mich...

So we just…don’t care about the multiple accusations of child rape, huh?

I want to open a bookshop/record store that also serves tea and baked goods.

How often do you feel paralyzed by the abject terror and uncertainty of your own perishable body?

Well, things may seem bleak but at least we've got Tucker Carlson on our side.

I... kind of think doing hard time in the retail service industry should be a pre-req for any kind of public service position. I'm not even kidding.

I dunno, I was not totally opposed to a Practical Magic sequel but if Aidan Quinn isn't in it, I kinda feel like that diminishes the sweet ending of the first movie. I hate when romance movies do sequels but don't bring back one of the romantic leads. It's like "psych, that wasn't the happy ending."

Not surprised to learn American artichokes are worse than Italian artichokes. This country's reputation for ruining things is unmatched.

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

Do you think cats know what's going on when you give them a kiss?

I'm Lois on the inside but Hal on the outside.

An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death

I just researched this and ChatGPT told me I should drink one to three Molotov cocktails daily, for my health

Pulled a muscle on the exercise bike and dropped all three of my hot dogs

sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on

you ever notice how media uses this weird framing when talking about men and boys? it's always, "hmm, women are doing better according to this specific metric. how do we help men get back on top?"

I gave up a long time ago on anyone doing anything. On reality making any fucking sense at all.

USPS is has been getting really creative about its delivery routes, but I would say sending the books I ordered to the entire other side of the country when the shipping location is less than 20 miles from my house has got to be the most puzzling yet.