Just finished reading Apple in China by @patrickmcgee.bsky.social Fascinating look at the intersection between geopolitics, shareholder-first capitalism, and how the devices we use are made.

Pretty funny email error in today's newsletter from NPR. As an email marketer, I've made the occasional gaffe myself, so I sympathize with whomever is getting an earful about this on a Teams call right now.

Consumer Protections for the win! Many people have already compared this to the landmark tobacco rulings but in many ways the potential harm from social media platform is even greater. I hope this is just the first in billions these companies have to pay out, forcing their products to be safer.

Criticize this bold cinematic feminist riot? I would prefer not to! boxd.it/drXoyr

This looks very well executed, and I'm sure I'll enjoy watching it, but I don't love the tone. This is clearly going to be for mature audiences, and I would've preferred a Green Lantern for all audiences, or at least PG-13. That said, both Jordan and Stewart are perfectly cast.

A fun film school extra credit assignment would be to re-edit all of Sean Penn’s scenes as Lockjaw in OBBA into a Gregory Bovino biopic without having him film any additional scenes.

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

Kept with our family tradition of spending Super Bowl Sunday out and about while everyone was at home watching. Had a great brunch at a local diner and saw a movie with maybe 2 other people in the theater.

Still trying to decide exactly what SEND HELP was trying to say, or who's side it was on, but it was certainly an entertaining picture!

Annual reminder, for whoever needs it, that media outlets light the groundhog reveal so that no shadows are able to be cast. They switch off every year if the dude see's his shadow or not. Stay warm and toasty, my friends!

Not all heroes wear capes! Some have yellow and orange vests. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/22/c...

Bringing this into the real world seems like such a big misstep. They made the same mistake in the 80s movie. I get why a studio would be nervous in the 80s to make the whole thing in Eternia, but in a post LOTR, GOT, MCU, DnD, BBQ world audiences can handle a fantasy world on its own.

45 films seems low for last year, I know I wasn't as good about logging everything I saw in '25. Sinners was another favorite from last year, but I guess @letterboxd.social only shows your top 3.

2025 was the first year I've achieved, much less exceeded my Goodreads reading challenge. The books that moved me the most this year were The Anxious Generation, Gender Magic, Your Face Belongs to Us by @kashhill.bsky.social, Burn it Down, and Lost in the Stream by @jeffrauseo.com

Terry Gross Conducts ‘Fresh Air’ Interview On Bluetooth During Uber Shift https://theonion.com/terry-gross-conducts-fresh-air-interview-on-bluetooth-during-uber-shift/

This WALL-E reboot sucks.

Not the study we deserve, but the study we need: “When a pregnant woman boarded a subway car, thirty-eight-percent of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to sixty-eight-percent” phys.org/news/2025-11...

Anyone concerned with privacy (which should be everyone, no?) would do well to give this book a read.

I love this article so much. Talk about a dream job.

Ace Frehley, the Kiss guitarist who died on Thursday at 74, scored his only Top 20 solo hit with a cover of “New York Groove” that’s endured for decades. His take was louder and flashier than the original, adding more riffs and backing vocals.

I was worried this news was coming soon. Still heartbreaking. Ace ♠ was a true Rock and Roll superhero. He inspired me and countless others to pick up the guitar. Rest well, Spaceman.

This was a tough watch but I’m glad I saw it.

Kudos to DC Comics, Jim Lee and Anne DePies for taking a stand. I hope the rest of the major comic book publishers follow their lead.

This is pure nightmare fuel. Why would anyone want to listen to these podcasts? I don’t want to live in the world that Ms. Wright is envisioning.

There are no words to describe how much I hate this.

Cyber trucks are like the house centipedes on the carpet of our roadways.

I didn't feel old when FB or IG recommended my friend's kids accounts to me. But now LinkedIn is recommending their professional accounts...

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Just finished this excellent book by @jeffrauseo.com A must read for cinema lovers.

Seen it twice now, and liked it even more the second time.

Losing Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Ozzy Osbourne in 24 hours is surreal. Such icons of my 80s childhood.

Materialists is one of the best movies I’ve seen this year. Maybe tied with Sinners as my favorite of 2025 so far.

The new Pope *says* he's from Chicago but he's probably from Highland Park. From now on instead of getting baptized, people will get "dipped." When he goes out in the Popemobile he's gonna leave a deck chair at the Vatican to hold his spot.

Anyone else watched “Goodrich”? I really enjoyed it. boxd.it/9o8Q8v

I wonder how long it will be before The Miranda warning will be updated to say "if you cannot afford an attorney, an Artificial Intelligence attorney will be generated for you." Or will Miranda Rights not be around by then?

I couldn’t put this book down!

This is so shameful. This is erasure and it cannot stand.

bookshop.org - great deals and gives profits to bookstores kobo.com - great for e-reading, not ecosystem locked itch.io - by far the biggest payouts to artists and writers

It will be funny to see Bezos get more grief for destroying the Bond franchise than he does for destroying the environment. Maybe not haha funny. But funny.

We used to eat at the Berwyn and Melrose Park locations from time to time, but after several disturbing interactions with gamblers using the “gaming” machines at the Melrose Park location, we stopped. Families shouldn’t be subjected to the ugliness of gambling at a family-style restaurant.

The numbers added up nicely with this one. boxd.it/8WJCZH

So long, Kindle.

This monkey didn't quite shine for me. boxd.it/8V5ZCR

I've been looking for ways to move my spending away from Amazon as much as possible. I've been doing this for the past few years, but even more so since our current administration took office. One of the few ways I've still been keyed into them is my Kindle eReader, and the Kindle bookstore. 1/4 🧵

Sharing this year's hand drawn Valentine's Day cards for my wife and daughter. DM if you'd like to commission a hand drawn card for a special someone for an upcoming special occasion.

We are living in one of the most challenging times in human history and this administration is dismantling our ability to meet these challenges. We cannot let this stand.

We're obsessed with Severance, and Tillman as Milchick is a big part of that.

A return to form for the MCU!