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there's so much elite media denial that it was the exact same group of people promoting vaccine denial as were promoting the trans panic. reading tweets like this or singal's ny times op-ed, you'd think they were two separate and opposed groups.

To someone who works in TV news, the opening scene of Dawn of the Dead is an absolute nightmare. Inaccurate supers are peak horror.

One of the most rewarding parts of The Twilight Zone is Rod Serling’s all-consuming hatred of the Third Reich. The Holocaust hangs over T-Zone. A reminder that the capacity for genocide and cruelty dwells in every American household. That Eisenhower’s America is built on a lie.

God save me from the standup acts of ostensibly feminist white women who think that the behaviors of dysfunctional men are the most interesting topic of conversation.

Watching the Twilight Zone episode where Peter Falk plays Fidel Castro.

I cannot emphasize this enough: The AI doomer narrative (it’s going to wake up and kill us all) is, whether its adherents intend it or not, pure marketing for AI companies It’s one reason their CEOs have even, on occasion, leaned into it

Five authors I’ve read at least five books by: Douglas Adams David Bentley Hart C. S. Lewis Ian Fleming Robert Caro

Having Classic Doctor Who, The Twilight Zone, and Columbo on Blu-Ray is nice. Eliminates or reduces major reasons I pay for streaming services.

People created bluegrass, watercolor, biryani, and 35 millimeter film without the help of ChatGPT. The GenAI bubble will pop, and people will continue to create beautiful things.

South Asian Pink Floyd: 🎶 all in all it’s just a/nother day in Nepal 🎶

Emerald Fennell think she Sofia Coppola, Sofia Coppola think she Francis Ford Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola think he the Hamburglar

Pretty solid week.

His mom must have increased his rent again.

Got jump-scared by Letterboxd here.

Small towns without instruments will be “left behind” and “overrun with pool halls”, says musical instrument salesman.

As a part-time journalist with a cloudy and traumatic past and an enigmatic personal life that often disrupts my daily routine to the consternation of my peers and mentors, I find Spider-Man way too relatable.

"If made incorrectly, they're completely poisonous"

Whoever decided to remove seats from Kohl’s hates disabled people and can swallow a turd.

Goodbye, Robert Duvall. A Virginia legend. A career full of unforgettable performances. Devastating.

theres a reason this baldwin quote is my guiding light in the world. im an artist and a communist. reading is my passport into humanity.

Just finding out now that the CEO of Chuck E Cheese is mentioned in the Epstein Files

Honored to share a birthday with this incredible man.

On his birthday, we recognize Frederick Douglass, whose life and work in Rochester helped advance abolition, civil rights, and the enduring fight for justice. We honor his legacy by continuing the work he challenged us to do.

It is my 27th birthday. I am now old enough to die a rock ‘n’ roll legend.

Leave queer people alone, you ghouls

CRASHOUT FOR THE AGES

Sam Raimi Week in the Xine Zone, with some Tony Gilroy thrown in.

Paul McCartney adopting a 50-foot-tall cat: 🎶 I got a feline/a feline I can’t hide 🎶

It’s my cat’s birthday. She is seven years old today. My birthday is in two days, and my cat will undoubtedly not send me a card.

Can't stop thinking about how the DoJ redacted Saint Joseph's name in the Epstein files.

Spider-Man 3 is not a good movie, but the church scene is the best moment of that entire trilogy. One of the few times a superhero story has allowed itself to be art.

I met some dogs today.

sigh

I want to tell people I like Tony Gilroy’s second movie but I worry about the optics of saying “Duplicity is rad.”

Back on my espionage bullshit

“We have both kinds of music: krautrock and kosmische musik!”

This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.

ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Working on a list of movies that are secretly The Last Temptation of Christ. So far I’ve got: • Spider-Man 2 • Everything Everywhere All At Once • The Green Knight • I Saw the TV Glow

The fact this man is still alive is a testament to the resilience of the human body.

"I'll have meat and yogurt," said the Health Secretary, his voice box rattling like a decaying wooden roller coaster. "It's healthier," he added, as his forehead skin exploded into black and maroon flowers of biotic rot and his nose slid off his face into his plate of raw chicken pieces.

Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries. One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home. Abolish the billionaire class:

Exhibit 17,433 of Classic Doctor Who being wonderful: The Master uses aliases like Colonel Masters.

Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):