All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.

things i’ve enjoyed watching lately -Pluribus (apple) -being eddie (netflix) -Batman Returns (for the millionth time)

[too loud] hahaha yeah, rita seahorse is great, i love plumbis

Bill Murray calling Chevy Chase, to his face, “Medium talent”

most important annual tradition continues

if they had just shown it on 60 Minutes nobody would have seen it

AI guys "Why would you watch Mr Bean when a computer can just tell you he gets his head stuck in a turkey? Prepare to get left behind, luddites"

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

“i have to use AI because i’m bad at drawingggg 😭😭😭”

I actually thought this was McSweeney's at first, thought "good burn"

Michael Jackson, the Sonic 3 composer?

The “black square over someone’s face” is Time’s Person of the Year!

i love the sega genesis more every day

When I started screening Pow! at film festivals in March, I couldn’t have imagined that we’d get this kind of love. We’re on the same end of year best of list as KPop Demon Hunters! Thank you to @hanhonymous.bsky.social and @salon.com for the shoutout and for everyone who watched our little film!

Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one

absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos

Trying to get people to go back to Twitter is so fucking funny

Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008. Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.

my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

What fucking shitty awful news. A real gut punch. Let us appreciate the amazing art they made and remember how brief our time is together.

I watched Spinal Tap II twice this week. jesus christ.

Whatever happened with this Rob Reiner thing, we are not ready for it

The Rob Reiner news…oh my God. I’m genuinely shaking.

Highly recommended ear snacking for Sonic sickos (there's quite a few of us apparently)

If you want to hear about how Sonic 2 is the best Tyler Perry movie, this is for you

It's that time again! Catch out latest episode where we talk to comedian and writer @danielleradford.bsky.social about why Sonic holds a special place in heart, what franchise the second Sonic film is secretly a part of, and much more. Check it out! youtu.be/4xX02FVJIck

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"Don't have a cow, man" is a great phrase, but nobody took heed to the instructions. America, indeed, had a cow about it, man.

yeah this is called groupthink and has historically been very bad the two big case studies in the formation of the theory around groupthink was the bay of pigs and us nuking Japan a lot of psych research came after ww2 from the perspective of "well how the fuck could people do these things"

A good point people are bringing up — if they need to pretend that making this commercial was hard work to avoid getting yelled at, they are also undercutting the propaganda that A.I. will give you a ton more free time. Which fake story are you sticking to. bsky.app/profile/cult...

50 Cent is a generational hater. Hang his number (#50) in the rafters

Something about the holiday season this year is making me miss TVs with tubes. These flat screens have no soul. I would love to watch A Christmas Story on my grandmother's old TV. I wish I'd saved it when she passed away. She also introduced me to the movies of the 40s & 50s and Carol Burnett on it.

Go Bills

please do not remove card REMOVE CARD OH GOD HURRY OR YOU WILL DIE

"Meme materials" for 82.7 billion.

if you see netflix coming, warn a bro

Newsom is saying “we don’t want to alienate billionaires” like they are normal people with normal values and desires, this guy is trying to say that billionaires deserve to be heard just as much as YOU DO

“Effective immediately, 100 will now be 5,100 and—I’m reading off the official statistics from my people—500 will be 25,500,” said Trump

it's such business bitch brain that the AI commercials have artists asking the computer to explain what their own style is to them

the Mannings should be outlawed from any further commercials

Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...

Four-year-old is watching avengers 2 and she just told me “But in the kids’ shows they have Hulk HELPING Spider-Man” and now we’re talking, loosely, about demographic tiers and I.P. malleability.

Love @jbpritzker.bsky.social , but @scottaukerman.bsky.social had the DEFINITIVE Star Wars list.

maybe i am going insane

Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/

They're printing the 2026 Bingo cards and people are running out of the factory screaming.

Hey, we saw you from across the bar and wE rEaLlY wAnT YoUr sOuL

who is following you dorks that you feel the need to repeatedly post that mtg is not on the side of the angels. it feels like spending a lot of time telling people not to eat hams they find on the ground