This one knocked the wind right out of me

One thing Rogue One did really well, which Andor expanded on, is establish that the destruction of the Death Star was built on the collective work and sacrifice of tons of regular people before Luke ever had a chance to nail a one in a million shot with space magic

good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”

You may not agree with the exact ranking but this list seems perfectly defensible. You can also sort them cleanly into buckets: The Actual Classics: ESB, SW, ROTJ Messy But Kinda Going For Something: R1, TLJ, ROTS Coasting On Nostalgia: TFA, Solo Just Bad, Actually: TPM, AotC, ROS

The right-wing spin on this is that POTUS has only issued legal orders so Dems are implicitly trying to confuse military service members. But I’m not sure who that’s fooling. If he’s only issuing legal orders and the message is “refuse illegal orders,” then you agree. Why are you flipping out?

Wicked: For Good was pretty much exactly what I expected: songs weren’t as catchy or powerful, but great performances across the board, and a few little changes to make the story more cohesive. I liked it but didn’t love it as much as part 1, which again, expected.

So has everyone’s Facebook been overtaken with AI videos of cats being traumatized by watching their owners cut into realistic-looking cat cakes or is that just me

DONALD TRUMP FIVE MINUTES AFTER MEETING ME: And as you all know Mega Man Trigger is still stuck up on the moon. But it's wrong, it's a terrible thing, and Capcom should be ashamed. They should be ashamed. You know they said they were going to make a third one, but they chickened out

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I can’t believe no one in his orbit has told him that as part of his new in-touch affordability push that he should try to stop talking like Lucille Bluth

The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page. No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.

I used to write and make commercials so I always assume I'll know the punchline from the setup but this one got me good. What a lovely, lovely spot.

Moviegoers: wow the second half of the Wicked story is sort of overstuffed with plot and not as many good songs as the first part Broadway sickos:

Odd question but has anyone tried one of these desktop idlers on Steam Deck? I can't imagine it's ideal but that's basically my only PC gaming option and I've been hesitant to check them out because of that aspect.

I don’t have a super high opinion of Fox News viewers but I think even they’ll see straight through a White House and state media totally ignoring cost of living while building a gilded villa, getting decimated in the special election, and then immediately pivoting to “you’re welcome America!”

Every Republican president of my lifetime has destroyed the global economy and it doesn’t matter at all electorally

I saw a headline about someone asking Bowen Yang if there would be more Wicked movies and I don't know if people are confused or what but this isn't the MCU, they're not just making up new stories as they go, they split a very famous play into two movies, why would there be another one

Anyone not following the news today

Is that what they encouraged, Karoline, to defy the chain of command, or did they say a completely different and very specific thing

I used to think the McMuffin was a trash-tier breakfast sandwich bread compared to basically all other fast food options. I've sort of come around on it in the last year but I wonder: why no chicken McMuffin? Why does that not exist? Would combining them taste gross somehow?

Republicans and the media alike have fully bought into the idea that the left is just as amoral and mercenary in defense of our celebrities as the right is with theirs. They seem genuinely confused when we aren’t.

Watched the first episode of Pluribus and shouted “JESUS CHRIST” and “WHAT” while laughing and/or clutching my wife, a lot This is an endorsement

My wife informs me that our four-year-old is now in the habit of saying “it’s time for the lightning round!” and then flicking the light switch on and off I keep trying to goad him into doing it to me because that shit sounds hilarious

Days after he tries to save face and claim the House voted with his blessing, they're out there swearing vengeance for doing it. Amazing message discipline. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I played a good chunk of Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined and this feels like a blind spot in my RPG knowledge that I need to rectify. The art style is really something and it sounds like they've made some smart cuts. www.gamespot.com/articles/how...

Paying for checks feels like a scam. I have to pay you money to have little slips of paper that let me pay other people money? I’m paying money to be able to access my money? What the hell

"When you break down what he's actually doing is popular"

What the fuck is this? “Things happen”?

Trump regularly protects and defends whoever is on his "side" even if that person is known for horrific crimes. It's not hard to see how he remained friends with Epstein for years.

40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.

He just hates women. But he’s usually a little better at hiding his disdain. The Epstein thing truly gets under his skin. Meanwhile he’s feeling isolated and knows his grip on the party is slipping. He’s morphing into lame duck status and it’s driving him nuts. (Good.)

Kat’s reaction here is perfect: it’s mean but she’s not “offended,” it’s more like cringe pity. You can see it in how this dipshit runs out of material and just fumbles around, not getting the fight she wanted. They love pissing off libs and they hate being treated like weird antisocial freaks.

Operation Pedo Distraction continues apace

It’s so weird to give an answer that sounds like you’re saying “yes of course because it will damage my enemies” but then to just pointedly refuse to actually say yes

I actually think "the infamous pedophile stated directly that the president knew about rampant child sexual abuse and remained friends for years and said nothing" is wrongdoing Like I don't know what the legal ramifications of that are but just on a moral level, pretty obviously bad?

This is legitimately what virtue signaling is good for: shaming assholes into pretending they’re normal

Me rolling into Steam with my fat $34 Facebook class action settlement money

My read of this exchange is that she genuinely wants the files released because she’s convinced it implicates Democrats and not Trump and she doesn’t understand why he’s fighting her on it because she’s overlooking the obvious and only possible explanation.

He keeps saying this but it's important to repeatedly note that no, he isn't

Growing up in very religious family and community I spent a lot of my childhood watching people come up with increasingly obtuse conspiracy theories for why every new technology was "the mark of the beast" or whatever but positioning this as talking to Jesus seems, just, literally sacrilegious?

Is this… on purpose?

I see Hearthstone nerfed Murloc Paladin again. I'll reserve judgment until it's out for a bit, but I suspect that simply slowing it down isn't going to be enough. You're going to need to make the buff smaller. (My idea has been to make it +1 attack, instead of +1/+1. Stronger but still vulnerable.)

I played about an hour of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond! It was very reassuring that Nintendo/Retro have a strong grasp on how to make a Prime. The psychic abilities feel natural. I suspect the engineer, Myles, will be divisive, but I found him endearing (so far). www.gamespot.com/articles/met...

Very curious to hear the legal argument for “Texas gets to gerrymander but California doesn’t.” Like I know the actual reason is just “fuck you that’s why” but you can’t put that in a court filing. www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...

You know it sure seems like their much ballyhooed "break-up" was more of a "let's remain friends with benefits, but in secret"

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find: - NONE of the arrested were criminally charged - NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists." - ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

Just on a basic “words mean things” level I don’t think news orgs should stretch the definition of a “fact check” to include speculation

So he’s a creep AND a loser dork