Social media has been a complete disaster, sooner it dies the better

Thunderbolts - pretty good actually, and the practical effects were very welcome. If you've seen the trailers you've basically seen the film, but it's still worth a watch.

Marvel: The X-Men are returning in Avengers Doomsday! Avengers Doomsday:

I find the adverts for Confluence in the Severance podcast bitterly hilarious and dystopian in equal measure.

"I never thought AI would eat my job" say software engineers who voted for the AI-eating-your-jobs party.

Social media is the death of politically coherent movements and strategy. I doubt that was the intention from the outset, but for autocrats it is a handy byproduct.

What on earth is the point of this? Its the original, but with humans Knightmare'd in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=62-r...

"Today’s plan mainlines AI into the veins of this enterprising nation" #AccidentalPartridge www.gov.uk/government/n...

Comedy gold

Love Actually really is appalling

Twitter = Neogaf Bluesky = Resetera And the endless cycle repeats.

I'm not the only one who noticed the similarity between this: Arcane OST - Appointment of a General: youtu.be/6cHQkz5h8dg?... And this, right? TRON:Legacy OST - Rectifier youtu.be/SgkxlQyw03A?... (Both great)

Coco Sleeping (2003) by Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackadder #Sunday

I was today years old when I found out Dana Carvey's brother made Video Toaster.

Nick Drake, 50 years gone today youtu.be/xPe5ZQx0OpQ?...

I've done a quick round-up of pre-reading for anyone interested in following FWS v Scottish Ministers next week: www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2024/11/23/f... I haven't been able to find any substantial commentary arguing that SG should win. Please link in reply if you know of any, and I'll add it.

Everyone should be aware of just how censorious Bluesky is- labelling important legal analysis relating to an imminent Supreme Court case as “intolerance”. Absolutely bonkers and reminiscent of Twitter in the good old days.

Photographer Beth Moon undertook a 14 year quest to photograph ancient trees of the US, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa

Love Will Tear Us Apart has been murdered so badly so many many times, so its a relief that this PJ Harvey cover is marvellous. youtu.be/79fmJaPbucc?...

"No matter how much you try, you can’t stop people from sticking beans up their nose." Sage advice. archive.uie.com/brainsparks/...

I've seen this week that people are taking the lyrics of defying gravity and really folding space with that.

Blueski youtu.be/3f0rFxylowQ?...

Karen Risby, UK artist creates contemporary ceramic sculpture, wall hangings and porcelain accessories

Yeah, Bluesky can fuck right off

Gutted about Matthew Perry. I wrote about what he (and Chandler’s awkward sarcasm) meant to me for my newsletter helenlewis.substack.com/p/matthew-pe...

A new Substack post- I was a teenage Frank N Furter: giagia.substack.com/p/i-was-a-te...

Depluralise a band: Santanum

Depluralise a band: AB