Sticking to principles on efforts that lose in the moment doesn't waste political capital. It builds it. Sticking with people convinces people that you'll stick with them—all the more so if you do so when doing so is hard. Its the most persuasive "talk" there is. www.the-reframe.com/simple-talk-2/

Saw the pen name discourse elsewhere and I've gone on about that stuff for a VERY long time. But why not make a little thread?

So, I think people have the notion that I saw BIRTH OF A NATION was racist and that's why I want to remove it from the canon. That's not actually true. I kept hearing about how BOAN was the first this and the first that but as I started watching more silent movies, the math was not mathing.

little by little

It's good to tell people your death plan but one thing to consider is that if you tell your kids what song you want played at your funeral then every time they hear "Into the Mystic" playing at a coffee shop they're going to think about their mother dying for the duration.

If you can't recognize collaborators just because they wear the same jersey as you, you're a collaborator too.

Anything else happen today, Hakeem?

I wrote about Michael Mann’s Thief

This birthright ruling is why I just refuse to tolerate all the Democrat garment rending over NY voters choosing progressive candidates. They are incapable of governing in this moment. The politics of appeasement and centrism gets us to a 5-4 decision on the constitutional question.

This stuff is astrology for bigots. If your birth sign is male you have superpowers that you can never shed. It's just science, look it up! No, not that. By science I mean a random lay person's opinion.

anything else happen today Chuck?

Goddamn it. Kavanaugh also has the campaign finance case. 6-3, spending limits on dark money violate the First Amendment. Peter Theil's boy comes through for him, throwing WIDE the gates on the billionaire class buying elections.

Clarence Thomas wrote a whole concurrence just to say that he thinks trans people don't exist. There's no extra *law* there or anything. Just fired off a couple of paragraphs to say that transgender is not a thing and people who think they're trans are crazy.

See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.

hang on let me get my magnifying glass, deerstalker hat and smoking pipe

constitutional birthright citizenship survives by 1 vote. and to think people were worried about this beautiful institution.

hey when we say that liberals and democrats are worse than useless on trans rights this is the kind of shit we are talking about :) by the way :) what is the fucking point of conceding on title IX like this. what is the fucking point.

To this day, one of the most unbelievable facts we’ve ever published in @boltsmag.org: Over a 40-year period, *80* percent of death row convictions in Louisiana have ended up getting reversed.

Porky’s was a blockbuster hit about a group of high school students going to war with a brothel-owner because they didn’t get the sex they paid for.

Prisoners at a jail in Eastern North Carolina overpowered staff and have seized control of the facility, authorities said www.wral.com/news/state/b...

Should We Do More To Reduce Violence In Our Dreams?

This is astonishing, please send to all your hometown friends and parents and second cousins and academic administrators: lareviewofbooks.org/article/dang...

one of you get some Provel you cowards, St. Louis-style's time is at hand www.latimes.com/food/list/be...

Truly believe this image could be what you see before you die. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Humphrey's Executor is dead and the president can fire anyone in the executive branch at will but NOT Federal Reserve governors is really a parody of the difference between the money power and everything else in America

James Gunn should be able self-fund cool little movies for the rest of his life. He must have enough money, and he has the talent and voice to do it. But no! He chains himself to the behemoth. Why? What's he saving up for? Has he not noticed that the hole doesn't fill?

Obsessed with this line delivery

Hot as fuck outside, so reading on a computer in the basement Sunday read: JOHN DAHL AND NEO-NOIR by Paul Monoco

RIP to a legend ▫️Survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki ▫️Pioneered drag culture in Japan and was one of the first openly gay celebrities there ▫️Had a relationship with Yukio Mishima and became his muse ▫️Delighted Hayao Miyazaki in the recording booth for Princess Mononoke #voiceacting

well this is certainly stomach-churning, about A24's new investors

CUTTER’S WAY (dir. Ivan Passer; 1981)

Also the star of the incredible Black Lizard by Kinji Fukasaku ( a movie that desperately needs a new blu-ray/4k release). A great talent.

denying a visa to the man who imitates a statue of a man we assassinated

I bought a swinger’s classified ad magazine from the (I think) 70s at Analog Outlaw and it was such a good purchase

Coming soon on Watch With Jen: S7.

IMHO, the Supreme Court is a *bigger* problem than Trump, and it should be the primary target for reform. Trump and Congress would both be very different under a law-abiding SCOTUS, which would have stopped government action clearly animated by racism and racially gerrymandered districts.

I really do live in a bubble because I had an extended interaction with a really unpleasant person last week and I’m still mad about it days later. Some people (including me at other periods of my life) have to deal with shitty people every day.

🎵Toad Man, Toad Man, face full of glee! Hailey loves scaring the shit out of me! 🎶 If you love horror films and horror novels, this is the one to pick up come September. It's a wild ass ride with an atmosphere as thick as swamp muck and two amazingly well-written heroines!

yo I need everyone to notice this this guy just did a Zohran-style video that’s low-budget but super authentic, credible, and watchable. Proof it doesn’t take Zohran-level charisma! Sincere belief in what you talk about helps though.

:)

[Frantically pushing buttons not in any way connected to achieving my goals and desires] Why isn't this working?! Why am I not happy? [The buttons aren't connected to anything. Loose wires visibly dangle beneath the panel.] I'm pressing as fast as I can!! Perhaps I could use my foot as well…

Not gonna lie I need to watch a good movie pretty soon

time to post my absolutely favorite meme

also, looks like we're at 95% of my ko-fi goal. can't believe so many people donated to this. also hard to state how big of a help this has already been for me. thank you. ko-fi.com/interrobangb...

Ok I’m going to need the rest of you to walk away from this right now, this is mine

Everything costs twenty five dollars

It might be hot outside but the rent is freezing.

Russell Avery is hitting the road this August! The SURVIVING THE LIE tour starts 8/12 in San Diego w/ @curtisippolito.bsky.social where we'll also be discussing his newest novel, WAVES OF BURDEN. (And for the L.A. locals, I finally get a Vroman's event!)