happy 10 year anniversary to one of the most prophetic tweets of all time @cavalorn.bsky.social

I think we know where this is going:

Just learned the difference between a croque monsieur and a croque madame is an egg and it’s named that because the egg looks like a ladies fancy hat. That’s when society worked, when we were all putting little hats on sandwiches.

Your vote is your voice. Don't let anyone jizz in YOUR chips.

My silly movie Hot Take of the morning: Nosferatu (2024) is what a Muppets Dracula would be like if you forgot to cast any muppets.

New Big Ship Stuck!

44 years ago: The Evil Dead (US) In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway. 1981-10-15 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/764

seems bad

Between the vice president's misbehaving "young boys" and the news media's "underage women", I'm starting to think nobody actually knows what a child is?

Uhm, I’ve been there. It’s not a sports bar. There’s one pool table (where my client killed a man but that isnt the point)

Well this all looks quite delightfully deranged.

how happy we’d all be if this was all the internet was for

If I say something happened "the other day" that can mean any time between 1990 and yesterday

Altman: the next update will *not* tell people to kill themselves in order to attain quantum resonance with god. Everyone: yeah that'd be pretty nice Altman: It will *not* tell people to murder their spouses. Everyone: cool, good feature. Altman: and you can fuck it

"... ice... ice... BABY!..." - Assembly line quality control supervisor at icemaking plant where workers have a tendency to drop babies onto the conveyor belt

60 years ago: The Cincinnati Kid (US) An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game. 1965-10-15 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/886

85 years ago: The Great Dictator (US) Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime. 1940-10-15 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/914

I'll never get tired of reminding everyone Weiss once reported someone to their boss because she wouldn't have a coffee with her.

My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for practice and the other one is the "main" grave.

RIP to Drew Struzan, the artist behind the iconic posters for so many classic Hollywood movies of the 70s and 80s I can't pick a favorite, so I'll go with his unforgettable one sheet for 'John Carpenter's The Thing', a perfect poster for a perfect film, one I didn't know it was his until today 📽️

It's at this moment in history that I'm reminded of how 8 years ago the right flew into an absolute panic because they got trolled on social media about "antifa supersoldiers."

Apparently the new Tron had a worse opening weekend than Morbius the important question now is whether we can eventually meme it back into theaters.

Private citizen paying troop salaries, what could possibly go wrong with this precedent?

'Sora cost $20 a month & subscribers can generate an unlimited number of AI videos... this costs (Sora owners) OpenAI "at least $5 per 10-second video"'. Journalists, please ask more questions about how this tech could ever in a million years make a profit?

Our dog found an actual string of sausages today! I thought that only happened in The Beano 😆

We should never have written stories down, stories are meant to be told to us by a very old man over a flagon of mead by a roaring fire

This photo of Robert Bloch is the most writer photo to have ever writer photo’d. It is Pure Writer Photo.

My 15yo child, unexpectedly: “Yeah, I have at least 3 LinkedIn accounts. All fake. I use them to check on my teachers’ qualifications. I keep getting job offers because I ticked something that said I used to work in middle management for Asda.”

30 years ago: Strange Days (US) Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience ... 1995-10-13 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/281

things bullets say

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

Whoever invented biscuits was playing a fucking blinder that day.

OH MY GOD HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Americans don't half like coming to Ireland.

I'm unironically 100% convinced that Siri Hustvedt wrote What I Loved as part of a bet that she could write a better Paul Auster novel than Paul Auster.

Why don’t you open an AI data center in your ass? Wait. That’s actually a good idea. That’s my idea. Don’t steal it.

65 years ago: Spartacus (US) The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena,... 1960-10-13 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/967

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

(A third throwing axe whistles past my left ear) Ok, this is getting spooky.

65 years ago: The Magnificent Seven (US) An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes. 1960-10-12 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/966

Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will

I know I joke about serious issues but it’s not my fault, it’s the only way I can experience joy.

I am so sick and tired of him being in my fucking life every day as soon as I wake up

Enjoyed the New Yorker interview with Tim Curry, a free-wheeling conversation in which there were several sensitive questions about his paralyzing stroke. But oh my goodness, why was there no follow-up at all to this staggering answer? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

I'm so fucking tired I read this as "no irish".

I’m not anti-AI. I am, however, anti the rapacious tech bros who selfishly hype AI for the purpose of increasing their wealth and power at the expense of our humanity.

But this isn't right: famously the drummer, though *called* Beard, was actually clean-shaven.

maybe we just start thinking of it more as a Trolley OPPORTUNITY