i have a lot of catching up to do, but here are my current top 10 films of 2025: 1. one battle after another 2. frankenstein 3. it was just an accident 4. superman 5. the naked gun 6. the phoenician scheme 7. jay kelly 8. wake up dead man 9. kpop demon hunters 10. good boy

When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?

gonna do quick 2025 recap. it was actually a pretty big year. - started a new job at u of u press as an editor, which is very nearly a dream job - on the committe of a very successful area studies library symposium back in may - bought my first 'real' camera and started getting into bird photography

2026 is midterms and it’s the year we get going on putting these assholes in the dumpster of history where they belong

An official account of the United States government is dreamposting about deporting 80+ million citizens

can you imagine if any major news outlet focused on delivering a frank, unflinching picture of what's going on, rather either cheerleading trump's fascist project or scowling at democrats and armchair-quarterbacking for not meeting the moment?

Everything I wrote this year was perfect as usual but this was probably the most perfect and frankly daring - an argument that empathy is not, in fact, entirely bad

I’m so fucking tired of this racist piece of shit

If I were actually a free thinker who questioned everything I might get to wondering why my government tries to make me mad at Somalis every time something new comes out about Epstein

“Nostalgia” is the formal scientific name of what is more commonly known as the Anti-Woke Mind Virus

this is very sad news. Whitlock showing up in something was always a delight

Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?

Real "oh my god, she admit it" moment here. Trump is treated as an uninteresting figure without agency so we can dump endless criticism on liberals for how they react to his "natural disaster." He "doesn't participate in moral frameworks" lmfao

men will literally break their legs a bunch of times to grow a few inches instead of going to therapy

decided to rewatch ‘rachel getting married’ about this. that movie is perfect.

what’s a good starter thought for someone just getting into human sentience

would it ever be possible to present fighting authoritarianism and saving democracy is a complete message? I’m not the ‘median voter’ but am tired of hearing “working class” as if it’s the capper on these statements. I think it softens the urgency of the first bit. it’s not only about money

Someone please make a Gilded Age sim where I have to rise to the top if the social order just to not invite my rival to the end of season ball

And if you turn on liberal news right now it's a bunch of talking heads talking about how "the Democrats have to get their act together" about the midterms or something. My kingdom for one non-shitty news channel

booked a Tuesday hotel stay last night. came down with the flu this afternoon. shit owns.

some things are 2 or 3 weeks away. some things are 2 or 3 fiscal quarters away. and peace in putin’s war in Ukraine is always just 2 or 3 breaths away.

man this is batshit

seeing one random person with incoherent politics should not determine in your mind how politics will go in the future. these people are insane and/or stupid and they have always been here and always will be.

i hate 'ai'-generated cute animal videos and i also hate having to tell people the animals they believe are real are 'ai' bullshit

i could definitely get this out by wednesday, which was my original goal. but i got my mind around how to do levels with a few new mechanics, and while i haven't quite figured out how big this is gonna be, i have a lot more than 11 in me—so i'm going to miss that.

There are so many layers of stupid in just that one image.

An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.

I'm starting to write more reviews of smaller titles on Steam. 1. Reviews are very helpful for developers and players alike. 2. It's a nice way to cap off a fun time with a game. So not only do I recommend Babushka's Glitch Dungeon, but I also recommend writing reviews of indie games you enjoyed!

this guy is Australian and thinks masculinity can only be attained by going to Hooters with your dad

people talk about generations too much. knock it off.

What a quote.

“MY FRIENDS WILL GET HURT” - Trump talking/yelling about the perpetrators in the Epstein files

They're gonna be real upset when they read about literally any of Trump's appointees for anything.

It IS scandalous that immigrants are still coming to this country to do jobs native born Americans don’t want, at wages no one wants their child to work for. There is still no path to citizenship for these unsung heroes who make independent living possible for our growing elderly population.

A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.

It's fucking embarrassing. It never stops being fucking embarrassing, but this is just so plainly Russian propaganda being parroted openly by an American president that it hits another level of fucking embarrassing.

Rob Schneider comparing himself to Mark Ruffalo is a really good bit

We should have never given nerds money

The GOP has really leaned in to singling out Somalis for very explicit racism. Ron Johnson and the rest of the party are just loathsome, un-American people.

imagine being a retvrn guy for gaudy drive thrus

back on my bullshit #zem #screenshotsaturday #gamemaker

Very cool online tool that let's you see how your life might have turned out if you had been born in a different place on the planet. The biggest lottery in life is the "lottery of birthplace":

This poster, 1938, was printed by the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio to encourage Americans to welcome Jewish refugees from Germany & Austria. More info in ALT. I couldn’t track down the name of the artist. #arthistory #illustration #immigration #immigrants #Refugees

If anything the crime has been underplayed. They knew these men were mostly innocent. They knew they’d be tortured. They sent them to CECOT not out of recklessness but because they thought it would enjoyable for their supporters to see innocent Latinos tortured. An intentional crime of violence.