"People will cut off family over politics, it's so silly" Is it? Is not wanting to associate with people who will do Olympic-tier mental gymnastics to justify/dismiss exhaustively documented child rape silly, now? I say cut 'em off, and let 'em know why. That's some shit they deserve to sit with.

can you close one eye at a time to stop weeping angels

I just realized that Gene Simmons “stalking” around the stage in his platform boots walks exactly like my dogs did when we put rubber snow boots on their paws.

Please stop piping music at me. Stop it. No.

Gandalf really is heroic when you consider that there were originally five wizards and one of them turned evil, two of them fucked off and went out east to have orgies, and one is just super into talking to gophers. The one last hope of free peoples was the stoner and that crazy mfer did it.

Hampster Dance

A very simple thing you can do is stop linking to the NYT. I know they do some good reporting but they are also actively upholding facism and working to subvert democracy and shaping your world view. It is more work but it is better if we start starving harmful institutions.

The tactical formation is mostly there to prevent him from being vacuumed into a Roomba.

We saw Dust Bunny last night. I love this movie! Pitch perfect tone, visually stunning, & amazing performances from Sigourney, Mads, and especially Sophia Sloan. And @dastmalchian with one of the very best line reads, ever. No notes!

Hooray!

Large caravan just pulled into the Midway neighborhood and have surrounded a house. They knocked but no answer. Bovino is giving an interview outside. Whistles going off and neighbors looking on.

We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.

I keep on thinking of that bit in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe when Ford Prefect yells, "They're taking the piss! They're not just killing us, they're taking the piss at the same time!"

Thought I saw Congress behind a tree today, but it was just a bird.

Had I known I needed it, I would have brought a polarizer for the camera. 2/2

I am in DC for the sole purpose of viewing the original filming model of the Enterprise, at the Air and Space Museum. For all the resources invested in restoring it, you’d think they’d also have installed anti-reflective glass, so light from nearby escalators and info panels didn’t obscure it. 😡 1/2

I’m in DC for the evening, leaving tomorrow afternoon. I don’t know if I should be surprised or not, but this is one sleepy burg.

forget the long arc of history bending towards justice, I need the rube goldberg machine of inexorable consequence to endgame the kind of profoundly ironic yet blackly hilarious karmic downfall that would’ve had ancient greek theatergoers hollering at the chorus

Mummy the dictators are fighting

Happy #NationalScienceFictionDay everyone. Go read some science fiction #books!

Bugonia. What did I just watch?

My greatest accomplishment of 2025 was discovering Bob’s Burgers for the first time, and then discovering that it has 14 going on 15 seasons. My new bestest comfort watch.

Ruin two bands by combining them: Mahogany Rush …no, wait, uh…

I’ve seen eleventy-seven fun takes on the Dune movie title, but not the actual title. And I’m ok with it.

The week between Christmas and New Years is the calendar’s perineum.

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

What’s everyone’s favorite Avatar quote? “All these Avatars lost in time, like tears…in…rain.”

You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check

A nice Xmas morning screening of Misery. The perfect holiday!

I'm reminded of a thread that included the phrase "BOING BOING MOTHERFUCKER" in relation to hippos, which I tend to use more than I ought. In hindsight, maybe I should have searched "Timmy", which is the name I actually go by, rather than Timothy. Photo is from the San Antonio Zoo Twitter.

When allegiance to a multi-media franchise brand eclipses critical engagement, even the most idealistic communities risk being co-opted by forces that run counter to the values they once championed. Star Trek is now owned by problematic people. New blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, aka Star Trek: A Christmas Carol “And Mr. Spock, who was NOT dead…”

Curses. My current wiring project foiled by a missing wire stripper. I…I lose things.

I’m on a mission to build a nice little basement library for myself, with lots of bookshelves stuffed with books. There’s one post that I want to get rid of to open up a corner but I’ve been informed that it helps “hold the house up.” So annoying.

Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.

The number 1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.

This is just five minutes. Please watch this and share it with anyone you think might be moved by it. And then call your US rep and tell them to vote AGAINST all of the anti-trans bills Republicans are pushing this week. Find your rep at reps.fyi

Senate News: Republicans are trying to sneak a provision into their latest government funding bill that would make it easier to sell off public lands and national parks, and may have the votes to do it. If you care about protecting your public lands, now’s the time to make it known.

If I turn myself in as a trans ally, exactly how much of a bounty do I get?

I had completely forgotten that Rob Reiner directed The Sure Thing, a scene from which is where I got the inspo to name our first puppy Nick. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWGF...

"When same-sex marriage was still years away, there was America’s Uncle, straight as can be, demanding a future in which LGBTQ families be given a full stake in the American Dream and hurry the fuck up on that, please and thank you." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...

Good morning! 🩸

It’s like they made up a word just for me.

I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.

I have just finished my oatmeal and am already wondering what I shall make for lunch. #secondbreakfast

Holy shit, Spotify is fucking repugnant. I keep thinking I know how trash that platform is, and I keep being shocked all over again. An old person, I just hoard MP3s. I buy ‘em with Bandcamp and stream from my hard drive with Plex.