this is how i dress when i'm nothing like my father, but am my own man

One of my dad’s favorite pastimes: talking about the casting of the Odyssey. Not complaining, or even expressing any kind of opinion. Just pointing it out. “Penelope is played by Anne Hathaway. Tom Holland is Telemachus.” I think we’ve had this conversation like ten times in the past six months

my "don't trust people with nazi tattoos" heuristic remains undefeated

If roughing up a girlfriend and locking her in a room was a virile, authentic a rejection of “smoothgroined” “HR lady” politics, but a rape is too far, then what’s at stake is not a principled rejection of violence against women but a cynical assessment of how much violence a man can get away with.

continue to think that planter’s support with the lib/left male pundit class was not *in spite of* his various transgressions, but because of them, a frankly pathetic attempt to reassert dem masculinity through a man whose violent career they believed represented working class authenticity

is it possible that platner’s appeal is driven in large part by his audience’s libidinal investment in seeing a cheeky (derogatory) boy get away with things

It’s July 3rd….. the day when the boundaries of America are at their flimsiest… ghosts and goblins and ghouls frolic and play in defiance of our constitution…….

some amazing things happening over on threads — ever since they “shut down CERN”

Happy catholic schism to those who celebrate

Some men just want to watch the world cup

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer we hunted Gollum

I firmly believe Pierre Menard could make The Office today

Rainn Wilson just released a podcast episode yesterday with one of my favorite college professors. That's not the source of the stupid Rainn Wilson quote that's making the rounds today but I was briefly worried it might be

Actually here is a serious pitch and I’m not kidding: Partner with a Japanese tokusatsu studio to make it

Mine is literally that they give up on trying to make it flashy and high budget. Lean into practical sets and costumes that look like the old show, and go back to 30 minute episodes that string short serials together like classic. Make it a cheaper show that can do lots of episodes.

I don't have a pitch for how to make the show but I have a story pitch. The War Games introduced The Time Lords and The War Lords. I feel that this wrote a check the show never cashed. In my Doctor Who the universe is full of all kinds of Lord societies. Music Lords, Fortune Lords, Beast Lords, etc

YES I found the best photo ever, I knew I had it saved somewhere.

They got BlueSky representation in Dragon Quest V

Finding it hard to articulate how I feel about the apparent end of Doctor Who. I’m someone who feels like RTD’s second run was, on average, pretty great, but it ended on such a bafflingly sour note followed by this long period of bizarre dishonest flimflam about the show’s future.

I'm not feeling normal about this

Terrifying

constantly plagued by powerful data-driven insights

Oh, hey. 🩸⏰😈⚔️

if I ever get a nazi tattoo, which can apparently happen to anybody totally by accident, just cancel me. maybe I won't "deserve" it. But it will have to be done. that's just life. sometimes costly misunderstandings happen and someone suffers as a result. might as well be a guy with a nazi tattoo

People in the LA area: go see my sister's play!! it's a one woman psychological thriller being performed at Hollywood Fringe later this month. I saw it last year and it was very good www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13347

I was not excited about Mando Grogu but it was a lot of fun imo

I get republican fundraising text messages all the time (I can only speculate as to how they got my number but they have had it for years and there’s nothing I can do about that now). This one is probably the weirdest I have ever gotten

never fucking forgive them for what they've done to the computer

"stop using AI as a crutch" okay yes but also stop using "crutch" as a pejorative

Dudes with hobbies rock.

holy shit dude plex is tripling the price of a lifetime plex pass, to $750 US. so if you ever wanted one I guess get one soon

tom. i'm a valuable thing. watch me fly by as the pendulum swings

Imagine if Radiohead had just called that song “exit music.” I’d have had no fucking clue what it was even for

Not done with Radiant Star yet but holy shit it's good. In some ways it feels like it was made for me. Easily the best of the three standalone Radchverse novels

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

I love Adjoa Andoh’s audiobook readings of the Ann Leckie SF books so much, but since I listen to them instead of read the text, and because the characters all have cool SF names, I have no idea how to spell the name of any character

I try to learn and grow and remain open to new experiences so I've been re-examining my preconceptions that led to a naive "AI bad" stance. I'm trying to consider nuance and avoid black-and-white thinking. It's complicated but I think "AI bad!" with an exclamation point gets the gist across

I bet it's such a relief to be making the most half-ass Star Wars movie possible while also knowing that it can't possibly be the worst Star Wars movie. It won't even the be worst Star Wars movie of the last decade. It almost HAS to be better than the most recent previous Star Wars movie

This old dino comic from @ryannorth.ca has an extremely useful final panel.

forever on the verge of running away from it all to become a presger translator

ME ON NEXTDOOR: Has anyone seen my Arkenstone? EMELORN THE DUNEDAIN: Loud was the clamor that marred this golden noon! The sons of the twenty-sixth house have been dirt-biking again. It is a matter I once thought resolved. BIRCHBENT: say w. Entwife. By traansfer Station.? If you yes

happy new ann leckie book day to all leckieheads and radchthusiasts

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 achieves its ideal form completely outside itself. The story becomes easiest to love once nobody is actually playing it anymore. WE ARE ALL BECOMING MORE THICK: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/we-are-all...

I'll tell you what, all I know is the way I split millennials up is by asking a bunch of them which was more influential to their peers: mean girls or clueless. That's the old/young split. I accidentally learned this in college trying to have conversations after taking time off

Happy Piccolo Day to all who observe

Got my #gally1 room reservation! see you there in February!

if nintendo wanted to remake a beloved first party classic anthro game produced by shigeru miyamoto as a modern high budget AAA game with gorgeous cinematic cut scenes, it really should have been this one

new @futureteens.bsky.social album out today. if future teens has a million fans I'm dead. whatever futureteens.bandcamp.com/album/still-...