Somewhat Inconvenient Magic

What is the whole odyssey if not a penelope cruise

We have to separate the work from the author. I have to be honest with you, it's a risky surgery but if we don't try the chances of survival are very low.

Getting the Vin Diesel surgery from Pitch Black so I can watch Netflix

Titus Andronicus and Grogu

mascot teddy and gritty are relatives and I will not be explaining this further

On top of everything else incredibly stupid about the Odyssey racism-aganza, there sure are a lot of Greek history purists who don't know which continent Troy was on

Polis remains a strong candidate for the Dem with the most negative WAR in the entire country as the governor of what has become a solidly blue state just an absolute clown, freeing an unrepentant wannabe election thief at the behest of a failing tyrant with a 35% approval rating

When Bluesky doesn't like my posts

If they suck they should retire. If they don’t suck they should retire in favor of their capable, aligned, ready lieutenant. If they don’t suck but don’t have such a lieutenant, then guess what? THEY SUCK.

Wow, New York Times, how did that ever happen

More like bring me the Verizon

I'm not sure how much the rest of America knows or understands about the MOVE bombing in Philly, but it was probably the single worst instance of police brutality in American history. I think of it every 5/13 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MO...

Metropolis: a film by Adam Sandler

Yuji Ohno was one of the very best to ever do it. Without him, I wouldn’t have fallen head over heels for Lupin. My life wouldn’t be the same without being so taken by that iconic theme. His work on that series and beyond mean more to me than words can describe. Rest in peace, king.

Oh HELL yes. And it's directed by Alex Timbers, who's actually made a *good* jukebox/bio-musical (JUST IN TIME, about Bobby Darin)

Bluesky is good many things. But it’s pretty bad at sharing pieces of writing that are not about political anger but it’s worth your time to take a few minutes – more than a few minutes honestly but it’s worth it – and read this. And then share it. Like I’m doing now.

Unironically

If you're wondering how he steers and brakes And other driving facts Just repeat to yourself 'It's just a show' 'I should really just--OH GOD HE'S COMING RIGHT AT ME'

I’m not convinced there’s a serious “platform MTG” movement outside the sewer that is the supposed “left” that’s still cooking their brains on twitter but basically the last thing she did before leaving congress was try to ban gender-affirming care for all minors so fuck them very much

tis the season

Jeff Teague was saying on his podcast that Lebron was the pro he looked up to the most in high school. Teague subsequently went off to college, played two years of college ball, had an twelve year NBA career and has been retired for five years and Lebron is still playing.

Most importantly, he delivered one of the greatest wrong Jeopardy responses of all time www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwGa...

If you believe this process is meaningful--the voters get two bites by first voting for reps and then the amendment--the idea that VA's interpretation would allow it to propose an amendment the night before election day is pretty persuasive.

This was always a potential outcome, not because the VA court is acting out of partisanship, but because VA previously banned partisan gerrymandering and it has a complex process for constitutional amendments.

Thing is, this is not an insane ruling as a matter of law. Democrats *absolutely* played fast and loose with the VA constitution's amendment procedure (with good reason; it was designed to require a slow pace for amendments and this is an emergent crisis). The consequences are fucking horrid though.

The UK is not a real country, part infinity plus BEES

I have several questions but they are all "what the fuck?" I have several followup statements but they are all "yo dog this feels antihuman and racist"

Thinking on this more, it's even in the language. Calling the extreme right-wing version of a religion "fundamentalist" privileges the idea that it's right about the "fundamental" principles of that religion. (Which is why experts will tell you that's not what the term means, despite the root!)

As part of the plain text of the story Odysseus defeats Polyphemus the cyclops by tricking him into starting a Who's On First routine

Always watch always repost

streaming for free on YT and definitely worth seeing, young nerds.

I think about this comic all the time.

WHAT.

So the implication here is that he considers it obvious that "from the river to the sea" is objectively worse than the N-word

There is a way this damaged wallet faced motherfucker can help my mental health without medication, but I’m not sure he’s going to appreciate what side of the ground he’s required to be on in order to do that www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

Okay, so the "We successfully struck a US ship in Hormuz!" vs. "LIES we are invincible" standoff was entirely about the "US" part of the statement rather than "successfully struck a ship in Hormuz"

I feel like I’m losing this battle, but podcasts should be DIY audio only affairs, with one-three regular hosts you would only know about *because* of that podcast or their annoying social media presence. Fancy video and people with pre-podcast careers? Recording studios? Sus as hell.

People are paying TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS A TICKET to do this shit, what the actual fuck

My guy, "restaurant" is not the operative word in this establishment

Horse Eyes (dir. Josh Ruben)

i've been getting more folks telling me about this and it's not anything i agreed to. it's been stolen like AI steals. please vandalize it if and when you see it.

Art

What a fucking week. Sending the Penguins and the Celtics home! Unbelievable.

It has been FORTY FOUR YEARS since the Sixers won a playoff series against Boston