they're doing hand stuff at the Melania screening

I might get a unique opportunity to speak to someone at Bluesky about the app in the coming weeks - what sort of account support would you like to see change here? What works, doesn't work...any thoughts might help me help them!

Kill the reflexive urge to engage with anything you think is neat by finding out what the worst people you can imagine are saying about it first. Feel what you're feeling and move on with your day.

Time to dust off one of my old favorite takes: if this had happened it would have amounted to an EU reboot twenty years earlier. No adaptation could have been so consistent as to have allowed both the books and the show to be the same universe.

REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”

I’m not one of those distraction conspiracy people but man, we sure did stop giving a shit about those Epstein files

who was the one person, reveal yourself

colonel lockjaw lookin ass

damn, that is crazy, I heard one story where they murdered a guy

everyone telling you "be of good cheer" honestly sounds like the least wonderful time

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

this kid on #StarfleetAcademy is like 130% arms

"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!" "Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!' - two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest

50 years ago today (1/23/76) Gil Taylor shoots some "Lazer Sword Tests" with John Stears and crew for an upcoming production. [Video is on the Enhanced e-book edition of The Making of Star Wars book by J.W. Rinzler]

hmm, "Bob Iger" doesn't fit

Hey American people this is a great way to get yourself excellent news coverage AND help the mutual aid fund for the people of Minnesota

very funny, thanks for sharing

ah yes, everyone knows that the titanic sank because it was going the wrong direction, right into the storm

Yoda snubbed once again

so that $15 billion in Random Money that I'm sure he'll be totally responsible with

my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue

Everybody knows Sinners is in theaters again this weekend, right? You’re welcome!

Voyager is 31! "Much will be made of the political correctness of this new venture, not least in that the captain of this ship is a woman". A woman, captain of a ship 😱 Just a reminder that we've come a long way, and that the reactionary whiners of today are just the latest in a long line. 🖖

‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26

if anybody on my phone wants to hate me that’s okay. you don’t really exist

when people in the FAM universe talk about "the thing happening" they're thinking of Ed Baldwin

Fansplaining wasn't really on my radar as a podcast but this sounds very interesting and reminiscent of what I wanted ETE to be in its earliest days

If I walk up to you with hammer and say “I could break your knees if you don’t give me $20 but I won’t,” would you feel relieved that I’d ruled out breaking your knees?

Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.

Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”

you're laughing? torment nexus stock is plummeting and you're laughing?

The Mandalorian and Grogu will return in THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU RETURN

We have an entire class of Democratic "leadership" that has been told that it's dangerous and extreme to say this, and that does not understand that what Democrats want is for their leaders to articulate what they believe and why they believe it. That should not be as big an ask as it apparently is.

The Mandalorian and Grogu will return in THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU RETURN

*frantically googling* moral arc bent wrong how to fix wikihow diy moral arc fix moral arc technician near me

oop eleven-thirtyeight.com/2023/07/what...

here for Jake's Karl Urban era

"Qui-Gon is more machine now than man, twisted and evil."

now that’s a motherfuckin’ spaceship

People shouldn't be having gunfights at high noon. They should be eating lunch

Looking for an editor to look at about 8-10,000 words for me every month. 2-3 short pieces for patreon and one short story. Mostly line edits and proofreads. I typically publish every Sunday (my schedule has been wildly off lately but mostly steady for four years). Happy to discuss pay rate.

Whatever he had like 12 followers

Simpsons did it

This is the only part of the interview where I strongly disagree with Kennedy. Solo's problem absolutely was not Alden Ehrenreich. He was fantastic; I'd watch him as young Han again in a heartbeat. Solo's problem was its vapid, fan-servicey story. Kennedy seems too enamored with Kasdan to see this.