Anyway, now that I'm in Oakland I mostly go to the New Parkway, an awesome independent theater with immaculate vibes. Check it out if you're ever here.

If heartbreak doesn't feel good in a place like this, then what is the point?!

The only good thing about AMC is "Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this." Which was missing when I was there last year, but was restored when my friend and I went this week for Thunderbolts*. We cheered.

Happy D-Day anniversary to all those who, unlike Donald Trump, think D-Day was a good thing

When nobody likes my Letterboxd review, I remind myself that Kafka was only appreciated after his death.

That's what elephantiasis looks like.

How quaint

Tremor in Oakland a minute ago?

Even funnier to say "I didn't feel much at the time" on the day there's a major newspaper story about your prodigious drug use

Headline from NBC News: "With just one touch of a finger, a Neanderthal may have made art" Peter Guo, May 28, 2025

The pro-AI crowd:

Is Splatoon (3) eventually fun? I just tried playing for the first time last night, and it seems like they make you get your ass kicked by high-level obsessives for a couple hours before you unlock even basic features. Kind of a miserable introduction.

"My twin brother, a future NASA scientist." - Venom 3

All it's missing is Shingy.

There are at least a few (I hope they realized their mistake and deleted) that are like "fuck Franklin, that's easy to do when you're dying," which is exactly what the podcaster said when he stated the blatant falsehoods.

Who claimed that? Also, you have replies who are now responding to that statement as though it's a fact and I am deeply depressed by this and all social media.

I don't think I would have enjoyed it solo, but my roommate had a party and it's such a blast in a group! My first time watching live.

I just saw the rest of you doing it and thought "there are a few I've never seen." I was wondering if it was a spontaneous thing or if there was some subliminal campaign manipulating us to do it collectively.

Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

“reality tv is inherently fascist” is my most consistently vindicated hot take of all time

That's a fair choice. I myself am immunocompromised and otherwise disabled, with a deep well of anger about navigating the ableist world. (Don't get me started on ostomies being used as a punchline). But I think these kinds of pile-ons and anger are bad for my health, so I'm going to go offline.

I agree; I'm not a fan of his joke! Also, he's a kind human I know in the real world. I was pushing back at his rhetorical, dismissive question with my own earnest experience.

I meant "social media is bad" because everyone is fighting to very little end, with very little context about each other.

I experiment with writing it that way (more often I say "I have a compromised immune system"), I think some people respond with more empathy when I use shorter words.

Also, hi! Weird to encounter someone I know in the real world because strangers are mad at him online. Maybe social media's bad.

I made my first "Chicago Pope" photoshop before I'd seen the countless others online.

This is what polyamory is for.

I'm sad the IMAX screens are all switching to Thunderbolts before I've had a chance to watch Sinners. But I saw Freaky Tales tonight and I'm over the moooon

Twitter Exchange CT: so says the "magic" guy with the rainbow in his profile. ES: *quotes scripture* CT: I apologize then. That's how I see the rainbow, too. Hard to tell. ES: i also suck dick

10/10

“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”