Also, it's wild how every single one of his movies centrally features a violent home invasion. Not sure what he's trying to go for here.

Media Club Plus recently did a pretty deep dive into nearly his entire filmography.

I LIKED Lady in the Water. The Happening just made me mad.

horseshoe theory is real. leftists almost got kat abughazaleh elected into congress and now it comes out that her boyfriend owns infowars…

Trump will not hire anyone that he doesn't have dirt on, so he ends up with a cabinet full of sociopaths.

In capitalism, there is a filter in place, where each step of the career ladder asks you to demonstrate a certain lack of basic humanity before proceeding further.

In patriarchal capitalism, women are required to dehumanize themselves to an even greater degree before they are allowed to progress.

I mean, hell, I voted for Harris despite everything. I suspect that "fringe leftists" actually voted for Harris at a higher rate than "registered Democrats," just because the hyperactive left are deeply involved in politics and the median voter decides "eh, not worth a line" day-of.

Okay, I did that with Obama & Biden, now what?

This Data Center is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

Rockland County, NY, gave a $77 million data center tax break to JP Morgan Chase to create exactly one job. On a dollars-per-job basis it appears to be the costliest subsidy in U.S. history, possibly even a world record

nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/d...

Same thing that's happening here, now; freely elected openly fascist representatives flaunting the law and receiving absolutely no pushback, because the opposition party was more concerned with appearing neutral than enforcing norms.

"Humans love to find patterns in meaningless occurrences, seeing intention where there is none. That being said, YOU are definitely under direct threat because of this meaningless coincidence."

It, like most human marathon runners, crosses the finish line looking like it's shit itself.

Voltaire-ly: We also live in the worst of all possible worlds.

I just finished LeGuin's The Furthest Shore, a story where all the world's wizards trade away the knowledge of their art for a false promise of power and eternal life.

Also, last week my company instituted a policy where devs aren't allowed to write code & have to rely on AI to do it for them.

braver than are troops

Driving a car gives you metal thoughts. It makes you feel invulnerable. It makes you feel apart from and better than pedestrians. It saps your patience. Driving a car is bad for your soul.

I'm not even complaining that they think they can win liberal support by being the lesser evil; I'm complaining that, strategically, they think they can win Republican votes by espousing Republican-lite values. The people who like that shit are just going to vote Republican! They hate you!

yeah, well, you know what they say: "They will never make a movie about the Mandalorian and Grogu." Them's the breaks!

Seattle to Portland takes about the same amount of time (3:30). Plus, an amtrak ticket costs about the same amount as gas for a single traveller (~$35).

Every six months my digital media player reworks its control layout, adds and removes features, and uses dark UX patterns to try to trick me into using their AI features.

A walkman's play button does the same thing that it did in 1981.

Democrats once again hoping to win by being the second-best choice for people who are DEFINITELY going to support Republicans.

Democrats planning to run in November’s midterm elections have been advised not to antagonise pro-AI campaign groups that have amassed more than $300mn to fight for the industry’s priorities. The warnings by top party consultants, corroborated by people close to four different campaigns and party strategists speaking on the condition of anonymity, come despite internal polling for Democrats showing widespread public support for tougher AI rules.

They're calling it the best democracy ever.

www.ft.com/content/7529...

is there an experience system in overwatch now? or does the ow community just stretch the definition to include not supporting the team?

I never want to be a killjoy so I won't get in the way of people dancing in the streets when he drops dead but I think one reason everyone is so thirsty for it is we tacitly understand that to be the only consequence he'll ever face. Which sucks! There should be way more consequences

Now, I don't think he's actually going to do it. But you would have to admit, it'd be REALLY FUNNY if Leo was just waiting until it was closer to midterms or 2028 to excommunicate Vance.

I think there's some nobility in that, but also, we have to keep in mind that these AIs are largely owned by men like Elon Musk & Sam Altman — men who put their thumb on the scale for what kinds of answers these AIs are allowed to generate.

gooood bat

I recently heard someone describe driving a car as giving you "metal thoughts" — a sense of invulnerability, a feeling of being apart from and better than pedestrians, an impatience with your fellow humans. It's bad for your soul.

who up slaanesh-posting?

We all have days like this