not agreeing with him but i do feel like it's a liminal space where you can't fully relax or concentrate that is nobody's first choice of where to be

Trapped in my brain forever: Lester Bangs' description of JM as "inordinately full of himself."

there are so many worse things in the world, but the decline and fall of once-great copyediting departments is a source of personal grief for me. (there's a bluesky stalwart being done dirty in a major outlet this morning.)

easter island is scarier than i thought

you're right, i guess what makes it seem like punishment is people gleefully applauding it on social media

yes, it's very important that this woman be punished for her vote, which we are entitled to guess at in order to pass preemptive judgment on her

gtfo that's hugh laurie

one work forward two works back

which apparently took them MONTHS to film and which wound up costing like 3 million dollars, according to friedkin

respectfully, it is not

is that supposed to be a yale bulldog?

agreed, and if there were alt text on this i'd know whose it is

glad it wasn't more popular or by now we would have had to see the cast reunite in a chat gpt super bowl ad

everyone's different but my knees often hurt when i come back to it after a break and then after a while they reacclimate

a white house post on x announcing a news conference tomorrow with the phrases "american strength. full display. don't miss it."

i for one do not wish to see the full display

i look forward to @raxkingisdead.bsky.social's wry and poignant essay on why opus dei must be immediately restored to its former glory

yes in that way too

different rules for converts

scene from my childhood that plays over and over in my head: "MY STEUBEN!" (shattering noises)

cf. jesse pinkman in breaking bad, who initially was brought on for a few episodes but who imho eventually became the protagonist

okay but are you done thinking yet

when you think about it

would really like to force these people to list in detail all the horrors they'd vote for as the lesser evil

"litmus test" is just consultant speak for "having beliefs"

i'm not convinced that being more objective is always better – i think people bury their own feelings and experience in the attempt — but we can agree that it's a useful skill to cultivate.

i agree with you about that. i'm just pointing out that a lot of very toxic people claim "objectivity" when what they mean is ignoring other people's experience, so while (for instance) something like cbt can be useful, it's good to acknowledge that we're inherently subjective beings.

man i don't even follow basketball and i watched that for way longer than i thought i was going to

Oh dang

i think this person has good intentions but the fiction that "objectivity" is possible when assessing oneself is responsible for a lot of bad behavior; e.g., i'm sure both musk and andreesen consider themselves to be wholly objective even as they continually inflict their own neuroses on the world

fair enough