when you realize every human being on earth is at least a bit of a hypocrite because there is always a contradiction between desire and action then you'll be gentler with yourself and others in knowing that the main thing is movement of the trajectory towards resolution and new contradiction
surprised people like manousos so much in pluribus. even if I make no moral judgment about the hive mind, he's a cynical, paranoid, antisocial dude who values private property so much he favours it over pragmatism and empathy at all opportunities- well okay I guess its not surprising
transhumanism not so much, but maybe there is a slim reading about AGI with the joined consciousness thing. idk though, I really think it's more philosophical and inwardly contemplative than some tech speculation thing
I feel a common takeaway is going to be surface level political conclusions about individualism/collectivism, and you could make some readings about that, but it's really about contemplating posthumanism
pluribus: it was great, though I feel like some streaming era writing and off-site filming make it not quite as well-crafted as vince gilligan's other shows. that being said, the concepts and themes are SO up my alley. I should force myself to rewatch and then write something
Canada will lower tariffs on some Chinese electric vehicles and China will do the same for Canadian canola products, a major shift in policy that was announced on Friday during a landmark state visit by Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada to Beijing.
I probably could've said this more clearly but I'm sure many other police departments are just as awful as minneapolis'
yes, but also we're also talking about 1) the police and 2) specifically the minneapolis police. I'm sure they have officers that are against this, but to suggest the former would be a united front against ICE's current activities is a little naive, the latter specifically just ridiculous
to me the obvious conclusion from the everyone is 12 meme and the resurgence of psychoanalytical ideas is that psychoanalysis is so fucking vindicated and that one of the biggest forces in politics is the psychosexual resentment of women. in 2026 we are all becoming freudo-marxists
you're right, we couped a nation, and threatened to invade another nation, and threatened to strike a third nation that we just bombed a few months ago to distract you from the real juice, a story the media has spoken about without end for like a decade now
stooooooop
unfortunately I got addicted to scrolling the hell app because they actually have kpop over there but I might be back if canada bans it. kinda doubt they will. maybe I'll do it anyway?
nmixx trailer so good... and the webtoon is just a fun idea... squ4d's creative/narrative team been absolutely smashing it since at least the expergo concept teasers
twice's july album has been taking some heat but there's great tracks on there! that middle stretch really does drag it down though
no real opinion on if this was a "good kpop year" or not yet, but we did have some specific months that really popped off for me
march (nmixx, ten, the deep, yeji, xdh, seulgi and lsf notable for praying and ash respectively)
july (yves, hyo, rescene, jo yuri, viviz, ifeye, twice)
framing is so important. we should probably think harder about social media sloganeering
you're on a roll lately
so many little humiliations under fascism. i’m supposed to say something nice about Jimmy Kimmel?
there's no contradiction between "hating trans people" and "wanting to fuck trans people". have you guys heard what men think of women
this is good investigating but the idea that discord chats prove a negative about what influences he DOESN'T have is nonsense. what about other platforms? what about real life? what about some positive/constructive evidence for other influences that might preclude the assumed ones to some degree?
conservatives were just as molded by and subject to these same forces of internet era politics as everyone else, it was only ever about what ideas are acceptable subjects for them
THE DEEP!!!
NMIXX!!!
politics in this country has gotten desperately stupid and desperately anti-political. everything is an argument and nothing is a fight.
more like a meaningful degree to frogs in the bath. it's not that the admin is going to come up with crazy new policies but that it would lubricate their struggle with the current one. is that worth me getting upset over dismissing concern? I dunno but it feels not obvious
again to be clear this is not me laying on a grenade for trumps life, I just see it as one part of creating a political environment more receptive to extreme reaction, as in a higher tension and lower threshold for acceptable political violence. I don't think it was fine before and catastrophic now
your point about the news cycle moving lightning fast now is well taken, but I think there's an important difference between something losing value in the attention economy and people forgetting it i.e. it doesn't inform their attitude. I think the failed trump assassination did in a meaningful way