This is light escapism about the heroics of science nerds from start to finish, padded with lots of mismatched-buddy comedy. Which is fine, if that’s what you like! Dial your brain to FUN, unplug, and enjoy. (3/3)

My one complaint? You’ve got alien species, near-light speed travel, mind-boggling science, global cataclysm, and utterly non-terrestrial technology — and the film never pauses to consider the deeper implications of any of it. (2/3)

I finally saw PROJECT HAIL MARY last night. Thoroughly entertaining, well paced, great cinematography, and a tremendous job on the part of Ryan Gosling holding the whole thing together alone on screen for 80% of the movie. (1/3) #ProjectHailMary

So if you’re interested, don’t read a synopsis, don’t see a trailer, don’t read a review, just go in cold. It’s not one of Pixar’s absolute best — a little too scattered for that, and the typical heartwarming takes a back seat to the chaotic energy. Still? A very, very fun time at the movies. (2/2)

Pixar’s latest, #HOPPERS, is bananas. It’s incredibly funny, it’s got a manic pace, and you never quite know where it’s going to go next. I really knew very little about the film going in, but I think it would have been even better if I had known absolutely nothing. (1/2)

Trump will have to start turning down the temperature eventually. (After escalating some more, of course.) It’s the only way to avoid a total Republican wipeout in the midterms. I’m hopeful that we can thread the needle such that THAT is the only massacre that happens before all this is over. (7/7)

I wonder what would happen if tens of thousands of people stopped withholding federal taxes from their paychecks and started transferring money out of the US. Anyone interested? (6/7)

I’m talking about a constant blockade of the streets around the White House. I’m talking about soldiers deserting their posts. What would happen if a chunk of the Secret Service stayed home one day? What would happen if we shut the airports down? What about public transportation or the roads? (5/7)

The next step, I believe, is economic. We need to shut this country down. I’m talking about coordinated strikes and protests in every city. I’m talking about no more trucks delivering goods. I’m talking about every government worker walking out of the job. (4/7)

I still do not believe violence is the solution. Imagine the calamity that would ensue if a group got together and started shooting ICE officers in the streets. Please, no guns! Tim Walz’ insistence on peaceful resistance may be the only thing standing between us and complete martial law. (3/7)

If there is anyone still supporting Trump or the MAGA movement left here, please fuck all the way off. Whatever excuses you had at one point are gone. You are either immune to reason, evidence, and common sense, or you’re just a shitty person. I’ll be happy to tell you which if you don’t know. (2/7)

After the blatant murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by government agents — both captured by multiple cameras and both immediately lied about by the administration — the time for dialogue with these people is over. (1/7)

I’m proud to be a Virginian today.

This used to be the hallmark of the United States. We pretty much INVENTED this in the modern world. Here’s hoping that the federal government can get back to this standard as well. (4/4)

Spanberger is blatantly reversing some of Youngkin’s policies, as Youngkin did before her. And yet here they both are, smiling and seemingly meaning it. (3/4)

Gov. Abigail Spanberger and now-former Gov. Glenn Youngkin couldn’t be less alike. Youngkin had full Republican control of Virginia, and he governed as a Christian conservative. Now his successor will have complete Democratic control of the state with a center-left agenda. (2/4)

Abigail Spanberger posing with former Virginia governors

Here are photos of Virginia’s new Democratic governor, including one where she poses with all of the former living Virginia governors except one. Both Democrats and Republicans, standing side by side peacefully transferring power. (1/4)

#Virginia #AbigailSpanberger

You can tell how darn wonderful I am by the number of morons I refrain from strangling on a daily basis. Today’s tally (so far) is three.

We should start calling him Orangeymandias.

It’s angry at right-wing online bullshit but doesn’t play like a liberal screed. This isn’t an easy juggling act, but somehow WAKE UP DEAD MAN pulls it off. (6/6)

Most interesting to me is how Johnson’s script manages to both skewer phony, reactionary Instagram Christians and respect old-fashioned Christian faith, while having a good amount of genuine laughs and some macabre touches at the same time. (5/6)

The mystery is fiendishly twisty (you won’t guess most of it — you’re not given enough information). All of the supporting players have their moments, though Jeremy Renner isn’t quite up to his usual standards. Glenn Close and Josh Brolin are especially good. (4/6)

WAKE UP’s star (besides Daniel Craig, perfect as always) is Josh O’Connor, who carries most of the film with his tortured Catholic priest. It might be the best acting job in the entire series thus far. (3/6)

I’d have a very, very difficult time calling any of them the weakest, or the best, in the bunch. (2/6)

Consistency like Rian Johnson’s in his KNIVES OUT films is hard to to come by. I’m having a hard time thinking of any trilogy where all three films are legitimately as good as each other. But with WAKE UP DEAD MAN, Johnson’s done it. (1/6)

#WakeUpDeadMan #KnivesOut #RianJohnson

The first time I’ve taken a deep breath in months. Congratulations to Virginia, New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, and everywhere else that Democrats surged yesterday. (One of those #Spanberger votes in VA was mine!) Hell, Democrats flipped two state Senate seats in frickin’ MISSISSIPPI.

Jimmy Wales, founder of #Wikipedia: “We’re designing everything for the long haul, and the only way we can last that long is not by pandering to this raging mob…but maintaining our values, maintaining our trustworthiness. We’re just going to do our thing, and we’re going to do it as well as we can.”

Believe it or not, Donald Trump has opened my eyes. If he can rearrange the whole government with the stroke of a pen… why can’t we? (7/7)

Appointing three new liberal Supreme Court Justices. Putting LGBT rights and reproductive choice into the Constitution. Making the executive branch once again accountable to the law. (6/7)

And then — hopefully with the help of a Democratic House and Senate — the next president can go about the hard work of fixing the country using the law. Eliminating gerrymandering once and for all. Getting rid of Citizens United. Making DC and Puerto Rico full states. (5/7)

This could all be accomplished by 5 pm the first day.

That’s the pitfall of governing by executive fiat. Anything that’s not enshrined in the Constitution or voted into law by the legislature can simply just… go away with the next executive fiat. (4/7)