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I hope this ishmael finds you whale

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs, no Star Wars, Trek, or LOTR.

Global Fandom Platform - Weverse Enjoy every moment with artists on global fandom life platform Weverse.

SHINee announces SHINee World VII "E.S.S.A.Y (Every Stage Shines Around You)" for May 23rd, 24th, adn 25th at the KSPO Dome

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TBF, the only movies I saw of the "big ones" for the Oscars were Dune 2 and Conclave and I wanted Conclave to win so bad, but alas.

Good for Sean Baker though!

kinda sucks to get kicked off right as the last two awards are being announced, Hulu.

Did anyone else get kicked off the Hulu livestream for the Oscars? Lol oh boy

when you realize that most of your news is coming from Wired... you just buckle up for the ride. Thanks for the work folks! Appreciate you educating us during this tumultuous time.

time to shoot up some chickens i guess (with vaccines)

What’s a technology that you think is overhyped? I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry. Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto. It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.

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In a time when many of us feel like flipped tortoises helplessly bicycling our stumpy legs while the nukes detonate, building communities, connecting with people, saying loudly & explicitly 'I am here, let's talk, I will listen to your victories & struggles' is huge & makes a meaningful difference.

Movies you’ve watched more than six times, using only gifs

I watched Casablanca again and found myself more taken in by Victor Laszlo being a stalwart underground leader than I was by Rick Blaine being a flippy floppy liberal (at first). I get it bro.

Also watching Casablanca in 2025, knowing they made it in 1942 when they weren’t sure what would happen…

Extremely late to the Fontaines D.C. party but enjoying the sprawling guitar chords, kind of like providing the bright grey undertones to the fog in a cold and expansive pine forest.

(It’s good writing music)

"Resist, Obstruct, Protect Our People": Maxwell Frost Has a Plan for Taking on Trump "Why is a single Democrat voting to confirm any of these Trump Cabinet nominees?"

We might have a few less seats in Congress but we’re not going to be the minority. We’re going to be the opposition.

Thanks @leximcmenamin.bsky.social & @teenvogue.com for covering.

www.teenvogue.com/story/maxwel...

it feels incredibly goofy trying to send emails, cook dinner, do laundry, and buy groceries while everything is an absolute garbage fire

Countering Holocaust Denial and Distortion: A Guide for Teachers This guide helps teachers design lessons about the Holocaust to prevent denial, enhance understanding, and promote critical thinking, digital literacy, and solidarity.

The Holocaust was one of the darkest chapters in human history, yet Holocaust denial and distortion have gained ground online in recent years. UNESCO’s newest guide, created with ISD and Austria’s Education, Science and Research Ministry, helps teachers address the Holocaust. Read it below.

It's hard to delete a social media account that once gave you so much joy (and in some cases, jobs).

Medical Device Company Tells Hospitals They're No Longer Allowed to Fix Machine That Costs Six Figures Hospitals are increasingly being forced into maintenance contracts with device manufacturers, driving up costs.

Right to repair is a matter of life and death.

www.404media.co/medical-devi...

This is my periodic rant that Apple Intelligence is so bad that today it got every fact wrong its AI a summary of @washingtonpost.com news alerts.

It's wildly irresponsible that Apple doesn't turn off summaries for news apps until it gets a bit better at this AI thing.

Donate to Kyle & Jon Phoenix Fund (Rebuilding after Eaton Fire), organized by Vinnie Singh Dear friends and community, I’m reaching out with a heavy heart … Vinnie Singh needs your support for Kyle & Jon Phoenix Fund (Rebuilding after Eaton Fire)

The GoFundMe for beloved #CriticalRole producer Kyle Shire is live. Please donate if you can and share it around.

Kyle is one of the sweetest, most genuine people I know. Working with him is one of my favorite things about my job. He’s the best egg.

gofund.me/cf5fc1d0

instagram post from ktownforall. While not in the direct path of the fire yet - Koreatown is covered in heavy smoke and we are in need of KN95 masks and will need to replace a ton of tarp and tents. Please consider donating to our Venmo at: @Ktownforall or via debit/ credit card through Paypal at https://www.paypal.com/ncp/pa yment/D8A65YA2D58EQ Every dollar will go to survival items that will be handed to someone in need.

if you’re looking for something to do to help LA, folks in ktown are going to need masks. there are lots of elderly and homeless people in that neighborhood, this organization will distribute aid! ❤️

In Nosferatu the Vampyr (1979), good ol Nossy floats on a raft in an unremarkable coffin (?) before being put on a big boat as a pallet of “enriched soil.”

Wtf Herzog?

Mākhers Studio: Tackling Workforce Housing, Local Job Creation, and Sustainable Living— One Container at a Time In creating Mākhers Studio, Wanona Satcher consciously shifted gears from the macro level to the micro level to address affordable housing.

NEW ARTICLE UP WOO!

I spoke to Wanona Satcher of Mākhers Studio in Atlanta, Georgia, a true sustainability champion in the modular building space, who uses shipping containers to address housing inequality, community building, and more.

www.modular.org/2025/01/03/m...

30 percent of California's forest firefighters are prisoners About 4,000 inmates battle blazes in the Golden State's woodlands.

As we witness these heartbreaking scenes from the fires in LA, an important reminder that incarcerated people make up over 30% of California’s forest firefighters.

i tell this story whenever this comes up: i sat in a meeting at a major broadcaster, watching facebook reps tell us why video was awesome and we all needed to shift to video content thinking 'i hate watching video on social, especially fb. everyone i know hates it. what?'
*stitch clawing face gif*

What would it mean to use a Deathnote in 2025 lol

I’m watching it again after… what… 17 years?

The famous green owl app Duolingo is going even harder into AI made by stolen content. It's not curated by native speakers so you have no idea if what you're learning is correct. Their algorithm overall tries to hit the happy brain juices instead of helping you learn. So here are some alternatives!