Ryan Eric Dull

Not in a gentle way either. They fully put those guys in the wicker man

The world already contains a quadrillion times more free art than a person could experience in a lifetime! Hard to imagine there’s a ton of money to be made making bad art cheaper and more abundant.

Yeah the rise of MMA really peeled away a lot of the rightmost segment of the wrestling audience

There was actually a gang war, in my genes, about whether they'd call me a conquistador or a roman

Weyes Blood?

Like a quarter of US households watched the broadcast of the 1955 Olivier Richard III. People were eating their vegetables!

obviously I don't feel bad for this guy but there is something weirdly poignant about lying about being a botanist. "what's my job? uh, in general, I am arrayed with the forces of... life. yeah, that's it. not the forces of death."

I'm always buoyed by this passage from Orlando. If Vriginia Woolf can relate, then I guess it must just be how writing works.

And to Tiny Tim — who did NOT die; who says that he will never die; who dances in light and in shadow and is a great favorite. He never sleeps, Tiny Tim. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die

And to Tiny Tim — who did NOT die; who says that he will never die; who dances in light and in shadow and is a great favorite. He never sleeps, Tiny Tim. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die

One of the absolute best ever. Masaaki Yuasa using every tool in the box

And the more obviously unwell he gets, the easier it's going to be for his voters to say, "Well the problem is he's changed. He's not who he used to be." Which makes abandoning him less of an ego blow.

[I turn on the TV and every channel is showing me being burned in effigy] This can't be good

SCROOGE (Walton Goggins) (VO): It had been seven years Old Marley had been dead. Unless this is known, nothing fantastic can be understood

MARLEY (Danny McBride) flings open BEDROOM DOOR: Hey Scrooge what's up you sassy son of a bitch. Who decorated this place Jack the Ripper

Kevin is lawful in the manner of a spider god: once you enter his home, your rights and life are forfeit.

Whether or not this is evil depends on whether Harry and Marv have free will. Is there any universe where they don’t enter the house? Hard to imagine

Tomorrowland is a pretty direct flirtation with and rejection of objectivism, which is interesting

Brad Bird is definitely preoccupied with the idea of, like, "some people possess a greatness that the majority lacks," and most of his films hinge on, "What does a great person owe to the world? What does the world owe to a great person?" The villains are generally motivated by resentment, etc

She's the greatest. Feels like she lives one step closer to eternity than everyone else. Have you read For the Time Being?

Got a beautiful vintage road bike for commuting into DC and every day I felt like I was going to die.

Oh cool texture on those dreadnoughts

And then pairs it with Wintermute! One of the best thing-namers to ever do it

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

Rewriting the works of Flannery O’Connor, but every time a character experiences the shattering grace of God, their Spark activates.

It feels like science fiction! But the reason computers are operated vocally in science fiction is because it’s more fun to watch actors talk than read

Truly no better wrestling archetype than “tiny guy who everyone agrees is a big guy”

Writers should internalize Lao Tzu's lesson about how the emptiness at the center of a wheel is what makes it useful, and how a pot is valuable because of where the clay *isn't*. Corporate geek culture has warped us into thinking that negative spaces are flaws that need to be fixed.

YouTube video by Eros Moby Dick (1956) - Father Mapple's Sermon

No idea if the rest of the John Huston take is any good, but Orson Welles kills the sermon. Apparently did the adaptation himself

A lot of people’s instant response to cyclists and vegans both is, “They think they’re better than me!”, so they’re immediately looking for ways to cut them down to size.

Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog