happy war on chrusmas

a bearded Tatsuya Nakadai in Harakiri on the left side of the frame, seen through the ribs of a parasol

closeup on an older Tatsuya Nakadai in Heat Wave, face slightly turned (almost in profile but not quite) with a colorful stained glass window behind him

young evilly grinning Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo, to the left of a window belching flames into the top of the frame

gorgeous closeup on Tatsuya Nakadai in Sword of Doom wearing a ronin hat, a wide-brimmed hat made of bamboo with a chin strap, the light filtering through it onto his face.

hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.

I think it would be cool to live in a world where the masses of humanity don’t have to spend every waking hour toiling and begging for tablescraps while a wealthy few live in opulence and splendor, but maybe that’s just me.

Photoshopping a mozzarella stick onto the Come And Take Them flag.

This is not a dunk, I'm quoting bc this sentiment comes up a lot:

If your goal is to support the workers, never, ever, ever start boycotting or pull funding from a product or company until the union asks you to. It is a VERY powerful tool that is unintentionally undermined by early cancellations.

Herr Bud… no rule a dog can’t rule Germany.. etc etc

Can’t believe NYC forgot 9/11.

Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer calling for regime change in New York City. Hegseth saying to the UN that the Zohran regime is manufacturing weapons of mass destruction.

This is why I make mead (I had a bottle set aside for Cheney earlier)

Zohran taking off his mask to reveal he is Muhammad al-Mahdi, finally come out of occultation.

Vote for Zohran, but also get involved in your labor union, start talking to your coworkers about issues and whether or not you can organize to fix them, get involved with your neighbors in tenants unions, write letters to people in prison, get involved in your local abortion clinic defense group.

Whether or not Zohran wins, and whatever limitations and failures he faces in office, is less important than the hundreds of people in NYC and thousands more across the US turning to socialism for the first time and will need guidance and encouragement to become committed strugglers for liberation.

Inshallah

Jon.

Flew to New York so I could vote eight times for Mamdani, but on the ninth go around I put Curtis Sliwa just for funsies.

A perfect video to post today

His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

But also vote for Zohran, it’d be cool if he won.

Vote for Zohran, but also get involved in your labor union, start talking to your coworkers about issues and whether or not you can organize to fix them, get involved with your neighbors in tenants unions, write letters to people in prison, get involved in your local abortion clinic defense group.

Whether or not Zohran wins, and whatever limitations and failures he faces in office, is less important than the hundreds of people in NYC and thousands more across the US turning to socialism for the first time and will need guidance and encouragement to become committed strugglers for liberation.

How’s that guy who made the “Dick Cheney Made Money On The Iraq War” Twitter account doing today?

Damn, Dick Cheney taught me it was okay to be weird (illegally invade and occupy foreign countries, ending the lives of at least half a million people and leaving behind birth defects, starvation, ruined infrastructure and sectarian violence)

It’s funny because Dick Cheney actively made the world a worse place with his every living breath and in a just world he would have been tried at The Hague.

Wild that for his last campaign move Zohran Mamdani executed Dick Cheney in Central Park, but he’s sure won my vote for it.

How it feels fr fr no cap

Think I just saw a human in real life browsing their phone and receive a Threads notification. Horrifying.

Whole gang logging on to merely interpret the world in various ways.

The problem with following academics is that the ones who are good still inevitably spend all day reading and talking to and retweeting the ones who aren’t good.

Imagine being Rex from Toy Story and it’s almost an afterthought on your resume.

Incredible how good that scene has to be to stand out so strongly from the rest of the movie, which is also extraordinarily good. Imagine how it felt to write that scene.

The Big Sleep absolutely could still sell out a regular theatrical run.