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Sinners is set in the city of Clarksdale, MS. Problem: there’s no theatre there. So, the citizens wrote to Warner Bros to bring the film to them. Today they & Ryan Coogler did! What a beautiful day!

Every comic creator's obituary is like, he created this iconic character who was in a movie that made $700 million last year. He died with a net worth of $12 after the publisher countersued him.

Succinctly states where we are and what's happening. These three things, in addition to doing much else, are the sheet anchors of American wealth and power.

The house has passed a ban on coverage of gender care for all ages under Medicaid, CHIP and ACA plans. I don't know what to say to anyone this morning other than that the hundreds of thousands of people who are about to lose access to the care they need to stay alive deserve better than silence.

there's so many layers of fraud and abuse in this story that "someone might have been trying to log into the NLRB's systems with a valid Doge username and password from russia" doesn't even make it into the first 5,000 words

If we were conquered and under hostile occupation, what would the government do differently? Would an occupation government that wanted to crush the United States as a vibrant, prosperous country with influence around the world do anything differently?

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So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!

and they want to do it ...

... in *a few months*

I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...

... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here

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Wearing a “Protect Trans Lives” pin feels like such a small and inadequate thing to do, but while I was standing in line the other day a little girl of 10 or 11 saw it and said “I love your pin!” with a bright smile. You never know who will be encouraged or comforted by the small thing you’re doing.

VERY IMPORTANT to label this as what it is, The Police State Executive Order. it's not an exaggeration. This is the inner wiring of a police state.

A full page of guides to how to schedule games in the style of the D&D manual. The link has the full PDF - I couldn't get all the text there in an ALT text.

I've written a one page patch for the new D&D Players Manual where I solve the problem of people's campaigns grinding to a halt because they can't schedule a game.

PDF is the link. Print it out. Stick it in your manuals. May work for other games too. #ttrpg #dnd

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a group of men sat together

Tristan Tzara, Paul Éluard, André Breton, Hans Arp, Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, René Crevel & Man Ray.

My favorite graphic…R ideology has careened rightward for decades but Ds (as of this now-outdated 2013 chart) hadn’t moved much at all. I wish I could update this with more recent data but I’m not sure I have the skills for that. And I suspect that Ds have now been dragged rightward of Reagan.

Apologies in advance for what might look like a rambling diatribe going nowhere. But the one thing I know really well - better than almost anyone else - is boxing. And there’s a really valuable lesson from boxing that the Democratic Party needs to learn in a hurry.

Let’s start with the boxing bit.

I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.

Man, I didn't have "Asteroid strike vaporizes Mumbai" OR "Elon Musk takes over USA" on my 2025 bingo card.

Just a dark fuckin' day for liberty, equality, justice, integrity and compassion.

kyle_maclachlan Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn't recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision. What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to. Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I'd ever met. David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath. While the world has lost a remarkable artist, l've lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own. I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We'd talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh. His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other. I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he's gone. David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything.

This is a beautiful tribute.

It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. We would appreciate some privacy at this time. There's a big hole in the world now that he's no longer with us. But, as he would say, "Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole." It's a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.

Remembrance post by David Lynch’s family, confirmed by Variety.

Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth (Gift Article) She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

Excellent obituary of Karen Wynn Fonstad, the superlative cartographer of Middle-earth, Pern, D&D, Narnia, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...

Eclips of the Sun in Venice in July 8, 1842 a striking depection of an eclipse taking place. the sky darkens in sections as people look on

'L'eclissi di sole a Venezia dell'8 luglio 1842'

Ippolito Caffi, 1842

Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Here's a quick piece I wrote up on how to understand DOGE as a very blatant attempt at procurement capture, a simple way of making government spending corrupt to benefit the tycoons. Please do pass it along & share any feedback! www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D... (Thx for the nudge to write it!)

How Did This Beloved Thing Get So Bad?

a guy wanted to get richer

What Happened To All Thos— let me stop you there. a guy wanted to get richer

Why Is Th— a guy wanted to get richer

Have You Noticed Th— a guy wanted to get richer

Where Did— a guy wanted to get richer

A photo of the three original paperback "Dragonlance" novels by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman.

"You'll be visited by three spirits"

The three spirits:

Crumb, looking dapper in a suit and fedora, leans against a tree. The other cartoonists huddle together along the curb

Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky Crumb, Peter Bagge, Jim Woodring, Gary Groth, Jaime Hernandez, Daniel Clowes, and Gilbert Hernandez 1991

#NationalCartoonistsDay

It's weird how I haven't seen any AI products that do the work of upper corporate management or college administrators....you'd think that the most expensive links in the chain would be where AI would be most cost effective...hm, this must just be an oversight that will be remedied soon.

'Beyond The Pale'

4,202 images captured by Butch Wilmore on ISS are processed, graded & retimed to create this video footage of aurora, airglow and satellites with music by Stellardrone. Cropped and edited from 11m48s 4k original.

Credit: Butch Wilmore / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran

I’m saying it now with hopes that it sinks in: Donald Trump cannot take any oath of office until he is granted amnesty for breaking the last one he swore. That’s just straight up in the Constitution. 2/3 of each House. That’s the bar.

Samurai helmet made by Myochin Nobuie, 1525