Darren Hughes

Lately I’ve been dissociating from rising authoritarianism and the climate crisis by focusing instead on the coming AI apocalypse, which is at least interesting and has potential upsides.

I think I’ve achieved a kind of bliss — meaning, I now doomscroll without the doom. I’m dead inside, is what I’m saying.

Take a moment to thank the people who tell us to respect the troops. They gave their lives in the service of being the most annoying scolds the world has ever seen

I’m not really a writer anymore 🤷🏻‍♂️

Father Mother Sister Brother is Jarmusch's best film in 30 years. Everyone in it is delightful, and then, to top it all off, Françoise Lebrun drops by for one scene and totally wrecked me.

TIL Charlotte Rampling and my mother were born the same day.

YouTube video by Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka - The Queen Of 1964 (In Concert: Neil Sedaka, April 26th, 1975)

It's impossible to overstate how nebbishy Neil Sedaka was. '70s pop music was weird, man. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6PS...

Mamdani's and AOC's social media collaboration is giving me something like hope and joy. What a strange sensation.

YouTube video by Genesis Genesis - Blood On The Rooftops (Official Audio)

I grew up on nerdy prog rock but somehow managed to never hear Wind & Wuthering (1976), the second post-Gabriel album. "Blood on the Rooftops," it turns out, is my ideal version of folk-inflected prog. The chorus is a banger. Someone needs to drop it in a movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Su...

I woke up this morning, thinking, "Did I write 'at the leisure' instead of 'at the pleasure'?"

Latest polls show that Trump has lost everyone except for his core base — the third of Americans who are authoritarian white nationalists. I find this comforting in a perverse way.

They're trying to thread the needle between building a quality program and protecting the free speech of visiting artists while working at the leisure of a government that isn't particularly interested in either.

"Things break quickly and heal slowly." - Dorota Lech's post is the best thing I've read about the situation.

It’s a no-win situation. If Tuttle can’t survive in the position, I don’t know who can. Until they hire a Zionist director, Bild and the conservatives they represent will make it impossible. Fwiw, I think a lot of good and smart people are trying their best to save the fest from within.

German Tabloid Bild Reports Berlinale Head Tricia Tuttle On Way Out After Culture Ministry Calls Meeting Over Pro-Palestinian Speech Row German Tabloid Bild Reports Berlinale Head Tricia Tuttle On Way Out After Culture Ministry Calls Extraordinary Meeting

Shitshow.

I signed up for a few free months of Apple+ because I want to finish S1 of Stick, which I enjoyed on the plane. Turns out Apple+ is loaded with movies I’ve never heard of and would never consider watching and that star famous people. Literally no one has ever seen Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth.

All detectives on deck.

Increasingly embarrassed to be an alumnus of this university. (But I won't deny that this photo of Landis Green is making me a wee bit nostalgic.)

I would've gone with Marisa Abela rather than Blanchett for Best Supporting in Black Bag. (I'm happy to see *any* mention of Black Bag.)

Alex Lifeson can afford a better wig.

To me, the only debate is whether SONGS or Peter Gabriel's SO is the best English pop/rock album of the '80s.

Wonder if I'm the only person who has had a series of vivid dreams over many years in which I participated in a murder and cover-up? Images from those dreams occasionally intrude in my waking life and give me anxiety and make me think ... but maybe I really did?

I took my very online 13yo to see Iron Lung and hoo-boy that is on a short list of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Is the 4K worth an upgrade from the Blu?

I just heard an Adobe ad encouraging me to use Al to turn my PDF into a podcast. I hate this era so much.

Grant Gee winning best director would totally make sense in 1999.

I'm still totally distracted by this news

The best thing I can say about Wes Rucker is that he genuinely loved college sports and college sportswriting too much to be anything but honest, and it showed.

Sports reporter Wes Rucker, who covered Tennessee athletics, dies at 43 Longtime sports reporter Wes Rucker, who covered University of Tennessee athletics, died in a car crash in Knoxville on Feb. 19.

I don't have many local followers who would be familiar with Wes and his work, but I'm reeling from this news. Wes has been my main point of connection with UT sports for more than a decade. I loved his voice on social media and the ways he would integrate stories about his wife and son. Just awful.

YouTube video by theclashVEVO The Clash - I'm so Bored with the U.S.A. (Official Audio)

Landed in DC 30 minutes ago after a week in Europe. m.youtube.com/watch?v=2D-l...