Paul Park

Moonrise Kingdom but Star Wars. Actually, that would have been a good direction for the prequels.

the Iranian drought story is insanely undercovered.

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Important additions:
1) Using Tippex;
2) Writing in wet Tippex;
3) Scraping Tippex off your pen nib;
4) Scraping the Tippex off and reapplying it;
5) Goto 2.

Yeah, it’s quite an early one, isn’t it? Maybe they wrote it before they knew what they were doing. Doesn’t sound important, anyway.

Yeah, I don’t really agree. US mining towns also had brass bands (still do, in fact) and I think the Englishness is from the accents, not the trappings. Cassian’s narrative reflects being indigenous and feeling excluded from politics; Mothma’s story reflects tradwife influence in young people.

I’d quite like to see The Thing, but with superheroes. No, not you, Ben.

I’d have said Andor was thoroughly American despite being acted mostly by Brits (it’s just easier to find them around Pinewood). The creator is American and it refers to the slide of the US into fascism (much as the prequel trilogy did). It’s The Iron Heel, not The Secret of the League.

I sent an effing fax YESTERDAY! Maybe that’s just healthcare for you.

Just 9, for me, because that would have been rude.

Blockbuster closes 23 Scots stores DVD rental firm Blockbuster is to close 23 stores in Scotland, after it went into administration earlier this month.

Wait, were there never any Blockbuster Video shops in Scotland? There certainly were in England, of course.

No, looks like there were:

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“And wasn’t the Great Depression as devastating, both in loss of life and other effects, counting global consequences, as the Holodomor?”

I can't believe I have to post this, but in these uncertain times, it's better to be prepared.

Why does Gates bother pandering to Trump? He doesn’t have a business any more that Trump can affect.

To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros” These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.

To Understand Hegseth, Vance, and the MAGA bros culture you have meet the “TheoBros.”

1. Obviously, she is hot
2. Also, yes, her audience is not primarily straight men
3. Consider that driving this type of discourse is a smart move if you want to be very much discussed
4. One of the unfortunate effects of the patriarchy is that “who a man is attracted to” is a status marker for men

YouTube video by Netflix Is A Joke I Think You Should Leave | Hot Dog Car Sketch | Netflix Is A Joke

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No, for grozny. If Ivan Grozny was being translated today (rather than in the 16th century) what adjective would we use?

They should be cheering the bit about “but we don’t have to pay him anything if he doesn’t make these grossly unrealistic stock price targets.”

Is your electric bill going up? AI is partly to blame Across the country, demand for electricity is on the rise — and so is the price of electric power.

“Atlas also doesn’t pay taxes and makes everyone else’s energy bills higher. Vae victis, losers.”

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Finding an appropriate English translation now is difficult. Terrific sounds silly, terrifying is too prosaic, awesome is hilarious. Magnificent or formidable might do. The former is at least a known regal epithet.

Parks and Rec isn't a hill to die on, but one thing it gets right is this whole government thing rests on the shoulders of people you will never know, caring a lot about jobs you've never heard of, fighting challenges thrown at them from every angle just to make life a little better for everyone.

The adverb is different, yes. I’d still use terribly that way. And yes, Galadriel is using terrible in the older sense of awe-inspiring (terrific).

Yes, they are, and the UK also has some of the best experts and laws for hiding your money and property from the government. It’s a major part of how London is Disneyland for kleptocrats.

Hey, who isn’t?

Trump adds a new sign labeling ‘The Oval Office’ ... right outside the Oval Office The gilded letters outside the world’s most famous office resemble the typeface used on the logo for his Mar-a-Lago club

Compare and contrast to the font of the new Trump sign outside the Oval Office.
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Honestly, one of the great American poems. Arguably the great American poem.

The context on the blurb isn’t clear, it could also mean terrific, as in generally impressive.

Yes, that‘s less common now - it would be more common to say terrifying. Terrible as in Ivan isn’t what I’d say - for me, terrible always means “very bad, in quality or outcome.”

Interesting use of the word terrible, not in use now - do they mean terrific or terrifying?

A Writer's Odyssey - Wikipedia

Watching A Writer’s Odyssey on Tubi and it’s pretty good but weirdly feels as if it has more lavish cinematography and CGI than is appropriate for the story (a low-key fantasy novel)? Like the team just really wanted to show off what they could do.

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