michael lutz

wife chasing me around the kitchen table with a rolling pin because she found me in the epstein files being a Mossad Operative

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PANEL 1: NARRATOR: "Cultivating the measured NPR cadence and placid deference to the military that characterizes the ideal neoliberal subject, Clark Kent returns to the editorial meeting..." A group of DAILY PLANET reporters are in a meeting, Clark Kent is responding to a question from his boss. CLARK: "Well, chief, the bombing campaign--" PANEL 2: Clark is talking and the other reporters and co-workers look unhappy. CLARK: "Obviously war in the region is not-ah-"ideal," but regime change could ultimately provide socioeconomic benefits that far outweigh the regrettable civilian casualties..." CLARK (thinking): "As Superman, last son of Krypton, these words of course sicken me; however, it's Clark Kent's job to manufacture consent!" PANEL 3: (inset in a larger panel) One reporter is whispering to another. REPORTER: "Kent is such an off-putting sociopath" REPORTER 2: "I hope he kills himself". An arrow points to this inset panel that reads "Thanks to super-hearing" from Clark's ear. Clark is smiling and thinking to himself. CLARK (thinking): "Looks like my secret identity as Clark Kent is safe...FOR NOW!"

the mild manners are job security, baby

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my interpretation of Sam Gamgee and his weird bag hat for @rangedtouch.bsky.social

And you know, you can extend from this to a real important corallary to "Everyone is 12 Now" theory is "There has been a generation-long project to keep people 12."

Conservative news and opinon outlets, regressive mass audience entertainment products, etc. all propagandize a chilidish worldview.

no but this does seem extremely relevant

yes! yes!!! couple notes: the voiceacting is much better and much more even in the Spanish audio; the writing overall can be pretty 'sure dude' ie, there is a Tiny Tina-like character (thankfully w/o accent) who is annoying but i am charitable and reserving my final judgment on her until the end

Interesting precedent to establish. Here's the important thing: it will never come back to haunt anyone in any way

wonder why

there is so much gas in the move of throwing the player without any exposition into a world that at first clocks as alternate history and then resolves into a bizarre dark fantasy world where some sort of apocalyptic religious conflict is playing out that everyone understands so no one ever explains

played more crisol, some additional thoughts: it's possible my primary interest in this game is that i have no fucking clue what is happening ever and it all might resolve into something fairly jejune, but

Incredible horror novel that you should absolutely buy.

That argument exists because the lives of non-white people are cheap in imperial discourse. Mass death on the other side of the world has no reality outside of what space it takes up on the american tv news cycle. If it were otherwise, the old normal would have been as insupportable as the new

Creature from the black lagoon nativity scene

What the genocide in Gaza reinforced is that there are no "civilians" when it comes to Israel and the United States. The rest of the world learned the same lesson and the consequences are going to be felt across the world.

RIP Dan Simmons, you would have loved war with Iran

most shockingly of all, the alien craft was reportedly adorned with a sort of bumper sticker that said "Earth Hoes Cant Fuck"

This is accurate and it's become a pattern for a certain brand of journalist who fixates on trans people. I block people who use Bluesky to rage-farm for their X audiences because I like to encourage them to consider getting a life instead

You all hear about these dang rings

it's beautiful

good

Michael gesturing to an inspirational bathroom sign that has been edited to read "you are exactly where you need to pee"

Fixed it

Thank you restaurant bathroom this really soothed me

"Smile dog" written as a graffiti tag

Okay

me and kristalina are gonna PARTY