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Nightfall (Video 2000) ⭐ 3.3 | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller 1h 22m | R

It's such a great story! But so far it hasn't translated into a good movie: a 2nd attempt in 2000 also is reviewed poorly.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0249...

remember when you could make a movie about killing nazis and roughly a quarter of the american polity wouldn’t admit that they took that as a personal attack

Yes! We were so psyched to see itm and then the movie started. We walked out after the movie showed a woman stretched out on an altar with birds pecking at her eyes. Ugh.

Nightfall (1988) ⭐ 2.6 | Mystery, Sci-Fi 1h 23m | PG-13

Nightfall. My husband & I walked out after 15 minutes. It's the only movie I've ever walked out of.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0095...

Iran and the economy. John Anderson running as an Independent didn't help, but his vote margin was likely too small to affect any electoral votes.

Also, Ronald Reagan was a genuinely gifted and charismatic speaker. I couldn't stand him, but he had talent.

you might be able to come up with a hypothetical D nominee/R nominee pairing where I’d prefer the R nominee if you just get to switch the names or something but there really aren’t any pairings that involve Vance or Trump on the R side and remotely realistic D nominees where I sit out or vote R

I miss living in a world where unimaginable horrors remained unimagined.

YouTube video by Headline USA Jesse Jackson 'I Am Somebody' on Sesame Street

I still remember chanting, "I am! Somebody!"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuZV...

Wow. 😮

"How bad could it be? ... Oh. Oh!"

45 years ago, I was privileged to hear Jesse Jackson speak at my high school (Little Rock Central High). He was mesmerizing. It was a powerful experience, and I've admired him greatly ever since. Rest in power, sir. Your memory is a blessing. ❤️

YouTube video by Hamilton The Hamilton Mixtape: Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)

Stumbled across this on YouTube. Posted 8 years ago & more relevant than ever. Watch with subtitles if you don't speak Spanish.

From the Hamilton Mixtape, "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_35...

I’m not voting for Newsom because it’s 2026 and we have a midterm to focus on before we can even think about nominating a presidential candidate. God, you people are tiresome.

Not to mention that it's February 2026. We haven't even had the midterm elections yet! Can't we wait until they're done to start hyperventilating about who the Presidential nominee will be?

They have literally invented a candidacy that doesn't exist yet to say that the imaginary candidate is being shoved down their throats.

How do leftists manage to breathe and eat while choking on strawmen?

Also, Kamala Harris was on the 2024 primary ticket with Biden; she wasn't forced on anyone.

i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions

Kitteh!

With alt text:

F slightly edges out I. I hate both coconut and raspberry.

Yes! We haven't even had the midterm elections yet, can we at least wait to set our hair on fire until after they're done?!

Not to subtweet anyone but it’s pretty weird to see Americans arguing over the potential hypothetical result of a primary campaign that doesn’t even begin properly for at least another year.

roses are red
their thorns cause ouches
what rough beast
toward bethlehem slouches?

One of the things that i have to give it to Trump is that it is so fucking easy to oppose everything he says, stands for, and believes in. There has not been one moral close call with anything he does. I have never had to say "well does he have a point."

No. Everything he does has been awful

Really powerful, really illuminating thread. Clear, precise, devastating.

There must be some mistake. I was assured by Brett Kavanaugh that detainees were sorted only by the content of their character, and it was purely coincidental that this mapped on to the color of their skin.

Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.

Non-Apple news link:

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Look! It's the new Avocado Toast™! 🙄

Hyponatremia - Symptoms and causes

Tell him hyponatremia (low sodium level in the blood) is a bad bad thing

www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...

It was a common saying when I was a young fan that "The Golden Age of science fiction is 12," meaning that the works you devour at that age will continue to be a touchstone. I have no reason to doubt it.

My main problem with the phrase "You're really dating yourself" is that I immediately want to add, "It's not like anyone else would," which is too rude to actually say to someone no matter how funny it is.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...