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Occasionally you get a really good director and you wonder what his secret is and it's like "oh, this guy reads books"

I think people who play games should read a book but I also think that's true of people that watch movies and people that read books.

no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop

The extended editions of 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy are all re-releasing in theaters for the 25th anniversary of the first film ⚔️

Starting January 16

between the Kalshi / Polymarket stuff and insane AI videos of criminals being locked up, we finally get to watch the same media that they consume in the starship troopers universe

The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.

Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.

John Roberts > Roger Taney.

Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.

What if Magic The Gathering was a retro point and click adventure game?

so charlie kirk gets shot in the neck then a week later they introduce a character named "full necky"

Greg Bovino: Commander Op At Large CA Gre... • X.com @CMDROpAtLargeCA Unfortunately, we see unhinged activists bring babies or children into potentially volatile or unpredictable situations. Are they crazy?? Keep children away from law enforcement situations. Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo.1h Kenner, La. (Dec. 5) — An open borders activist uses a baby as a human shield while demanding Border Patrol leave. 1:09 EEDOMNEWS.TV 3:41 PM • 12/5/25 • 1.3K Views

It’s clear from the video this woman had just come to the park to play with her child. She said as much and was upset that there were masked men with guns in the park.

Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”

CNN did not include this fact in their story about AT&T ending diversity initiatives, but they should have. we should have to reckon with the fact that AT&T has chosen to do today what a neo-nazi organization tried to force them to do 40 years ago. the nazis don't even have to ask anymore.

kittywashere writes: "Maybe, just maybe, not everyone is your enemy and not everything is an attack on you. Cis women also matter and are far more numerous. Trans women being unwilling to acknowledge that patriarchy and misogyny harm the hundreds of millions of cis women in this nation as well is some ultra toxic BS."

"allyship"

context: in a thread reporting the trump régime's executive order to remove all federal sa/rape protections from *trans and intersex* prisoners, this "ally" decided her first contribution would be along the lines of "women are next"

when called on it she then wrote this vileness

Counterpoint:

The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.

So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.

There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).

NPR crying and begging for donations after being defunded by Republicans so they can continue to inform the public and then calls a Constitutional guarantee a "longstanding principle" in the finest of Both Sides Journalism.

O Holy Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social . 1d Posts a lot: more than 50 times yesterday Pretty sure the reason we don't have a Democratic Party "interested in an anti-war movement" is that being "anti-war" is not actually a meaningful or useful principle, as seen by virtually all the people who self-define as such being adamantly in favour of wars conducted by states like Russia utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red Follow Given we don't have a democratic party that is actually interested in an anti-war movement, my best suggestion is to get involved so you can feel better knowing that Code Pink isn't running the room. Dec 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM 7 80 370 O Holy Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social + Follow Posts a lot: more than 50 times yesterday Maybe you could build an "anti-war movement" which said, for example, that arming Ukraine to the teeth is the only way to truly end that war with justice; this would be correct but also entail kicking out virtually everyone who uses the label of "anti-war" right now Dec 4, 2025, 10:14 AM

I'm going to be real with you, I don't know how you look back at American action in the last several decades and come to the conclusions our aim has been to 'stop as many wars as possible'.

Being trans disqualified you from being involved or having any say at all in the nyt coverage of trans people. That was true 5 years ago, and it’s true today.

It’s the definition of prejudice.

Straight cis white men can write about "the plight of young white men". Wealthy fuckers can write about "quiet quitting" (doing what you're paid to do) and "device hoarding" (because poor)

But if you write about the systemic discrimination you experience, you are "an activist" and can't be trusted.

in the end, the future of cinema is Hundreds of Beavers

Big shoutout to Jesse Singal and all of his buddies from the group chat. This wouldn’t have been possible without you guys.

saw someone use the term “sudaslop” negatively referring to suda51 games and I don’t think I wanna live on this planet anymore

i kind of hate how much these guys can’t be bothered to dress themselves well or even visibly take care of themselves

any tent that’s big enough for billionaires does not have space for me 🤷‍♀️

Rewatched "No Country for Old Men" yesterday, and I am placing my head under the guillotine here by saying this, but making movies with ambiguous endings is terrible art because it shows the director's and writer's lack of decisiveness in making, defending and completing their point, and by “leaving it to the audience to guess what happens”, they absolve themselves of all moral responsibility. It's how dreams on DHT, or stories in Dickens' writing, despite the intense emotions and darkness, always end with satisfying conclusions.

What's going on on that other website?

USPS doesn't "lose money" it is a public service paid for by our tax dollars, it is not meant to make a profit. Also it is guaranteed by our constitution, so there's that.

Nothing is sacred to rich people except their own bottomless greed.

Nothing.

Not art, not nature, not even human life. They value nothing, and they are forcing their nihilistic golden calf worship onto the rest of us with brute force. They’re cannibalizing our whole culture.

Genuinely can't tell if this will destroy the film industry or destroy netflix first...

Media consolidation is bad for everyone. It’s bad for art. It’s bad for artists.

This is REALLY bad for movie theaters.

We need to get serious about anti-trust laws again, and we need to get serious about separating production and presentation monopolies again.

Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.

Website Task Flowchart

xkcd.com/3175/