It wasn't "cancel culture" when women and people of color got used up, silenced, and dismissed before their careers even began. It only became "cancel culture" when powerful abusers started having established careers momentarily inconvenienced by revelations of what they'd done.
Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".
Holy fucking shit this is awesome use this now
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[father jud voice] i know someone else who's never gonna give you up
We’ve all been Rickrolled by @rianjohnson.bsky.social 😳
Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
Charlie Day discussing the Pepe Silvia meme, showing his character in 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' standing in front of a conspiracy corkboard: "I love that when someone wants to refer to someone as insane they put up a picture of me in front of the corkboard. Like, that's one of the best things that's ever happened to me in life."
the right attitude
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
I wish the people who owned movie studios liked watching movies
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Learning from Stoppard By Mike Fitzgerald, June 13, 2016 Comparing two drafts of a script can be hugely instructive, revealing point-by-point how a writer went about improving the story. When I stumbled upon an earlier draft of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I discovered a dazzling, glittering trove of lessons as nourishing as eternal life itself. Well, nearly so. Last Crusade was written by Jeffrey Boam, from a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes. So say the opening credits. Boam’s final draft, dated March 1, 1988 (ten weeks before production) differs drastically from the published script which reflects the released version of the film. Differences come as no shock, but with Last Crusade they aren’t just a few deleted scenes and some line changes. Whole sections of the Boam draft were reimagined, major set pieces were added, and the pacing and tone were markedly transformed. Whoever made these changes possessed a profound grasp of story craft. Screenshot from https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade-learning-from-stoppard/
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires?
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
blue sparkle background, two hands holding a sign that reads "Revive the first and last Knights of Ren" in red text. There are two helmets, The Stranger's from Star Wars: Acolyte on the left and Kylo Ren's from the Star Wars sequel films on the right. Below that in black text reads "#thehuntforbensolo #renewtheacolyte" In the middle, there is the artist tag, @vividlittlevox. This is part of the fan effort #TheHuntForBenSolo to get the film made.
We're all in this together! Let's get this done! #StarWars #TheHuntForBenSolo #RenewTheAcolyte #BenSoloLives
I'm crying laughing at this honestly. Adam Driver did his reconnaissance during Hold On To Mr Darling era and deployed us appropriately. #TheHuntforBenSolo
Creator of ‘Breaking Bad’, Vince Gilligan on AI "I think they're selling a bag of vapor"
Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
The only way I’m accepting Rey as a Skywalker is if she chose her partner’s maternal last name.
Knives Out IV: Murder on a Q&A Panel
a screencap of rian johnson’s tweet of a photo of kelly marie tran at the london tros premiere with a caption that only contains the crown emoji
anyway
It's nice of Two Time Oscar Nominated Rian Johnson to help out a struggling director to get some camera time😶
the interview was good and friendly of course but the out of body experience i had hearing rian say this to his face
starting to think the events of this timeline are about to rip the universe apart
Imagine telling yourself a year ago that Daisy’s husband would be starring as Adam in TLH, JJ would be moderating a q&a for knives out with Rian, and Adam Driver had been secretly working on a Ben Solo fix-it fic movie for years 🧍♀️
Nagyon megérintett ez az ügy - kérlek írd alá Te is!
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