Ben Hunter

@benhunter.bsky.social

3x Emmy-winning, James Beard-nominated idiot https://benhunter.co

I’ve been re-watching Black Sails, and it is just as thrilling as my first watch. The naval battles are badass, and I love the politics among the factions of pirates, colonies, and England. I really wish there were more shows about pirates.

I know it isn’t kosher as someone “in the industry” to speak poorly of tv and movies, but I seriously cannot believe Apple TV+ gave Invasion a third season. This show is so poorly written that I think ChatGPT could do a better job. It’s got serious crappy-elf-first-draft-energy.

A selection of a New Yorker interview with a Simpsons writer talking about getting a crappy first draft written, with the following text selected:

“It’s like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat.”

I recently discovered you can create custom lists in Google Maps (which I use extensively for saving restaurants). Now I can mark the spots run by MAGA fucks I will absolutely never support.

A screenshot of Google maps with a shit emoji marking a location.

As we said in the last Common Sense (and as anyone paying attention already knows) POTUS' move in Los Angeles is designed to provoke. He WANTS the federally-controlled show of force & he wants the confrontation (hence the careful use of key words "insurrection" and "rebellion"...