Condescension from the FT at its best. And from a design and atchitecture columnist. Shocked.
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Futurist, Managing Partner: changeist.com. Project Lead: https://10fconsortium.org Author: “How to Future” (2020) and “Future Cultures” (2023) Reviews and previews: collisiondetector.com
I really wanted to write a Covid-era #vanlife remake running from north of SF up Oregon coast.
Scott Smith@changeist.bsky.social · 2d agoSpielberg’s DUEL (1971) was 50 years ahead of its time.
Richard Florida would like you to remember there used to be a creative class.
NBC pundit team somehow finding a way to make City the ones to feel bad for today.
Scott Smith@changeist.bsky.social · 4d agoEvery football commentator on TV today.
Every football commentator on TV today.
Casablanca Humphrey Bogart
ALT: Casablanca Humphrey Bogart
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It’s not just the livestream, but the inevitable flood of clipping and meme afterward.
This eeek I learned that Daphne Oram of Radiophonic Workshop fame did part of the music for one of my fav gothic films, THE INNOCENTS (1961).
Haven’t seen the FB film but having Mikey Madison play Frances Haugen is ludicrous. Haugen ate a salad next to me at an event once—zero resemblance.
You know you’ve done good parenting when your eldest video calls you at midnight from another hemisphere to play a version of the G04 numbers station (Three Note Oddity) he composed programmed on a Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator.
What is the movie that came out before you were born that you’ve watched the most times?
Be the Changeist@scoxsmith.bsky.social · last wk.What is the movie that came out before you were born that you’ve watched the most times?
Aw cmon it’s October it can’t be goo goo gaa gaa season already
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (1973) TV movie with Kim Darby and Jim Hutton featured these small scary creatures I was always on the lookout for in our house at night.
Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 2w agoIn honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
Hat tip to the Pokémon Go enthusiasts on your miltech success
The Hallmark Channel needs an October Folk Horror takeover. Who’s with me?
Just sitting down to finish this when I picked up my phone…
OSINTRadar@osintradar.bsky.social · 2w agoA 28-year-old woman has died from plague in Russia, with 190 people who had contact with her placed under quarantine, according to UNN.
"One problem is that AI may create value in areas which governments tax lightly while destroying value in the more heavily taxed bits. The economy could expand rapidly while leaving the government increasingly starved of funds." 🤔 www.economist.com/finance-and-...
How the AI boom could worsen the rich world’s fiscal crunch
Even with higher growth, taxes may be harder to find
economist.com
Gotta say, on 12th viewing, the 4K version of THE EXORCIST really does a disservice to the film. The blown out brights, tuned color and extra music makes it feel really messed with.
