The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler
@isaacbutler.bsky.social
Cultural critic and historian, author, podcaster, non-Zionist Jew. Co-host: CHARM OFFENSIVE. Writer: THE METHOD: HOW THE 20TH CENTURY LEARNED TO ACT
i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
Misinformation is fine when rich women do it is a weird political hill to die on my dude!
Girard update: it is smart of the Penguin anthology to save his reaction and fairly antisemitic writing for the back half of the collection, although I think that’s also because it corresponds with the last twenty years of his life.
The only animal that can be Jewish is the octopus because they can express shame.
mx. butlertron@butlertron.bsky.social · 3d agothis is why dogs can’t be jewish.
Raena Targaryen has to be the worst character in all three shows
More songs about buildings and food, fear of music, remain in light
Mia Murphy 🏳️⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d agoWhat's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)
IT’S CALLED HENTAI, COOP. NICHE PORNOGRAPHY FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN. REAL WACKYLAND STUFF LIKE TENTACLES. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE GETTING A PROSTATE MASSAGE FROM AN OCTOPUS? ME TOO.
聖☆Alex Degen@adactivity.bsky.social · 5mo agoSure
Beginning work on a Strindberg project tomorrow… how many times will I have to resist the urge to say HEEEEEELIIIUUUUUUUM? I’m guessing at least once per hour.
“Leisure Suit Larry, Pokemon Trainer,”new from Sierra games this fall!
REM: Catapult So. Central Rain Driver 8 Fall On Me Disturbance at the Heron House You Are The Everything Half a World Away Try Not to Breathe Crush with Eyeliner Leave (The rest don’t count)
stim possible@jessespector.com · 3d agohere’s a little game… pick a band/artist, and name your top however many songs you can do, limited to one per album
I really wish guilt tripping dogs worked. Unfortunately they’re highly unsusceptible to this key parenting strategy.
Just finished: @isaacbutler.bsky.social 's The Method. An invaluable cultural history that is of great interest to anyone who loves film or the theater.
my afternoon google of "big pussy" turned up some sad results today
Fincher films, Ranked: The good ones: Zodiac The social network Fight club Panic room Seven The killer The bad ones: The game (a snooze) Dragon tattoo (mostly the excerable source material’s fault) Benjamin button (yikes) The mank (unwatchable)
Panic room is Kristen Stewart’s best performance. Possibly best movie too.
Taming of the Shrew has sold out its entire last four shows. And the last two tickets of the run went to this guy who an Eagles tattoo on his forearm. I showed him my Eagles tattoo and he bought tickets immediately. Go birds indeed.
Now now let’s not start defending the last two seasons of BSG. Some things are just a bridge too far.
Watched Scream 2 for the first time since it was in theaters (my kid is in a horror phase, which I’m loving) and… I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it? I remember thinking it was super lame when I saw it in college.
Among the funnier sentences I’ve read in Wikipedia, from Chris Fleming’s entry: “they are said to have a cult following.”
a republican congressman allegedly broke his two-year-old daughter's collarbone and he somehow hasn't been run out of congress. there really is no bridge too far for these ghouls.
‘Platner on steroids’: Max Miller abuse claims have Republicans silently sweating
The Ohio lawmaker denies the allegations as an Aug. 5 deadline to drop off the ballot approaches.
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I want you to notice how the New York Times does not think it's important to mention that both the OpenAI and Anthropic "AI gone rogue" hack events were completely avoidable and caused by human error
Anthropic Says Its A.I. Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 Organizations (Gift Article)
The disclosure followed OpenAI’s report last week that its own artificial intelligence had hacked into the network of an online library.
nytimes.com
Among the silliest and worst persistent social media trends is the argument that being an asshole is praxis if you belong to the right identity group.
Woke up this morning to some really lovely reviews of THE PERFECT MOMENT. First up, this starred review in @shelf-awareness.com : www.shelf-awareness.com/sar3-issue.h...
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Where is the scene where Odysseus spends six hours collecting Ebony Wood and Minotaur Sinew to craft the bow, after crafting random daggers and shit to get his skill up high enough?
Matt Patches@misterpatches.bsky.social · 5d ago“We used a real 30-ft puppet to simulate the cyclops in a cave no one has ever filmed inside.” Yeah but is there a treasure chest I can open containing 150 shards
One thing video games have over film is collecting shards. Regardless of how big Christopher Nolan goes with his camera, his movies will never allow us to collect shards.