Look I feel like the torment nexus didn't even
Django Wexler@djangowexler.bsky.social · 6h agoSomehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
Django Wexler@djangowexler.bsky.social · 6h ago
![An image of The Villeneuve Scale of Air Pollution (aka the Milleneuve)
Arrival
< 100 milleneuves
(normal particulate levels)
Prisoners
200 milleneuves
(chimney smoke and rage)
Sicario
300 milleneuves
(gunsmoke and drugs maybe?)
Enemy
600 milleneuves
(C'mon, Toronto, you used to be cool)
Dune
750 milleneuves
(stillsuits are a must!)
Blade Runner 2049
900 milleneuves
(omg why are you even outside, Ryan Gosling??)
[each entry has a still from the film showing the sky color, from clear to deep orange]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e3adzvtg56lfn3wpdlfjwnoc/bafkreifderpx4gkosjxomcme5gtboehesquihk5usfuv75aq7naejsitie)
I plan to marry Monica Bellucci why aren't you posting about that
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 12h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
Oh wow. An asshole sponsoring an AI camp. What'll they think of next
Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com · 24h agoStudents will get an intensive, hands-on introduction to the fast-growing technology. The Mark Cuban Foundation and the youth nonprofit Youth Advocate Programs Inc. have funded the free bootcamps in dozens of other cities and are expanding to Chicago this year.
The TV show The Middleman would do things like randomly have a shirtless Mark Dacascos fight dozens of Luchadors and use something called the Wu-Han Thumb of Death on their leader. We used to be a proper country.
Marc Dacascos In Middleman
YouTube video by Max Barer
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"Can you tell me how to get to the PSG match?" *extremely Buster Rhymes voice* "Pass Le Corbusier"
this is literally what I do for a living and it's called "blameless root cause" where you identify everything that went wrong without assigning blame to any one person in particular. the NTSB really went all in on this and it's one of the reasons airplane travel is/(was?) so safe in the US.
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d agoI would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
billy this is jonah hill, we just signed him to play a lovable fat guy in our movie. his only flaw is his brain has been microwaved and he’s become a chud
Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 2d agoHe will never understand that being "the fat guy from Superbad" is infinitely better than being "the martial arts chud nobody likes"
I came across this a while back and ended up saving it because it was so accurate and depressing
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Thought "I would feed you into a wood chipper without hesitation" and so I am done with this site for the night
It's very funny that you can scroll through the quotes on this and just look at the avatar and guess who is going to be knee jerk angry at democrats and who is going to actually see this for the win it is
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 3d agoPatty Murray and Chuck Schumer decide to strike a “bipartisan” deal with … checks notes … Susan Collins to fund the Trump regime through December which appears to not to any include any safeguards against Trump’s meddling with midterm elections.
i do not negotiate with motorists
Some people should be turned into the toxic waste monster from the end of Robocop
Aaron Bady@zunguzungu.bsky.social · 4d agolol
I didn’t want it updated to modern sensibilities, just wanted a random new character whose consciousness is modern to provide exposition and explain everything that I don’t understand
Aaron Bady@zunguzungu.bsky.social · 4d agolol
Constantin Joffe An evening shot from the roof of the Museum of Modern Art Vogue, 1945
I said "oh no" like I had just seen a bus crash off of a bridge
Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 4d agoWhen I say my jaw hit the floor at the reveal on this one...
"Oh no, my French's mustard exploded and the boss is gonna be back any second!"
Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7d agoDeputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
UEFA spokesperson Dietmar Fumm said to reporters "This decision effectively signals that Gianni Infantino is an enemy of world football". tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm
Have once again thought "I hope a steamroller runs over you" which is my sign to put my phone down for a bit
"The Odyssey is bad because it was not faithful to the source material" and "Little House on the Prairie is Bad because it is faithful to the source material and intent of the author" Being back to back in someone's timeline has broken my brain
Emily Wilson's piece on Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY for the LRB went viral and was received very positively by many — but not by virtually every film critic I know. For @animusmagazine.bsky.social I wrote about why: animus-magazine.ghost.io/a-tale-as-ol...
A Tale as Old as Time
Emily Wilson’s piece on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey evinces an archaic perspective on cinema’s value as art
animus-magazine.ghost.io
It’s so funny for a white British person to try to outwoke another white British person and beef it so badly
I don’t understand the argument that former presidents “deserve to relax.” The presidency isn’t a tough roofing gig; it is an immense privilege. If you spent years asking the people to believe you cared, your obligation to them survives your term.