I know that "nothing has gotten better in 40 years" post is just bait, but I submit for your consideration: The near-total ban on smoking in public places
You can be a Rhodes Scholar nerd in the primary, the general is the time to run as a swole former Big Ten lacrosse player
eke@eke.bsky.social · 3h agowe got confirmed 315 1RM bench but trouble finding current leg maxes www.youtube.com/watch?v=idiL...
Funny bit in Spider-Man: BND (mild spoiler): ... ... ... The kid in Bruce Banner's physics class who asked why Thanos didn't just use the infinity stones to make more resources
Look, I'm a simple man. I just want at least one slow-burn track toward the end of the album
Can't wait for the 2028 presidential primary. I'm sure everyone will be super normal about it
You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
Some animal (presumably) has been leaving decapitated rabbits in my yard. Feels a bit like being in the opening act of a horror movie
I think “I am the protagonist of life” is the main psychological appeal of this kind of conspiracism. You risked nothing, you did nothing, and other real people are suffering the things you’re pretending to think are bad, but in the end you’re the great hero for surviving your imagination.
They got people dying in camps now and they’re happy about it. bsky.app/profile/joho...
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterdayThese guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.
If he wins he may have to slow down to writing only 2-3 books a year
Democrats@democrats.org · 21h agoHUGE: Adam Hamilton has won the Kansas Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Onward to November!
Not enough people focusing on the OP here...
kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · yesterdayCat Power is antivax
Honestly don't understand what would count as evidence for (or against) the simulation theory. If the whole world is a simulation, what idea of a "real" world would you have to compare it to?
Maia@maiamindel.bsky.social · yesterdaycontinental philosophers most vindicated people in existence for having the basic decency to abide by the "we're not discussing made up questions" rule (phenomenology)
I don't even really follow sports, but even I would like to see more sportsposting on here and, like, fewer throw-down arguments among six different niche flavors of communist
Gentle reminder for all that if you have books that are water damaged, crawling with bugs, physically broken, or giving you travel advice for a country that hasn’t existed since the 90s, you can safely throw them away, you don’t need to make them your local thrift store’s problem.
Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.
yeah just got out of a packed theater of people, all of whom around me were extremely pumped about spider-man. people really like spider-man
lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2d agono real lessons about the state of the box office from this one, i think. no deeper meaning about trend lines or narratives about marvel exhaustion. people still just really like spider-man
Sounds like something from a particularly heavy-handed dystopian novel
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
I get so mad every time I see the trailer for that movie where "it's legal for single people to have sex one night a year." Makes no doggone sense!
there's this idea that if someone would just find the right words to describe things in public life, you eventually find ones that can't be twisted and not only do i think that's not true i think it's counterproductive. just constantly giving up useful concepts, always in retreat
Additionally, it's a little weird to insist on patting yourself on the back too hard for ceasing to do something really bad that you did for a long time!
@lastpositivist.bsky.social · 3d agoFrom a historical perspective it's a genuinely strange state of affairs that the Church of England turns out to be too woke for much of the modern right. But really it just feels like: having a consistent moral code that demands taking Lessers and Outgroup seriously is impossible for populist right.
May I introduce you to the concept of an argument that proves too much
The new Avatar (the Last Airbender, not the big blue guys) movie is really well done, but the relationships among the main cast got short shrift. That was a major reason the original series was so good!
I mean, I hope this guy finds balance in his life or whatever, but writing YouTube scripts with AI does not seem like a huge scandal to me?
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 5d agoYouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green
Not sure "literary counterculture" and "power LinkedIn poster" really go together
Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X)@markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 4d agoMore Typos, Fewer Em Dashes: Writers Are Creating an Anti-AI ‘Literary Counterculture’ Novelists, journalists, and power LinkedIn posters are embracing first-person narratives and idiosyncrasies to avoid being mistaken for chatbots. www.wired.com/story/more-t...
