I don’t think anything “finances” Rowling (compound interest from being a billionaire takes care of that), but it’s embarrassing to be associated with such an obvious bigot. You tie yourself in knots trying to explain, and the answer is just, “I like money more than trans people.”

Nicholas Hoult to Play Gilderoy Lockhart in ‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Season 2

Nicholas Hoult will play Gilderoy Lockhart in the second season of HBO's "Harry Potter" TV series

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Rewatched The Odyssey, and as someone semi-frequently praised for her dialogue, I strongly disagree the dialogue in this movie is bad. It rarely goes beyond functional, but it doesn’t need to be more than that. A richly poetic script would throw off the film’s equilibrium.

I am so pumped for this!

Turner Classic Movies@tcmtv.bsky.social · 19h ago

From TCM and Criterion, The Plot Thickens: Stanley offers an unprecedented look at the visionary who redefined filmmaking. From original conversations with @benmank77.bsky.social to unheard archival interviews, and much MORE – Season 7 debuts September 24, wherever you get your podcasts.

Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media@disc-connected.bsky.social · 21h ago

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on October 6th on #4K/Blu-ray dual format #SteelBook in the US from #UniversalPictures: #VanHelsing (2004)! The director of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns brings three of Universal's classic monsters back to life like never before in the action-packed

I’ve heard pres. Trump had to be smuggled off his airplane in a garbage bin because he was scared and crying about Muslom terrists? Everyone was telling him no sir, theres too much garbage in there but he said well i like that, and made them lift him up put him in and cover him with wet bread??

I can’t do @leyawn.bsky.social’s amazing bit, but imagine enlisting in the armed forces so you can sit there and watch the President shank his drives all day.

OSINTRadar@osintradar.bsky.social · yesterday

Trump was guarded by an Avenger air defense system while playing golf.

Starting to read the Zuckerberg essay and this is SUCH a weird/clunky passage. They absolutely paid some consultant to sort through “types of philosophy,” and he’s just declaring which categories he selected.

I’ve been trying to curtail my physical media spending, but if you’re looking for a great deal, you should get in on this.

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You don’t have to like this guy‘s politics to recognize that everyone who has insisted for decades that The Issues are almost all too complicated and too nuanced to explain to voters let alone address was lying to you.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2d ago

If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.

It's just insane that the president tells absurd, easily disproven lies on a daily basis, and at this point we all just expect it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "At one year, you should have 5 separate visits for vaccines rather than getting them all in the same day. I've seen proof of where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda and pour it into a little child's body."

Starting to think the whole of the UK should be quarantined from the rest of the world like in 28 Weeks Later until they get their transphobia sorted out.

I went into Season 3 of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON skeptical, and came out convinced. Between this and A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS, it feels like they've figured out how to do these shows without feeling like GAME OF THRONES knock-offs.

House of the Dragon Season 3 Review: Futility Is the Point

The ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel series finally found a distinct identity in its third season.

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I am genuinely struggling to put my level of contempt into words

Kristina Killgrove@killgrove.bsky.social · 2d ago

🤦🏻‍♀️ “Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach.” 🏺

The obsession with making elections a referendum on Hassan Piker reminds me of this

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON S3 wasn’t perfect, but it felt like the first season that had a distinct identity from GAME OF THRONES rather than trying to echo that series. I’m eager to see how it wraps up.

i think we’re going in a healthy direction

she makes a salient point in that Joe Rogan and Hasan are both meathead jocks who have said horrific things on camera but only one of them gets treated like a “violent radical” by establishment media

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

AOC on Hasan Piker: "Much hay was made about the fact that we lost young men in the last election. Many of the same consultants that are wringing their hands today were the same ones talking about how we have to go on Joe Rogan and not be so willing to engage in cancel culture."

What a concept

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

El-Sayed: "Imagine if instead of paying that to your health insurance company, whose CEO makes $20m a year, you paid a little bit more in taxes for healthcare you wouldn't lose. I think all of us would a lot more interested in that system if we knew our healthcare would be free at point of care"

Hampster Dance

I remember being dismissively assured it wasn’t true, that this crank zillionaire is funding basically unlimited vexatious litigation

The secret to The Racism Grievance Business is that it's a lot like OnlyFans - there's a 1% that do really well out of it, and a *very* long tail of people showing their arses for no reward.

Hey boss, I know what will help sell our movie: a 90 second podcast hosted by fake dogs

Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality)@talkinghenry.bsky.social · 3d ago

New dispatch from Hell:

This by CNN is genuinely reprehensible. Everyone involved should be embarrassed. -The 'new pain' case vs Mamdani is *solely* his religion. -He was in NYC on 9/11, at grade school -Soon after attack GWB himself gave famous speech warning against blaming all Muslims for terrorism -25 yrs later, this.

CNN@cnn.com · 4d ago

Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc

In dishonor of Ross Douthat's last NYT column, I'm breaking my self-imposed ban on reading him—smug bad faith, whiny victimization, and steadfast refusal to let evidence affect opinion—and will screenshot and comment. This is the column if you want to read it yourself (I don't recommend it). 1/x

Opinion | Who Is My Enemy? I’m No Longer Sure.

Where does the side of the angels really lie?

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Blanche was confirmed as AG. Just a reminder: The last time a president appointed an attorney he had personal ties to, was when Nixon appointed his law partner and campaign manager John Mitchell. Mitchell ended up disbarred and spent 2 yrs in prison for his role as AG protecting Nixon.

I know this has been pointed out many times by many people but I just want to reiterate: Anthropic is basically using Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole as the Claude logo

My god, he had this locked and loaded

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d ago

SKY NEWS: “Trump says you’re a gift to the Republican Party.” @abdulelsayed.bsky.social: “I’m a gift to the state of Michigan, God-willing.” SKY NEWS: “He says you’re full of shit.” ABDUL: “At least I don’t let mine go in the middle of the Oval Office.” 🔥 🔥 👀

[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper

If Mamdani didn’t go he’d get yelled at for shirking his duties as the mayor of New York. If he went he’d get yelled at for being Muslim and being where he’s not wanted. He can never win in any scenario, that’s how the game is played when you are a bigot

CNN@cnn.com · 4d ago

Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc

I've no desire to watch the Sex Purge movie, but the ungloving scene in Scorsese's THE AGE OF INNOCENCE or so much of Wong Kar-wai's work shows that you can make movies without nudity or sex sensual, romantic, and horny as all hell too. A lot of modern mainstream movies just feel glossily insensate.