An old cult classic, which will remind you of J.G. Ballard, David Lynch, and David Cronenberg. TETSUO: THE IRON MAN www.kanopy.com/en/redwoodci...
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Patrick Brennan
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Apprentice Greybeard. Aspiring Playwright. Wannabe Gamedev.
Ossoff says he does not want his young daughters "to grow up in a world defined by the values of Donald J. Trump"
Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective.
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2w agoIn 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
Urbana Days: a new computer learns how to sing, and dreams of the day it may be installed in a space ship and travel the solar system.
Just Another Film Nerd@anotherfilmnerd.bsky.social · 2w agoPitch your most pointless, dull prequel idea that could potentially be greenlit in this idea-starved world. DIRTY: In which we learn how Harry Callahan earned his nickname.
I used to like Sonos, but man have they ever shit the bed. Their latest app updates are just an enormous fuck you to their customers. Bye Sonos.
I fixed a minor bug in this many years ago, possibly my single most enduring contribution to the western canon
Tech billionaires like to claim their work is inspired by science fiction, but in truth, they are using its ‘chrome-plated aesthetic’ as a fig leaf to further what the social theorist Ali Rıza Taşkale labels ‘reactionary futurism’
Silicon Valley has a science fiction problem | Aeon Essays
Tech titans claim the genre inspired them. But all they’ve done is graft their politics onto stories of a better future
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Slept in my Bad Religion shirt and now I Want to Conquer the World
mimi smartypants@mimismartypants.bsky.social · 3w agoI slept in my Bauhaus shirt and now Bela Lugosi's Dead
I find it hard to believe this music video of "Common People" made entirely of clips from Star Trek: The Original Series has been around for 15 years, and yet I only stumbled across it tonight. How is that possible? But — nicely done! youtu.be/zI3UfxyIdgs
"Fan" Star Trek Original Series Clip to "Common People" by William Shatner
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The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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I want companies that have profited from contracts with ICE to go out of business. I want companies that have gone all in on AI to go out of business. I want companies that cause nationwide diarrhea outbreaks to go out of business. I want companies that give money to fascists to go out of business.
"The new Starlink satellites burned up in the atmosphere roughly 20 minutes after deployment, as Starship still isn’t capable of reaching Earth orbit." Am I missing something? Because this sounds pretty pointless. techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/s...
SpaceX launches new V3 Starlink satellites but suffers another booster failure | TechCrunch
The company ticked off a few more boxes on the second Starship V3 flight, but appears to have had another issue relighting the booster's rocket engines.
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LOL, as if David Fucking Brooks has something worthwhile to say about AI. Or, really, about anything. @theatlantic.com
I think this is exactly correct. Take note, now, of who the decent ones are, and remember. Take note of the others, too, and don't forget.
Gwen Snyder is uncivil@gwensnyder.bsky.social · last mo.I don't think these times have been a solvent for decency at all. This has been a precipitation process. It has made decent people coalesce & show themselves. We're also seeing how many people had just been superficially feigning decency, because that used to be a social/professional expectation.
If this asshole was a black guy, exactly how many minutes do you think would pass before he was in prison? www.propublica.org/article/mark...
He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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we now return you to our regularly scheduled murder spree by fascist government thugs in masks, already in progress
Does anyone remember the Amazon phone? I used to work for Amazon and I don't even remember what they called it. A few people will buy Elon's XPhone, I'm sure; probably a lot of the same people who bought Cybertrucks.
Brad DeLong@braddelong.bsky.social · 2mo ago...< braddelong.substack.com/p/crosspost-... > 2026-07-06 3/END
on behalf of my dog, I sincerely hope I am listening to the sound of some dumbass's fingers getting blown off
A reminder that as you see photos of those Patriot Front douchebags today, they are marching on a holiday because none of them have anywhere else to be. None of them have friends or family who want them around on a holiday. No one is missing them today. They're already with their only friends.
