cold war melodramaturg
@repulsa.bsky.social
politics, movies, soap operas, cms tracker and general mess.
A central part of why it seems like powerful, rich people live in a consequence-free world is that the social incentives to hold them to account have withered. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 𝟏𝟐-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
if your government software looks like this, it will never break, never need replacement, and will work on every computer since we landed on the moon
onekade@onekade.bsky.social · 14h agoThis is not a joke. This is a screenshot of the actual case management software used by Massachusetts' 11 District Attorneys. Must-read work here by @nasser.wiki nasser.blog/dial-up-just...
New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Had Quinceañeras https://theonion.com/new-evidence-suggests-dinosaurs-had-quinceaneras/
I want dumplings due to the agonies of work but 10 blocks in this feels... disgusting. insurmountable
"If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die. Death with dignity is surely a better fate for the genre than fascist capitulation." @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social from her zero star review of ONE NIGHT ONLY:
One Night Only review: Pull out from this sex-negative rom-com
If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die.
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18 months and a 6 month social media ban for this seems exceptionally lenient
Reuters@reuters.com · 11h agoFrench men get suspended jail sentences over livestreamed death reut.rs/3ShsZDA
as with a lot of things the actual question is "what is the Democratic solution to a hostile media environment" and I don't know but boy do we need one
you can just make the magnolia banana pudding. it is surprisingly easy I got mad at it the first time I did it
Obviously polling gave us a very distorted view of the race but it’s extremely funny seeing Haley Stevens portrayed as some gritty underdog despite an 11:1 spending advantage and the backing of the entire Democratic establishment lol
VoteHub projects Abdul El-Sayed to win the Democratic primary for Michigan U.S. Senate.
The U.S. Relies on Family Caregivers - Millions of Them Children. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/m...
The U.S. Relies on Family Caregivers. Millions of Them Are Kids. (Gift Article)
The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids.
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aww did someone get addicted to corruption and graft!!!!
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · yesterdayNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
The New School for Social Reserach in NYC is, essentially, killing itself, killing what it was, killing what it stood for. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/n...
He Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway. (Gift Article)
The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes.
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oh my god they finally got a us release for the 2024 movie for me specifically
Catbus@catbus.phd · 24h agoI feel very strongly that gratuitous, over the top CGI does a grevious disservice to one of the great books of all time I'll probably see it anyway 📽️
they're also right to make all the candidates stand on stage together on live TV when they announce the winner, but that's just bc it's funny
The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
I hope this guy just drives around town cheering everyone on.
bro the apps are miserable, ghosting is off the charts, and 🤷
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · yesterdayModern romance requires a toll, paid in energy, in sanity, in hours—and not everyone can afford it, @faith-hill.bsky.social argues. In The Atlantic’s September issue, she speaks with single people about why looking for love can feel so deflating these days:
I know that everyone's job is stressful but could my job be less stressful pls and thk
please listen to the asian americans in your life and not just jay caspian kang
ty to whoever's post I saw yesterday about how stumptown is on tubi. cobie at her best tbh
This title appears at the start of the Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis
Michael Kupperman@mkupperman.bsky.social · 2d ago
your town too can be the New York City of despising Eric Adams
