Stu "Jay" Pod

@stupode.bsky.social

REFUGEE OF THE FACEBOOK PURGE 2014-2025 deleted by bots without appeal Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/gfTN

1995: the burgeoning internet flourishes as a cyberspace of self-expression and niche community, blogs, forums and BBS boards are everywhere 2025: the three companies that now own 90% of the internet start banning everyone from it

Adam Curtis film about the state of British politics in 2025 but it’s just the scene in Love Actually where Prime Minister Hugh Grant stands up to the US President followed by, “But then a strange thing happened,” underlaid with ominous ambient music and looped on repeat for seventeen hours.

Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.

"O, Deep Thought, what is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe and Everything?" That's a great question — one that's thought-provoking, deep and philosophical. Let's unpack the "Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything" together:

i love this quote and earnestly think it is one of the most beautiful and resonant things ever said about why we make art as people and what it means to live and share. and also, i think of it every time i instead of that choose to watch 15 youtube videos in a row

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