Sunset Dweller

@sunsetdenizen.bsky.social

San Francisco leftist Sci-fi nerd Currently reading: The Shattering Peace (John Scalzi)

Top 25 in no particular- The Wire Breaking Bad The Simpsons First two seasons of The Chapelle Show Eastbound and Down The Righteous Gemstones The Shield The Sopranos Robot Chicken Futurama Veep Game of Thrones It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Schitt's Creek What We Do In the Shadows

Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only— Kids in the Hall Gilmore Girls Golden Girls Justified Last Week Tonight Parks & Rec Gravity Falls Breaking Bad The Wire Schitt’s Creek The Good Place Aqua Teen Hunger Force Andor Avatar the Last Airbender Warrior

I watched Marty Supreme over the weekend and, while I enjoyed it, I kept watching with an eye toward a weird twist that I had heard about. I picked up a couple of foreshadowing clues that would track with the twist I was expecting. And then there was no twist. The thing I heard about never happened

Since all these assholes love sci-fi stories so much, let's try The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas but instead of an innocent child, it's everyone in this picture locked in a dark cell and brutalized for the benefit of humanity. Literally beat the money out of them to feed and house everyone

Joni Askola@joniaskola.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Oligarchs have always been a threat, but tech oligarchs represent a new level of danger. Their wealth dwarfs historical tycoons and their control over algorithms allows them to curate human reality. They own the digital infrastructure of thought