Adam L.
@tsalmoth.bsky.social
Instructional technologist. Other topics I care about: politics (on your left), books (crime, SF, horror, lit), TV, wrestling (AEW, CMLL, fuck WWE), tech, probably other stuff. 3 cats, 1 dog. Chihuahua is smaller than any of the cats. Also, fuck ICE
Thinking a bit about this assumption and Ellroy's championing of it in light of the hope for Bucky and Kay that's explicitly present in the ending of Ellroy's own Black Dahlia (even if that hope requires leaving LA).
Jordan Harper@jordanharper.bsky.social · 6h ago
I have made another one of my incredibly useful and informative Letterboxd lists. (Bonus: All of the info is in the preview.)
Historical dramas from the '90s in which Daniel Day-Lewis has an affair with Wynona Ryder that does not end well. Also, the only Oscar nomination for acting goes to someone other than Day-Lewis.
A list of 2 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Age of Innocence (1993) and The Crucible (1996).
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Periodic reminder that Julia in 1984 worked in the department whose AI produced fiction for mass consumption. When people make Orwellian comparisons, it's not hyperbole. (Yes, some edgelord will now point out that Orwell doesn't use the term "AI." That edgelord can fuck off.)
Honestly, props to Will Stancil for demonstrating that he's bad at economics and reading in the same breath. He's efficient.
Yeah, it's Bret Stephens, but in this case, he's right.
Opinion | I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I.
It’s bad for your brain and worse for democracy.
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A reminder for MA voters that Seth Moulton continues to be complete and utter pond scum, as well as a liar. I'd vote for the surprise return of Scott Brown before voting for this asshole, but thankfully, I get to vote for Ed Markey instead.
Finally, David Ellison can speak his truth. Has any group of people been as consistently silenced and deplatformed as billionaires?
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · yesterdayGuy who owns a huge chunk of media, when facing anti-monopoly legal challenges to capture more of it: I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told.
I am once again begging people to remember that when a weekly meeting has run through its entire agenda early, and someone asks "does anyone have anything else," the only proper response is "no."
Good breakdown of David Ellison's latest malarky here, by @mattgoldberg.bsky.social: www.commentarytrack.net/david-elliso...
David Ellison Is Lying in the Paper of Record
His NYT editorial shows the head of Paramount is getting increasingly desperate about the merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Shocked to learn that a shitty filmmaker and shitty human being like Eli Roth is also using AI to make his shitty movies.
Surprised Pikachu Meme
Alt: Surprised Pikachu Meme
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TNA no longer has anyone on the roster with a 2026 win over Mercedes Moné.
Fightful Wrestling @fightful.com · 2d agoREPORT: Jody Threat Granted Release From TNA
As far as I can tell, the only thing Clarkson is good for is getting skewered by people named Stuart (Lee as well as Thompson).
Nettlecake@nettlecake.bsky.social · 2d agoBrilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Okay, let's do it. Here's why we can(not) talk about Ariana Grande. gossip-reading-club.ghost.io/why-we-can-n...
Why We Can (Not) Talk About Ariana Grande
Okay, let's talk about it. Or not.
gossip-reading-club.ghost.io
It is 2026 and I am voting for ed markey who is running against an entitled little shit.
Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈@midimyers.com · 2d agoit is 2026 and i am voting for ed markey
This New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women (Gift Article)
The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were cur...
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The 1991 Cape Fear remake had appearances by Balsam, Peck, and Mitchum, all of whom were in the 1962 original. The 2026 Cape Fear remake series had Juliette Lewis, who was in the 1991 movie. In roughly 30-40 years, expect one of Joe Anders, Lily Collias, or Malia Pyles to pop up in a new version.
The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.
RIP Vincent Pastore. Yeah, of course I remember him as Big Pussy, but I also remember him getting his face eaten by rats in Return to Sleepaway Camp. And in a zillion other things, of course.
Every newspaper should put "hospitalization" and variants in scare quotes when reporting on Mitch.
Mitch McConnell, Still Hospitalized, Misses Signature Kentucky Political Picnic
Senator Mitch McConnell’s ongoing hospitalization meant he missed his final chance to attend the signature western Kentucky event while in office.
nytimes.com
Took out a 49-year-old hardcover from the library and have reverse sticker shock.
The thing about digital music and ripping thousands of MP3s and streaming services throwing up dozens of interesting new songs a week is that you sometimes lose track of a fave song and don't even realize it for 20 years All of which is to say: "Jealousy" by Liz Phair remains a fucking delight.
Anyway, here's the dance scene from James Gunn's best superhero movie, The Specials.
Dance Scene From "The Specials"
YouTube video by LonghairedGerman
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Adam L.@tsalmoth.bsky.social · 4d agoThere's a "List Songs" 1DS in #learnedleague today that gets a fact in the first question so egregiously wrong I just lost interest. Also, if you have twelve list songs questions and none are about "Life is a Rock" or "It's the End of the World as We Know It," I'm unimpressed.
There's a "List Songs" 1DS in #learnedleague today that gets a fact in the first question so egregiously wrong I just lost interest. Also, if you have twelve list songs questions and none are about "Life is a Rock" or "It's the End of the World as We Know It," I'm unimpressed.
it's always a good sign when the nazi/CSAM guy is behind you
Portland Press Herald@pressherald.com · 5d agoElon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid
Not going read his column, but I'm assuming Douhat's announcing that he's about to send someone dick pics.
