this may be childish of me, but i feel like if you insult the moon, you shouldn't be allowed to work for NASA.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

I wrote about the triumph of Doing Your Own Research and the stupid, nasty thing that is replacing some very recent history in real time. defector.com/were-just-go...

We're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector

In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...

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i love the X-Files, and it's technically possible that this new edit will improve the original, but--the original is so bad, you guys.

IGN@ign.com · 18h ago

Years after walking away from the FBI, Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully are pulled back from the shadows when a federal agent vanishes without a trace. Watch the trailer for The X-Files: I Want to Believe - Vrach Frankenshteyn, premiering on August 14 on Disney+ and Hulu: https://bit.ly/4bP4FzN

God forbid a man has hobbies

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 5h ago

Man arrested after dressing as Grim Reaper on hospital roof and staring at patients

I am not disparaging Anya Taylor Joy, who is clearly an elf. I do not insult elves. I’m not an idiot.

Imagine wanting to be called a centrist when it means you’re in the middle between “people wanting to help others” and “literal fucking Nazis”

The problem with learning that popular culture is wrong about something (method acting isn’t about being an asshole) is that pop culture keeps being wrong about it and everyone gets real annoyed as you lose your fucking mind

regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸@ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 21h ago

anya taylor-joy says women don't method act because we have things to take care of and can't lose our minds or be assholes

Hello friends, I'm fundraising for rent money. Things are improving health-wise but that's going to take time to convert into money-wise. Please help your friendly local disabled trans woman! Patreon: www.patreon.com/totalmassacre Venmo: venmo.com/rowankaiser Paypal: paypal.me/rowankaiser

starting to suspect that Will Stancil might, in fact, be a fucking idiot.

katie@supermathskid.bsky.social · yesterday

okay now he's gone too far

With the understanding that response time may be slow:

Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago

1 like = 1 book question 📚💙

Being autistic isn’t always the most fun thing in the world, but I keep getting these bursts of relief and joy when the label helps me understand something about myself that I always thought was weak or pathetic or selfish. I am, in fact, not the worst person in the world.

Movies and tv shows and music are more immediately emotionally affecting to me, but books tend to hit in a deeper way. I cried getting to the end of Gravity’s Rainbow the first time, and it’s not a “the dog died” ending—I was just totally overcome by it.

Corey Atad@coreyatad.com · yesterday

do you ever have strong, palpable, emotional responses to books while reading? i'll chuckle occasionally, and sometimes a suspenseful passage will have my heart racing a bit, but for example i can't say i've ever teared up or cried while reading a book

For something I love, I sure do hate theater a lot.

King’s town-destroying novels often have a streak of dark humor in them, but I think Under the Dome is the most bleakly funny of them (only Needful Things comes close). The opening hundred pages or so reads almost like a Final Destination movie.

happy "oh thank god i don't have to worry about a Rick and Morty review" day to all who celebrate. (season 9 was great, and i like getting paid, but boy did it start my week on a stressful note.)

My brain still feels fried—I keep getting excited about reading new books, but then not being able to concentrate. So, more King rereads: up next, Under the Done.

just under the wire, this week's Babylon 5 review is live--talking about "A Spider In The Web," which I really enjoyed and is stuffed to the gills with great b-movie actors:

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I wish there was language to express how awful this is. We are listening to a monster, but that’s a comical word. This is an abuser, and that’s awful enough; but he’s in a position to make it easier for other abusers. He is a small part of the seemingly endless rot of this country.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

Please stop showing me the AI Peanuts Facebook memes

this guy gets it

I am part of several discord channels, but I’ve yet to really feel involved with any of them. Starting to view that particular Patreon award as a threat.

The only Tom Holland Spider-man I’ve seen is the first one, and I found it bland and uninspired, a well made “product” made by people with nothing worth saying. It made me feel old; here was something clearly designed for children, and I was supposed to care about it as an adult.

This might sound elitist, but I don’t think the people liking the Peanuts slop posts should have rights

Barbara Longley Author (no DMs) 📎@blongley.bsky.social · 5d ago

no, it's okay, she's very concerned about this.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 4d ago

Susan Collins is financed by a man who wants to make it easier to create nude pictures of children

I could probably chill with Bill Hader. Andy Samberg would be affable, but he’s too normal at heart for me to be comfortable around. I legit don’t know with Will Forte. He has this incredible intensity, and I’d either roll with it or be terrified. decent edible, btw.

joke posts that rewrite famous songs or poems but DON'T GET THE FUCKING SCANSION RIGHT.

Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 6d ago

What is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?

<re-listening to old podcasts> man remember Olivia Nuzzi

just randomly thought “Albert Brooks wasn’t nominated for an Oscar for DRIVE” and fuck, there goes sleeping tonight

*standing up on the plane* The fact that Stephen King hates Kubrick’s The Shining is perfectly fine. Authors have a unique relationship with their own work, and it’s totally reasonable for that relationship to not make sense to the rest of us. In fact, the rush to homogenize public taste is a bad…

Widow's Bay DSA@gonebabygone.bsky.social · 6d ago

*standing up on the plane* Wreck-It Ralph is a child-friendly remake of Taxi Driver, a story about a man alienated from his job and community finding new purpose in his quest to protect a young girl. King Candy is the pimp.

i mean, that's one sexy lobs-- oh shit, is this how you get Innsmouths? DO YOU WANT INNSMOUTHS

PETA@peta.org · 7d ago

We put a human “lobster” on a plate outside Maine Lobster Festival to force people to see the victim behind the tradition🦞💔