Ryan Coogler says he’s rebooting ‘The X-Files’ for his mom, a major fan of the show, and she’s already read some pages: ‘She’s fired up.’

Jon Hamm doing ads for sports gambling apps, Idris Elba shilling AI nonsense — all my beautiful idols are dead and my enemies are in power

Divided Ninth Circuit panel stays injunction against President Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops in Portland:

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Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:

i feel like every time i see someone calling signal insecure it only takes a few questions for them to eventually arrive at one of two conclusuons:
- encryption isn't real you idiot
- signal is insecure because someone can drug you and beat you with a $5 wrench until you unlock your phone

Trump's like the most American president there ever has been. Like Obama is who we want to pretend to be and notice he was charming and competent and also murderous and somewhat craven. But Trump is like the Mr Hyde of America. He's what the world correctly sees us as. Gaudy, stupid, belligerent.

“Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.” Everything about this is so cursed. Masks off at the University of Oxford.

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“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”