Leonard Pierce
@leonardpierce.bsky.social
Marxist, wife guy, union man, ne'er-do-well. Concerned with words, generally. Chicago-based eating enthusiast. CPS, DSA, THC. Crime, baseball, communism.
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People talk shit about Gen X but only we respond with apoplectic rage to stuff like "your refrigerator is sending you a text" or "your desk lamp's AI would like access to your credit card data" instead of complete bafflement (previous generations) or grudging acceptance (subsequent generations)
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
People talk shit about Gen X but only we respond with apoplectic rage to stuff like "your refrigerator is sending you a text" or "your desk lamp's AI would like access to your credit card data" instead of complete bafflement (previous generations) or grudging acceptance (subsequent generations)
The streaming age has killed TV marathons so instead you're going to have to settle for this thread of me rating amendments to the US constitution
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The streaming age has killed TV marathons so instead you're going to have to settle for this thread of me rating amendments to the US constitution
Pitch: MAINE CABIN MASTERS only it's a couple of old CPSU guys going around fixing up old Soviet-era dachas
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Pitch: MAINE CABIN MASTERS only it's a couple of old CPSU guys going around fixing up old Soviet-era dachas
I am trying to relax and enjoy my week off but my brain keeps cooking up hot takes and I just came up with one so sizzling that I'm going to save it for my blog to make sure no one ever reads it
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I am trying to relax and enjoy my week off but my brain keeps cooking up hot takes and I just came up with one so sizzling that I'm going to save it for my blog to make sure no one ever reads it
Remembering the old Onion "romantic comedy behavior gets real-life man arrested" bit and realizing it applies to like 95% of what happens on social media
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Remembering the old Onion "romantic comedy behavior gets real-life man arrested" bit and realizing it applies to like 95% of what happens on social media
Reposted by Leonard Pierce
the absolute rush establishment liberals must feel stopping anything good from happening, it’s gotta hit so hard
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
the absolute rush establishment liberals must feel stopping anything good from happening, it’s gotta hit so hard
"Confused and in need of realignment so they can accept their love for Israel once again'
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Confused and in need of realignment so they can accept their love for Israel once again'
This is a good one
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is a good one
Noirvember is winding down at IMMORTAL SCIENCE and today we take our game to that friendly little island, Japan! I talk about Kurosawa's 1949 police drama STRAY DOG, why I've never been *completely* sold on the director, and why the movie plays more Italian than French or Japanese to me.
Noirvember: A Hell of a Welcome - IMMORTAL SCIENCE
This is a terrible thing to admit as a film critic, but Akira Kurosawa’s films have always been something of a sticky wicket for me. He’s obviously one of the...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Noirvember is winding down at IMMORTAL SCIENCE and today we take our game to that friendly little island, Japan! I talk about Kurosawa's 1949 police drama STRAY DOG, why I've never been *completely* sold on the director, and why the movie plays more Italian than French or Japanese to me.
Knowing what we know about the mistreatment of the people of Tibet by the Buddhist ruling class, and about the Dalai Lama being directly on the CIA payroll, casts Dale Cooper in an entirely new light, but it deepens and saddens his tragedy, rather than cheapening or rebuking it
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Knowing what we know about the mistreatment of the people of Tibet by the Buddhist ruling class, and about the Dalai Lama being directly on the CIA payroll, casts Dale Cooper in an entirely new light, but it deepens and saddens his tragedy, rather than cheapening or rebuking it
A combination of stress, insomnia, and general malaise has led me to the kind of exhaustion that I haven't experienced in a good decade or so, in case you were waiting for a moment where I could easily be influenced into doing something even stupider than usual
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A combination of stress, insomnia, and general malaise has led me to the kind of exhaustion that I haven't experienced in a good decade or so, in case you were waiting for a moment where I could easily be influenced into doing something even stupider than usual
Is this what it felt like to live in the Roman Empire when everyone had brain damage from lead poisoning
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Is this what it felt like to live in the Roman Empire when everyone had brain damage from lead poisoning
Noirvember starts to draw to a close with a look at Hitchcock's ROPE. I look at its historical background, where it adheres to and departs from noir tropes, and what it tells us about the notion of 'the perfect crime'. Exclusively on IMMORTAL SCIENCE! Check it out.
Noirvember: An Immaculate Murder - IMMORTAL SCIENCE
In defining the “perfect crime”, there is an interesting debate between criminologists. The most commonly held interpretation is that a so-called perfect crime is one where the perpetrator is never...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Noirvember starts to draw to a close with a look at Hitchcock's ROPE. I look at its historical background, where it adheres to and departs from noir tropes, and what it tells us about the notion of 'the perfect crime'. Exclusively on IMMORTAL SCIENCE! Check it out.
What's my dream Ken Burns project? A history of literally anything that happened after 1981
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What's my dream Ken Burns project? A history of literally anything that happened after 1981
How did my team already have one of the most boring logos in all of sports and they somehow managed to make it worse
NEWS: The Phoenix Mercury have announced a complete rebrand that includes an updated logo 👀
A new uniform is expected to be released on Tuesday.
A new uniform is expected to be released on Tuesday.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
How did my team already have one of the most boring logos in all of sports and they somehow managed to make it worse
Some of you go out to public places and interact with other human beings without being at least lightly stoned and I *respect* it but I don't *understand* it
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Some of you go out to public places and interact with other human beings without being at least lightly stoned and I *respect* it but I don't *understand* it
August reporting for duty
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
August reporting for duty
I have no comment on the Variety comedy list at this time, nor will I have at any future time, but I will tell you what I think of any individual entry or placement for $5 a pop
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I have no comment on the Variety comedy list at this time, nor will I have at any future time, but I will tell you what I think of any individual entry or placement for $5 a pop
The first person to divorce his AI will become a family court legend
one of the more bleak aspects of ai chatbots is it’s starting to blow up real marriages
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The first person to divorce his AI will become a family court legend
I am currently deciding which Rockstar murderfest game to delete from my Xbox Series S console to make room for NBA 2K26 so my wife can play WNBA games, if you were ever wondering if I am truly a hardcore gamer
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I am currently deciding which Rockstar murderfest game to delete from my Xbox Series S console to make room for NBA 2K26 so my wife can play WNBA games, if you were ever wondering if I am truly a hardcore gamer
It's the last week of Noirvember at IMMORTAL SCIENCE, and today we abjure reviews to discuss a specific aspect of noir: the low-light, all-shadows visual look of black & white cinematography, its realism and artificiality, why color noirs seem so jarring, and why modern films don't look lived in.
Noirvember: Shades of Gray - IMMORTAL SCIENCE
Noir means, of course, “black” in French; and it refers not only to the dark moods and bleak tone of American crime dramas of the ’40s and ’50s, but also...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's the last week of Noirvember at IMMORTAL SCIENCE, and today we abjure reviews to discuss a specific aspect of noir: the low-light, all-shadows visual look of black & white cinematography, its realism and artificiality, why color noirs seem so jarring, and why modern films don't look lived in.
Well this certainly wasn't the Hernandez Bros adaptation I was expecting
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Well this certainly wasn't the Hernandez Bros adaptation I was expecting
Bohemian dusk, Brynford Park, Chicago, November 23rd, 2025
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Bohemian dusk, Brynford Park, Chicago, November 23rd, 2025