Simon McNeil
@simonm223.bsky.social
Artist, critic, weirdo pomo leftist.
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Opinions do not represent anybody else.
Ask me my opinions on wizards.
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Blogger at http://simonmcneil.com
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These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
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December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
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them: "you can use AI to talk to dead people for only $9.99 a month :)"
me: "you absolute fools. i speak to the dead using the skull of a murderer, the ashes of the burned apocrypha, my own heart's blood, and a vial of water from the river beneath the vatican. it costs me nothing but my very soul."
me: "you absolute fools. i speak to the dead using the skull of a murderer, the ashes of the burned apocrypha, my own heart's blood, and a vial of water from the river beneath the vatican. it costs me nothing but my very soul."
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
them: "you can use AI to talk to dead people for only $9.99 a month :)"
me: "you absolute fools. i speak to the dead using the skull of a murderer, the ashes of the burned apocrypha, my own heart's blood, and a vial of water from the river beneath the vatican. it costs me nothing but my very soul."
me: "you absolute fools. i speak to the dead using the skull of a murderer, the ashes of the burned apocrypha, my own heart's blood, and a vial of water from the river beneath the vatican. it costs me nothing but my very soul."
Posting through it like Sephiroth
This douche quotes my post, but blocks me from defending myself.
I keep telling these ppl they are proving all I say about them, but they can't help themselves.
They are abusive and deaf, and dumb because of it. They understand nothing, not even their own depravity.
I keep telling these ppl they are proving all I say about them, but they can't help themselves.
They are abusive and deaf, and dumb because of it. They understand nothing, not even their own depravity.
Misogynist POS?
Yes.
Ladies apparently it’s all YOUR fault.
Yes.
Ladies apparently it’s all YOUR fault.
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Posting through it like Sephiroth
Yes
Horror/Weird fiction writers should all be studying Borges. His stories are a labyrinth of wonders, but they also offer so many entryways into the weird, fantastic, and creepy.
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Yes
Are we expected to take seriously a person doing digital cosplay of the TERF author's most annoying character?
I am not against porn, nudity, or prositution, but I definitely against those things going out of control, and they have.
And they are not out of control because of men. They are out of control because women are out of control and not being steered against their worst instincts, like hypergamy.
And they are not out of control because of men. They are out of control because women are out of control and not being steered against their worst instincts, like hypergamy.
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Are we expected to take seriously a person doing digital cosplay of the TERF author's most annoying character?
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People do not want to think about the fact that America did to North Korea what Israel is doing to Palestine.
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
People do not want to think about the fact that America did to North Korea what Israel is doing to Palestine.
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What kind of culture do you think emerges after you kill 20% of the population, plunging virtually everyone into collective grief, and destroy their entire infrastructure?
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
What kind of culture do you think emerges after you kill 20% of the population, plunging virtually everyone into collective grief, and destroy their entire infrastructure?
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Do yourself a favor and look at your cat for a few minutes while playing the Twin Peaks theme. You will laugh hysterically and eventually start to cry.
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Do yourself a favor and look at your cat for a few minutes while playing the Twin Peaks theme. You will laugh hysterically and eventually start to cry.
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The only silver lining to IW is that it caused Didney to think they could just half-ass stuff, only for, no, you actually have to have a plan after all. A dogshit script propped up by a solid foundation, and all they got was "ok, the next foundation can be all dogshit too." The Mouse must suffer.
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The only silver lining to IW is that it caused Didney to think they could just half-ass stuff, only for, no, you actually have to have a plan after all. A dogshit script propped up by a solid foundation, and all they got was "ok, the next foundation can be all dogshit too." The Mouse must suffer.
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The movies need to be better too, although if the price is way down, I guess that might be good enough.
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The movies need to be better too, although if the price is way down, I guess that might be good enough.
So basically, if they want audiences to return, movie theaters need to hire more staff and charge less money.
December 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
So basically, if they want audiences to return, movie theaters need to hire more staff and charge less money.
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the American Neue Fascist font, a modified version of Wingdings consisting only of hamburgers and swastikas, is a runaway hit
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
the American Neue Fascist font, a modified version of Wingdings consisting only of hamburgers and swastikas, is a runaway hit
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Wow, even with the advantage(?) of body cams, they literally just pull OJs out of force of habit, don't they.
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Wow, even with the advantage(?) of body cams, they literally just pull OJs out of force of habit, don't they.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
They could make the tickets cheaper.
They could bring back staff replaced with automated kiosks.
They could improve the basic audio-visual experience.
They could make the tickets cheaper.
They could bring back staff replaced with automated kiosks.
They could improve the basic audio-visual experience.
How Can Movie Theaters Fill More Seats Again? A Bain Report Shares Suggestions
"Audiences haven’t abandoned theaters; they need a more compelling reason to go," the consultancy highlights, sharing suggestions for how to bring fans back to the cinema in the post-COVID era.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
They could make the tickets cheaper.
They could bring back staff replaced with automated kiosks.
They could improve the basic audio-visual experience.
They could make the tickets cheaper.
They could bring back staff replaced with automated kiosks.
They could improve the basic audio-visual experience.
Gonna be hilarious if Luigi walks because the police were too corrupt to successfully close what should have otherwise been a slam-dunk case.
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Gonna be hilarious if Luigi walks because the police were too corrupt to successfully close what should have otherwise been a slam-dunk case.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
You can get an ad-on on Firefox that prevents the A.I. answer from being shown.
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
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Venezuela's just the first of many, and they're hoping other places will just fold instead of getting into a protracted air and ground war after this one.
And I know what you're thinking: Didn't the creation of Dubai require slaves? Yes! Good point! Noodle on that for a minute.
And I know what you're thinking: Didn't the creation of Dubai require slaves? Yes! Good point! Noodle on that for a minute.
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Venezuela's just the first of many, and they're hoping other places will just fold instead of getting into a protracted air and ground war after this one.
And I know what you're thinking: Didn't the creation of Dubai require slaves? Yes! Good point! Noodle on that for a minute.
And I know what you're thinking: Didn't the creation of Dubai require slaves? Yes! Good point! Noodle on that for a minute.
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Man, it sucks being a enjoyer of WB's deep vault of works knowing that it all now potentially "belongs" to some dipshit tech oligarch. Superman and Bugs Bunny (and other stuff too I guess) belong to the people, damn it!
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Man, it sucks being a enjoyer of WB's deep vault of works knowing that it all now potentially "belongs" to some dipshit tech oligarch. Superman and Bugs Bunny (and other stuff too I guess) belong to the people, damn it!
Imigration should not be restricted by any law and a person should be automatically considered a citizen of whatever nation they live within. That said, the population density of Canada, Greenland and Russia, in particular, is predicated in part on how much of these countries are full of wilderness.
December 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Imigration should not be restricted by any law and a person should be automatically considered a citizen of whatever nation they live within. That said, the population density of Canada, Greenland and Russia, in particular, is predicated in part on how much of these countries are full of wilderness.
And lands in your streaming queue July 1. LOL
Truth. Justice. Whatever. #Supergirl lands in theaters and IMAX June 26.
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
And lands in your streaming queue July 1. LOL
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"Untitled (Browns)" sounds like a newborn parent's worst nightmare if we're talking about white walls.
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Untitled (Browns)" sounds like a newborn parent's worst nightmare if we're talking about white walls.
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You get to the stuff where he has friends (including his former bully) and goes soap opera mode with women because he stopped being a freaky nerd. Taking Ben’s advice changes his life. But he has to actively work at that. that’s the text. That’s the surface level drama of Spider-Man comic books.
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You get to the stuff where he has friends (including his former bully) and goes soap opera mode with women because he stopped being a freaky nerd. Taking Ben’s advice changes his life. But he has to actively work at that. that’s the text. That’s the surface level drama of Spider-Man comic books.
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Shit's so cooked for the petit and "just below billionaire" bourgeois, the dems managed to flip Miami, FL. after 30 years of resentful Cuban exiles lording over everyone else. Far as I'm concerned, they don't need to have a come to Jesus moment, they just gotta be demoralized into not voting.
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Shit's so cooked for the petit and "just below billionaire" bourgeois, the dems managed to flip Miami, FL. after 30 years of resentful Cuban exiles lording over everyone else. Far as I'm concerned, they don't need to have a come to Jesus moment, they just gotta be demoralized into not voting.
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I can't imagine what the hospitality industry in Miami must be like now. Covid already nuked my restaurant job after a solid near-decade of steady growth.
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I can't imagine what the hospitality industry in Miami must be like now. Covid already nuked my restaurant job after a solid near-decade of steady growth.