Abigail Nussbaum
@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social
Blogger, critic, 2017 and 2025 best fan writer Hugo winner.
Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
Respect. I barely got three and I'm not even sure I found all the riddles.
November 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Respect. I barely got three and I'm not even sure I found all the riddles.
Carol: cavalierly accepts a world in which whole passenger planes are redirected for her pleasure and hundreds of people appear out of nowhere to stock an entire grocery store just for her.
Me:
Me:
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November 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Carol: cavalierly accepts a world in which whole passenger planes are redirected for her pleasure and hundreds of people appear out of nowhere to stock an entire grocery store just for her.
Me:
Me:
אני חושבת שאפשר להבדיל פה בין שתי רמות של אותה התופעה. אי אפשר להכחיש שישראלים הפנימו שאירופה זה מקום עם "המון מוסלמים" ושזה כמעט הדבר הראשון שעולה כשמדברים עליה. זה לא אומר שכל ישראל חושבת שאנחנו מרחק שני פסעים מהחליפות השנייה.
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
אני חושבת שאפשר להבדיל פה בין שתי רמות של אותה התופעה. אי אפשר להכחיש שישראלים הפנימו שאירופה זה מקום עם "המון מוסלמים" ושזה כמעט הדבר הראשון שעולה כשמדברים עליה. זה לא אומר שכל ישראל חושבת שאנחנו מרחק שני פסעים מהחליפות השנייה.
Alien: Earth at least has the justification that the entire franchise has rested on the concept that corporations are willing to sacrifice hundreds of lives for a bit of profit, and sometimes misjudge how many lives will actually be lost. That's not an idea that Pluribus seems to be playing with.
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Alien: Earth at least has the justification that the entire franchise has rested on the concept that corporations are willing to sacrifice hundreds of lives for a bit of profit, and sometimes misjudge how many lives will actually be lost. That's not an idea that Pluribus seems to be playing with.
I mean, it's an organism from outer space. The whole thing should be taking place in a military installation with a soldier whose sole job is to keep their hand hovering constantly above the "total incineration with a wide perimeter" button.
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I mean, it's an organism from outer space. The whole thing should be taking place in a military installation with a soldier whose sole job is to keep their hand hovering constantly above the "total incineration with a wide perimeter" button.
Like Erin, I'm sufficiently intrigued and entertained that I'm going to keep watching. And maybe going forward the worldbuilding will cohere into something that makes the plot holes in the premise feel less important. But I'm falling very short of the effusive praise I've been seeing on my feed.
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Like Erin, I'm sufficiently intrigued and entertained that I'm going to keep watching. And maybe going forward the worldbuilding will cohere into something that makes the plot holes in the premise feel less important. But I'm falling very short of the effusive praise I've been seeing on my feed.
I think Erin's comparison to Severance is instructive. Severance's worldbuilding also has blind spots. But what shows up on screen is so coherent and all-encompassing that you can set those questions aside. Pluribus, in contrast, feels sloppy.
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I think Erin's comparison to Severance is instructive. Severance's worldbuilding also has blind spots. But what shows up on screen is so coherent and all-encompassing that you can set those questions aside. Pluribus, in contrast, feels sloppy.
Which makes the viewing experience very frustrating, because I'm never entirely sure whether the question I have are ones the writers intended me to think about, or things they'd prefer that I ignore.
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Which makes the viewing experience very frustrating, because I'm never entirely sure whether the question I have are ones the writers intended me to think about, or things they'd prefer that I ignore.
A podcast I listen to recently read and discussed V for Vendetta, which very clearly emerges from the feelings of paranoia and hopelessness of Britain in the late 70s.
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A podcast I listen to recently read and discussed V for Vendetta, which very clearly emerges from the feelings of paranoia and hopelessness of Britain in the late 70s.
התנהגות שבהחלט לא יחודית לנערים בסיכון. יכולה לחשוב על מנהיגים וממשלות שעושים אותו דבר.
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
התנהגות שבהחלט לא יחודית לנערים בסיכון. יכולה לחשוב על מנהיגים וממשלות שעושים אותו דבר.
אם הוא לא עשה את זה עד עכשיו כנראה שאנחנו בסדר
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
אם הוא לא עשה את זה עד עכשיו כנראה שאנחנו בסדר
הנטע הראשון שהכרתי היה בן (יליד 1980 בערך), ובמשך שנים בלבל אותי כשאנשים אמרו לי שנטע זה שם של בנות.
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
הנטע הראשון שהכרתי היה בן (יליד 1980 בערך), ובמשך שנים בלבל אותי כשאנשים אמרו לי שנטע זה שם של בנות.
קראתי איפהשהוא שישראל שיאנית העולם בבדיקות גנטיות.
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
קראתי איפהשהוא שישראל שיאנית העולם בבדיקות גנטיות.
קיים גם בארץ אצל חלק מהעדות החרדיות. לפני ששוקלים שידוך הולכים למאגר לבדוק אם יש שם בעיות.
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
קיים גם בארץ אצל חלק מהעדות החרדיות. לפני ששוקלים שידוך הולכים למאגר לבדוק אם יש שם בעיות.
Pantheon is not a 2025 show. It aired on AMC in 2022-2023, and Netflix got it last year and has been plugging it as an original.
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Pantheon is not a 2025 show. It aired on AMC in 2022-2023, and Netflix got it last year and has been plugging it as an original.
If he actually respected the Israeli judicial system, he would know that the Israeli president's pardon powers don't work like the American one's, and that preemptive pardons that stop or prevent prosecution are not a thing here.
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If he actually respected the Israeli judicial system, he would know that the Israeli president's pardon powers don't work like the American one's, and that preemptive pardons that stop or prevent prosecution are not a thing here.
One of the things I like about Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Tyrant Philosophers series is that the evil empire at their center does this repeatedly, and instead of blowing up in their faces in a dramatic way it’s just quietly, relentlessly corrosive in a way that feels very familiar and realistic.
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One of the things I like about Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Tyrant Philosophers series is that the evil empire at their center does this repeatedly, and instead of blowing up in their faces in a dramatic way it’s just quietly, relentlessly corrosive in a way that feels very familiar and realistic.
Also, can executives do latte art? A barista in Helsinki made me a latte with a jack-o-lantern in the foam last month, which is surely worth a CEO's salary.
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Also, can executives do latte art? A barista in Helsinki made me a latte with a jack-o-lantern in the foam last month, which is surely worth a CEO's salary.
My point is that the new writers don't have a problem because that's not the type of character, or the type of story, Bond is.
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My point is that the new writers don't have a problem because that's not the type of character, or the type of story, Bond is.
By that reasoning, Bond's life-shaping grief for Vesper at the end of Casino Royale cheapens his marriage and quick widowerhood in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Or, this is a character with no consistent continuity, and the only constant between movies is that he exists.
Or, this is a character with no consistent continuity, and the only constant between movies is that he exists.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
By that reasoning, Bond's life-shaping grief for Vesper at the end of Casino Royale cheapens his marriage and quick widowerhood in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Or, this is a character with no consistent continuity, and the only constant between movies is that he exists.
Or, this is a character with no consistent continuity, and the only constant between movies is that he exists.
This is a good point. I should try to remember that 90% of entertainment news is vaporware based on what the cousin of someone who once shared an elevator with someone tangentially related to the production said at a party while drunk. bsky.app/profile/movi...
A lot of good comment on the story here - but it’s really a complete non-story. No source for anything suggesting the writers at Amazon are in any way stuck. And then a quote from someone not involved in the project.
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This is a good point. I should try to remember that 90% of entertainment news is vaporware based on what the cousin of someone who once shared an elevator with someone tangentially related to the production said at a party while drunk. bsky.app/profile/movi...