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History's greatest monster
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Today at The Reveal: @scotttobias.bsky.social and I continue our trip through Sight & Sound's Top 100 films with a discussion of Rainer Werner Fassbender's unlikely love story ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL:
#52 (tie): ‘Ali: Fear Eats the Soul’: The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
Our trip through Sight & Sound's 100 best films nears the halfway mark with a stop in 1970s Munich, the setting for an unlikely Rainer Werner Fassbender love story.
thereveal.film
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today at The Reveal: @scotttobias.bsky.social and I continue our trip through Sight & Sound's Top 100 films with a discussion of Rainer Werner Fassbender's unlikely love story ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL:
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Here's an absolutely deranged marketing campaign for the 1949 rerelease of The Wizard of Oz
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Here's an absolutely deranged marketing campaign for the 1949 rerelease of The Wizard of Oz
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Me reading job descriptions:
"Okay, yeah... yeah... I can do that... yeah... 'Leverage AI to...'"
"Okay, yeah... yeah... I can do that... yeah... 'Leverage AI to...'"
a cartoon of a girl with the words delete delete written on the bottom
Alt: A cartoon girl jumping on a giant delete key
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Me reading job descriptions:
"Okay, yeah... yeah... I can do that... yeah... 'Leverage AI to...'"
"Okay, yeah... yeah... I can do that... yeah... 'Leverage AI to...'"
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The Luka trade was the exogenous shock that rattled me from my stupor and made me realize almost everyone in power in any field right now is literally, in the clinical sense, addicted to both gambling and attention, and doesn't give a single shit about anyone else. I was clearly not alone here.
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Luka trade was the exogenous shock that rattled me from my stupor and made me realize almost everyone in power in any field right now is literally, in the clinical sense, addicted to both gambling and attention, and doesn't give a single shit about anyone else. I was clearly not alone here.
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I have never been a supporter of Donald Trump, but if Senate Democrats continue to stop him from self-immolating, I will have no choice but to vote for him for the fourth time in 2028.
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I have never been a supporter of Donald Trump, but if Senate Democrats continue to stop him from self-immolating, I will have no choice but to vote for him for the fourth time in 2028.
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago: See Chloé Zhao's Hamnet, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, for free at advance screenings this week and next.
www.avclub.com/hamnet-ticke...
www.avclub.com/hamnet-ticke...
Win tickets to a special advance screening of Hamnet
Win tickets to a special advance screening of Hamnet
www.avclub.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago: See Chloé Zhao's Hamnet, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, for free at advance screenings this week and next.
www.avclub.com/hamnet-ticke...
www.avclub.com/hamnet-ticke...
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"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Google AI is like an Eric Adams quote generator
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Google AI is like an Eric Adams quote generator
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Them: How would you describe yourself?
Me:
Me:
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Them: How would you describe yourself?
Me:
Me:
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Humans: capable of building entire skyscrapers but still afraid to put the scary number on one of the floors
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Humans: capable of building entire skyscrapers but still afraid to put the scary number on one of the floors
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Truly the only thing in my life changed by AI is having to add "-ai" to the end of all of my searches
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Truly the only thing in my life changed by AI is having to add "-ai" to the end of all of my searches
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BREAKING: Starbucks baristas at Downtown Disney couldn’t stand another day of their managers’ unfair labor practices & kicked off our nationwide strike this weekend. These workers have shut down one of largest Starbucks stores in the country — and we’re just getting started! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks baristas at Downtown Disney couldn’t stand another day of their managers’ unfair labor practices & kicked off our nationwide strike this weekend. These workers have shut down one of largest Starbucks stores in the country — and we’re just getting started! #NoContractNoCoffee
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The average 30 year old millennial has $63,000 of wealth. The average boomer in their 30s had $58,000… in 1989 dollars. That’s $130,000 today.
Boomers have captured so much of the wealth that people today have less than half of what the average baby boomer had at the same age.
Boomers have captured so much of the wealth that people today have less than half of what the average baby boomer had at the same age.
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The average 30 year old millennial has $63,000 of wealth. The average boomer in their 30s had $58,000… in 1989 dollars. That’s $130,000 today.
Boomers have captured so much of the wealth that people today have less than half of what the average baby boomer had at the same age.
Boomers have captured so much of the wealth that people today have less than half of what the average baby boomer had at the same age.
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I will take any IBM ad if they just brought back You Make The Call
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I will take any IBM ad if they just brought back You Make The Call
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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Portland City Council will consider an amendment next week to redirect $4.3 million from the city program that sweeps homeless encampments. If passed, the budget adjustment will instead invest $2 million in rent and food assistance, and support for immigrants and refugees.
City Council Mulling $4.3 Million Cut From Homeless Sweeps Budget
“We’re in a position right now, where people are going to end up being unhoused for the long-term, and we have to take action,” City Councilor Angelita Morillo said, explaining a proposal to divert fu...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Portland City Council will consider an amendment next week to redirect $4.3 million from the city program that sweeps homeless encampments. If passed, the budget adjustment will instead invest $2 million in rent and food assistance, and support for immigrants and refugees.
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I am morbidly fascinated by Trump's occasional meanderings into existential questions about hell (even though I don't believe in it) because I think somewhere in the rotted hollow innards of his psyche where nothing grows, there's a dawning spark of realization about how little he really has
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I am morbidly fascinated by Trump's occasional meanderings into existential questions about hell (even though I don't believe in it) because I think somewhere in the rotted hollow innards of his psyche where nothing grows, there's a dawning spark of realization about how little he really has
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money could buy my friends with shitty, soul-crushing jobs they're only keeping for the health insurance a year of rest to work on creative projects and take care of their bodies and minds (and cats, and gardens, and families), but it can't buy Elon Musk kids who actually like him
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
money could buy my friends with shitty, soul-crushing jobs they're only keeping for the health insurance a year of rest to work on creative projects and take care of their bodies and minds (and cats, and gardens, and families), but it can't buy Elon Musk kids who actually like him
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