Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.

1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.

2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.

Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?

"Why this sudden bewilderment, this confusion?

Because night has fallen and the barbarians haven't come.
And some of our men just in from the border say
there are no barbarians any longer.

Now what’s going to happen to us without barbarians?
Those people were a kind of solution."

C.P. Cavafy

Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...

If you're a fan of irreverent Latin American Children's TV programmes, vaguely Muppet like performers and some cracking music (and I'm just going to assume that everyone is), then I implore you to watch this: youtu.be/UEqTIwRrWvA?...

so much is bad right now but the AI stuff in particular is making me insane. a desperate attempt to smother all human creative labor at an absurd cost to the planet by some of the most short-sighted, rapacious, and pathetic people who have ever lived

Watching this video 10 times has significantly improved my mood.

Tom Lehrer meant a lot to me, and there is a period of my life which is inextricably linked in my memory to his music. Listening to my dad's CDs of him and Bob Newhart shaped my tastes in comedy more than anything before or since. There is not a day that goes by where I don't quote him in some way.

hey! I am Caesar

and you betrayed me

so here’s my last words

they’re “Et tu, Brute”

Pepe Mujica, the anarchist guerilla who became president of Uruguay, has passed on. He leaves behind as good a legacy as it's possible to leave.

So it goes.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do

Kurt Vonnegut man

Why is "Studio Ghibli" or "Wes Anderson" like the only descriptors people lacking any creativity seem to be able to reference

Revengence remains my favorite and possibly the most prescient Metal Gear game because it eschewed subtlety which is an essential part of understanding America.

Did you ever see this official Studio Ghibli DVD player that came bundled with the Japanese DVD of Spirited Away? Neither did I.

The problem with social media for me is the social part - too much of a grump. At the same time, with things being what they are, maybe I should give it another go? I've also got some stuff coming up that I might want to talk about when/if it comes to pass. Let's see if I can stick at it.

This is an excellent and well-written piece about the weird, sad and fascinating world of influencers, 'vibes'-based social media aesthetics, and exploitative labour on behalf of big corporations. Really interesting stuff.

the first noble truth is comprehension of suffering. not repression or denial. it's okay to be big mcfuckin mad.