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we’re talking to people. we’re doing ballroom, we’re doing arch. we’re doing arch deluxe, actually. mcdonald’s tried it in the 90s and they couldn’t do it, arch deluxe. because of the bad commercials. I told the mcdonald’s people to put me in them but they didn’t listen. but now we’re doing it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
we’re talking to people. we’re doing ballroom, we’re doing arch. we’re doing arch deluxe, actually. mcdonald’s tried it in the 90s and they couldn’t do it, arch deluxe. because of the bad commercials. I told the mcdonald’s people to put me in them but they didn’t listen. but now we’re doing it.
Ballad of a Small Player 2.5/5
It does reek of "everyone is doing this for the streaming Bux" and a little bit of "Chinese tourism board". That saud, Farrell is watchable in anything and visually the movie has a lot to it. Plotwise not so.
It does reek of "everyone is doing this for the streaming Bux" and a little bit of "Chinese tourism board". That saud, Farrell is watchable in anything and visually the movie has a lot to it. Plotwise not so.
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Ballad of a Small Player 2.5/5
It does reek of "everyone is doing this for the streaming Bux" and a little bit of "Chinese tourism board". That saud, Farrell is watchable in anything and visually the movie has a lot to it. Plotwise not so.
It does reek of "everyone is doing this for the streaming Bux" and a little bit of "Chinese tourism board". That saud, Farrell is watchable in anything and visually the movie has a lot to it. Plotwise not so.
About a third of the way through Hail Mary and Andy Weir's ear scraping, epic MCU Reddit prose/stream of consciousness is testing my patience.
Barely any payoff is worth this outside of the epic bacon protagonist getting dissected by an alien.
Barely any payoff is worth this outside of the epic bacon protagonist getting dissected by an alien.
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
About a third of the way through Hail Mary and Andy Weir's ear scraping, epic MCU Reddit prose/stream of consciousness is testing my patience.
Barely any payoff is worth this outside of the epic bacon protagonist getting dissected by an alien.
Barely any payoff is worth this outside of the epic bacon protagonist getting dissected by an alien.
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Caught Stealing 9/10
I really enjoyed it, it's really quite vicious but not at all in a silly way. I didn't that Aaronofsky could do a thriller like this. It's of course goofy but it's also quite grounded.
Kind of like a smart version of what Guy Ritchie goes for.
I really enjoyed it, it's really quite vicious but not at all in a silly way. I didn't that Aaronofsky could do a thriller like this. It's of course goofy but it's also quite grounded.
Kind of like a smart version of what Guy Ritchie goes for.
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Caught Stealing 9/10
I really enjoyed it, it's really quite vicious but not at all in a silly way. I didn't that Aaronofsky could do a thriller like this. It's of course goofy but it's also quite grounded.
Kind of like a smart version of what Guy Ritchie goes for.
I really enjoyed it, it's really quite vicious but not at all in a silly way. I didn't that Aaronofsky could do a thriller like this. It's of course goofy but it's also quite grounded.
Kind of like a smart version of what Guy Ritchie goes for.
Very normal responses to this.
In Moscow's Shadows 225: A Chance for Peace in Ukraine?
In the 1st half, I look at the proposed Ukraine peace deal (and what it's not).
In the 2nd, I spin off Rabow-Edling's excellent book on the 1825 Decembrist Revolt to consider its modern resonances.
www.buzzsprout.com/1026985/epis...
In the 1st half, I look at the proposed Ukraine peace deal (and what it's not).
In the 2nd, I spin off Rabow-Edling's excellent book on the 1825 Decembrist Revolt to consider its modern resonances.
www.buzzsprout.com/1026985/epis...
In Moscow's Shadows 225: A Chance for Peace in Ukraine? - In Moscow's Shadows
In the first half of the podcast, I look at the proposed Ukraine peace deal, which is only a foundation for proper negotiations, especially in terms of what it is not.In the second, I spin off Su...
www.buzzsprout.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Very normal responses to this.
Bots very active on this latest Trump shit.
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Bots very active on this latest Trump shit.
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Judge to prosecutor:
“So Ms. Halligan was the stalking horse, or to use a different word, a puppet, for the president?”
We are definitely in bad-dream territory here. Like, sheets-soaked-from-your-sweat-and-your-heart-is-about-to-pound-out-of-your-chest territory.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
“So Ms. Halligan was the stalking horse, or to use a different word, a puppet, for the president?”
We are definitely in bad-dream territory here. Like, sheets-soaked-from-your-sweat-and-your-heart-is-about-to-pound-out-of-your-chest territory.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Judge to prosecutor:
“So Ms. Halligan was the stalking horse, or to use a different word, a puppet, for the president?”
We are definitely in bad-dream territory here. Like, sheets-soaked-from-your-sweat-and-your-heart-is-about-to-pound-out-of-your-chest territory.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
“So Ms. Halligan was the stalking horse, or to use a different word, a puppet, for the president?”
We are definitely in bad-dream territory here. Like, sheets-soaked-from-your-sweat-and-your-heart-is-about-to-pound-out-of-your-chest territory.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
One other thing film twitter does is pretend to enjoy mediocre crap like Avatar or its sequel. Or some dogshit Glenn Powell movie.
film Twitter has to be the most annoying group of performatively misanthropic dorks ever.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
One other thing film twitter does is pretend to enjoy mediocre crap like Avatar or its sequel. Or some dogshit Glenn Powell movie.
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
film Twitter has to be the most annoying group of performatively misanthropic dorks ever.
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
film Twitter has to be the most annoying group of performatively misanthropic dorks ever.
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Bugonia 8/10
Definitely his most accessible film and doesn't really suffer in quality or vision for it. Quite brutal and shocking at parts, upsetting and funny in equal measure.
I think it falls down a bit in the ending unfortunately. I get the message and it should be stark.
Definitely his most accessible film and doesn't really suffer in quality or vision for it. Quite brutal and shocking at parts, upsetting and funny in equal measure.
I think it falls down a bit in the ending unfortunately. I get the message and it should be stark.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Bugonia 8/10
Definitely his most accessible film and doesn't really suffer in quality or vision for it. Quite brutal and shocking at parts, upsetting and funny in equal measure.
I think it falls down a bit in the ending unfortunately. I get the message and it should be stark.
Definitely his most accessible film and doesn't really suffer in quality or vision for it. Quite brutal and shocking at parts, upsetting and funny in equal measure.
I think it falls down a bit in the ending unfortunately. I get the message and it should be stark.
A History of Venice.
Took me a while to grind through this despite it being digestible prose. Guess it was just the scope of the book meant it was hard to become invested. The character of the city is enough just about but the most compelling parts were Enrico Dandalo and Napoleon ending things.
Took me a while to grind through this despite it being digestible prose. Guess it was just the scope of the book meant it was hard to become invested. The character of the city is enough just about but the most compelling parts were Enrico Dandalo and Napoleon ending things.
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A History of Venice.
Took me a while to grind through this despite it being digestible prose. Guess it was just the scope of the book meant it was hard to become invested. The character of the city is enough just about but the most compelling parts were Enrico Dandalo and Napoleon ending things.
Took me a while to grind through this despite it being digestible prose. Guess it was just the scope of the book meant it was hard to become invested. The character of the city is enough just about but the most compelling parts were Enrico Dandalo and Napoleon ending things.
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fwiw i think one reason why Trump is avoiding negotiating with Dems or really meeting with Dems is that they're hiding his condition.
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
fwiw i think one reason why Trump is avoiding negotiating with Dems or really meeting with Dems is that they're hiding his condition.
Really really really bizarre movie.
Clunky and stilted dialogue with incredibly wooden acting. The plot is as boilerplate as it comes with no wrinkles at all. Feels like Seth Rogan has some spare time while filming The Studio and didn't want the expensive set to go to waste. 4/10
Clunky and stilted dialogue with incredibly wooden acting. The plot is as boilerplate as it comes with no wrinkles at all. Feels like Seth Rogan has some spare time while filming The Studio and didn't want the expensive set to go to waste. 4/10
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Really really really bizarre movie.
Clunky and stilted dialogue with incredibly wooden acting. The plot is as boilerplate as it comes with no wrinkles at all. Feels like Seth Rogan has some spare time while filming The Studio and didn't want the expensive set to go to waste. 4/10
Clunky and stilted dialogue with incredibly wooden acting. The plot is as boilerplate as it comes with no wrinkles at all. Feels like Seth Rogan has some spare time while filming The Studio and didn't want the expensive set to go to waste. 4/10
Bad Guys win sometimes.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bad Guys win sometimes.
Listening to a podcast about how AI slop writing is killing scientific publication and how it's growing exponentially.
Really annoying stuff.
Really annoying stuff.
November 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Listening to a podcast about how AI slop writing is killing scientific publication and how it's growing exponentially.
Really annoying stuff.
Really annoying stuff.
Imagine how bad the press and pundits are going to be once Bidens memoirs come out.
November 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Imagine how bad the press and pundits are going to be once Bidens memoirs come out.
Bring Her Back: a very interesting exploration of grief and vulnerability. It wasn't afraid to get quite brutal but never quite fell into exploitation. A lot of interesting symbolism.
Not perfect, it felt a small bit long and a couple of plot points were contrived but 8.5/10
Not perfect, it felt a small bit long and a couple of plot points were contrived but 8.5/10
November 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Bring Her Back: a very interesting exploration of grief and vulnerability. It wasn't afraid to get quite brutal but never quite fell into exploitation. A lot of interesting symbolism.
Not perfect, it felt a small bit long and a couple of plot points were contrived but 8.5/10
Not perfect, it felt a small bit long and a couple of plot points were contrived but 8.5/10
So another country staved off the far right?
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
So another country staved off the far right?