James Nostack
semsu.bsky.social
James Nostack
@semsu.bsky.social
Reluctant law-monger in Harlem
You better be right about these smells! I have no sense of smell at all and bought this Vintage Radio cologne b/c y'all talked it up, and I can't return it

"Solomon knows what he's doing" is my motto, because interesting experiences is what life is about
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Wasn't he always between 35-40% approval throughout the entire first term? I mean maybe the disapprove is much firmer. But I can't imagine the circumstances where it gets lower than 35% approval
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I feel that the argument that it is bad in a way that does not implicate nearly every other Star Wars film still needs to be made. Jin's character has a 180 degree turn at the end of Act 2 that isn't justified, and there's too much fan service, but IMO these aren't fatal given the theme.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I suspect the answer is that for a lot of England, "Most of our homes are older than the Laws of Thermodynamics and it's cheaper to bundle up than re-do the whole place"
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If I understand the main critique, it's that Diamond doesn't really get into the WHY of colonialism--it's not just a technological advantage, it was a social choice to carve up the world. IIRC Diamon didn't dispute that, but was trying to answer the how of it.

But it's not my field & I'm ignorant
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Can you guys do Guns, Germs & Steel? I enjoyed that in 2002 or whenever, but am now old enough to admit I may have been a dumbass
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Kim, early on Taskmaster's job was to train henchmen for other villains. Does he still do that? And also, given that henchmen have never defeated anybody ever, does that mean Taskmaster was bad at the job?

Maybe his powers don't extend to mimicking educational techniques
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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If you gone ruin my life we doing everything you said in them text
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
She would, but only because on Sadie Hawkins Day it's the girl's turn to ask out the pedophile
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The other thing is that Bond's death in "No Time to Die" is actually the perfect conclusion to his arc, which was (generally) about the cost of being emotionally vulnerable and when paying that cost is worth it.

They weren't all good movies, but that was a Theme and they closed it out right.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My first musical memory is my parents listening to CCR in the station wagon, and I have been waiting for Andrew to get to them for YEARS.
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The torment nexus is when people I consider my inferiors can directly interact with my thoughts and opinions
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I thank God I live in a 600 sq ft apt and just cannot justify the space. (Also, that God made me too lazy to put in shelving)
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Wilhoit's Law: "All of conservatism comes down to the proposition that there are people the law protects but does not bind, and people the law binds but does not protect."
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Donated. Thank you for highlighting this!
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM