The Deep Magic
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A nightmare inexplicably torn from the pages of Kafka! (now with dashes instead of underscores)
Movie you’ve watched more than 6 times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than 6 times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
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For this month’s @outsidemag.bsky.social column, I took a rat taxidermy class, and it was… surprisingly sweet? As the teacher said, “We’re reclaiming what’s beautiful and interesting about the things we’ve been told are bad or gross.”
I love my rat. His name is Meatball.
I love my rat. His name is Meatball.
The Surprisingly Tender Art of Rat Taxidermy
I joined a taxidermy class and discovered a craft that’s far more thoughtful than I expected
www.outsideonline.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
For this month’s @outsidemag.bsky.social column, I took a rat taxidermy class, and it was… surprisingly sweet? As the teacher said, “We’re reclaiming what’s beautiful and interesting about the things we’ve been told are bad or gross.”
I love my rat. His name is Meatball.
I love my rat. His name is Meatball.
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It’s always “Die Hard is a Christmas movie” and never “Eyes Wide Shut is a Christmas movie”…
All of these stories, literally posted just in the last 7 hours.
There seriously must be some other holiday-themed debate that gives you clicks. Think whatever you want about DIE HARD or any other movie, but pretty please find some other question to ask for publication.
There seriously must be some other holiday-themed debate that gives you clicks. Think whatever you want about DIE HARD or any other movie, but pretty please find some other question to ask for publication.
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s always “Die Hard is a Christmas movie” and never “Eyes Wide Shut is a Christmas movie”…
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Hard bias on my part: Artists should not trash-talk other artists unless their work is morally reprehensible, period, the end. And successful artists in particular should avoid it. The defense that it's some kind of refreshing contribution to public discourse? It's not. We already have tons of that.
I will never understand why an actual movie director chooses to spend his time and energy behaving like a fifth-tier shitposter. (Also, this is a Hall of Fame bad take.)
Quentin Tarantino Blasts Paul Dano As The “Giant Flaw & Weak Sauce” Of ‘There Will Be Blood’
December 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hard bias on my part: Artists should not trash-talk other artists unless their work is morally reprehensible, period, the end. And successful artists in particular should avoid it. The defense that it's some kind of refreshing contribution to public discourse? It's not. We already have tons of that.
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
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RIP to the brilliant Tom Stoppard
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
RIP to the brilliant Tom Stoppard
If you ever find yourself in an old movie, here is how you must smooch:
1) Sloooooowly bring your faces closer.
2) With ~1” left, MASH those closed mouths together.
3) Rub ‘em around like you’re exchanging chapstick.
4) Ladies, be sure to crank your head back until your chin points at the sky.
1) Sloooooowly bring your faces closer.
2) With ~1” left, MASH those closed mouths together.
3) Rub ‘em around like you’re exchanging chapstick.
4) Ladies, be sure to crank your head back until your chin points at the sky.
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
If you ever find yourself in an old movie, here is how you must smooch:
1) Sloooooowly bring your faces closer.
2) With ~1” left, MASH those closed mouths together.
3) Rub ‘em around like you’re exchanging chapstick.
4) Ladies, be sure to crank your head back until your chin points at the sky.
1) Sloooooowly bring your faces closer.
2) With ~1” left, MASH those closed mouths together.
3) Rub ‘em around like you’re exchanging chapstick.
4) Ladies, be sure to crank your head back until your chin points at the sky.
Listen, I am grateful that many assholes are facing some level of accountability for their past behavior, but the most depressing thing about listening to a podcast about movies nowadays is that just about every episode starts with, “Yes, we’re aware of the allegations…”
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Listen, I am grateful that many assholes are facing some level of accountability for their past behavior, but the most depressing thing about listening to a podcast about movies nowadays is that just about every episode starts with, “Yes, we’re aware of the allegations…”
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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The most evil tech bro thing you've ever read SO FAR.
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The most evil tech bro thing you've ever read SO FAR.
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You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
Is there a word for that unique, adult dread you feel when there's a weird smell in the kitchen so you take out the trash and the compost, but when you get back inside, the smell is still there? Feels like the Germans ought to have something for that.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Is there a word for that unique, adult dread you feel when there's a weird smell in the kitchen so you take out the trash and the compost, but when you get back inside, the smell is still there? Feels like the Germans ought to have something for that.
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It's very annoying that Black Friday has turned into a whole ass month.
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's very annoying that Black Friday has turned into a whole ass month.
I got very badly burnt out at a previous, unrelated job and said, “Fuck it. There are people who need things written. I will find them individually and ask them to pay me money to write.”
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I got very badly burnt out at a previous, unrelated job and said, “Fuck it. There are people who need things written. I will find them individually and ask them to pay me money to write.”
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very little brings me as much joy as explaining the plots of romance novels to my husband. no one is more earnestly appalled. "he made a BET to marry her? but that will hurt her feelings when she finds out!" yes beloved
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
very little brings me as much joy as explaining the plots of romance novels to my husband. no one is more earnestly appalled. "he made a BET to marry her? but that will hurt her feelings when she finds out!" yes beloved
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CS degrees are over; now is the time of the English BA
Academic intros that go hard
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
CS degrees are over; now is the time of the English BA
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one of the best movies ever made
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
one of the best movies ever made
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I don’t know why, and I don’t want to make a big hairy deal out it so ICE’s Special Media Prosecutor Division doesn’t notice, but People Magazine has been incredibly straightforward with their Trump headlines when he’s being a weird old asshole.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I don’t know why, and I don’t want to make a big hairy deal out it so ICE’s Special Media Prosecutor Division doesn’t notice, but People Magazine has been incredibly straightforward with their Trump headlines when he’s being a weird old asshole.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
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AO3 is also down, so between the two our whole acronym is affected
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
AO3 is also down, so between the two our whole acronym is affected
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Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
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This is Mack. In his head he absolutely crushed this agility course. Who are we to tell him otherwise. 14/10 (TT: adventuresof.mack)
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is Mack. In his head he absolutely crushed this agility course. Who are we to tell him otherwise. 14/10 (TT: adventuresof.mack)
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sir this is a McDonald's
Trump: "They don't laugh at us anymore. They respect us now, again. And that's what we want. We want to be liked. We want to be respected much more so than being liked. And you know in a certain way they like us better now too. Because the world was ripping off our country. Not sustainable."
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
sir this is a McDonald's