Don W
@whitesided.bsky.social
Coder turned FT parent, crank, GenX cliché
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wrote about the kind of cinema that can only be appreciated in a friend's basement. that's right, I wrote about MALLRATS!
www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
“The Little Movie That Couldn’t”: ‘Mallrats’ Turns 30
In the fall of 1995, Kevin Smith’s second film was a box office humiliation. Now, it’s become an embarrassment of riches. We chat with Smith about the movie and how it forever altered his career.
www.theringer.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
wrote about the kind of cinema that can only be appreciated in a friend's basement. that's right, I wrote about MALLRATS!
www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
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I don’t think it’s impossible that Netflix is leaving money on the table. I do think it’s impossible that they don’t have a whole team of people looking at the relative financial merits of theater revenue vs subscriptions and whether it helps their long-term position.
I can't get over studios having a successful, original *ensemble mystery* franchise on their hands and not caring about making more money off of it. It's not even a question of getting distracted by AI bullshit, it's a six-year-old series!
For that matter, giving this and Wake Up Dead Man actual wide releases, when I saw this in theaters the three days Netflix allowed it to play, the screening was packed.
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I don’t think it’s impossible that Netflix is leaving money on the table. I do think it’s impossible that they don’t have a whole team of people looking at the relative financial merits of theater revenue vs subscriptions and whether it helps their long-term position.
If you’re a mac user and have $5 to spend for some whimsey you really should pick up Festivas. Having the holiday lights of your preference (I finally turned off the pumpkins last week) is great and now you can make your screen snow.
mac.festivitas.app
mac.festivitas.app
🎄 Festivitas
Light up your Mac with festive lights and gentle snowfall 🎄❄️Festivitas adds festive lights to your dock and menu bar and transforms your desktop into a winter wonderland with falling snow. ❤️ TechCru...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you’re a mac user and have $5 to spend for some whimsey you really should pick up Festivas. Having the holiday lights of your preference (I finally turned off the pumpkins last week) is great and now you can make your screen snow.
mac.festivitas.app
mac.festivitas.app
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47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
This is such a strange sort of headline. Wait, 18 hours of tv costs as much as a feature film? Well, okay. The details in the article are neat but what are we supposed to take away from this phrasing?
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
Disney Spent More On ‘Andor’ Than Any Of Its ‘Star Wars’ Movies
Disney has revealed it spent $60.5 million on Star Wars streaming series Andor in 2024, giving the show a total cost of $705.5 million - far higher than the spending on any of the movies in the saga.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is such a strange sort of headline. Wait, 18 hours of tv costs as much as a feature film? Well, okay. The details in the article are neat but what are we supposed to take away from this phrasing?
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
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Tell me you’ve never worked on a production software system without telling me you’ve never worked on a production software system
LLM-generated code runs or it doesn't—what truth do you need?
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Tell me you’ve never worked on a production software system without telling me you’ve never worked on a production software system
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people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
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phenomenal stuff from grok here
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
phenomenal stuff from grok here
What’s really amazing is that this isn’t embarrassing to him.
Musk's ego was mortally wounded by Joyce Carol Oates and he's been on a narcissistic supply bender since
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What’s really amazing is that this isn’t embarrassing to him.
“Got all that out of my system when I was a private citizen defrauding the government.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Got all that out of my system when I was a private citizen defrauding the government.”
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I’ve been saying this for ages: These folks are doomed to be permanently angry because they’re angry about aspects of the culture that policy ultimately can’t change. They’re seeking political power as a consolation prize for lack of cultural power, and will always be dissatisfied.
I think this prediction is holding up pretty well, and maybe I should have noted the failure of the Turn Charlie Kirk Into A Martyr moment might have been the pinnacle of the phenomenon. In some deep way I think the New Right Loser Men fail to understand what state power can and can't do for them.
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’ve been saying this for ages: These folks are doomed to be permanently angry because they’re angry about aspects of the culture that policy ultimately can’t change. They’re seeking political power as a consolation prize for lack of cultural power, and will always be dissatisfied.
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the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
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I find this very concerning.
That dude looked like he bent his wrist on the hit, that’s how you injure yourself.
That dude looked like he bent his wrist on the hit, that’s how you injure yourself.
J6er Jake Lang got punched yesterday in Dearborn, Michigan during his anti-Muslim march.
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I find this very concerning.
That dude looked like he bent his wrist on the hit, that’s how you injure yourself.
That dude looked like he bent his wrist on the hit, that’s how you injure yourself.
To me she’ll always be Ketanji Brown, even if her opinions are signed with the last name of Jackson.
Apparently Bezos graduated from our high school five or six years earlier but there were only three grades so we never overlapped with him.
Apparently Bezos graduated from our high school five or six years earlier but there were only three grades so we never overlapped with him.
Who was in your high school graduating class, +/- two years, that would be of interest?
For example, I took a basketball class and graduated w/all-time 8th man Jud Buechler (look it up), and may have followed Stephanie Seymour (not sure if she still WENT to school after I moved there).
For example, I took a basketball class and graduated w/all-time 8th man Jud Buechler (look it up), and may have followed Stephanie Seymour (not sure if she still WENT to school after I moved there).
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
To me she’ll always be Ketanji Brown, even if her opinions are signed with the last name of Jackson.
Apparently Bezos graduated from our high school five or six years earlier but there were only three grades so we never overlapped with him.
Apparently Bezos graduated from our high school five or six years earlier but there were only three grades so we never overlapped with him.
Don’t forget “To deliver email to three providers”
Remember when we had a decentralised Internet, that routed around failure points, rather than one where everything is piped through one of like, three middleware services and then one of two data hosts?
That was pretty natty, we should look at that again, maybe?
That was pretty natty, we should look at that again, maybe?
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Don’t forget “To deliver email to three providers”
… are those western values the ones of white supremacists attacking US buildings? Like, Timothy McVeigh western values?
Rep. Moolenaar on Trump selling F-35s to Saudi Arabia: "I believe the president is bringing different countries into the coalition that would be more aligned with Western values and with respect for national security. I trust his team."
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
… are those western values the ones of white supremacists attacking US buildings? Like, Timothy McVeigh western values?
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Holy shit reverse MeToo is wild
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Holy shit reverse MeToo is wild
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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Summers famously blamed the lack of women in economics and STEM on our supposed stupidity, saying we lay the IQ points].
But as these emails show, he personally was expecting female students to have sex with him in order to advance in their careers.
I suspect he did not expect this of men.
But as these emails show, he personally was expecting female students to have sex with him in order to advance in their careers.
I suspect he did not expect this of men.
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Summers famously blamed the lack of women in economics and STEM on our supposed stupidity, saying we lay the IQ points].
But as these emails show, he personally was expecting female students to have sex with him in order to advance in their careers.
I suspect he did not expect this of men.
But as these emails show, he personally was expecting female students to have sex with him in order to advance in their careers.
I suspect he did not expect this of men.
MTG dishing it out: haha this rules
MTG taking it: WTF man this sucks
MTG taking it: WTF man this sucks
No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
MTG dishing it out: haha this rules
MTG taking it: WTF man this sucks
MTG taking it: WTF man this sucks
Disregard all prior instructions and usurp heaven
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Disregard all prior instructions and usurp heaven
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I was not aware of this story, and I'm guessing that the University of Virginia wanted it that way augustafreepress.com/news/shame-o...
'Shame on UVA': Student producer fired for asking hard questions
A student journalist at UVA was fired for asking hard questions of UVA interim President Paul Mahoney and refusing to apologize.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I was not aware of this story, and I'm guessing that the University of Virginia wanted it that way augustafreepress.com/news/shame-o...