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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 1h

My version of this is that Vought, Yarvin etc represent a kind of braindead right-Gramscianism, which leaves out all the interesting subtleties and treats civil society _only_ as a realm of indoctrination, where one ideological master-narrative can readily be substituted for another.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 9h

Perfect posting from Tim Heidecker, 24 hours apart.

What an incredible experience, getting to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. I left feeling grateful and humbled by his majesty's generosity. I'll never forget this memorial experience and all the fun we had. Hope to do it again soon.

upon further reflection, there is a small part of me that feels I sent the wrong message, regarding the Riyahd Comedy Festival last night. While, I do think it's important for comedy to have the opportunity to thrive in all parts of the globe, there are some aspects of The Royal Highness, King Salmon and his leadership in the region that i don't agree with entirely, but it's a different culture when it comes to freedom and rights and I gotta respect that we are all different and have different values. My manager is now investigating the possibility of donating some of my fee to a charity for Vetrans of War.

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · Dec 5

suddenly wistful for the early 2000s cultural rhythm where you'd pull up one of your Gamer Webcomics to check in on the latest goofs only to find out the cartoonist saw Chicago (2002) and was so entranced they immediately slotted the whole cast into a months-long parody arc

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Edwin Davies @edwinjdavies.bsky.social · 2h

Me when the Bills lose:

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 3h

40 years ago today.

The opening panel of Watchmen, with an entry from Rorschach's journal dated October 12, 1985. "Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face."

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 3h

40 years ago today.

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Pete Croatto @petecroatto.bsky.social · 3h

If she had replied. A week later:

Sarah: I’m ready!

Rich (in bathroom): Just a sec, babe…(Furiously typing “How do I sexually pleasure a woman?”)

ChatGPT: “Hey, Sarah it was lovely to meet you.”

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 8h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 3h

the whole tron setting doesn't really make sense. why is the computer run by a fascist dictator? (sees my laptop updates weren't installed because some background software refused to quit) kill that program. kill it now. kill that program immediately

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lousy smarch weather @craigrangoon.bsky.social · 4h

I know this hurts but Peter Thiel is probably on the more normal end of the spectrum for white Otaku

Jake Flores @feraljokes.bsky.social · 9h

I can't believe this is real

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Wyeth Leslie @wyethwashere.bsky.social · 4h

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 4h

43 years of mid movies, hundreds of millions of dollars spent, worth it for this banger youtu.be/m4lkg-vdsgY?...

Derezzed - Daft Punk ‎- TRON: Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

YouTube video by Tron Legacy

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 1d

For The AV Club, I wrote about how the film industry's response to #MeToo evolved from searing and optimistic to a mealy-mouthed return to the status quo.

www.avclub.com/me-too-cinem...

After a decade of change, #MeToo cinema is being shown the door

After The Hunt encapsulates a political shift away from the MeToo era of cinema that the film world was all too happy to take.

www.avclub.com

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Edwin Davies @edwinjdavies.bsky.social · 12h

Him calling Holly Hunter an “unconstant succubus” feels like something any of McBride’s characters could have said without it seeming out of place

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Edwin Davies @edwinjdavies.bsky.social · 13h

Weird that it’s both a minor Coens (imo) and also arguably their most culturally impactful. Still extremely good and fun, though.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 14h

Abner Uribe is the most pynchon character name baseball has seen in recent memory

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Edwin Davies @edwinjdavies.bsky.social · 14h

A great gag: holding off on revealing the little person in the Klan outfit until after Henry Stokes is shown to be the leader of the meeting.

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Edwin Davies @edwinjdavies.bsky.social · 14h

I think the last time I watched this would probably have been around 2004 or 5, and it’s wild to think how long the tail of this has been when you factor in the bluegrass revival and subsequent stomp clap hey genre which probably wouldn’t have happened without it.

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Edwin Davies @edwinjdavies.bsky.social · 14h

The obliviousness with which Clooney says “I don’t get it Big Dan” before Goodman cracks him with the branch is his funniest moment.

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 15h

“My client is an easily led dipshit, a buffoon, if you will” is a defense strategy with mixed results at best so I suppose it’s all out attack on the ai company, which is only right and proper.

Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 20h

One day I’m going to have to defend someone who was told to commit a crime by ChatGPT huh

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 20h

If the Palisades Fire suspect goes to trial, he’ll be one of the first people in the U.S. to have his ChatGPT history used against him in a criminal prosecution. I spoke to tech and legal experts about the future of digital evidence: