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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 9h

I feel like these guys never got to the part of literally any color revolution or scifi movie or famous Super Bowl commercial where the regime's symbolic omnipresence just creates endless potential sparks of revolution.

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hadn’t realized we reached the Fascist Leader Talking In An Endless Loop At Sites Of Mass Transit stage of the dystopia.

Good to know.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 7h

He's off to bed but I might as well keep the night going.

Haven't watched this since the theater.

Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 7h

We had to tap out at Dilophosaurus vs. Nedry. My boy's always been pretty sensitive but even I kinda forgot how intense that scene is.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 8h

Dean gasps when the lawyer gets T-Rex'd. He's silent when we ask if he's ok.

"Dean, we're gonna turn it off if you don't answer."

"I'M FINE! I'M FINE!"

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 9h

When the brachiosaurus reveal happened he let out a "...whoa" and leaned forward.

Spielberg's the best to ever do it, man.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 9h

The mosquito situation is weird over here. Usually they're still a problem but tonight I haven't had so much as a nibble from one.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks! Justified buying it during the height of COVID. Been a really great investment.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 9h

I do what I can.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 9h

Perfect night to show my 8 year old Jurassic Park for the first time.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 9h

I always wanted to play this but never had a PC that could run it when it came out.

Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 12h

It will forever confound me how, over the course of (now) three movies and one short-lived Disney XD animated series, no one seems to know how to take full advantage of a premise ripe with fun possibilities.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 12h

Honestly the biggest misstep the movie makes is dipping back into the aesthetics of the original film, which, compared to the absurdly busy and overdesigned aesthetics of both ENCOM and Dillinger Systems' modern Grids, is a visual breath of fresh air. At least the first movie was memorably weird.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 12h

Butt he questions it asks and themes it presents are "the first five minutes of the first day of Philosophy 101" stuff that somehow are still grossly under-served by a script that seems to have no idea what it wants to do with its characters or premise.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 12h

Having now slept on it, Tron Ares is one of the most airless blockbusters I've seen in a while. The NIN score is aces (Daft Punk's was better) but most of the movie is just vapor. The best thing I can say about is that unlike Tron Legacy it never feels like it's moving at half-speed.

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 15h

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 12h

The other big writing issue is that none of the new cast feels as interesting or as fun as the first game's, and even the returning gods don't have the same pop they used to.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 12h

But really the biggest issue is that the writing isn't nearly as strong. Melinoe's quest feels vague at best, something she was assigned rather than one she feels genuinely emotionally desperate to complete the way Zag was to meet and stay with his mother.

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 12h

It doesn't feel like a sequel at all. It's just More Hades, which isn't a bad thing in and of itself, but after about 10 hours I kind of feel like I'm done with it. The overall gameplay feels nearly identical, even with the new weapon lineup and the magic system just isn't interesting.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 14h

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: The Complete Limited Series (Blu-ray) up for preorder on Amazon ($24.98) buff.ly/oyyhGn8 #ad

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 16h

Don't threaten me with a good time

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 17h

Seconding Rocket Knight. Great game.

Also, believe it or not, Cool Spot (yes, the 7Up video game) is actually pretty good! Solid platforming and some surprisingly great character animation.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 19h

I was riding down the road one day
Someone hit a possum
I was riding down the road one day
Someone hit a possum
The road was his end
His end was the road
So they say

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 19h

Cena did the best acting of his career thus far the last couple episodes but Brooks' tearful appeal to him in the motel room was every inch as good.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 20h

this is correct. and while you would get a nontrivial one off sum from a billionaire tax (not enough for a welfare state, but a lot), the ongoing point of that tax would be prevent billionaires from existing

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 23h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 20h

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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