wembley
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🔞pro-ship. ngl, i'm mainly here to vent negativity and rubberneck dumb arguments. fandom, politics, obnoxious pedantry, horny nerd shit. Liberals and Democrats are Good, Actually.
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Stranger Things s5 is so good dude
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Stranger Things s5 is so good dude
is it possible to do a story where seeking out forbidden knowledge is actually good?
i wonder how you'd do a horror story like that. where the knowledge is actually "more than mortals should know", not like, The Village. like the bad end is being kept from the knowledge
i wonder how you'd do a horror story like that. where the knowledge is actually "more than mortals should know", not like, The Village. like the bad end is being kept from the knowledge
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
is it possible to do a story where seeking out forbidden knowledge is actually good?
i wonder how you'd do a horror story like that. where the knowledge is actually "more than mortals should know", not like, The Village. like the bad end is being kept from the knowledge
i wonder how you'd do a horror story like that. where the knowledge is actually "more than mortals should know", not like, The Village. like the bad end is being kept from the knowledge
one interesting thing about Pluribus is how it shows the process of doing things, all the effort it takes
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
one interesting thing about Pluribus is how it shows the process of doing things, all the effort it takes
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this is the solution to the "male loneliness epidemic" dudes need to either get butlers or become butler s
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
this is the solution to the "male loneliness epidemic" dudes need to either get butlers or become butler s
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Under Cover of Night
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Under Cover of Night
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1: No it isn’t and stop fucking doing this
2: We’re talking eastern Oregon, that’s farm country, nitrates galore. Come the fuck on
2: We’re talking eastern Oregon, that’s farm country, nitrates galore. Come the fuck on
"The historical precedent here is Flint, Michigan."
Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers
A sprawling data center in eastern Oregon has been linked to a huge rise in rare cancers, muscle conditions, and miscarriages.
trib.al
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
1: No it isn’t and stop fucking doing this
2: We’re talking eastern Oregon, that’s farm country, nitrates galore. Come the fuck on
2: We’re talking eastern Oregon, that’s farm country, nitrates galore. Come the fuck on
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Sex criminals before female directors, always. Sigh.
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sex criminals before female directors, always. Sigh.
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I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
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R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
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"Content Warning: Here Comes My Dick" is not at all the same thing as "consent" because, sure, they can flee the room, and then you're gonna tell all your buddies they're No Fun
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Content Warning: Here Comes My Dick" is not at all the same thing as "consent" because, sure, they can flee the room, and then you're gonna tell all your buddies they're No Fun
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Louis CK has never fully acknowledged his misconduct, and has misrepresented it multiple times—including in his initial apology. In so doing, he has continued to do harm to his victims.
Fuck that. Fuck him.
Fuck that. Fuck him.
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Louis CK has never fully acknowledged his misconduct, and has misrepresented it multiple times—including in his initial apology. In so doing, he has continued to do harm to his victims.
Fuck that. Fuck him.
Fuck that. Fuck him.
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Also note that his statement only refers to women he exposed himself to in person—it doesn't mention the woman, also quoted in the original Times story on his misconduct and named in his "apology," who he talked dirty to and masturbated to over the phone without asking for permission.
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Also note that his statement only refers to women he exposed himself to in person—it doesn't mention the woman, also quoted in the original Times story on his misconduct and named in his "apology," who he talked dirty to and masturbated to over the phone without asking for permission.
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In his initial statement he said "I never showed a woman my dick without asking first." Many people assumed, as he knew and intended that they would, that that meant that he asked for and received consent.
But note that he doesn't explicitly make that claim. There's a reason for that.
But note that he doesn't explicitly make that claim. There's a reason for that.
November 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In his initial statement he said "I never showed a woman my dick without asking first." Many people assumed, as he knew and intended that they would, that that meant that he asked for and received consent.
But note that he doesn't explicitly make that claim. There's a reason for that.
But note that he doesn't explicitly make that claim. There's a reason for that.
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Since Louis CK is in the news again, it's worth restating that he never gave an honest accounting of his sexual misconduct—his initial "apology" and his subsequent statements have been contradicted by the testimony of his victims, and contained elisions and gaps intended to exonerate him.
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Since Louis CK is in the news again, it's worth restating that he never gave an honest accounting of his sexual misconduct—his initial "apology" and his subsequent statements have been contradicted by the testimony of his victims, and contained elisions and gaps intended to exonerate him.
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I think it kinda depends on the expectations and the deviations. I remember a fantasy novel with a really interesting hook about this noble trying to destroy magic and then it devolves into mostly a book about cave spelunking (It didn't help it was very dry nor only a part 1 w/ a cliffhanger).
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I think it kinda depends on the expectations and the deviations. I remember a fantasy novel with a really interesting hook about this noble trying to destroy magic and then it devolves into mostly a book about cave spelunking (It didn't help it was very dry nor only a part 1 w/ a cliffhanger).
realized that sometimes i think i want to read a book or watch a movie but actually i want a specific vibe/feeling that the poster/cover &/or blurb evokes & i want the vibe immediately, faster than the work can provide. it's def a different feeling from "my mind feels open & hungry for a new thing"
I’ve seen a worrying number of readers angry when a book is not exactly what they expected, which is a way to trap yourself permanently.
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
realized that sometimes i think i want to read a book or watch a movie but actually i want a specific vibe/feeling that the poster/cover &/or blurb evokes & i want the vibe immediately, faster than the work can provide. it's def a different feeling from "my mind feels open & hungry for a new thing"
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It also makes me remember when "browsing" was how we experienced the Web. Instead of "five websites with screencaps of the other four," we wandered fairly freely, doing searches on top of searches, following links to other sites recommended by marvellously inconsistent human beings.
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It also makes me remember when "browsing" was how we experienced the Web. Instead of "five websites with screencaps of the other four," we wandered fairly freely, doing searches on top of searches, following links to other sites recommended by marvellously inconsistent human beings.
do "we"? who is "we"? i want them to get a normal fuckin job like the one i have. i want them to not have the power they had which let them do what they did which means they need to become poor-er and less famous.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
do "we"? who is "we"? i want them to get a normal fuckin job like the one i have. i want them to not have the power they had which let them do what they did which means they need to become poor-er and less famous.
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I just want to remind people that Louis CK masturbated in front of multiple colleagues over the course of many years many of whom because of it chose to leave the profession.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I just want to remind people that Louis CK masturbated in front of multiple colleagues over the course of many years many of whom because of it chose to leave the profession.
i have definitely moral panicked about tiktok but then out of nowhere remembered "couch potato". that was a phrase in the '80s and '90s; as elder millennials, we were there for the dying gasps of a moral panic about "tv rotting your brain", which then moved onto video games
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
i have definitely moral panicked about tiktok but then out of nowhere remembered "couch potato". that was a phrase in the '80s and '90s; as elder millennials, we were there for the dying gasps of a moral panic about "tv rotting your brain", which then moved onto video games
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Elementary schools in the US moved away from teaching phonics for a few years and the results were disastrous. Phonics is moving back in now, but the kids who were taught with "whole language" methods are in high school and college now and it's not great.
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Elementary schools in the US moved away from teaching phonics for a few years and the results were disastrous. Phonics is moving back in now, but the kids who were taught with "whole language" methods are in high school and college now and it's not great.
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And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
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Admin are continually pressuring us to make the course "more accessible," by which they mean "devastatingly easy to complete," but it's not about access. Many students refuse to read or write in any capacity that isn't tech-aided, no matter how simple the assignment, no matter how process-based.
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Admin are continually pressuring us to make the course "more accessible," by which they mean "devastatingly easy to complete," but it's not about access. Many students refuse to read or write in any capacity that isn't tech-aided, no matter how simple the assignment, no matter how process-based.