Ben Schouten
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🎶Little ditty
Bout Liv and Ry-aaaaan
Two American cantos, growin' up
On the coastlands
Livvy wanna be a MySpace star
Ryan's a dilettante in the back seat of Gotti's car
Bout Liv and Ry-aaaaan
Two American cantos, growin' up
On the coastlands
Livvy wanna be a MySpace star
Ryan's a dilettante in the back seat of Gotti's car
Here’s a little story ‘bout the status quo
And two DC journalists.
You know them as Lizza, R and Nuzzi, O
And their dataset of trysts
And two DC journalists.
You know them as Lizza, R and Nuzzi, O
And their dataset of trysts
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🎶Little ditty
Bout Liv and Ry-aaaaan
Two American cantos, growin' up
On the coastlands
Livvy wanna be a MySpace star
Ryan's a dilettante in the back seat of Gotti's car
Bout Liv and Ry-aaaaan
Two American cantos, growin' up
On the coastlands
Livvy wanna be a MySpace star
Ryan's a dilettante in the back seat of Gotti's car
I think Michelle Yeoh is fine in Wicked part deux
December 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I think Michelle Yeoh is fine in Wicked part deux
Stranger Things haters: the Russia stuff in season 4 is clearly just anti-Soviet propaganda!
Stranger Things fans: The Russia stuff in season 4 is a reference to the prominence of Russian bad guys in 80s genre movies
The Duffer Brothers: man Chernobyl was a good show . . .
Stranger Things fans: The Russia stuff in season 4 is a reference to the prominence of Russian bad guys in 80s genre movies
The Duffer Brothers: man Chernobyl was a good show . . .
December 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Stranger Things haters: the Russia stuff in season 4 is clearly just anti-Soviet propaganda!
Stranger Things fans: The Russia stuff in season 4 is a reference to the prominence of Russian bad guys in 80s genre movies
The Duffer Brothers: man Chernobyl was a good show . . .
Stranger Things fans: The Russia stuff in season 4 is a reference to the prominence of Russian bad guys in 80s genre movies
The Duffer Brothers: man Chernobyl was a good show . . .
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In 2008, when I was home from college for winter break, after I decided to come out to my parents but a few days before doing so, I went to see Gus Van Sant’s Milk, which included his exhortation to gay people everywhere to come out as an act of collective political power and a rejection of silence.
on Heated Rivalry Reddit there are fans saying the book “unintentionally” “frames the closet as bad” & “romanticizes” being out & the one thing the show ‘improves’ is using depictions of homophobia to show “the closet isn’t bad” b/c “it primarily exists for the safety” of queer people. 🤯
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
In 2008, when I was home from college for winter break, after I decided to come out to my parents but a few days before doing so, I went to see Gus Van Sant’s Milk, which included his exhortation to gay people everywhere to come out as an act of collective political power and a rejection of silence.
Genuinely very poignant rumination on the passage of time and fleetingness of life and, for the best, doesn't even attempt to wrap up every loose end. Ironically I think it probably does more with Stargate's terminally low budget than a lot of the other more explosive finales do
December 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Genuinely very poignant rumination on the passage of time and fleetingness of life and, for the best, doesn't even attempt to wrap up every loose end. Ironically I think it probably does more with Stargate's terminally low budget than a lot of the other more explosive finales do
Hitting play on the last episode of Stargate SG-1
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Hitting play on the last episode of Stargate SG-1
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Stop CEOs.
Stop interviewing CEOs
Stop interviewing CEOs about AI.
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Stop CEOs.
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"isn't winnable" for who?? every major tech company has been facing escalating societal backlash for years, to the point where there's a growing movement of young people back towards previously obsolete analogue options. we're winning hard enough to make you crash out about it
what if instead of being anti-tech to a degree that isn’t winnable, those who have (sometimes very legitimate) concerns instead chose to empower themselves through technology instead of resisting it? could this be anything?
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"isn't winnable" for who?? every major tech company has been facing escalating societal backlash for years, to the point where there's a growing movement of young people back towards previously obsolete analogue options. we're winning hard enough to make you crash out about it
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Stargate is one of those really remarkably solid franchises. SG-1 is a good show for over two hundred episodes of its run; a remarkable feat by itself. Atlantis is fun. Universe is a big swing that stumbles but hits its groove before it was cancelled. And well; can’t win ‘em all
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Stargate is one of those really remarkably solid franchises. SG-1 is a good show for over two hundred episodes of its run; a remarkable feat by itself. Atlantis is fun. Universe is a big swing that stumbles but hits its groove before it was cancelled. And well; can’t win ‘em all
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Some bad news. The great film and culture writer Nathan Rabin was in a serious car accident. He is expected to recover, but he has a rough path ahead. Now is a great time to buy his new book (I just did, looks cool!) - a thorough investigation of movies about movies.
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bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Fractured Mirror: Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to American Movies About Filmmaking
Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to American Movies About Filmmaking
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November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Some bad news. The great film and culture writer Nathan Rabin was in a serious car accident. He is expected to recover, but he has a rough path ahead. Now is a great time to buy his new book (I just did, looks cool!) - a thorough investigation of movies about movies.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Stargate vibes too good lately, now watching
November 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Stargate vibes too good lately, now watching
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This may well be true but the more immediate issue with this slogan is it's incredibly unclear. It could be about bootstraps, it could be someone describing how hard it is to play Smash Bros
Yeah the long and short of it is that the entire country is utterly nihilistically cynical about the classical "bootstrap prosperity" pitch and the Dem leadership class is still completely hung up on it because the scam did work for so long and they want it to keep working.
“Strong floor, no ceiling” is the type of slogan that resonates with wealthy centrist political commentators, not everyday people who are actually your voters. What does that mean to someone who is struggling to afford rent, groceries, insurance? This is why Zohran’s policy slogans were so effective
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This may well be true but the more immediate issue with this slogan is it's incredibly unclear. It could be about bootstraps, it could be someone describing how hard it is to play Smash Bros
Watching Bad Guys, the Stargate episode cowritten by Ben Browder and this is the most Farscape episode of Stargate. Even more than the one where Claudia Black ties Ben Browder to a bed
November 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Watching Bad Guys, the Stargate episode cowritten by Ben Browder and this is the most Farscape episode of Stargate. Even more than the one where Claudia Black ties Ben Browder to a bed
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Marlon Brando in the Godfather
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Marlon Brando in the Godfather
Forgot that the last episode of season 4 of Stranger Things was 2 and a half fucking hours long, do you guys have any self respect?
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Forgot that the last episode of season 4 of Stranger Things was 2 and a half fucking hours long, do you guys have any self respect?
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Wrote too many words about Wake Up Dead Man, which I believe is the best of the Knives Out trilogy and Rian Johnson’s most vulnerable film. It really resonated with me as someone who left the church but has complicated feelings about faith.
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boxd.it/bR4atb
A ★★★★½ review of Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
“For me, the movies are like a machine that generates empathy. It lets you understand a little bit more about different hopes, aspirations, dreams and fears. It helps us to identify with the people wh...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Wrote too many words about Wake Up Dead Man, which I believe is the best of the Knives Out trilogy and Rian Johnson’s most vulnerable film. It really resonated with me as someone who left the church but has complicated feelings about faith.
boxd.it/bR4atb
boxd.it/bR4atb
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you people love cgi apes don't you
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
you people love cgi apes don't you
I got a new phone and it came pre-installed with all those fake ass mobile games from those TV commercials
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I got a new phone and it came pre-installed with all those fake ass mobile games from those TV commercials
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the pope saw those polyamory house posts about chore list disputes, emotional labour and "play" and made the right call
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
the pope saw those polyamory house posts about chore list disputes, emotional labour and "play" and made the right call
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youtu.be/ftKUptowaA4?... My video essay on Unplanned and the MPAA’s treatment of abortion in film is here!
Kill Their Children, Practice Witchcraft w/@FundieFridays
YouTube video by Sights Obscene
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September 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
youtu.be/ftKUptowaA4?... My video essay on Unplanned and the MPAA’s treatment of abortion in film is here!
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when i can't believe it and/or when it's unbelievable
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
when i can't believe it and/or when it's unbelievable
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM