Daniel Carlson
@danielwcarlson.bsky.social
Lapsed film critic. Writer, reader, bearder. Seen at Crooked Marquee, Musings, Bright Wall Dark Room, Plex, several others. Sucker for ’90s country. Hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
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We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
It's not a spoiler if it's in the opening crawl
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It's not a spoiler if it's in the opening crawl
He is dancing, dancing, he says that he will never die, Charlie Brown
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
He is dancing, dancing, he says that he will never die, Charlie Brown
My take on Variety's "best comedies" list is that the genre label is too broad to make sense; ditto "best dramas" or something similar. You want to get granular with (e.g.) best campus comedy, you might have some juice, but (e.g.) ANCHORMAN and TO BE OR NOT TO BE cannot be weighed against each other
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My take on Variety's "best comedies" list is that the genre label is too broad to make sense; ditto "best dramas" or something similar. You want to get granular with (e.g.) best campus comedy, you might have some juice, but (e.g.) ANCHORMAN and TO BE OR NOT TO BE cannot be weighed against each other
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Movie idea it’s the day of the big game and the coach is giving a speech and he says let’s win this one for our player who died in a horrible car wreck and the team captain says coach that was all of us the movie is called Ghost Team
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Movie idea it’s the day of the big game and the coach is giving a speech and he says let’s win this one for our player who died in a horrible car wreck and the team captain says coach that was all of us the movie is called Ghost Team
I watched a couple episodes of the sitcom DMV (airing on CBS, streaming on Paramount+), and I have never seen a show more designed to be passively watched on airplanes
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I watched a couple episodes of the sitcom DMV (airing on CBS, streaming on Paramount+), and I have never seen a show more designed to be passively watched on airplanes
The pilot episode of PLURIBUS is the best sci-fi movie of the decade
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The pilot episode of PLURIBUS is the best sci-fi movie of the decade
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They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.
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One of the best things BlueSky lets you do is hide individual posts—not (just) mute or block users, but nuke a single post—so if you, like me, find yourself driven slowly insane seeing people post videos of El*n ostensibly to dunk on him, you don't have to live with his shit face on your screen
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
One of the best things BlueSky lets you do is hide individual posts—not (just) mute or block users, but nuke a single post—so if you, like me, find yourself driven slowly insane seeing people post videos of El*n ostensibly to dunk on him, you don't have to live with his shit face on your screen
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Media literacy is down, so to be clear, when the WSJ writes “Ultimately, the fact pattern Meta relies on to meet its conflicting objectives strains credibility” about your accounting practices and runs an accompanying flowchart, that is the equivalent of a 500-foot neon sign reading “FRAUD”
This feels like one of those stories you're going to look at a year from now and say to yourself, "Why didn't I move more of my portfolio into cash?" **
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
🎁
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Media literacy is down, so to be clear, when the WSJ writes “Ultimately, the fact pattern Meta relies on to meet its conflicting objectives strains credibility” about your accounting practices and runs an accompanying flowchart, that is the equivalent of a 500-foot neon sign reading “FRAUD”
Audiences in 1993: Wow, we sure loved JURASSIC PARK! Our favorite parts were all the wonderful characters, and the mix of suspenseful/emotional moments with deft comic relief!
Universal Studios: Got it, we’re gonna make six more of these across the next 30 years that won’t include any of that
Universal Studios: Got it, we’re gonna make six more of these across the next 30 years that won’t include any of that
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Audiences in 1993: Wow, we sure loved JURASSIC PARK! Our favorite parts were all the wonderful characters, and the mix of suspenseful/emotional moments with deft comic relief!
Universal Studios: Got it, we’re gonna make six more of these across the next 30 years that won’t include any of that
Universal Studios: Got it, we’re gonna make six more of these across the next 30 years that won’t include any of that
Reluctantly crouched at the starting line,
Engines pumping and thumping in time
Engines pumping and thumping in time
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Reluctantly crouched at the starting line,
Engines pumping and thumping in time
Engines pumping and thumping in time
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is the stuff my brain comes up with
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is the stuff my brain comes up with
This might be the first Pope who stood in line for THE PHANTOM MENACE
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This might be the first Pope who stood in line for THE PHANTOM MENACE
Damn girl, are you the inexplicable swing-music revival of the mid-90s? Because you were a weird time in my life.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Damn girl, are you the inexplicable swing-music revival of the mid-90s? Because you were a weird time in my life.
Despite sounding very much like a post and video churned out by AI, this is actually true — www.classicfm.com/music-news/p...
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Despite sounding very much like a post and video churned out by AI, this is actually true — www.classicfm.com/music-news/p...
People are reluctant to admit their mistakes even when they know they fucked up; it's psychological self-image preservation stuff. But people *also* know that when, e.g., a fascist leader is destined to do more horrible things, they can use those things as cover for their own "breaking point."
The baffling part is how many people were giving him the benefit of the doubt in January and now don't approve. They got new information and changed their mind. But he was already president before! How did you not already know he sucks??
Presidential approval polling average approaching Hungry Ms. Pac Man Territory.
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
People are reluctant to admit their mistakes even when they know they fucked up; it's psychological self-image preservation stuff. But people *also* know that when, e.g., a fascist leader is destined to do more horrible things, they can use those things as cover for their own "breaking point."
You don't want a MUMMY reboot. You want to be a child again and ignorant of the world's horrors. Those are not the same thing.
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
You don't want a MUMMY reboot. You want to be a child again and ignorant of the world's horrors. Those are not the same thing.
Am I high or is this show really good?
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Am I high or is this show really good?
If a Youth asked me to play them a song to try and convey the 90s, I would be hard-pressed not to pick this
youtu.be/EPfmNxKLDG4?...
youtu.be/EPfmNxKLDG4?...
Beck - Where It's At (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by BeckVEVO
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If a Youth asked me to play them a song to try and convey the 90s, I would be hard-pressed not to pick this
youtu.be/EPfmNxKLDG4?...
youtu.be/EPfmNxKLDG4?...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
Impossible to explain how deeply weird this movie is, and how, if you're 14 and aimlessly walking the aisles of Hollywood Video and come across it and recognize Mark Hamill from your beloved STAR WARS and decide to rent it, you will be confused and unnerved; I've had more comforting fever dreams
Current mental state:
Mark Hamill as Max Reed in The Guyver (1991)
Mark Hamill as Max Reed in The Guyver (1991)
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Impossible to explain how deeply weird this movie is, and how, if you're 14 and aimlessly walking the aisles of Hollywood Video and come across it and recognize Mark Hamill from your beloved STAR WARS and decide to rent it, you will be confused and unnerved; I've had more comforting fever dreams
