Reuben Baron
@rubigb.bsky.social
He/They. Writer. Treasurer of @dorianawards.bsky.social. Formerly "AndalusianDoge" before the world's cringest billionaire ruined the meme. Posts don't express views of employers. #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter
Allegro no Troppo was a 1976 parody of Fantasia, a movie from 1940 that was mostly a forgotten flop until changing societal trends catapulted its 1968 rerelease to masterpiece consensus.
What would be the equivalent 90s movie reassessed in the 10s to get a parody movie in the 20s?
What would be the equivalent 90s movie reassessed in the 10s to get a parody movie in the 20s?
February 18, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Allegro no Troppo was a 1976 parody of Fantasia, a movie from 1940 that was mostly a forgotten flop until changing societal trends catapulted its 1968 rerelease to masterpiece consensus.
What would be the equivalent 90s movie reassessed in the 10s to get a parody movie in the 20s?
What would be the equivalent 90s movie reassessed in the 10s to get a parody movie in the 20s?
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Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!
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This is fucking me up because there's an actually good movie called The Breadwinner from 2017 based on a book by the same name.
It's about an Afghan girl who's forced to pose as a man and provide for her family after the Taliban abduct her father. It's like, basically, the opposite of this
It's about an Afghan girl who's forced to pose as a man and provide for her family after the Taliban abduct her father. It's like, basically, the opposite of this
The Breadwinner (2017 film) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is fucking me up because there's an actually good movie called The Breadwinner from 2017 based on a book by the same name.
It's about an Afghan girl who's forced to pose as a man and provide for her family after the Taliban abduct her father. It's like, basically, the opposite of this
It's about an Afghan girl who's forced to pose as a man and provide for her family after the Taliban abduct her father. It's like, basically, the opposite of this
Therapist: Did you see that woman who made a fool of herself before Congress? I forget her name.
Me: Kristy Noem, the one who killed a dog.
Therapist: That’s why I forgot, her name sounds like a fake name. Like a filler character.
Me: …she does have a lot of filler.
Me: Kristy Noem, the one who killed a dog.
Therapist: That’s why I forgot, her name sounds like a fake name. Like a filler character.
Me: …she does have a lot of filler.
February 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Therapist: Did you see that woman who made a fool of herself before Congress? I forget her name.
Me: Kristy Noem, the one who killed a dog.
Therapist: That’s why I forgot, her name sounds like a fake name. Like a filler character.
Me: …she does have a lot of filler.
Me: Kristy Noem, the one who killed a dog.
Therapist: That’s why I forgot, her name sounds like a fake name. Like a filler character.
Me: …she does have a lot of filler.
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They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
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Every story out of Dilley makes me think of Rep. McIver asking DHS officials:
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Every story out of Dilley makes me think of Rep. McIver asking DHS officials:
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
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Television is usually the realm of serialized storytelling, but sometimes an episode of a TV show comes along that rivals a feature film for narrative impact.
10 TV Episodes That Feel Like Standalone Movies - Looper
www.looper.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Television is usually the realm of serialized storytelling, but sometimes an episode of a TV show comes along that rivals a feature film for narrative impact.
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Sending him somewhere he doesn’t mind going doesn’t scratch the itch hard enough for them. He must suffer
February 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Sending him somewhere he doesn’t mind going doesn’t scratch the itch hard enough for them. He must suffer
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it is remarkable how much this problem is the mirror image of every real filmmaker (has ideas, but no money)
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
it is remarkable how much this problem is the mirror image of every real filmmaker (has ideas, but no money)
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to really dial in on this for a minute: if you have a few hard drives, a GPU, and some RAM, you can do pretty much anything these cunts can *but good*. and they don't want that. they really, really don't.
i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
February 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
to really dial in on this for a minute: if you have a few hard drives, a GPU, and some RAM, you can do pretty much anything these cunts can *but good*. and they don't want that. they really, really don't.
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May this one day happen to them.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
May this one day happen to them.
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it's wild how they find like two shooters out of a thousand that are trans and fixate on that, meanwhile 99 out of 100 have politics like this
it’s incredibly concerning that every mass shooter is a far right trump supporter
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
it's wild how they find like two shooters out of a thousand that are trans and fixate on that, meanwhile 99 out of 100 have politics like this
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February 17, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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Just FYI: Jasmine Crockett has taken $0 from AIPAC. She affirms Israel’s right to exist, while calling for massive humanitarian support in Gaza and an end to Netanyahu’s violence.
February 12, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Just FYI: Jasmine Crockett has taken $0 from AIPAC. She affirms Israel’s right to exist, while calling for massive humanitarian support in Gaza and an end to Netanyahu’s violence.
Lowest I've rated an anime film on Letterboxd was Poupelle of Chimney Town, though I watched a "color-spoiled" screener that made all the animation look even worse than it normally is.
My hot take is that one scene completely ruins Wings of Honneamise.
My hot take is that one scene completely ruins Wings of Honneamise.
In honor of today's viewing of Scarlet, I'm going to throw out a question to y'all: what's the worst anime movie you've seen?
Hard mode: no compilation films (because let's be real, most of them aren't good to begin with).
Hard mode: no compilation films (because let's be real, most of them aren't good to begin with).
February 17, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Lowest I've rated an anime film on Letterboxd was Poupelle of Chimney Town, though I watched a "color-spoiled" screener that made all the animation look even worse than it normally is.
My hot take is that one scene completely ruins Wings of Honneamise.
My hot take is that one scene completely ruins Wings of Honneamise.
Is Journal with Witch the first anime to flat-out use the term "neurodivergent"?
February 17, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Is Journal with Witch the first anime to flat-out use the term "neurodivergent"?
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They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
Posting about ICE on Instagram is now enough to get you an “administrative subpoena.” 👀
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
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There’s going to be Covid style shortages of cars, TVs and even washing machines and fridges, then job losses because assembly lines can’t source solid state memory, just so the stupidest person you know can state with 100% confidence a chatbot confirmed dinosaurs coexisted with humans.
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
There’s going to be Covid style shortages of cars, TVs and even washing machines and fridges, then job losses because assembly lines can’t source solid state memory, just so the stupidest person you know can state with 100% confidence a chatbot confirmed dinosaurs coexisted with humans.
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So the Constitution requires us to abolish ICE. Cool cool cool.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
So the Constitution requires us to abolish ICE. Cool cool cool.
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"Hello? Mr. President? Yes, this is your top political messaging advisor speaking. I am advising you to keep portraying yourself as a predator and the American people as prey. This is known to be a winning message before the critical Midterms. Thank you for your attention to this matter! MAGA!!!"
An official post from the White House. Donald Trump, Vampire Hunter.
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
"Hello? Mr. President? Yes, this is your top political messaging advisor speaking. I am advising you to keep portraying yourself as a predator and the American people as prey. This is known to be a winning message before the critical Midterms. Thank you for your attention to this matter! MAGA!!!"
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An official post from the White House. Donald Trump, Vampire Hunter.
February 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
An official post from the White House. Donald Trump, Vampire Hunter.
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The predators hate her so much.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The predators hate her so much.