I haven't seen that one. I actually tend to be pretty cool on Malick except for his first two features, which I love. so there are a lot of more recent ones I haven't seen.

the thing is it's reminiscent of Malick but unfortunately the Malick film it most reminded me of is The Tree of Life. I was hoping for Days of Heaven which I like considerably more.

also this already exists. it's called an HSA.

there are plenty of strategic/messaging reasons to argue that he spends all of his time playing with models and picking out curtains for the ballroom but make no mistake: He is a true believer in all of the most hateful and awful stuff this administration is doing

Although Avilés has been endorsed by DSA, she hasn't made a final decision about whether to run for Goldman's seat (NY-10). That's because Comptroller Brad Lander is also planning to run against Goldman – and reportedly would have Mamdani's support – and progressives don't want to split the vote.

Given that context, I think Avilés' op-ed can be read as an implicit case for why she'd be the best candidate to take on Goldman. Her rejection of Iron Dome funding and her invocation of the Puerto Rican radical tradition particularly caught my eye. www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...

So yeah, this is fundamentally about trans people and that cannot be elided, but the ways in which junior faculty are targeted and disposed of, while academic jobs are increasingly precarized, and political grandstanders seek to influence academic governance are fucking terrifying for everyone.

memories of the bush (fils) presidency and its aftermath do not give me high hopes.

this is like a beautiful onion of unhinged insanity.