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It's not your grandmother. It's a predatory salesman wearing her face to rob you. Through the power of modern technology we've made the myths of the devil a reality.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's not your grandmother. It's a predatory salesman wearing her face to rob you. Through the power of modern technology we've made the myths of the devil a reality.
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Wild doesn't even begin. Like, if Luigi ain't the guy? The likelihood they'll *ever* find the real killer has dropped significantly.
One of the wildest parts of the Luigi story is that he didn’t actually do it lol
We’ve been saying that since day one
We’ve been saying that since day one
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Wild doesn't even begin. Like, if Luigi ain't the guy? The likelihood they'll *ever* find the real killer has dropped significantly.
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#COMPANIONSofCHRISTMAS: The Badalisc!
One of the more pernicious Christmas dragons is the furry serpent Badalisc, which is caught during an annual hunt each Jan 5th in the mountain forests of northern Italy. 1/
One of the more pernicious Christmas dragons is the furry serpent Badalisc, which is caught during an annual hunt each Jan 5th in the mountain forests of northern Italy. 1/
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#COMPANIONSofCHRISTMAS: The Badalisc!
One of the more pernicious Christmas dragons is the furry serpent Badalisc, which is caught during an annual hunt each Jan 5th in the mountain forests of northern Italy. 1/
One of the more pernicious Christmas dragons is the furry serpent Badalisc, which is caught during an annual hunt each Jan 5th in the mountain forests of northern Italy. 1/
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1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
terribleminds.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
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"Get in loser, we're going shopping" - Aquinas, probably.
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"Get in loser, we're going shopping" - Aquinas, probably.
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Santa Claus is coming to town but first he's coming to The Museum of English Rural Life to learn about the history of rural England, research repairs for his sleigh, and have an out-of-body experience buying a tote bag
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Santa Claus is coming to town but first he's coming to The Museum of English Rural Life to learn about the history of rural England, research repairs for his sleigh, and have an out-of-body experience buying a tote bag
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
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Genuinely didn’t know when I sent this daft post last month that it would turn into a fully fledged episode of Map Men. Thanks so much to everyone who replied!
Watch today’s new episode here ⬇️
youtu.be/DQzqmV7t6_0
Watch today’s new episode here ⬇️
youtu.be/DQzqmV7t6_0
December 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Genuinely didn’t know when I sent this daft post last month that it would turn into a fully fledged episode of Map Men. Thanks so much to everyone who replied!
Watch today’s new episode here ⬇️
youtu.be/DQzqmV7t6_0
Watch today’s new episode here ⬇️
youtu.be/DQzqmV7t6_0
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We get articles every few weeks about how movie theaters are struggling to innovate & the Netflix deal is likely bad for them. Paramount is worse & actually harms everyone because the Ellisons getting control of CNN is more harmful. It’s not difficult. If 1 goes through, you want it to be Netflix.
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We get articles every few weeks about how movie theaters are struggling to innovate & the Netflix deal is likely bad for them. Paramount is worse & actually harms everyone because the Ellisons getting control of CNN is more harmful. It’s not difficult. If 1 goes through, you want it to be Netflix.
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On the one hand, we have a company that will destroy the theatrical experience buying WB & on the other hand, we have a company run by people willing to placate a fascist president, whose firing women, LGBTQ, and BIPOC employees, and is turning art into mainstream slop. Hollywood is doing great.
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
On the one hand, we have a company that will destroy the theatrical experience buying WB & on the other hand, we have a company run by people willing to placate a fascist president, whose firing women, LGBTQ, and BIPOC employees, and is turning art into mainstream slop. Hollywood is doing great.
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Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
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i was gonna ask how this is even still allowed after the previous bid was accepted, then i remembered that rich people are ghouls
Paramount Launches Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
“The Paramount offer for the entirety of WBD provides shareholders $18 billion more in cash than the Netflix consideration."
“The Paramount offer for the entirety of WBD provides shareholders $18 billion more in cash than the Netflix consideration."
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
i was gonna ask how this is even still allowed after the previous bid was accepted, then i remembered that rich people are ghouls
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Teaser trailer this week. #Supergirl
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Teaser trailer this week. #Supergirl
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oh they think that greta gerwig just automatically generates Barbenheimer hype don't they
that's not how this works
that's not how this works
IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond says Greta Gerwig’s ‘NARNIA’ film will be a “cultural event” that is “going to change the world”
“This is not your mother’s or your grandmother‘s Narnia”
“This is not your mother’s or your grandmother‘s Narnia”
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
oh they think that greta gerwig just automatically generates Barbenheimer hype don't they
that's not how this works
that's not how this works
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I shouldn't be talking out of school, but if you ever find yourself in a similar case, you can still ask for a special character agreement post-hoc. Helps if your editor will back you.
Of course getting the agreement enforced is another kettle of fish but it's a start
Of course getting the agreement enforced is another kettle of fish but it's a start
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I shouldn't be talking out of school, but if you ever find yourself in a similar case, you can still ask for a special character agreement post-hoc. Helps if your editor will back you.
Of course getting the agreement enforced is another kettle of fish but it's a start
Of course getting the agreement enforced is another kettle of fish but it's a start
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A thing I haven't seen brought up much regarding the big entertainment news of the week:
Box office actually DRIVES views on streaming.
In pretty much every instance, movies that had a theater run do better on streaming.
Here's an article on this phenomenon from last year: archive.ph/JPDhn
Box office actually DRIVES views on streaming.
In pretty much every instance, movies that had a theater run do better on streaming.
Here's an article on this phenomenon from last year: archive.ph/JPDhn
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
A thing I haven't seen brought up much regarding the big entertainment news of the week:
Box office actually DRIVES views on streaming.
In pretty much every instance, movies that had a theater run do better on streaming.
Here's an article on this phenomenon from last year: archive.ph/JPDhn
Box office actually DRIVES views on streaming.
In pretty much every instance, movies that had a theater run do better on streaming.
Here's an article on this phenomenon from last year: archive.ph/JPDhn
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You come for Matthew Lillard, you come for all of us.
a man wearing a shirt that says the clash is screaming
ALT: a man wearing a shirt that says the clash is screaming
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
You come for Matthew Lillard, you come for all of us.
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tarantino said he thinks lillard is a bad actor and lillard said he feels shitty because of it.
December 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
tarantino said he thinks lillard is a bad actor and lillard said he feels shitty because of it.
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Delighted by this story of a rogue beaver in Norfolk. Particularly the line - At first he wondered whether “some small boy with an axe had somehow found his way into the woodland.” And the concept of ‘beaver bombing’.
apple.news/Ar3iJ-4XOQ-6...
apple.news/Ar3iJ-4XOQ-6...
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years — The Guardian
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve
apple.news
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Delighted by this story of a rogue beaver in Norfolk. Particularly the line - At first he wondered whether “some small boy with an axe had somehow found his way into the woodland.” And the concept of ‘beaver bombing’.
apple.news/Ar3iJ-4XOQ-6...
apple.news/Ar3iJ-4XOQ-6...
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Incidentally, Trump putting the medal on himself was inadvertently one of the most honest things he's ever done.
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Incidentally, Trump putting the medal on himself was inadvertently one of the most honest things he's ever done.
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Ellisons/Skydance acting like spoiled sore losers in that situation especially when WBD had no intentions to sell it to them from the start,They already fucking up Paramount especially CBS its not that hard to figure out why they didn't want to business w/them to begin with.
December 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ellisons/Skydance acting like spoiled sore losers in that situation especially when WBD had no intentions to sell it to them from the start,They already fucking up Paramount especially CBS its not that hard to figure out why they didn't want to business w/them to begin with.
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I'm not a fan of Netflix buying WB honestly but lesser of the evils owning it is a better scenario than Skydance owning them especially when it will be the same thing their fucking up Paramount right now. Even if the deal gets blocked WB will long be split up from Discovery & operated independently.
December 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm not a fan of Netflix buying WB honestly but lesser of the evils owning it is a better scenario than Skydance owning them especially when it will be the same thing their fucking up Paramount right now. Even if the deal gets blocked WB will long be split up from Discovery & operated independently.
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱