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No longer head lawyer for Bungie. Kinda retired. Have entered my super villain era. Ex-Chief Legal Officer of Pokémon. Produced Detective Pikachu. Entertainment Law prof (University of Washington). Supporter of trans kids.
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Looks like another person got himself in immigration trouble, which makes me think it might be timely to give some guidance on ways to mitigate this particular risk. The story is cut off but you see at the bottom of the screenshot where it says he had arranged something with his employer 1/
And this right here is why local hosting is The Way.
Pour one out for all the guys who can't talk to their girlfriends because ChatGPT is down
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
And this right here is why local hosting is The Way.
I don’t entirely understand why people deep fry turkeys knowing this is the likely outcome. Is it It Could Work For Us Arrested Development Meme dot jpg?
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I don’t entirely understand why people deep fry turkeys knowing this is the likely outcome. Is it It Could Work For Us Arrested Development Meme dot jpg?
This is a great point and raises something we should always remember: all movies are products of their age in ways we don’t always understand. Early 2020s cinema will be marked by COVID lockdowns and carry the echo of mass death even if we can’t easily see how.
For reasons I needed to watch Its a Wonderful Life again last night.
Will do a thread closer to Christmas about it, but next time you watch it, remember this:
Both Capra and Stewart had just come back from WW2. Consider every directing, script and acting decision with that context in mind.
Will do a thread closer to Christmas about it, but next time you watch it, remember this:
Both Capra and Stewart had just come back from WW2. Consider every directing, script and acting decision with that context in mind.
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is a great point and raises something we should always remember: all movies are products of their age in ways we don’t always understand. Early 2020s cinema will be marked by COVID lockdowns and carry the echo of mass death even if we can’t easily see how.
On the one hand, this is disappointing because I have respect for McD’s as an organization. On the other, local McD’s franchisees are worse than used car dealers for being his voters. And on the AI-generated third hand, it’s unseemly for the sitting President to speak at a corporate seminar.
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
On the one hand, this is disappointing because I have respect for McD’s as an organization. On the other, local McD’s franchisees are worse than used car dealers for being his voters. And on the AI-generated third hand, it’s unseemly for the sitting President to speak at a corporate seminar.
He’s gonna get his ass beat. Joshua isn’t a 68 year old man, he’s an actual boxer.
Paul is returning to the ring on Netflix to fight Anthony Joshua, a British heavyweight champion
Jake Paul Will Fight Heavyweight Champ Anthony Joshua Next Month
Paul is returning to the ring on Netflix to fight Anthony Joshua, a British heavyweight champion
www.forbes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:26 AM
He’s gonna get his ass beat. Joshua isn’t a 68 year old man, he’s an actual boxer.
I've mentioned that I'm having a challenge finishing my book because I wrote myself into a corner. This morning I discovered that I don't even have to fix it; I can clearly still get a major publishing deal without any writing skill at all.
they're calling it "some of the worst writing of the century"
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I've mentioned that I'm having a challenge finishing my book because I wrote myself into a corner. This morning I discovered that I don't even have to fix it; I can clearly still get a major publishing deal without any writing skill at all.
I read this just now (go look at it and the article it’s discussing) and it caused me to think of my belief that there actually is no such thing as “good-natured teasing”, because all interpersonal relations have two participants, and the giver doesn’t get to tell the receiver how to receive.
Worth it for the important (and anthropologically / evolutionarily sound) distinction between bullying and comedy. One’s a playful social game designed to lower stress and create positive bonds. The other’s basic primate dominance behaviour. They appear similar, but have different roots.
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I read this just now (go look at it and the article it’s discussing) and it caused me to think of my belief that there actually is no such thing as “good-natured teasing”, because all interpersonal relations have two participants, and the giver doesn’t get to tell the receiver how to receive.
I should go upstairs and start writing pages, but I am not a monster!
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I should go upstairs and start writing pages, but I am not a monster!
What a fucking gut punch.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
What a fucking gut punch.
I guess Sam Darnold woke up this morning and said too many people have started to believe in me. Time to fix that.
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I guess Sam Darnold woke up this morning and said too many people have started to believe in me. Time to fix that.
A certain little girl likes chili day. So does Gravy, but he’s in the yard and isn’t coming back inside unless I bribe him.
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A certain little girl likes chili day. So does Gravy, but he’s in the yard and isn’t coming back inside unless I bribe him.
Got a late start on the chili. Fortunately my wife is out of town so it’s just me who has to care about timing. Yes, those are carrots with the onion; I said fuck it, surprise vegetables! Red bowl is bacon, blue is beef, and the peppers are in front. I’m chopping them before the grinder.
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Got a late start on the chili. Fortunately my wife is out of town so it’s just me who has to care about timing. Yes, those are carrots with the onion; I said fuck it, surprise vegetables! Red bowl is bacon, blue is beef, and the peppers are in front. I’m chopping them before the grinder.
This morning’s content farming tippy: favorite songs about the rain. I went back fairly deep through the reskeets and didn’t see this so: Samantha James, “Rain”.
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This morning’s content farming tippy: favorite songs about the rain. I went back fairly deep through the reskeets and didn’t see this so: Samantha James, “Rain”.
Back to my regular content: weird sports combined with unusual stories of my life! I’ve just discovered that the Grey Cup is on CBS today! I’m torn: I used to be the outside lawyer for the Montreal Alouettes, but also almost became the CEO of the franchise that is now the Ottawa Redblacks.
CBS Sports Network to broadcast Grey Cup in United States for second year in a row
CBS Sports Network has expanded its broadcast rights deal, picking up an option to televise the Grey Cup in the United States for a second consecutive season.
3downnation.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Back to my regular content: weird sports combined with unusual stories of my life! I’ve just discovered that the Grey Cup is on CBS today! I’m torn: I used to be the outside lawyer for the Montreal Alouettes, but also almost became the CEO of the franchise that is now the Ottawa Redblacks.
My wife is out of town, so I’m indulging my hobby of watching terrible movies. Tonight I’ve watched As Good As Dead with Michael Jai White, and now am finishing the original Running Man; I had forgotten the shitty gimmicks of the Stalkers.
November 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
My wife is out of town, so I’m indulging my hobby of watching terrible movies. Tonight I’ve watched As Good As Dead with Michael Jai White, and now am finishing the original Running Man; I had forgotten the shitty gimmicks of the Stalkers.
I’m not always a fan, but he’s entirely right. Everyone telling you that “we live in a fascist country” or similar shit, by their own actions they show you they don’t actually believe that. It’s fair to worry that things might go sideways, but they haven’t gone that way yet.
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I’m not always a fan, but he’s entirely right. Everyone telling you that “we live in a fascist country” or similar shit, by their own actions they show you they don’t actually believe that. It’s fair to worry that things might go sideways, but they haven’t gone that way yet.
If you’re a vegetarian or vegan and follow me, this is your advance notice that tomorrow I’m making a chili. Longtime fans know this means I will be cooking a ton of beef and bacon. If you’re a chili purist, I definitely use beans. My chili is quite heterodox.
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
If you’re a vegetarian or vegan and follow me, this is your advance notice that tomorrow I’m making a chili. Longtime fans know this means I will be cooking a ton of beef and bacon. If you’re a chili purist, I definitely use beans. My chili is quite heterodox.
Ireland-Australia test about to start. Saturday’s a rugby day! Apologies to the 16,850 of you following me who don’t care about rugby. Ireland is my backup Northern Hemisphere team after France so I’m at risk of some even more incomprehensible skeets. The book will have to wait for a couple of hours
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Ireland-Australia test about to start. Saturday’s a rugby day! Apologies to the 16,850 of you following me who don’t care about rugby. Ireland is my backup Northern Hemisphere team after France so I’m at risk of some even more incomprehensible skeets. The book will have to wait for a couple of hours
Good work, kid.
Here’s a reminder from an actual 14 year old about what a child even IS. If adults are out here debating the “acceptable age” of abuse, then kids aren’t the ones who need to grow up. ✨sources✨ https:/...
TikTok video by eloise
www.tiktok.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Good work, kid.
It literally never was. I suggested to some other NCMEC Board members when I was there that we should push back on the wrongful use of “groomer” to describe non-pedophiles. The answer, from Rich Kolodziej, NCMEC Board member: “we aren’t here to protect Democrats”.
If you were concerned about teachers “grooming” kids by acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ people, but you’re fine with the GOP hiding the Epstein Files and a president whose name is all over them, you’ve acknowledged what the rest of us have always known….
It was never about protecting. kids.
It was never about protecting. kids.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
It literally never was. I suggested to some other NCMEC Board members when I was there that we should push back on the wrongful use of “groomer” to describe non-pedophiles. The answer, from Rich Kolodziej, NCMEC Board member: “we aren’t here to protect Democrats”.
Rewatching Hawkeye. I’ve always been impressed the way Feige leaned into the impacts that the events of the first Avengers movie would have on everyone. That was some solid moviemaking confidence there.
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Rewatching Hawkeye. I’ve always been impressed the way Feige leaned into the impacts that the events of the first Avengers movie would have on everyone. That was some solid moviemaking confidence there.
I absolutely don’t get the performative hate for Last Christmas by Wham. It just hit my TikTok feed with footage of the snow in Montreal. Great track.
a woman is standing in front of a christmas tree with a candle in her hair .
Alt: George Michael putting tinsel on the tree
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I absolutely don’t get the performative hate for Last Christmas by Wham. It just hit my TikTok feed with footage of the snow in Montreal. Great track.
Oh shit. This is the kind of thing that the world used to be able to rely on USAID and other US government agencies to help keep under control.
Ethiopia has announced its first outbreak of Marburg -- a cluster of nine cases, genetically similar to other East African outbreaks, in the southern part of the country.
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Oh shit. This is the kind of thing that the world used to be able to rely on USAID and other US government agencies to help keep under control.
I’m mildly proud of myself for using the word “isthmus” in a skeet, and all before 9:30 am.
I know this isn’t the point but: was the island not actually surrounded by water? Was it maybe a peninsula or isthmus? Is that why he put the quotation marks around it?
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I’m mildly proud of myself for using the word “isthmus” in a skeet, and all before 9:30 am.
This is The Way.
Part of poaster’s bushido is being detached from the fruits of your poasting, both good and bad. “I was saying that I wanted to kill someone as a reference to Johnny Cash” no you poasted a little too close to the sun. We all do it (some more than others). Accept and move on, this is pathetic.
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is The Way.