Marcus Lovitt
@martydibergi.bsky.social
Teacher, Tokyoite, Tim Tam enthusiast.
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And to think Roger Corman died before he could adapt this only to put BASED ON A TRUE STORY at the beginning of of giant killer wasp movie...
We were robbed.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
We were robbed.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Radioactive wasp nest found at site where US once made nuclear bombs
Workers at a South Carolina site that once made nuclear bomb parts have found a radioactive wasp nest
abcnews.go.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
And to think Roger Corman died before he could adapt this only to put BASED ON A TRUE STORY at the beginning of of giant killer wasp movie...
We were robbed.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
We were robbed.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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In the latest POKER FACE, Sam Richardson plays a character who hates motion smoothing so much that he brings a universal remote everywhere to change the settings of TVs he encounters out in the wild.
I’m ecstatic: we finally get Motion Smoothing Hater representation out there at last.
I’m ecstatic: we finally get Motion Smoothing Hater representation out there at last.
June 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
In the latest POKER FACE, Sam Richardson plays a character who hates motion smoothing so much that he brings a universal remote everywhere to change the settings of TVs he encounters out in the wild.
I’m ecstatic: we finally get Motion Smoothing Hater representation out there at last.
I’m ecstatic: we finally get Motion Smoothing Hater representation out there at last.
Would there be a debate if the climber were Japanese?
Irresponsible climbing prompts debate over who should pay for Mount Fuji rescues www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05...
Irresponsible climbing prompts debate over who should pay for Mount Fuji rescues www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05...
Irresponsible climbing prompts debate over who should pay for Mount Fuji rescues
Rescue teams put themselves in grave danger, and the cost of flying a helicopter for a rescue can be up to between ¥600,000 and ¥800,000.
www.japantimes.co.jp
May 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Would there be a debate if the climber were Japanese?
Irresponsible climbing prompts debate over who should pay for Mount Fuji rescues www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05...
Irresponsible climbing prompts debate over who should pay for Mount Fuji rescues www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05...
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Jason Bailey's James Gandolfini biography is out this week and I'm really held by it. It's insightful and thorough, and clearly told with love but without sentimentality. It's so rewarding that I can almost forgive it the hundred hours in front of the TV it's about to cost me.
April 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Jason Bailey's James Gandolfini biography is out this week and I'm really held by it. It's insightful and thorough, and clearly told with love but without sentimentality. It's so rewarding that I can almost forgive it the hundred hours in front of the TV it's about to cost me.
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Screeching contestants gathered in Belgium on Sunday for the fifth annual European Gull Scream Championship, a competition meant to see who could produce the best imitation of a sea gull.
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Read more: nyti.ms/4jyRF2M
April 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Screeching contestants gathered in Belgium on Sunday for the fifth annual European Gull Scream Championship, a competition meant to see who could produce the best imitation of a sea gull.
Read more: nyti.ms/4jyRF2M
Read more: nyti.ms/4jyRF2M
Jealousy is responsible for a hell of a lotta art.
April 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Jealousy is responsible for a hell of a lotta art.
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The "Yes, but..." tone of coverage of an R-rated non-sequel that opened at $45 million, got an "A" CinemaScore, and drew raves from critics is quite something. This is a news story, not a report to shareholders. You're allowed to say it's a hit.
A tale of two movies:
Similar deal structures. Similar budgets.
One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend.
The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second.
And yet this is the coverage.
Similar deal structures. Similar budgets.
One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend.
The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second.
And yet this is the coverage.
April 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The "Yes, but..." tone of coverage of an R-rated non-sequel that opened at $45 million, got an "A" CinemaScore, and drew raves from critics is quite something. This is a news story, not a report to shareholders. You're allowed to say it's a hit.
The big winner in yesterday's UK Supreme Court ruling: shitty men.
April 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The big winner in yesterday's UK Supreme Court ruling: shitty men.
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Yall are burning down the planet and sending white tech bros pictures of the inside of your house to ask ChatGPT to turn your cat into a human.
April 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Yall are burning down the planet and sending white tech bros pictures of the inside of your house to ask ChatGPT to turn your cat into a human.
My understanding is that Pétain was viewed as a saviour because the French were so shocked by the speed at which the country fell (particularly the utter failure of the Maginot Line). As defender of Verdun, his patriotism was not yet questioned.
I love Bluesky because it is populated by educated people who can appreciate the savage accuracy of Alex Winter’s satire.
But I think many fail to appreciate how enthusiastically Pétain was hailed as the savior of France for surrendering.
…Too many decades, too many misleading Hollywood movies.
But I think many fail to appreciate how enthusiastically Pétain was hailed as the savior of France for surrendering.
…Too many decades, too many misleading Hollywood movies.
April 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
My understanding is that Pétain was viewed as a saviour because the French were so shocked by the speed at which the country fell (particularly the utter failure of the Maginot Line). As defender of Verdun, his patriotism was not yet questioned.
Katy Perry. Cringe.
April 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Katy Perry. Cringe.
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Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
April 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
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i hope AI fails because it seems like a bullshit engine made by plagiarists and technofascists, but i could be wrong. the thing i am 100% on, though, is that it is an enormous grift
The US: “we’re spending $500B on an AI project”
The Chinese: “yeah, we basically did this for a few million in a garage…”
The Chinese: “yeah, we basically did this for a few million in a garage…”
January 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
i hope AI fails because it seems like a bullshit engine made by plagiarists and technofascists, but i could be wrong. the thing i am 100% on, though, is that it is an enormous grift
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I must confess I am sick to the very base of my bollocks of hearing about AI
January 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I must confess I am sick to the very base of my bollocks of hearing about AI
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Four years since my son wrote the best opening to a mystery novel ever written.
January 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Four years since my son wrote the best opening to a mystery novel ever written.
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As I’ve said elsewhere, one of the most striking things about much AI hype is the utter poverty of ambition and imagination it reveals.
January 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
As I’ve said elsewhere, one of the most striking things about much AI hype is the utter poverty of ambition and imagination it reveals.
Am I alone in finding the term "global south" cringey? It strikes me as a gross generalization that appeals primarily to public-facing policy-makers and consultants.
January 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Am I alone in finding the term "global south" cringey? It strikes me as a gross generalization that appeals primarily to public-facing policy-makers and consultants.
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FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!
December 24, 2024 at 10:25 PM
FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!
I think we can all agree on the OG
December 24, 2024 at 12:42 AM
I think we can all agree on the OG
I find it remarkable how, no matter the time of day, it's now time for the shipping news on BBC 4.
December 23, 2024 at 5:28 AM
I find it remarkable how, no matter the time of day, it's now time for the shipping news on BBC 4.
Over at Cinema Vera (Shibuya) they're showing a Douglas Sirk retrospective cinemavera.com/preview.html Original language with Japanese subs.
シネマヴェーラ渋谷
渋谷で唯一の名画座、邦画中心。香港映画やちょっと古めのハリウッド映画も。
cinemavera.com
December 22, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Over at Cinema Vera (Shibuya) they're showing a Douglas Sirk retrospective cinemavera.com/preview.html Original language with Japanese subs.
Fellow Tokyoites! Waseda Shochiku in Takadanobaba is giving audiences a rare opportunity to see Ozu classics (including the Noriko trilogy) on the big screen with English subtitles. wasedashochiku.co.jp/english
English | 早稲田松竹 official web site | 高田馬場の名画座
wasedashochiku.co.jp
December 22, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Fellow Tokyoites! Waseda Shochiku in Takadanobaba is giving audiences a rare opportunity to see Ozu classics (including the Noriko trilogy) on the big screen with English subtitles. wasedashochiku.co.jp/english
I know a middle manager at a Tokyo company that has been ordered to screen all of her juniors' emails for attachments. Anything mistakenly addressed to the wrong person has to be reported to the parent company. And people wonder why Japan just can't get its economy together...
December 17, 2024 at 11:34 PM
I know a middle manager at a Tokyo company that has been ordered to screen all of her juniors' emails for attachments. Anything mistakenly addressed to the wrong person has to be reported to the parent company. And people wonder why Japan just can't get its economy together...
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I mean, yeah, aside from the crap output, AI use is anathema to what writing actually is — if you're an actual writer, what's the point?
Is anyone else just *not interested* in using AI for their writing? All accuracy and morality aside, I just don't want to. I want every last word I put on a page to have flowed out from my own body. Maybe I'm romanticizing it, but I just can't see it any other way.
December 12, 2024 at 7:23 AM
I mean, yeah, aside from the crap output, AI use is anathema to what writing actually is — if you're an actual writer, what's the point?