Oliver Kosut
@oehpsk.bsky.social
Just this guy, you know. Loves and hates social media, as he loves and hates himself.
I agree with Bouie about Rogue One (although I don’t even think the final sequence is that good), but I’m happy for the people who love it. The movie they describe sounds great. I wish I could see that one, rather than the one I see when I watch it.
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I agree with Bouie about Rogue One (although I don’t even think the final sequence is that good), but I’m happy for the people who love it. The movie they describe sounds great. I wish I could see that one, rather than the one I see when I watch it.
I wonder a lot about what life is like in the parallel universe in which the 2024 presidential election result is unchanged, but 3,656 people changed their votes and the Democrats took back the house.
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I wonder a lot about what life is like in the parallel universe in which the 2024 presidential election result is unchanged, but 3,656 people changed their votes and the Democrats took back the house.
This is me from ten years ago today. I’ve been wearing the tie every day since, but for some reason no one ever comments on it. I guess it really is the style of the future. Or perhaps the past.
October 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is me from ten years ago today. I’ve been wearing the tie every day since, but for some reason no one ever comments on it. I guess it really is the style of the future. Or perhaps the past.
From today’s No Kings march in Phoenix. When the march reached 4th Ave, we turned left despite the posted No Left Turn signs. Hell yes we did, and soon the country will follow.
October 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
From today’s No Kings march in Phoenix. When the march reached 4th Ave, we turned left despite the posted No Left Turn signs. Hell yes we did, and soon the country will follow.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone if your profession would understand:
Published theorem actually incorrect
Published theorem actually incorrect
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Observing run clouded out.
Observing run clouded out.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Majority decision, Star Athletica.
Majority decision, Star Athletica.
October 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone if your profession would understand:
Published theorem actually incorrect
Published theorem actually incorrect
I’m glad that many people post here instead of Xitter because they get more engagement here. But, for me personally, a random guy with no public following, I post here rather than Facebook (the other major option for me) even though I know I’d get more engagement *there*, because I think it’s evil
October 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I’m glad that many people post here instead of Xitter because they get more engagement here. But, for me personally, a random guy with no public following, I post here rather than Facebook (the other major option for me) even though I know I’d get more engagement *there*, because I think it’s evil
I don’t have kids, and from the outside active shooter drills seem bananas to me. Many liberals say “well this is just the consequence of living with so many guns.” And like I agree let’s get rid of the guns but in the meantime can we stop traumatizing the kids.
This is your regular reminder that there is no research showing that active shooter drills save lives--and there is a wealth of research showing that they traumatize kids and staff.
I just received our school's heads-up and form for opting out our kids. If yours doesn't do the same, ask for it.
I just received our school's heads-up and form for opting out our kids. If yours doesn't do the same, ask for it.
October 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I don’t have kids, and from the outside active shooter drills seem bananas to me. Many liberals say “well this is just the consequence of living with so many guns.” And like I agree let’s get rid of the guns but in the meantime can we stop traumatizing the kids.
We're all the way up to iOS 26 now, and it still does this.
September 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We're all the way up to iOS 26 now, and it still does this.
With each passing year, the cast of Sneakers becomes even more astonishing. David Strathairn is the least prominent actor on the poster! Ben Kingsley, Timothy Busfield, Stephen Tobolowsky, and James Earl Jones are in this movie and not even advertised. And they're all good in it. This movie rocks
September 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
With each passing year, the cast of Sneakers becomes even more astonishing. David Strathairn is the least prominent actor on the poster! Ben Kingsley, Timothy Busfield, Stephen Tobolowsky, and James Earl Jones are in this movie and not even advertised. And they're all good in it. This movie rocks
You should watch this video. Not just for personal reasons, but also for personal reasons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWF...
What if the Moon were made entirely of electrons?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
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September 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
You should watch this video. Not just for personal reasons, but also for personal reasons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWF...
Wait, this year we're getting re-releases for the 50th anniversary of Jaws, the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future, and the 30th anniversary of Apollo 13? What about the 20th anniversary of the 40 Year-old Virgin? The 10th anniversary of Jupiter Ascending?
September 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Wait, this year we're getting re-releases for the 50th anniversary of Jaws, the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future, and the 30th anniversary of Apollo 13? What about the 20th anniversary of the 40 Year-old Virgin? The 10th anniversary of Jupiter Ascending?
I don’t know why, but this can be really hard. There’s someone I’ve been following on the internet for decades, who I really admire, but who has a take on a 35 year old movie that I strongly disagree with. I have imaginary arguments with them about this all the time. Why on earth do I care so much?
i say this with love: people really gotta let their one-sided online parasocial beefs go
August 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I don’t know why, but this can be really hard. There’s someone I’ve been following on the internet for decades, who I really admire, but who has a take on a 35 year old movie that I strongly disagree with. I have imaginary arguments with them about this all the time. Why on earth do I care so much?
“speculation on how the technology might develop in the coming years can easily distract us from solving issues we are facing now” might be the best, most concise advice about AI in the present moment that I’ve ever read.
pay very close attention to Wikipedia to find a way out of the AI slop internet www.404media.co/wikipedia-ed...
Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles
“The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.”
www.404media.co
August 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“speculation on how the technology might develop in the coming years can easily distract us from solving issues we are facing now” might be the best, most concise advice about AI in the present moment that I’ve ever read.
In this age of AI, it's important to maintain discipline and readiness. That's why this poster is so useful. I suggest printing it out and displaying it prominently anywhere that anyone might interact with rogue AI.
July 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In this age of AI, it's important to maintain discipline and readiness. That's why this poster is so useful. I suggest printing it out and displaying it prominently anywhere that anyone might interact with rogue AI.
We really need movies directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Tony Kushner, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis about the passage of every constitutional amendment, not just the 13th. Implausible, you say? I say our democracy depends on it. We need to believe that we can change our country for the better
July 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We really need movies directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Tony Kushner, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis about the passage of every constitutional amendment, not just the 13th. Implausible, you say? I say our democracy depends on it. We need to believe that we can change our country for the better
I finally got around to doing this. This is really hard; on any given day I'd probably produce a different list in a different order. Despite what some people sometimes say, cinema ain't dead.
July 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I finally got around to doing this. This is really hard; on any given day I'd probably produce a different list in a different order. Despite what some people sometimes say, cinema ain't dead.
The only flaw in the satire of Glass Onion is that Miles Bron is too smart.
June 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The only flaw in the satire of Glass Onion is that Miles Bron is too smart.
Joni Ernst saying "we are all going to die" is an example of what I call the Crispin's Day Fallacy. A thread. 1/7
June 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Joni Ernst saying "we are all going to die" is an example of what I call the Crispin's Day Fallacy. A thread. 1/7
Sometimes, when the news is bad, I just read Wikipedia articles about obscure mathematical concepts that I only kind of understand. That’s not weird, is it?
May 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sometimes, when the news is bad, I just read Wikipedia articles about obscure mathematical concepts that I only kind of understand. That’s not weird, is it?
I have my BlueSky app set to send links to the external browser. I cannot overstate how great this is. I hate in-app browsers. They force you to read the entire article right now or else it will be lost forever to the sands of time. External browser takes all the pressure off.
May 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I have my BlueSky app set to send links to the external browser. I cannot overstate how great this is. I hate in-app browsers. They force you to read the entire article right now or else it will be lost forever to the sands of time. External browser takes all the pressure off.
One of the great public services provided by Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” is that we can now all hear Thaddeus Stevens’ speeches in Tommy Lee Jones’ voice.
Today is Thaddeus Stevens' Birthday. A Radical Republican Congressman during the Civil War, he was one of the most righteous, clear eyed political leaders this country has ever produced. In honor of his birthday, I'd like to make a thread of things he was right about.
April 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
One of the great public services provided by Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” is that we can now all hear Thaddeus Stevens’ speeches in Tommy Lee Jones’ voice.
One of my favorite parts of grading exams is to do the Day Earth Stood Still thing of "this thing you crossed out is the answer."
April 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
One of my favorite parts of grading exams is to do the Day Earth Stood Still thing of "this thing you crossed out is the answer."
The only dull performance he ever gave was as Batman.
Sad news: Val Kilmer has died at 65. In the 1980s and 1990s--Top Secret, Heat, Tombstone, The Doors, really all the way through Kiss Kiss Bang Bang--he was so often an interesting and surprising studio leading man: An oddball with the face of a heartthrob. His best work is very worth revisiting.
April 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The only dull performance he ever gave was as Batman.
I think about the alt-text on this xkcd all the time: “Both arXiv and archive.org are invaluable projects which, if they didn't exist, we would dismiss as obviously ridiculous and unworkable.” And the only other remaining good website, Wikipedia, is the same way.
xkcd: arXiv
m.xkcd.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I think about the alt-text on this xkcd all the time: “Both arXiv and archive.org are invaluable projects which, if they didn't exist, we would dismiss as obviously ridiculous and unworkable.” And the only other remaining good website, Wikipedia, is the same way.
Why so negative, bathroom?
February 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Why so negative, bathroom?