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I took my kid to see Home Alone in a theater over winter break and there were kids in the audience complaining that they couldn't play on their iphones. While watching Home Alone! On a big screen!
"The smart phone is an incredibly destructive device, and as a society we apparently have the same attitude toward it that a Russian peasant has about the weather" www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
The conversation (not) - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Well here’s a real pick me up: You know what Kids Today have trouble sitting through, in a college class on films? Akira Mizuta Lippit, a cinema and media-studies professor at the University of Southe...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I took my kid to see Home Alone in a theater over winter break and there were kids in the audience complaining that they couldn't play on their iphones. While watching Home Alone! On a big screen!
Recently rewatch the beheading scene from the 1970 Cromwell movie, and man they got it right casting Alec Guinness as Charles I.
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Recently rewatch the beheading scene from the 1970 Cromwell movie, and man they got it right casting Alec Guinness as Charles I.
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Philadelphia residents can find me Tuesday evening upstairs at Abyssinia telling a story about my younger days!
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Philadelphia residents can find me Tuesday evening upstairs at Abyssinia telling a story about my younger days!
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At long last, we have created Solaris, the Tyrant Sun from Grant Morrison's classic comic seres "Don't Create Solaris, the Tyrant Sun."
Oh my gd.
Musk is fucking insane with this quoted sentence from the press release on SpaceX acquiring xAI.
"This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI's mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe."
(full press release in images)
Musk is fucking insane with this quoted sentence from the press release on SpaceX acquiring xAI.
"This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI's mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe."
(full press release in images)
February 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
At long last, we have created Solaris, the Tyrant Sun from Grant Morrison's classic comic seres "Don't Create Solaris, the Tyrant Sun."
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The release of the Epstein Files really lays bare the evils of (among other things) networking.
February 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The release of the Epstein Files really lays bare the evils of (among other things) networking.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Applies to all kinds of advocacy, but my theory of change as a safe street advocate: The city says it can only do 10 miles of protected bike lanes per year. You say, "What? Other cities have put in 50 miles in the same amount of time?" Then the city says, "Fine. We'll do 20 miles." That's a win!
January 29, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Applies to all kinds of advocacy, but my theory of change as a safe street advocate: The city says it can only do 10 miles of protected bike lanes per year. You say, "What? Other cities have put in 50 miles in the same amount of time?" Then the city says, "Fine. We'll do 20 miles." That's a win!
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This is the Philadelphia App and Dan *was* Philadelphia. Nobody else captured the weirdness (solemn to silly) of this region and its culture with such affection and respect. Everyone wear your stupidest Wildwood boardwalk tee in his honor. Be good, buddy.
January 29, 2026 at 1:14 AM
This is the Philadelphia App and Dan *was* Philadelphia. Nobody else captured the weirdness (solemn to silly) of this region and its culture with such affection and respect. Everyone wear your stupidest Wildwood boardwalk tee in his honor. Be good, buddy.
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One of the things about Sauron is that he gave a bunch of rings to dwarves and elves and it didn’t turn them into big ghost monster wraiths like it did with guys so he kind of just gave them presents and was like “ah shit, I thought it would do the thing, dang”
January 28, 2026 at 5:45 PM
One of the things about Sauron is that he gave a bunch of rings to dwarves and elves and it didn’t turn them into big ghost monster wraiths like it did with guys so he kind of just gave them presents and was like “ah shit, I thought it would do the thing, dang”
A town like Haddonfield, only a couple of miles wide, no school busses, and a PATCO station, would be greatly improved by 1-2 protected bike lanes and heavy adoption of e-bikes.
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
A town like Haddonfield, only a couple of miles wide, no school busses, and a PATCO station, would be greatly improved by 1-2 protected bike lanes and heavy adoption of e-bikes.
At some point we need answers as to why, three days later, we still have no school while most other districts in the area are up and running.
Cabin fever sets in for Philly parents snowed in: ‘Are we just supposed to pull another parent out of our butts?’
While streets are being plowed and trash pickup is resuming, parenting while digging out of a snowstorm isn't easy.
www.inquirer.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
At some point we need answers as to why, three days later, we still have no school while most other districts in the area are up and running.
The better approach that criminalizing e-bikes might have been "protected bike lanes to all middle/high schools that don't have busses"
This e-bike regulation is so frustrating because NJ is almost perfectly situated to take huge advantage of e-bikes to improve mobility.
Densest state in the US, but without comprehensive metro systems.
www.inquirer.com/news/new-jer...
Densest state in the US, but without comprehensive metro systems.
www.inquirer.com/news/new-jer...
How N.J. ended up having some of the most restrictive e-bike regulations in the country
And why advocates say the fight isn’t over.
www.inquirer.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
The better approach that criminalizing e-bikes might have been "protected bike lanes to all middle/high schools that don't have busses"
This e-bike regulation is so frustrating because NJ is almost perfectly situated to take huge advantage of e-bikes to improve mobility.
Densest state in the US, but without comprehensive metro systems.
www.inquirer.com/news/new-jer...
Densest state in the US, but without comprehensive metro systems.
www.inquirer.com/news/new-jer...
How N.J. ended up having some of the most restrictive e-bike regulations in the country
And why advocates say the fight isn’t over.
www.inquirer.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This e-bike regulation is so frustrating because NJ is almost perfectly situated to take huge advantage of e-bikes to improve mobility.
Densest state in the US, but without comprehensive metro systems.
www.inquirer.com/news/new-jer...
Densest state in the US, but without comprehensive metro systems.
www.inquirer.com/news/new-jer...
Yes there's some snow on the ground but not so much that a storm on Sunday means no school Wednesday.
I've never loved anything as much as the School District of Philadelphia loves closing schools.
January 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Yes there's some snow on the ground but not so much that a storm on Sunday means no school Wednesday.
I've never loved anything as much as the School District of Philadelphia loves closing schools.
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I've never loved anything as much as the School District of Philadelphia loves closing schools.
Upzone Essex/Hudson/Bergen/Union and maybe we can add another 500k before the census.
New Jersey is a bright spot of growth in the otherwise laggard Northeast.
January 27, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Upzone Essex/Hudson/Bergen/Union and maybe we can add another 500k before the census.
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Reenacting Walden Pond*
*walking down the office hall to the bathroom without my phone
*walking down the office hall to the bathroom without my phone
January 27, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Reenacting Walden Pond*
*walking down the office hall to the bathroom without my phone
*walking down the office hall to the bathroom without my phone
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One of the greatest superhero artists to ever do it. If you're drawing a comics fight scene this week, please pay tribute to this legend with a SAL BUSCEMA PUNCH.
January 26, 2026 at 11:50 PM
One of the greatest superhero artists to ever do it. If you're drawing a comics fight scene this week, please pay tribute to this legend with a SAL BUSCEMA PUNCH.
Ok but will they also be on HBO Max?
TCM will become the “ongoing home” of the LOONEY TUNES library.
A six-year licensing deal for more than 750 shorts starts in Feb.
"We’re able to present these cartoons with the care they deserve alongside the classic films they helped influence."
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t... #FilmSky
A six-year licensing deal for more than 750 shorts starts in Feb.
"We’re able to present these cartoons with the care they deserve alongside the classic films they helped influence."
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t... #FilmSky
TCM Becomes “Ongoing Home” of the Looney Tunes Library (Exclusive)
A new six-year licensing deal brings the classic cartoons to the channel. It starts in February with 45 shorts featuring Star of the Month Bugs Bunny.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Ok but will they also be on HBO Max?
I am dealing with that RIGHT NOW.
Protip for anyone who lives somewhere where it doesn't snow much who's had a heat pump installed in the years since they last saw significant snowfall
Have them scrape all that snow off the minisplit before it starts to thaw! You can spend 30 seconds now or an hour scraping off ice in a few days!
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I am dealing with that RIGHT NOW.
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Spotted this painting by NC Wyeth at the Free Library of Philadelphia museum
January 26, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Spotted this painting by NC Wyeth at the Free Library of Philadelphia museum
AI generated photorealistic images need to be banned.
i kind of miss the days of shrimp jesus. now instead of AI gen disabled veterans asking for birthday wishes we have fake videos of immigrants assaulting ICE. posting for posterity just in case your racist uncle starts texting family about antifa super soldiers hurting innocent fed law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 PM
AI generated photorealistic images need to be banned.
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🚨BREAKING🚨
Zohran Mamdani will FORCE all New Yorkers to watch Urusei Yatsura INCLUDING the films and OVAs.
What are your thoughts on this?
Zohran Mamdani will FORCE all New Yorkers to watch Urusei Yatsura INCLUDING the films and OVAs.
What are your thoughts on this?
January 23, 2026 at 6:57 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨
Zohran Mamdani will FORCE all New Yorkers to watch Urusei Yatsura INCLUDING the films and OVAs.
What are your thoughts on this?
Zohran Mamdani will FORCE all New Yorkers to watch Urusei Yatsura INCLUDING the films and OVAs.
What are your thoughts on this?
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Ads for prediction markets in the subway offer the average person the chance to bet on what a character is going to say on TV, the kind of stuff you're betting on as a degenerate end-stage gambler. Why not start at rock bottom?
January 23, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Ads for prediction markets in the subway offer the average person the chance to bet on what a character is going to say on TV, the kind of stuff you're betting on as a degenerate end-stage gambler. Why not start at rock bottom?
