jof
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space pirate, robot whisperer, word wrangler, marteau sans maître, purveyor of weapons of mass deconstruction – formerly bylined at Birth.Movies.Death
Not me noting that only one of the Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World is still standing, albeit with all its casing stolen by the proles in antiquity to build houses and stuff
Every day they tell the world how scared they are of dying, of fading into the darkness which inevitably consumes all of us
They think they are Colossi straddling the world, but really, they are sad little boys whistling in the dark, self-radicalizing in group chats, and shitting bricks about aging
They think they are Colossi straddling the world, but really, they are sad little boys whistling in the dark, self-radicalizing in group chats, and shitting bricks about aging
A 450-foot Prometheus. A 500-foot George Washington. Tech investors are racing to build colossal monuments celebrating Western power.
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not me noting that only one of the Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World is still standing, albeit with all its casing stolen by the proles in antiquity to build houses and stuff
The YouTube ads begging people to visit the USA are indicative of the reality of the current regime having wider effects.
Also lol, fuck no.
Also lol, fuck no.
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The YouTube ads begging people to visit the USA are indicative of the reality of the current regime having wider effects.
Also lol, fuck no.
Also lol, fuck no.
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Hey so Michael Burry (the dude Christian Bale plays in The Big Short) just took out a billion dollar short bet against a few HUGE Ai companies…………
Reminder that he made mega bank betting on the housing market to fail back in 2008. No one believed that was even possible at the time.
Reminder that he made mega bank betting on the housing market to fail back in 2008. No one believed that was even possible at the time.
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Baby's first hit skeet still doing numbers 24hrs later: time to mute the thread
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Baby's first hit skeet still doing numbers 24hrs later: time to mute the thread
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The Frankenstein reviews are falling into two camps.
1) adoration
2) disappointment it is not more true to Shelley's vision.
I have thoughts. The first of which is that Frankenstein will not truly capture the essence of Shelley's feminism unless it's done by a woman. But there's an asterisk here.
1) adoration
2) disappointment it is not more true to Shelley's vision.
I have thoughts. The first of which is that Frankenstein will not truly capture the essence of Shelley's feminism unless it's done by a woman. But there's an asterisk here.
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Frankenstein reviews are falling into two camps.
1) adoration
2) disappointment it is not more true to Shelley's vision.
I have thoughts. The first of which is that Frankenstein will not truly capture the essence of Shelley's feminism unless it's done by a woman. But there's an asterisk here.
1) adoration
2) disappointment it is not more true to Shelley's vision.
I have thoughts. The first of which is that Frankenstein will not truly capture the essence of Shelley's feminism unless it's done by a woman. But there's an asterisk here.
Watching high-quality 1968 SF movie THE BAMBOO SAUCER. One suspects the saucer in question is not in fact made from bamboo.
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Watching high-quality 1968 SF movie THE BAMBOO SAUCER. One suspects the saucer in question is not in fact made from bamboo.
And “prompt engineer” isn’t a thing either.
I'm not for policing words but I do think that if you don't do the writing, you're an AI promter not a writer as:
1) the writing isn't yours
& more importantly
2) you're a scab
1) the writing isn't yours
& more importantly
2) you're a scab
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
And “prompt engineer” isn’t a thing either.
Watched THE ASSESSMENT, which sidesteps the worst instincts of social dystopia movies while affording Alicia Vikander an outstanding opportunity to indulge both in pure acting workshop theatrics and a spot of dancing. Good, chilling high concept SF. Easily clears that pesky Bechdel-Wallace test too!
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Watched THE ASSESSMENT, which sidesteps the worst instincts of social dystopia movies while affording Alicia Vikander an outstanding opportunity to indulge both in pure acting workshop theatrics and a spot of dancing. Good, chilling high concept SF. Easily clears that pesky Bechdel-Wallace test too!
Newsflash, dipshit: the novel doesn't pass it either.
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Newsflash, dipshit: the novel doesn't pass it either.
This is exactly the kind of thing you need to be spunking that Netflix money on
Guillermo del Toro refused to use VFX for the ship in 'Frankenstein' so they built one from scratch ⚓️
"The ship is a character ... I didn't want the audience to go, 'Oh, this is all digital' ... once you introduce that, it's like a license for people not to believe things"
"The ship is a character ... I didn't want the audience to go, 'Oh, this is all digital' ... once you introduce that, it's like a license for people not to believe things"
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is exactly the kind of thing you need to be spunking that Netflix money on
Anybody want to talk about gender-affirming drug treatments?
Anybody?
Anybody?
Anybody?
Anybody?
Social media misinformation driving men to seek unneeded NHS testosterone therapy, doctors say
Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress natural hormone production
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Anybody want to talk about gender-affirming drug treatments?
Anybody?
Anybody?
Anybody?
Anybody?
Gerard Butler HDGTM debut confirmed!
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Gerard Butler HDGTM debut confirmed!
The only thing I really want from PREDATOR movies is warriors going up against a technologically advanced enemy and outsmarting them. All this other lore and home planet stuff is of zero interest to me.
Predator vs Mediaeval Knights? Vikings? Pirates? Cossacks? Belgium? Neanderthals? That's the shit
Predator vs Mediaeval Knights? Vikings? Pirates? Cossacks? Belgium? Neanderthals? That's the shit
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The only thing I really want from PREDATOR movies is warriors going up against a technologically advanced enemy and outsmarting them. All this other lore and home planet stuff is of zero interest to me.
Predator vs Mediaeval Knights? Vikings? Pirates? Cossacks? Belgium? Neanderthals? That's the shit
Predator vs Mediaeval Knights? Vikings? Pirates? Cossacks? Belgium? Neanderthals? That's the shit
Put it this way: I read Erica Jong's Fear Of Flying at 15.
Only good things have come of this.
Only good things have come of this.
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 7!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Put it this way: I read Erica Jong's Fear Of Flying at 15.
Only good things have come of this.
Only good things have come of this.
As GdT's FRANKENSTEIN begins streaming, we consider just who among us has NOT brought to life a monster man upon being denied by our brother's fiancée the opportunity to cuck him
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
As GdT's FRANKENSTEIN begins streaming, we consider just who among us has NOT brought to life a monster man upon being denied by our brother's fiancée the opportunity to cuck him
To mark Lee Tamahori's passing, I'm on a first-time watch of his 1996 '50s-set neo-noir MULHOLLAND FALLS, which is doing a pretty good job of underlining just how hard this specific genre is to crack: L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997) this is not, although it was clearly reference material for L.A. NOIRE
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
To mark Lee Tamahori's passing, I'm on a first-time watch of his 1996 '50s-set neo-noir MULHOLLAND FALLS, which is doing a pretty good job of underlining just how hard this specific genre is to crack: L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997) this is not, although it was clearly reference material for L.A. NOIRE
Dangerous confession: I think TRUE LIES is genuinely a bad movie.
Dangerous confession: I don't really like BACK TO THE FUTURE that much.
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dangerous confession: I think TRUE LIES is genuinely a bad movie.
Damn, Lee Tamahori died. He never made a film which wasn't interesting and stylish, and while it didn't feel like his Hollywood career gave him the kind of success and acclaim his talents deserved he made some of the very best of New Zealand cinema.
Moe mai rā.
Moe mai rā.
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Damn, Lee Tamahori died. He never made a film which wasn't interesting and stylish, and while it didn't feel like his Hollywood career gave him the kind of success and acclaim his talents deserved he made some of the very best of New Zealand cinema.
Moe mai rā.
Moe mai rā.
Watching one of those mumblecore movies that has an absolutely STACKED cast combined with a meandering narrative that may not ultimately add up to anything and a bunch of shots which are actually out of focus
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Watching one of those mumblecore movies that has an absolutely STACKED cast combined with a meandering narrative that may not ultimately add up to anything and a bunch of shots which are actually out of focus
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5th, when we celebrate ineptitude in the field of domestic terrorism and religiously-motivated regime change by blowing shit up and burning effigies of the ringleader
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
November 5th, when we celebrate ineptitude in the field of domestic terrorism and religiously-motivated regime change by blowing shit up and burning effigies of the ringleader
Watching the girlbands doc GIRLBANDS FOREVER but taking breaks to listen to Peaches, Monie Love, The Yeastie Girls, Mira Calix and Queen Latifa for balance/sanity purposes
November 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Watching the girlbands doc GIRLBANDS FOREVER but taking breaks to listen to Peaches, Monie Love, The Yeastie Girls, Mira Calix and Queen Latifa for balance/sanity purposes
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Did you happen to leave your @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk purchases on the Metropolitan line yesterday?
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Did you happen to leave your @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk purchases on the Metropolitan line yesterday?
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
So this year I have watched two movies starring Sydney Sweeney and yesterday at the cinema I saw trailers for two more movies both starring and produced by Sydney Sweeney which are releasing this year and my main takeaway is, damn girl, take a breath
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So this year I have watched two movies starring Sydney Sweeney and yesterday at the cinema I saw trailers for two more movies both starring and produced by Sydney Sweeney which are releasing this year and my main takeaway is, damn girl, take a breath