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Watched THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER. Assured and accomplished, but hoo boy does this movie cram a lot of story into 2 hours at the expense of its ability to breathe. Which is ironic given how much of it is about people in water.
February 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Watched THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER. Assured and accomplished, but hoo boy does this movie cram a lot of story into 2 hours at the expense of its ability to breathe. Which is ironic given how much of it is about people in water.
Spent a couple of hours wrestling with a project which wasn't working for mysterious reasons.
Set it aside and went for a walk.
Came back, figured it out and got it working inside of ten minutes, and finished* in another half hour.
Trust the process.
*set the non-interactive computing part going
Set it aside and went for a walk.
Came back, figured it out and got it working inside of ten minutes, and finished* in another half hour.
Trust the process.
*set the non-interactive computing part going
February 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Spent a couple of hours wrestling with a project which wasn't working for mysterious reasons.
Set it aside and went for a walk.
Came back, figured it out and got it working inside of ten minutes, and finished* in another half hour.
Trust the process.
*set the non-interactive computing part going
Set it aside and went for a walk.
Came back, figured it out and got it working inside of ten minutes, and finished* in another half hour.
Trust the process.
*set the non-interactive computing part going
If there were any day for It to happen, today would be a particularly good one
February 16, 2026 at 4:36 PM
If there were any day for It to happen, today would be a particularly good one
Saw a post stating that alt text shouldn't be used to leave Easter eggs for sighted users, which seems to be ruling out the possibility that visually impaired users might also enjoy Easter eggs
February 16, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Saw a post stating that alt text shouldn't be used to leave Easter eggs for sighted users, which seems to be ruling out the possibility that visually impaired users might also enjoy Easter eggs
Another sign the world has gone to shit: two of the politest and leat conflict-ridden nations on Earth going at each other
Sweden curling set up a sting operation to catch Canada cheating i’m fucking losing it
February 16, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Another sign the world has gone to shit: two of the politest and leat conflict-ridden nations on Earth going at each other
Broke a glass while I was doing the dishes (the one that already had a tiny chip in the rim: its time was up) and now I'm wondering what, in this age without newspapers, to wrap the remains in so it can't cut the refuse collectors
February 16, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Broke a glass while I was doing the dishes (the one that already had a tiny chip in the rim: its time was up) and now I'm wondering what, in this age without newspapers, to wrap the remains in so it can't cut the refuse collectors
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, L'Empire des lumières.
The getaway on this one is a piece of piss, as the gallery has its own little jetty into the Grand Canal at which one could rendezvous with or even moor a fast boat. Er, not that I've thought about this.
The getaway on this one is a piece of piss, as the gallery has its own little jetty into the Grand Canal at which one could rendezvous with or even moor a fast boat. Er, not that I've thought about this.
February 16, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, L'Empire des lumières.
The getaway on this one is a piece of piss, as the gallery has its own little jetty into the Grand Canal at which one could rendezvous with or even moor a fast boat. Er, not that I've thought about this.
The getaway on this one is a piece of piss, as the gallery has its own little jetty into the Grand Canal at which one could rendezvous with or even moor a fast boat. Er, not that I've thought about this.
It's amusing and telling that not only did they fail to bump Epstein off in a fashion which didn't scream "Epstein was bumped off to prevent him spilling the beans on everyone involved and/or implicated in his sex-trafficking/paedophilia/rape network", the majority of the beans got spilled anyway
February 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It's amusing and telling that not only did they fail to bump Epstein off in a fashion which didn't scream "Epstein was bumped off to prevent him spilling the beans on everyone involved and/or implicated in his sex-trafficking/paedophilia/rape network", the majority of the beans got spilled anyway
Just got kicked out of Tate Britain. Admittedly it’s 10 o’clock on a Sunday night, the final of their stunning Lee Miller exhibition which they extended the hours for due to popular demand which still sold out and I just managed to see everything, top night out.
February 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Just got kicked out of Tate Britain. Admittedly it’s 10 o’clock on a Sunday night, the final of their stunning Lee Miller exhibition which they extended the hours for due to popular demand which still sold out and I just managed to see everything, top night out.
Watched THE WRECKING CREW (which really needs a better title that doesn't imply a remake of the Dean Martin spy caper) and it's a perfectly fine mid-tier action movie that makes the most of its Hawaiian setting, about which you will remember exactly nothing within half an hour of the credits rolling
February 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Watched THE WRECKING CREW (which really needs a better title that doesn't imply a remake of the Dean Martin spy caper) and it's a perfectly fine mid-tier action movie that makes the most of its Hawaiian setting, about which you will remember exactly nothing within half an hour of the credits rolling
I've no idea how long pillows are supposed to last, nor how old the set I just threw out were, but they definitely didn't emerge from their last wash with any appreciable depth or comfort: the ones I bought today are twice as deep and soft and I cannot WAIT to sink into those bad boys later tonight
February 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I've no idea how long pillows are supposed to last, nor how old the set I just threw out were, but they definitely didn't emerge from their last wash with any appreciable depth or comfort: the ones I bought today are twice as deep and soft and I cannot WAIT to sink into those bad boys later tonight
Watching a movie starring Marguerite Chapman and having a hard time figuring out exactly which of her physical attributes Hollywood found most valuable
February 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Watching a movie starring Marguerite Chapman and having a hard time figuring out exactly which of her physical attributes Hollywood found most valuable
Now, if one were a simpleton, one might think all the talk of Heineken and Pabst Blue Ribbon in BLUE VELVET was overt product placement rather than implicit character development
February 14, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Now, if one were a simpleton, one might think all the talk of Heineken and Pabst Blue Ribbon in BLUE VELVET was overt product placement rather than implicit character development
It's Lara Croft's birthday, so play some fucking TOMB RAIDER
February 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM
It's Lara Croft's birthday, so play some fucking TOMB RAIDER
Anyway, while we're talking about adaptations and remakes, Billy Shakespeare's 1599 As You Like It was essentially an adaption of Thomas Lodge Jr's 1586 Rosalynde, Euphues Golden Legacie, which is a remake of ~1350 The Tale of Gamelyn found in early editions of Chaucer's ~1400 The Canterbury Tales
February 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Anyway, while we're talking about adaptations and remakes, Billy Shakespeare's 1599 As You Like It was essentially an adaption of Thomas Lodge Jr's 1586 Rosalynde, Euphues Golden Legacie, which is a remake of ~1350 The Tale of Gamelyn found in early editions of Chaucer's ~1400 The Canterbury Tales
The presents ISIS with the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The presents ISIS with the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever
I can't say that I'm surprised by this given Liman's notoriously indecisive production process full of chaotic shoots, starting without a finished script or ending, continual and on-set rewrites, massive structural changes in post, reshoots, and buggering off to play tennis for extended periods.
‘Killing Satoshi’ Bitcoin Biopic Starring Pete Davidson and Casey Affleck Set to Use AI for Locations and to ‘Adjust’ Performances (EXCLUSIVE)
Bitcoin biopic 'Killing Satoshi' starring Pete Davidson plans to use all-AI locations and AI adjustments for performances rather than reshoots.
variety.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:38 AM
I can't say that I'm surprised by this given Liman's notoriously indecisive production process full of chaotic shoots, starting without a finished script or ending, continual and on-set rewrites, massive structural changes in post, reshoots, and buggering off to play tennis for extended periods.
The part in HAMNET that lost me was when Agnes was being shushed by the groundlings, i.e. the very audience which variously invented talking through the show, bringing in (and throwing) their own food, and requiring plot recaps, comic interludes and action scenes to maintain their attention
February 14, 2026 at 4:05 AM
The part in HAMNET that lost me was when Agnes was being shushed by the groundlings, i.e. the very audience which variously invented talking through the show, bringing in (and throwing) their own food, and requiring plot recaps, comic interludes and action scenes to maintain their attention
Talk shit, get hit.
over on x the everything app some Chicago high school kid named Danny Spud tried to disrupt his school's anti-ICE protest by yelling about how much he loves ICE and then filmed himself getting walloped by a fellow student lmao
the quote tweet making fun of him has 3x the likes
the quote tweet making fun of him has 3x the likes
February 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Talk shit, get hit.
Obligatory note that this is one of my favourite movies
Next week on the Hate Watch/Great Watch Podcast, @ayakattack.bsky.social & I discuss THE LAKE HOUSE (2006) w/our pal Nicole from @southstreetartmart.bsky.social!
Where to watch the flick: linktr.ee/hwgw
Episode next Weds on @moviejawn.com & anywhere you get podcasts
🎥🎦📽🎞🎬🎟🍿 #filmsky #moviesky
Where to watch the flick: linktr.ee/hwgw
Episode next Weds on @moviejawn.com & anywhere you get podcasts
🎥🎦📽🎞🎬🎟🍿 #filmsky #moviesky
February 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Obligatory note that this is one of my favourite movies
One indicator of how fucked up the world is today is that certain elements of society would conclude that Monty Python's eminently reasonable summation of The Meaning Of Life from 43 years ago is ideologically unsound due to excessive "wokeness"
Monty Python's - The Meaning of Life - The End of the Film
YouTube video by Collectief Media Kanaal
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
One indicator of how fucked up the world is today is that certain elements of society would conclude that Monty Python's eminently reasonable summation of The Meaning Of Life from 43 years ago is ideologically unsound due to excessive "wokeness"
I've spent a lot of time thinking about adaptations of literature, and they basically break down into three categories:
• An expression of the core themes in a different medium
• A slavish transliteration of the narrative
• Some other story altogether smuggled in under the aegis of existing IP
• An expression of the core themes in a different medium
• A slavish transliteration of the narrative
• Some other story altogether smuggled in under the aegis of existing IP
February 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I've spent a lot of time thinking about adaptations of literature, and they basically break down into three categories:
• An expression of the core themes in a different medium
• A slavish transliteration of the narrative
• Some other story altogether smuggled in under the aegis of existing IP
• An expression of the core themes in a different medium
• A slavish transliteration of the narrative
• Some other story altogether smuggled in under the aegis of existing IP
Watching a '50s SF movie in which our brave spaceship crew experiences some sort of rogue phenomenon which knocks them drastically off course, requiring them to do battle with the unexpected in Topanga Canyon
February 13, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Watching a '50s SF movie in which our brave spaceship crew experiences some sort of rogue phenomenon which knocks them drastically off course, requiring them to do battle with the unexpected in Topanga Canyon
HAMNET: dudes will straight-up write an epic play about vengeance, moral corruption and existentialism rather than go to grief counselling
February 13, 2026 at 8:39 PM
HAMNET: dudes will straight-up write an epic play about vengeance, moral corruption and existentialism rather than go to grief counselling
Share an actual fight scene with actual humans made by actual humans 🖤
February 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Share an actual fight scene with actual humans made by actual humans 🖤