Rod Hilton
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End of Spooky Season is upon us. These are my favorite horror movies from the year, ranked:
1. Sinners
2. Weapons
3. Bring Her Back
4. Ugly Stepsister
5. 28 Years Later
6. Heart Eyes
7. Companion
8. Together
9. Dangerous Animals
10. Good Boy
Still haven't seen Frankenstein or Black Phone 2
1. Sinners
2. Weapons
3. Bring Her Back
4. Ugly Stepsister
5. 28 Years Later
6. Heart Eyes
7. Companion
8. Together
9. Dangerous Animals
10. Good Boy
Still haven't seen Frankenstein or Black Phone 2
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
End of Spooky Season is upon us. These are my favorite horror movies from the year, ranked:
1. Sinners
2. Weapons
3. Bring Her Back
4. Ugly Stepsister
5. 28 Years Later
6. Heart Eyes
7. Companion
8. Together
9. Dangerous Animals
10. Good Boy
Still haven't seen Frankenstein or Black Phone 2
1. Sinners
2. Weapons
3. Bring Her Back
4. Ugly Stepsister
5. 28 Years Later
6. Heart Eyes
7. Companion
8. Together
9. Dangerous Animals
10. Good Boy
Still haven't seen Frankenstein or Black Phone 2
Every single on-screen incarnation of Superman after Christopher Reeves has removed "The American Way" from the iconic phrase about Superman's values, including the Dean Cain version.
In fact, the original version didn't include it. It was only added to the radio show in 1942, as an ANTI-NAZI thing
In fact, the original version didn't include it. It was only added to the radio show in 1942, as an ANTI-NAZI thing
July 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Every single on-screen incarnation of Superman after Christopher Reeves has removed "The American Way" from the iconic phrase about Superman's values, including the Dean Cain version.
In fact, the original version didn't include it. It was only added to the radio show in 1942, as an ANTI-NAZI thing
In fact, the original version didn't include it. It was only added to the radio show in 1942, as an ANTI-NAZI thing
He's *LITERALLY* an illegal alien, do conservatives just have zero media literacy?
https://www.thewrap.com/dean-cain-criticizes-superman-james-gunn-immigrant-too-woke/
https://www.thewrap.com/dean-cain-criticizes-superman-james-gunn-immigrant-too-woke/
Former Superman Dean Cain Says James Gunn Calling Hero an Immigrant Will Hurt Box Office: 'I Don't Like That'
Dean Cain says it was a "mistake" for "Superman" director James Gunn to call the Man of Steel an immigrant.
www.thewrap.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
He's *LITERALLY* an illegal alien, do conservatives just have zero media literacy?
https://www.thewrap.com/dean-cain-criticizes-superman-james-gunn-immigrant-too-woke/
https://www.thewrap.com/dean-cain-criticizes-superman-james-gunn-immigrant-too-woke/
Increasingly people I once considered programmers are doing shit like making Cursor write an entirely new library rather than adding a feature to an existing one. All code is throwaway now, readability doesn't matter, any bad code can just be regenerated from scratch.
I'm losing my mind.
I'm losing my mind.
July 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Increasingly people I once considered programmers are doing shit like making Cursor write an entirely new library rather than adding a feature to an existing one. All code is throwaway now, readability doesn't matter, any bad code can just be regenerated from scratch.
I'm losing my mind.
I'm losing my mind.
I really cannot wrap my head around the mainstream acceptance of the Terrifier franchise. Watching shit like this used to make you look like a psycho and now it's like everywhere and folks are just cool with it.
https://www.thewrap.com/terrifier-halloween-horror-nights-universal-orlando-hollywood/
https://www.thewrap.com/terrifier-halloween-horror-nights-universal-orlando-hollywood/
‘Terrifier’ Haunted House Coming to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood and Orlando
Terrifier, the gory horror franchise, is coming to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood and Orlando.
www.thewrap.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I really cannot wrap my head around the mainstream acceptance of the Terrifier franchise. Watching shit like this used to make you look like a psycho and now it's like everywhere and folks are just cool with it.
https://www.thewrap.com/terrifier-halloween-horror-nights-universal-orlando-hollywood/
https://www.thewrap.com/terrifier-halloween-horror-nights-universal-orlando-hollywood/
Never before has a CEO had so little observable impact on anything. Like honestly what will she even say she accomplished, from her perspective?
https://www.theverge.com/news/702653/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-elon-musk
https://www.theverge.com/news/702653/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-elon-musk
July 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Never before has a CEO had so little observable impact on anything. Like honestly what will she even say she accomplished, from her perspective?
https://www.theverge.com/news/702653/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-elon-musk
https://www.theverge.com/news/702653/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-elon-musk
Mark Cuban wants to hear this guy out https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/grok-praises-hitler-gives-credit-to-musk-for-removing-woke-filters/
arstechnica.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Mark Cuban wants to hear this guy out https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/grok-praises-hitler-gives-credit-to-musk-for-removing-woke-filters/
Did the goon bag who created Twitter literally just make another way to talk to people and name it "bitch at"?
https://www.techspot.com/news/108585-jack-dorsey-launches-bitchat-messaging-app-works-without.html
https://www.techspot.com/news/108585-jack-dorsey-launches-bitchat-messaging-app-works-without.html
Jack Dorsey launches Bitchat, a messaging app that works without internet, servers, or accounts
The app, now available in beta for Apple's TestFlight users, was announced by Dorsey on Sunday. He described the project as a personal experiment with mesh networking, encryption, and decentralized message delivery. Unlike traditional messaging services that rely on centralized infrastructure and require personal information, Bitchat operates without phone numbers,...
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www.techspot.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Did the goon bag who created Twitter literally just make another way to talk to people and name it "bitch at"?
https://www.techspot.com/news/108585-jack-dorsey-launches-bitchat-messaging-app-works-without.html
https://www.techspot.com/news/108585-jack-dorsey-launches-bitchat-messaging-app-works-without.html
Is tonight's Rick and Morty seriously called Ricker than Fiction? Are they messing with us by not calling it Stranger than Ricktion?
July 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Is tonight's Rick and Morty seriously called Ricker than Fiction? Are they messing with us by not calling it Stranger than Ricktion?
Me at 11:55: Fuck yeah! Light that shit, FREEDOOOMMMMM
Me at 12:01: Okay everyone it's the fifth of July now, shut the fuck up.
Me at 12:01: Okay everyone it's the fifth of July now, shut the fuck up.
July 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Me at 11:55: Fuck yeah! Light that shit, FREEDOOOMMMMM
Me at 12:01: Okay everyone it's the fifth of July now, shut the fuck up.
Me at 12:01: Okay everyone it's the fifth of July now, shut the fuck up.
Honestly? I'm coming around on this. It is difficult to imagine, at this point, how this story ends without the USA splitting. I would fully vote to secede at this point, I don't see how we move on.
The president just said he hates me. On July 4th of all days […]
The president just said he hates me. On July 4th of all days […]
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mastodon.social
July 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Honestly? I'm coming around on this. It is difficult to imagine, at this point, how this story ends without the USA splitting. I would fully vote to secede at this point, I don't see how we move on.
The president just said he hates me. On July 4th of all days […]
The president just said he hates me. On July 4th of all days […]
I hate this achievement so much. I have never once had anyone do anything in response to me dumping 15 creatures onto the battlefield other than scoop immediately.
July 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I hate this achievement so much. I have never once had anyone do anything in response to me dumping 15 creatures onto the battlefield other than scoop immediately.
Oh, it was all bullshit so he could sign it on July 4th. I get it now. Cute.
July 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Oh, it was all bullshit so he could sign it on July 4th. I get it now. Cute.
Going to bed with the news that the House hasn't passed this bill and I'll just go ahead and predict when I wake up it will turn out that it passed at like 3am or something.
July 3, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Going to bed with the news that the House hasn't passed this bill and I'll just go ahead and predict when I wake up it will turn out that it passed at like 3am or something.
If you've ever seen the movie 'Crawl' then you already know the funniest possible ending to this whole story.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/huge-setback-for-trump-with-alligator-alcatraz-already-flooding/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/huge-setback-for-trump-with-alligator-alcatraz-already-flooding/
July 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you've ever seen the movie 'Crawl' then you already know the funniest possible ending to this whole story.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/huge-setback-for-trump-with-alligator-alcatraz-already-flooding/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/huge-setback-for-trump-with-alligator-alcatraz-already-flooding/
I've got a modified Chrome extension I use to make webapps have unique favicons because I'm a tab psycho.
At work we use an app that refreshes its icon periodically and it's driven me nuts for A YEAR. Finally sat down and fixed it and holy hell this is so much better […]
At work we use an app that refreshes its icon periodically and it's driven me nuts for A YEAR. Finally sat down and fixed it and holy hell this is so much better […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I've got a modified Chrome extension I use to make webapps have unique favicons because I'm a tab psycho.
At work we use an app that refreshes its icon periodically and it's driven me nuts for A YEAR. Finally sat down and fixed it and holy hell this is so much better […]
At work we use an app that refreshes its icon periodically and it's driven me nuts for A YEAR. Finally sat down and fixed it and holy hell this is so much better […]
ICE being given an additional $45 billion to subject anyone they decide is illegal to endless suffering.
There is a 0% chance illegal immigrants being here costs us more than $45b.
There's simply no way to ever recoup these costs by following the official "mission", so that's not what it's for.
There is a 0% chance illegal immigrants being here costs us more than $45b.
There's simply no way to ever recoup these costs by following the official "mission", so that's not what it's for.
June 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
ICE being given an additional $45 billion to subject anyone they decide is illegal to endless suffering.
There is a 0% chance illegal immigrants being here costs us more than $45b.
There's simply no way to ever recoup these costs by following the official "mission", so that's not what it's for.
There is a 0% chance illegal immigrants being here costs us more than $45b.
There's simply no way to ever recoup these costs by following the official "mission", so that's not what it's for.
A secret police force given full authority to strip citizens of their legal status in order to throw them in newly-build prison camps surrounded by alligators with no due process.
I don't know which fire alarm to pull, gang. It's over.
I don't know which fire alarm to pull, gang. It's over.
June 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A secret police force given full authority to strip citizens of their legal status in order to throw them in newly-build prison camps surrounded by alligators with no due process.
I don't know which fire alarm to pull, gang. It's over.
I don't know which fire alarm to pull, gang. It's over.
Impossible to overstate how bad it's going to be if ICE, who is already operating as Trump's secret federal police force, is given a 13x budget increase.
They will find something to do with the money […]
They will find something to do with the money […]
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mastodon.social
June 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Impossible to overstate how bad it's going to be if ICE, who is already operating as Trump's secret federal police force, is given a 13x budget increase.
They will find something to do with the money […]
They will find something to do with the money […]
OMFG YES fuck off Monstrous Rage.
Would have loved to see Omniscience itself banned instead of Abuelo's Awakening but otherwise this is an incredible list. Sick as hell of seeing every single one of these cards.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-june-30-2025
Would have loved to see Omniscience itself banned instead of Abuelo's Awakening but otherwise this is an incredible list. Sick as hell of seeing every single one of these cards.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-june-30-2025
Banned and Restricted Announcement – June 30, 2025
Announcing changes to Standard, Alchemy, Historic, and Best-of-One Pioneer effective June 30, 2025.
magic.wizards.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
OMFG YES fuck off Monstrous Rage.
Would have loved to see Omniscience itself banned instead of Abuelo's Awakening but otherwise this is an incredible list. Sick as hell of seeing every single one of these cards.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-june-30-2025
Would have loved to see Omniscience itself banned instead of Abuelo's Awakening but otherwise this is an incredible list. Sick as hell of seeing every single one of these cards.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-june-30-2025
Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed
https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-states-from-national-lookup-tool-after-ice-and-abortion-searches-revealed/
https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-states-from-national-lookup-tool-after-ice-and-abortion-searches-revealed/
Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed
Following 404 Media’s reporting and in light of new legislation, automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock has stopped agencies reaching into cameras in California, Illinois, and Virginia.
www.404media.co
June 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed
https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-states-from-national-lookup-tool-after-ice-and-abortion-searches-revealed/
https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-states-from-national-lookup-tool-after-ice-and-abortion-searches-revealed/
I'd honestly make this my phone background now if not for the fact that I hate looking at this couchfucking idiot's face
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-officials-tourist-jd-vance-meme-b2776834.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-officials-tourist-jd-vance-meme-b2776834.html
US officials reject claim tourist was denied entry over bald JD Vance meme
DHS does not deny strong-arming tourist into letting them into his phone, only that agents sent him home because of a meme
www.independent.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'd honestly make this my phone background now if not for the fact that I hate looking at this couchfucking idiot's face
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-officials-tourist-jd-vance-meme-b2776834.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-officials-tourist-jd-vance-meme-b2776834.html
Trump's in a tricky position. He wants to be allied with Israel, but he also is Putin's puppet and Putin backs Iran.
I thought it was weird the way that like, Iran got a heads up about the bombing, and then we got a heads up about the retaliation […]
I thought it was weird the way that like, Iran got a heads up about the bombing, and then we got a heads up about the retaliation […]
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mastodon.social
June 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Trump's in a tricky position. He wants to be allied with Israel, but he also is Putin's puppet and Putin backs Iran.
I thought it was weird the way that like, Iran got a heads up about the bombing, and then we got a heads up about the retaliation […]
I thought it was weird the way that like, Iran got a heads up about the bombing, and then we got a heads up about the retaliation […]
Reposted by Rod Hilton
Big. I think this has implications for the midterms and possibly the future of the Democrats. https://19thnews.org/2025/06/zohran-mamdani-andrew-cuomo-new-york-results/
The 33-year-old Democratic socialist thwarted the comeback attempt by the former governor, at least for now.
19thnews.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Big. I think this has implications for the midterms and possibly the future of the Democrats. https://19thnews.org/2025/06/zohran-mamdani-andrew-cuomo-new-york-results/
Happy to be wrong
June 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Happy to be wrong