Zach the Autumn Lord

Help out Matt and his family if you can. Might be one or two books in the store you’ll like.

But first, today’s trip to the theater:

But first, today’s trip to the theater:

Finally caught up on DEMON SLAYER.

Which means tomorrow:

Trump now blocking terror threat warnings because it makes him look bad.

“They don’t want anything getting out that says what they’re doing in Iran is raising the threat level at home.”

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

The older I get, the more I dislike movies and shows that specifically seem to posture themselves as “edgy” or “cool.” Like R-rated superhero movies that are basically screaming at the audience “Look at me. I’m not like those PG-13 movies. I’m grownup and mature. Watch me beat this guy’s head in.”

ancient christians: Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.

medieval christians: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

modern christians: ok i cheated but God forgave me and you guys have to too.

Me, dumb and politically correct: Firing on unarmed ships or double-tap military strikes on schools are bad things.

wild how when you construct a subculture which is largely anti-intellectual and anti-art you don’t end up with intellectual or artistic influence

Still trying to figure out why THIS had to be the first theatrical Star Wars movie we got in years.

I don't know how to explain this but Casablanca is a movie for adults.

There are lots of movies built on an element of fantasy about being young or brave or defying the odds.

Casablanca is not that. Everyone in that movie has back pain and they have all just accepted it.

Even if you genuinely didn’t think he would do all the things he’s doing, you still knew exactly what kind of person he was and elected him anyway. There’s no excuse.

we are governed by psychopathic shitposting children

Finally!

Godzilla never stood a chance.

From the first trailer of "Kindred Spirits", the new animated feature film by Tomm Moore & Cartoon Saloon (Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers) + Folivari. Coming in 2028.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQn9...

"you need to learn how to use gAI or you'll get left behind!"

counterpoint!

the absolute fastest way to render yourself unemployable is to build your skillset around a tool that does your thinking for you, that everyone has access to, and that one company can change or take away at any time

PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.

Pope Leo received Cardinal Cupich, along with His Eminence Nathanael, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Chicago. In private audience today.

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

i'm not an economist but if 900 people can afford to fund $3,000 checks to damn near everyone else in america and still be insanely fuckin rich afterwards maybe they have too much fuckin money

Yeah, I know this is fiction (and pretty violent) but there’s something comforting and cathartic right now about a story where men are allowed to cry and warriors believe every human life is precious and worth protecting.

You could just always tell they didn’t quite fit in their outfits and it was jarring to watch most of the time. The fact they either couldn’t hide it or didn’t even bother to try says a lot.

Apropos of nothing but I’m starting to think there’s a reason the Bible loudly and repeatedly warns us about the dangers of wealth?

AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal.

The court ruled that a work must have a human creator in order to qualify for copyright.

(Link: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...)

Not me getting all teary-eyed watching the third season finale of DEMON SLAYER.

Good on him for continuing to press her, for refusing to let her off the hook.

More of this.

Gone 32 years today and not a day goes by that we don’t miss you.

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

At very least, it’s not in the same category as trying to upload your conscience into a computer or trying to “improve” yourself with cybernetic implants.