The reason modern life is so dumb and ugly is because countless thousands of future poets, painters and mythmakers were slaughtered at the Somme & Verdun. WWI was a tragedy from which we may never recover. Lewis & Tolkien survived but we lost a hundred Lewises & Tolkiens.

I just generated a $100M sequence in my bedroom. 🎥🔥 Hollywood is cooked

The idea that writers should read exponentially more than they write was completely uncontroversial among writers (Cormac McCarthy said there should be a 100:1 ration of books read to books written) until the new barely literate generation came along.

Bro has GOT to stop dressing like the oligarch failson from Anora

Ladies and gentlemen I present to you a NY City Council member that apparently doesn’t understand how the onboarding process for nearly every job on the books (even temporary) works. These are your elected officials!

Misogynists always dehumanize women blurring & cutting of their faces while focusing on a pregnancy belly, because they view women as objects without rights. Humans are not on the brink of extinction. No woman owes society babies, no matter how delusional racists are.

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HAMNET wins Best British Film at the 2026 #BAFTA awards

Everyone is Maxxing when they should be Marxxxing

ethan hawke saying ‘that’s better than winning’ hearing robert aramayo share that ethan once gave a speech at his school that deeply impacted him 🥺

There is a direct correlation between the "oh my God, I didn't realize California is beautiful" people and "California has higher gas prices. I wonder why?" people, and eventually, folks will get it. You couldn't see this view 40 years ago

Every novel should have a nice map at the start explaining the world of the book just like fantasy novels. I don’t care if it’s set in suburban Idaho or an inner city law firm, give me a nice map spread over two pages.

bunch of grown ass millionaire men huddled up around a phone smiling ear to ear giggling their butts off at a pedophile making corny ass sexist jokes about their peers it does not get much lamer than this

You can board an airplane and buy beer with your drivers license — but unless you paid extra for an Enhanced Real ID in one of the 5 states who offer it, then you will not be able to vote with your drivers license under the SAVE Act. The SAVE Act is a voter suppression bill.

Trying to apply homicide law to pregnant people for getting an abortion would require quietly reinventing every element of criminal law - actus reus, mens rea, causation etc - and creating special rules for pregnancy. It would replace rule of law with "rule by vibes."

Your regular reminder that men define sense of humor as willingness to pity laugh their impotent offerings, women define sense of humor as actually being funny.

Me, considering the people who voted O'Hara

Honestly, KPOP deserves the Criterion Collection treatment far more than FRANKENSTEIN #ISaidWhatISaid

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.