I like that a core strategy of the AI industry is trying to convince everyone that they hate being alive and doing anything. That your only desire as a human being is to put out product and make money and get likes on social media. But you shouldn't enjoy any actual activity.

Hard to properly articulate how absolutely loathsome this perspective is .

Numerous #Macross titles are now streaming on Hulu. American #anime fans can now finally — and legally — watch one of anime’s most iconic franchises. opus.ing/posts/macross-…

The second season of Apple’s #Severance drops this Friday, January 17. Here’s a quick roundup of what critics are saying about the new season and the new revelations at Lumon Industries. opus.ing/posts/review-r…

It’s only right and fair that we should want our favorite artists to be decent people given the comfort, entertainment, inspiration, and joy their work adds to our lives. Thus, when an artist is revealed to be a degenerate creep, it’s a kind of betrayal. opus.ing/posts/problem-…

This was the peak of television; nothing will ever be funnier than this moment.

Now that numerous #Macross titles are streaming on Hulu, it seems like a good time to share my overview of the iconic anime franchise and its various installments from the last four decades. opus.ing/posts/macross-…

With its dated animation and bizarre, disjointed storyline, this one’s for #Macross diehards and completists, only. My ★★½ review of Shōji Kawamori’s #MacrossZero (2002): opus.ing/diet/449273

Outside Closer is 20 years old today. Our celebrations begin and end with this tweet.

20 years ago, HOOD — one of my all-time favorite bands — released their final studio album: Outside Closer. “Few bands convey the dreariness of the colder seasons, as well as the wistfulness for something better as well as Hood does.” opus.ing/reviews/outsid…

The Los Angeles fires have inspired a rash of fake, AI-generated images about the disaster. Last year, Jason Morehead wrote about the threat such imagery poses to our ability to “understand, determine, and agree upon what is real.” christandpopculture.com/living-for-tru…

Always disgusted by AI but doing this to Severance of all things, a show about how people matter and cannot and will not be replaced or erased for corporate profit, is particularly heinous

If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Follow a few simple steps to limit how Meta collects and profits from your personal data. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…

This weekend’s Opus newsletter features articles on David Lynch (RIP), Hong Kong cinema, Neil Young’s Pono, Y2K hysteria, TikTok, and more. Read it here: opus.substack.com/p/weekend-read…

Hot on the heels of one of their best albums in years, long-time Opus fave Starflyer 59 returns with an album of… checks notes… instrumental lullabies. opus.ing/posts/all-my-f…

I really appreciate it when people let me know that I don’t need to take anything they say seriously.

If you’re an Opus subscriber, then I hope you enjoy this month’s exclusive playlist and podcast, which highlights some of the great music that’s been released by Velvet Blue Music in recent years. opus.ing/posts/new-subs…

I wrote this in 2022 after Elon acquired Twitter but it’s relevant in light of folks leaving FB b/c of Mark Zuckerberg’s new content moderation rules. You don’t need a social media platform to be heard, to publish your thoughts, or to connect with others. opus.ing/posts/elon-mus…

This is my last post on X. When the President’s right-hand man makes a gesture that neo-Nazis and white supremacists celebrate, doubles down against any criticism, and then cracks juvenile jokes about the situation, it’s time to shake the dust off my feet. opus.ing/posts/so-long-…