Ok, but if you learned later that the guy was trafficking and raping women and children, and was selling them to other rich people for sex, that might color your perspective a bit? And if you looked back on that moment and said “I saw nothing strange or suspicious” I would think you were a liar.

Him, Epstein, and four girls who he claims were college aged. Epstein, the human trafficker and child rapist, and another middle aged man, having a party with four “college aged” girls.

But nothing weird or suspicious.

Oh man, I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until I read the content of his email.

First he says that he didn’t see anything that would suggest sex crimes, then he says he met Jeffrey and “the girls” who were 4 young women introduced to him as students, and says they were very hospitable.

That feels like something we could crowd-source. I don’t need the space and tools to build two open source cars, but if we had ten people in the community that wanted them, it would make sense to rent the space and buy the tools.

I would definitely pay a premium for an open source car.

This is how you explain gerrymandering to kids.

I haven’t not heard of this movie, but I didn’t know it was in theaters and I have no idea what it’s about or if it’s worth the price of a ticket.

So whatever they put into marketing, the result is “vaguely aware a movie exists.”

I was hoping for a decentralized version of discord ever since they started requiring phone numbers.

Collinsworth throwing shit at the only guy having a great game.

Only reason I could see bringing Toby back would be to kill him off and introduce live-action Miles. And then Surprise! It’s actually a secret crossover event for the Spiderverse, Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman, Venom, and any other loose ends they want to tie into a bow.

I finally got around to watching season 1, and now I’m feeling fairly hopeless about our political situation.

That’s a bummer. How about the Fightin’ Gaelea Baens? It’s a beetle, and it’s pronounced “Jelly Bean.”

There are a whole bunch of minor league team names that are fun. There are teams called the Jumbo Shrimp, the Iron Pigs, the Flying Squirrels, the River Bandits, and all of them have fun logos already available on baseball hats.

There is of course the question of copyrights, but there are three good reasons why you probably don’t need to worry about getting sued. First, it would be unbelievably bad press for any major or minor league or team to sue a bunch of tiny fans. Second, you’ll probably be buying a bunch of merchandise like hats and banners with their logos on it (assuming you aren’t printing your own using their logos). Third, they would probably get laughed out of court at the notion that a multi-million dollar franchise needs to differentiate itself from the sandlot kids in diapers. You’re not profiting from the name or logo (right?), and they have better things to do with their time than volunteer to be the villain in the court of public opinion.

Edit to add some more: Trash Pandas, Rumble Ponies, Sod Poodles, Yard Goats, Blue Wahoos, AquaSox, RubberDucks, PaddleHeads, Hot Rods, Cannon Ballers, and the Baby Cakes.

This build uses older DDR4, which is still ridiculously overpriced, but isn’t fluctuating quite as much as DDR5.

That’s a good idea, too. I’ll probably freeze one and experiment with however much of the other one goes stale.

Which of these guys would be interested in the OC job in Philly?

No, but then it probably isn’t for me. I also haven’t seen Glitter. I might have gone to see it if Coppola was there to lead a discussion on the themes of the film, though. Good or bad, that would be a fascinating experience.

I remember one time at the Philadelphia Film Fest, I saw a terrible movie starring Alan Cumming and David Boreanaz, and while I didn’t think it was a great film, Boreanaz was there for a post-film Q&A. Cumming might have also been there, but it’s hard to remember exactly who was on the panel. I just vivdly remember Boreanaz because he mentioned his dad was in the audience, and he pointed to the guy seated next to me. Regardless, it would be fun to hear any creator talk about their labor of love, their process, and what they were trying to create.

I think this sentiment reveals one of the major flaws within the movie industry, specifically that reviewers feel compelled to watch (and review) movies. But going to the movies is a self-selecting process. If you don’t enjoy Hallmark Christmas movies because they are all the same, or you hate comic book movies because you’ve seen all of them, or you think auteur experiments are self-indulgent and pointless, you can just watch something else. Those movies weren’t made for you.

But capitalism has turned snark into a commodity. People don’t click on glowing reviews. Take-downs, drama, and wit entertain readers the same way that Hallmark Christmas movies do. The audience and the creators attract each other.

If you want it to go away, the best advice remains the catchy jingle by Paul Anka and Lisa Simpsons: “Just don’t look.”

I recently heard someone say that the problem with making fun of a shitheel for something that they can’t help is that you’re also making fun of all the people with the same condition. And they don’t deserve that.

So I’ll apologize to all the people who have become disingenuous dipshits who deny all of science because a worm ate part of their brains.

I mean, that ship sailed as soon as the brain worm guy was put in charge.