Spooks

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Father. Lawyer. Writer. Spartan.

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Getting increasingly pissed off by various politicians "distraught" today. This is America, where every day we wonder if this when someone we love gets mowed down by a shooter. Pretending to be shocked just shows you don't get it. Trump has a Secret Service detail to protect him. My kids don't.

No we the fuck are not.

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Political violence always benefits authoritarians because liberals will always condemn it and authoritarians, regardless of whether they are perpetrators or victims, will always use it to claim more power.

Every now and then, as people both famous and not pass away, I notice that their years of birth creep inexorably closer to my own. Which is the natural order of things, of course, but it is a stark reminder that I’m likely already playing the back nine.

This is a solid, and somewhat depressing, point.

I saw that they announced Shrek 5 today and that it's coming in July 2026, and it just seemed like the most bizarre thing to me. Like who can even imagine what July 2026 is going to be like and whether the people alive then will be in a place where they want to see Shrek again

LMFAO

Honestly impressed with the deranged persistence of Meta’s Science Experiment Sidekick bot

Yes, and the victims are billionaire’s yachts and the Orcas are the heroes. Just take my money now.

They should make a new JAWS film but w orcas.

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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

if you’re waiting for everyone around you to wake up, you’ll wait forever. this is how the people grinding our bones to make their bread WANT you to be. paralyzed, alienated & purposeless

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“Now that we know felons can be white, we’re massive fans of crime.”

I don’t even know where to begin with this.

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Oh yeah, these are going on the stop signs in the neighborhood

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Sorry still kinda stuck on the proud originalists entirely making up a new law making us a monarchy, I'm sure I'll get past it soon

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NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

Happy Independence Day! Everyone make sure to vote for Joe Biden so it’s not our last one!

The music by Ramin Djawadi for Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon is just next level. These shows wouldn’t be what they are without it.

Played through Ghost of Tsushima for the second time. I chose the other ending this time, and…wow. Heartbreaking. Amazing how just a few seconds at the end of a story can color the whole experience. What a powerful story. Beautiful soundtrack too.

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So I can’t sue if my personal voting rights were violated but I can sue a woman I suspect of getting an abortion? apple.news/Af4omA_5nT5u...

US court rolls back key voting rights protectionapple.news Only the US attorney general, not individuals, can appeal racist voting practices, a federal court finds.

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If there's a journalist out there digging into the people or groups who funded the Proud Boys' planning for January 6, may I propose that you consider titling your article "The Pay of Biggs?"

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when your twitter friends show up on bluesky

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Fani Willis to Jim Jordan: "Your letter offends each and every one of these settled principles. Its obvious purpose is to obstruct a Georgia criminal proceeding and to advance outrageous partisan misrepresentations." s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23...

Has there ever been a broader chasm between the quality of a soundtrack and the movie it accompanies than Steve Jablonsky’s brilliant score for Transformers? I can’t think of anything else that comes close.

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Right: Jordan Peterson claiming expertise on color Left: Jordan Peterson’s expertise on color

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What if The Matrix but French

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