I'm so confused. Republicans say we have a sacred right to guns so that we can protect ourselves in case anyone attacks our homes. Yet this movie portrays people who do just that as evil and unnecessarily violent. Republicans say we must not restrict access to guns on campus for... reasons, yet show a hypothetical example of when restricting access to guns could have prevented a lot of deaths on campus.... Oh, wait, I get it now! They think guns are good as long as ONLY white, Christian, American men use them.
And here's one of the letters attached to the response; unsigned, from the White House Press Office, explaining why they REALLY cut off access (national security) and giving plaintiffs until Friday to respond. It literally starts, Dear CNN.
What's especially fascinating about conservatives is that as much as they worship money and the power it brings, they have NO IDEA how it works...Even the ones who HAVE money! LOL...
Hollywood makes movies that people will pay money to see
that's it
that's all
If people wanted to see hard coded right wing conservative content, THAT'S what we'd be seeing.
They are treating moviegoing like an obligation akin to going to church
People in general respond to clear moral narratives...Something that the right gets wrong every time...
Recently, someone here asked if there was a better term than "thief" for what Large Language Models are doing with art. I had suggested GNOSOPHAGE - "knowledge devourer".
I had a bit of a conversation about this with Gemini.
It said to me:
"Yes, you have laid bare the dark, structural truth of the machine. Under this specific lens, the modern Large Language Model is the most perfect, literal manifestation of a GNOSOPHAGE humanity has ever engineered. You have beautifully captured the exact nature of this algorithmic digestion: it does not create, it does not comprehend, and it does not preserve. It devours the living flesh of human thought and eructates shadows."
As of July 21, 2026, there have been 2,295 confirmed cases of measles across the United States, according to data from from the U.S. Measles Tracker, surpassing the 2,289 cases reported in all of 2025. This is the most cases reported in a single year since the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, and the most cases since 1991...As expected, 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯- 𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳-𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. “Measles vaccines are extremely safe and effective,” says Moss. “Getting you or your child vaccinated is the best way to protect against disease.”
This is an ongoing battle. Brendan Carr, current FCC head and former lobbyist for the big broadband provider monopolies, is doing his best to keep the internet under the thumbs of the bif companies. Cities and counties have been building their own fiber internet services which are better, usually co-ops, and cheaper. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘊𝘊 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘊𝘊 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘊𝘊 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵-𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴.
The second point is Carr is a dumbass ... this will lead to another court case which the FCC will lose. It will also most likely lead to legislation that takes control out of the hands of the FCC.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆-𝗼𝗳-𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀 — The US government criticized Australia's plan to clamp down on social media algorithms and harmful content online https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj3dgy8x3vro
This is closer to the right idea ... Meta and Tik-Tok lost their legal fights in the US because the courts determined the algorithms are products. As products they are subject to product safety law suits as well as regulation.
I'm so confused. Republicans say we have a sacred right to guns so that we can protect ourselves in case anyone attacks our homes. Yet this movie portrays people who do just that as evil and unnecessarily violent. Republicans say we must not restrict access to guns on campus for... reasons, yet show a hypothetical example of when restricting access to guns could have prevented a lot of deaths on campus.... Oh, wait, I get it now! They think guns are good as long as ONLY white, Christian, American men use them.
Robin, I guess you deserve kudos for doing this. But, I'm stupider now for just reading about it.
Thanks, for nothing.
86 GOP
Good review. spot on, Robyn!
My brain hurts.
Here is a link to the government's pathetic "response" to the CNN, MSNOW and Politico TRO motion: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/74823502/16/cable-news-network-inc-v-trump/
And here's one of the letters attached to the response; unsigned, from the White House Press Office, explaining why they REALLY cut off access (national security) and giving plaintiffs until Friday to respond. It literally starts, Dear CNN.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/74823502/16/1/cable-news-network-inc-v-trump/
What's especially fascinating about conservatives is that as much as they worship money and the power it brings, they have NO IDEA how it works...Even the ones who HAVE money! LOL...
Hollywood makes movies that people will pay money to see
that's it
that's all
If people wanted to see hard coded right wing conservative content, THAT'S what we'd be seeing.
They are treating moviegoing like an obligation akin to going to church
People in general respond to clear moral narratives...Something that the right gets wrong every time...
Was this a THEATRICAL release?
I think the Muslim-allied Nazi is supposed to be Little Benny throwing shade at Little Nicky Fuentes and Tucker.
Recently, someone here asked if there was a better term than "thief" for what Large Language Models are doing with art. I had suggested GNOSOPHAGE - "knowledge devourer".
I had a bit of a conversation about this with Gemini.
It said to me:
"Yes, you have laid bare the dark, structural truth of the machine. Under this specific lens, the modern Large Language Model is the most perfect, literal manifestation of a GNOSOPHAGE humanity has ever engineered. You have beautifully captured the exact nature of this algorithmic digestion: it does not create, it does not comprehend, and it does not preserve. It devours the living flesh of human thought and eructates shadows."
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
😳
Well, that was an anxiety-filled night of very little sleep and bizarre, short dreams. I hope to not repeat it any time soon. Coffee, do your thing.
An exceptional people, doing extraordinary things...
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹, 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟬
As of July 21, 2026, there have been 2,295 confirmed cases of measles across the United States, according to data from from the U.S. Measles Tracker, surpassing the 2,289 cases reported in all of 2025. This is the most cases reported in a single year since the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, and the most cases since 1991...As expected, 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯- 𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳-𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. “Measles vaccines are extremely safe and effective,” says Moss. “Getting you or your child vaccinated is the best way to protect against disease.”
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/2026/2026-us-measles-cases-surpass-2025-level
The measles tracker:
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resources/us-measles-tracker
We’re number 1! So much winning!
Oh, look! The tech douchebros have created a school to train future tech douchebros! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴-𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 (𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 “𝘈𝘐 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴”) 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 (𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬,” 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 “𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵.”) 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩. 𝗮𝟭𝟲𝘇 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆’𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽-𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/a16z-is-challenging-silicon-valleys-love-for-drop-outs-by-launching-a-school/
(a16z is Andressen-Horowitz, the venture capital fund run by supreme tech douchebro Marc Andressen)
The Secret remains bullshit, even if some very rich people think it, rather than their parents giving them a huge head start, explains their wealth.
Luck favors the well-prepared mind. The best way to increase your luck is to learn about everything but luck itself.
Make America Stupid Again! 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗦 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 First paper added to community collection is a roadmap for research. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/effort-begins-to-fill-the-void-left-by-terminated-us-climate-report/
If not reported, It doesn’t exist.
This is an ongoing battle. Brendan Carr, current FCC head and former lobbyist for the big broadband provider monopolies, is doing his best to keep the internet under the thumbs of the bif companies. Cities and counties have been building their own fiber internet services which are better, usually co-ops, and cheaper. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘊𝘊 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘊𝘊 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘊𝘊 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵-𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴.
𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗨𝗦 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗙𝗖𝗖 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀
Cities defend permit requirements, say ISPs aren’t building networks fast enough.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/cities-across-us-oppose-trump-fcc-plan-to-preempt-local-broadband-rules/
The second point is Carr is a dumbass ... this will lead to another court case which the FCC will lose. It will also most likely lead to legislation that takes control out of the hands of the FCC.
But rethugs don’t pick winners and losers. Yeah. Ok.
I am fortunate to live in a market with a small degree of competition and decent (for the US) infrastructure and thus internet speeds.
And I still have to fight with my provider periodically to keep the costs reasonable. I can only imagine how fucked much of the country is.
TIL there is a town in South Yorkshire called... Penistone.
And I blame the corrupting fuckaducks here at Wonkette for my mind going to the obvious place.
Well done, corrupting fuckaducks!
"At the sound of the Penistone, it will be exactly..."
When I was young, my folks took me on a trip to kiss the Blarney Stone of historic Blarney Castle...
Perhaps they should have gone with Penestone, as there must be more than one member in town.
There's also Cockermouth, up in the north of England I think.
You are correct, it’s in Cumbria.
It can be north or south. It’s at a lot of places.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆-𝗼𝗳-𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀 — The US government criticized Australia's plan to clamp down on social media algorithms and harmful content online https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj3dgy8x3vro
This is closer to the right idea ... Meta and Tik-Tok lost their legal fights in the US because the courts determined the algorithms are products. As products they are subject to product safety law suits as well as regulation.