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I’m sure the rest of you have already figured this out but Yellowjackets is really about the lasting effects of trauma. Specifically, 90s style Gen X trauma. It’s about why we are the way we are.
Given the current circumstances in Minnesota, every other president in my lifetime would be trying to lower the temperature and de-escalate the tension. This president has never seen a fire he didn’t throw gasoline.
Bronson Pinchot sighting! This is an all hands on deck situation. The great comedic actor Bronson Pinchot appears in as a pastry chef (a bit part) in the first episode of the Netflix series, The Residence.
Banana Republic
Thursday: Trump officials fire hundreds at the National Nuclear Security Administration
Friday: moved to hire them back
“Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons.”
cnn.com/2025/02/14/climate/n…
I know “We Built This City” has a “worst song of all time” reputation but I’ve always disagreed. It rocks. The joy in that song will not be denied.
Also, if you’re not watching Paradise, what are you even doing?
When I was in 8th grade at a private Christian school I learned that, in addition to the earth being 6000 years old, it was once surrounded by a canopy of water that allowed people to live to up to 900 years old. That was in science class. Anyway, school vouchers are a bad idea.
The thing I just can’t get over is that in 2016 and 2024 there were good honorable men and women running in the Republican primary. But so many people in this country didn’t want good or honorable. They wanted the bigot.
I’ve always imagined film versions of C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy wherein Ralph Fiennes plays Ransom and Gary Oldman plays Weston. As these actors age this idea just gets better.
If you want to understand the mind of a terrorist, read John Updike’s novel: “The Terrorist.” You’ll see that immigration has almost nothing to do with it and that religion is, at best, a secondary concern.
In an actual public square, people measure what they are about to say against what the public response will be. They consider how their words will be received by the people in front of them and what the social consequences for speaking those words might be…
No online platform can be a true public square. The anonymity available to each participant prevents that. Twitter once maintained some semblance of a public square. “X” has devolved into a glorified Reddit comments section. Blue sky… is fun so far…
There’s just no way a championship team from the 90s could beat a championship team in today’s NBA. The humans are just too big, athletic, and talented now.
I know it’s more complicated than this, but WWII is where we earned our status as the world’s greatest nation. Whatever we were before that, that’s what we are now.