I got told this at one job. So I just started making up absolute hogwash and lies to tell people. That was a lot more fun. Except then I had to remember it all.
Day: October 31, 2024, 4:11 PM
DST For Me and Thee
Standard Time sucks so much. Can’t believe we’re about to be back in that turd again.
DST forevermore!
Cheesing Up
Oh, absolutely, this is the case. The media makes vastly more money during close national elections. If Trump and Harris were held to the same standards, Trump would be 5-7% down and it wouldn’t even be a contest. But the absolutely insane things Trump says don’t get reported or get buried, while relatively innocuous actions or statements of Harris get distorted and reported on incessantly. This is to make the election be a contest not a landslide for Harris.
And to be clear: this would happen if Harris were the one doing insane things and Trump were the normal one. The media needs the election to be close to make that cheddar. That’s what’s going on.
Bian
Men, what’s a good movie to watch on a first date?
Probably either Cannibal Holocaust or A Serbian Film. Maybe do a double header, really get things going.
Wuhan Clan
Covid was definitely a lab escape with some minor mods from the wild type. The problem is that any scientists who would claim this are terribly afraid of having their funding cut and/or being harassed by the CCP, so they either say nothing or just spout nonsense to avoid the loss of cash and the hassle.
Lorde – Tennis Court
Just such a great video. I watch it every few months. What looks easy here is actually hard. The shoot itself takes only a few hundred dollars worth of equipment if you rent it but coaxing your subject into being so static yet interesting for more than three minutes is an art. And that’s not easy at all.
I was hoping the uniqueness and pure force of Lorde’s first album was presaging a cultural shift. Alas, it did not. And we haven’t had one of those in a long time, no matter what some clowns claim. But I hope we do still one day.
Eb and Flow
Roger Ebert’s 4-Star Review of ‘Halloween’ Made Me Want to Be a Writer.
I miss Roger Ebert. I often disagreed with him, but never regretted reading what he wrote. Siskell & Ebert is what made me love movies and to see them in a way I likely otherwise would not have.
There are not any critics like him left writing any longer and that is indeed a great loss.
What visuals reveal about the impact of Israeli strikes on Iran.
Jeff Bezos Just Made the Crisis at The Washington Post So Much Worse.
Powering Proliferation: The Global Engine Market and China’s Indigenization.
How life began on Earth: Model suggests ancient Earth had organic-rich atmosphere.
Here’s What NORAD’s Commander Just Told Us About The Langley AFB Drone Incursions.
Life-changing choices we may be forced to make if Donald Trump wins.
How One Polling Decision Is Leading to Two Distinct Stories of the Election.