Ah, to be twenty and unhappily in love again!

Orban’s gone, but who knows if that will hold. Kaczyński is gone in Poland, but they’ve now already elected an extremist President who is ensuring that Tusk can’t do any meaningful reforms. Similar things may happen in Hungary. I am not yet optimistic…Read more

Very much looking forward to The Bone Temple.

I also bought a new Humble Bundle, the Image Romance Comics one. It’s got the entirety of Saga pretty much up to now, which I don’t need, but man that’s crazy value. And there’s Alex+Ada and Sunstone and a lot of stuff I don’t know that looks good.

Y’know, I don’t understand Humble Bundle. I mean, I get…Read more

US troop reduction would hit Germany hard in terms of security, but also economically. But then again, Ramstein is their door to the Middle East, so I don’t really see this happening.

“The script wasn’t quite there but more importantly it didn’t work in terms of the larger DCU both in terms of the story and practical concerns,” Gunn wrote in a post on Threads. “Maybe some day. Not soon.”

Well, that’s what everbody thought when they announced it, wasn’t it? Glad Gunn caught up.

This does look fun. Still a very weird project to me, but why the fuck not.

One thing that stands out watching it though is that it’s weird how a lot of what is happening in this show doesn’t feel like the over-the-top satire that it used to be anymore. Current events have kind of caught up with this world.

I mean, I’d probably rewatch Infinity War at the theatres again with an extra five minutes, but Endgame wasn’t even that great of a movie.

Nothing makes sense, everything is convenient, the dialogues are wooden and, well, bad.
And once again they keep focusing on characters I DON’T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT.
I hate, hate, hate Daniel Blake, every moment of screentime he gets is just so much worse than if there…Read more

Sigh.

Honestly, Bernthal playing the Punisher will never not be fun.

Not to mention that he actively, desperately wants to commit…Read more

In contrast to…Read more

But it will be interesting to see the effects of AI on those IQ points, not to mention other test scores.

This one convinces me most, honestly:

Population composition and inequality. OECD data show…

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I think we can all agree in blaming social media for this?

But I think once you have that, the thing that’s a bit much is the driver’s licence (and the over 15 thing).
I think…Read more

But regarding AI – I’ve been told that there’s a huge difference already between the free and the pro models. Altman wasn’t kidding, apparently, when he talked about a model where we buy intelligence on a meter, like we buy electric power and shit like that. Seems like we’re already there.

In more fun news, Trump firing Bondi for not being able to actually put his enemies in jail is hilarious. It’s impossible to have your head further up anyone’s arse than hers was in Trump’s, but that doesn’t matter one bit of course. And…Read more

What I’m saying is, life has been quite exhausting for a…Read more

But just like many other important institutions (including my field), publicly run is still preferable to private companies, to my mind. Yes, some government may manage to take more influence than should be possible, but with a private TV station, newspaper or whatever, the experience is that if…Read more

It’s actually a pretty good model.

That being said, who knows what the actual dynamics here were and are, and I think we all pretty much agree on the overall picture.

The US will go a long way in their support of Israel, and they certainly don’t give a fuck about a genocide against the Palestinians. But you fuck with their oil money, and that support…Read more