Cloud Atlas is one of my favorite movies! When I first realized I was watching

… I was astonished. And I’m still floored by the expansive idea of it to this day.

Living in the US is like living within the prisoners dilemma. If we all work together, we could make the world an infinitely better place, but we’re all worried that a bunch of us won’t, and they’ll instead drive all of us off a cliff if they have even the idea that it might make them richer than their neighbor. Our worries are founded in the political landscape of today, where everywhere you look the world is getting worse, and there’s some rich republican smarmy asshole doing everything in their power to make it worse (while profiting from the chaos).

When AI decides to destroy the human virus, it now knows exactly how to create a bug capable of it. Probably more likely than pumping out a bunch of humanoid robots with guns, just create a bug, spread it around, and mess with our ability to communicate in time to stop the spread. BAM. Easy-peasy, humans are now down to a manageable 1 billion or so individuals.

The Body Keeps Score.

Anne Marie is getting all the rest now that she was never able to find after that tragic day.

putting work requirements on healthcare is what damned it.

Right now, Georgia is the only state that imposes a work requirement for Medicaid coverage. But more than a dozen largely Republican-led states already plan to seek approval from the Trump administration to impose work requirements on Medicaid enrollees.

Even moving it to an annual work verification isn’t going to help. People are struggling to find and maintain work, so why apply for something that’s going to be stripped from them in the future, through no fault of their own?

Thousands of others never finished applying, according to the state’s data, as reports of technical glitches mounted. The state also never hired enough people to help residents sign up

the Pathways program has cost federal and state taxpayers more than $86.9 million, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants

The whole thing is a republican boondoggle. They imposed requirements that doomed sign-up, then funneled money to their friends companies, all so they could performatively throw up their hands in despair and say “well, I guess government provided healthcare IS just a waste of tax payer money!” Fucking grifters getting people killed because they’d rather play politics than help people.

Once you get enough money, you begin to equate having it with being significant, or of importance. This leads you to, conversely, believe that those without it are insignificant, and of little importance. Thus, in his mind, he is like a a great cosmological wheat thresher, separating the wheat from the chaff of our genetic pool. Thus self-aggrandizement naturally walks hand-in-hand with a want to practice eugenics.

This is a man who saw Idiocracy, and his take away was to focus on removing the over-reproducing “idiots” from the gene pool by removing any support they would need to reproduce. His only measure of whether or not someone is “good enough” to reproduce, is their ability to obtain currency.

Instead of focusing on social programs that would educate and raise the tide (thus lifting all boats), he’d rather a bunch of people die needlessly, never once imagining that the next Einstein, Picasso, or Tesla might be among the culled.

Here is a partial list of great scientists that arose from poverty to achieve great things

I know they will be there for me when I need it

Here’s the thing, relationships take work. Not just marriages or romantic ones, they all take work. Effort needs to be made by both parties, or else the relationship will die. I had a friend that affectionately called it “friend work,” where they would spend a bit of time each day putting in the effort needed to maintain a healthy friendship, because if she didn’t, then the relationship would suffer for it.

Not wanting to engage in the world right now is very common, and downright reasonable considering the general state of things. If a relationship you have with someone is mentally stressing you, or sapping your energy, consider whether or not that relationship is valuable to you, and act accordingly. If the relationship is important to you, and you want it to continue or grow, then you have to put effort into it. If the relationship is one-sided, and feels draining, and you want it to end, then put forth zero effort into it, and it will naturally go away.

just watched it, that was so milquetoast I can’t believe anyone was actually offended. Shit, they just reused a couple jokes from the last time. That was it. He’s scared of black people, that’s the joke. magats are scared of anyone with more melanin than milli vanilli, so, uh, rings true to me

right, the only person in washington trying to get money out of politics is for the oligarchy. the one person who brow beats against the oligarchy, is actually for the oligarchy. you’re a straight up moron, my dude.

here’s the truth you can’t take, you’re an asshole and a moron.

Artistically, I’d say:

• Cloud Atlas
• The Fall
• Pans Labyrinth

For Epics, I’d say:

• Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Seven Samurai

For Comedies:

• Airplane!
• Home Alone
• Naked Gun
• Hot Fuzz

Super Hero Movies:

• Logan
• Batman: The Dark Knight
• Batman vs. Superman (The Snyder Cut)

Animated:

• Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
• Spirited Away
• Beauty and the Beast
• Akira

Horror:

• Alien(s)
• The Shining
• The Thing
• Psycho

Honorable Mention:

• Oh Brother Where art thou
• Fargo (the TV series is great too!)
• Django Unchained
• Pulp Fiction
• Dunkirk
• Inglorious Basterds
• Dial M for Murder
• North by Northwest
• Wild Strawberries

(I’m sorry, I love movies)

You can rewatch Requiem for a Dream!?

To pay tribute to the late director, David Lynch, I finally got around to watching Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and The Straight Story.

The Straight Story was an homage to the American Midwest, and despite being as slow as the protagonists method of transportation, kept my interest throughout.

Mulholland Drive had some brilliant acting, some amazing scenes, and really left a lasting impact on me. Most notably, I was left saying “WTF?”

While Blue Velvet is like a crime drama with Camp turned up to 11. Had some great scenes, and was interesting, but some of the acting choices and dialogue were bewildering to me. (“It’s time to FUCK! Let’s FUCK!” comes to mind lol)

Just watched the directors cut of Kingdom of Heaven, and dang, what a film!

Mine isn’t particularly exotic, merely a feral cat. She seemed friendly, so I started leaving some water out, and giving her some food, with the intention of adopting her. Then, she had a litter of kittens under my porch. 5 of them. So I started leaving a bit more food out. In a couple days, 2 more kittens joined them (with no sign of the parents). I thought they were cute, but despite wanting to adopt the original mamma cat, I was not prepared to take in 8 freaking cats.

Then I learned that they had found a small hole in the outer wall of my house, which lead to the underside of the home. A small opening only the kittens could squeeze in and out of. I thought it was cute and allowed it because, how much harm could they do? and it seemed like a nice little protective place for them to hide from the neighborhood dogs that I’ve seen wandering around my yard.

Well then I discovered that another opening to the underside of my house, this time large enough for an adult cat to get through. Still, I was unbothered. It was during the winter, and having the mamma cat there seemed downright reasonable. I continued to feed them everyday, and provide a gravity fed watering dish.

But as spring came, so did the smell. At first I thought the smell was emanating purely from them pooping near my house, so I found out where they had been doing it, and blocked the sandy ground so that it was inaccessible. Next I decided to block the large opening to the underside of my house, and in so doing, discovered the true source of the smell. Not only had they been seeking refuge under my home, but they had torn down a sizable portion of the insulation, and shat absolutely.EVERYWHERE. (in the process of poking around the giant litterbox that is the underside of my house, I got a nice sinus infection as their parting gift)

I decided to open it up, and put a box fan down there, hoping that airflow would diminish the smell, but oh, dear reader, it just made it worse. The lack of insulation combined with the airflow meant I was pushing a massive amount of the smell directly into my living quarters. I opened every window in the house trying to rid myself of the smell, which barely receded.

I’ve since ordered a large amount of enzymatic cleaner, so soon I’ll be donning a rain jacket, work pants, head lamp, mask, and goggles, and attempting to clean the giant litter box they’ve made of my crawlspace. I’ve stopped feeding them, and will be applying “cat mace” to their usual areas of lingering. After a few days of not feeding, I think I can coax them into a giant cardboard box with some tuna, close it up, and get them to a stray shelter 30-40 miles away.

Until then, I’ve different scented candles in each room invaded by their pungent detritus. The smell of them has driven me half mad, while their incessant mewing and my sinus infection seems to be taking me the rest of the way.

Wish me luck. May god have mercy on me.

I cannot hear this song without thinking that the background singers are repeatedly saying “cut your balls off” during the refrain

Billy Idol - Mony Mony

Ukraine would have to cede territory and reject Nato membership in order to reach a deal.

wow so exactly what putin wants. what a fucking moron.

“If one side will just bow their head and give in to all the other sides demands we’ll surely reach a deal!” fucking dipshits. art of the deal my ass.

protesting is where you meet these communities and working groups.

Same. I was there for the Women’s march, there for BLM, after George Floyd, and most recently for the 50501 (which was surprisingly well attended despite it’s quick set-up). Let me know if there’s another one, and I’ll be there too. All it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.

Between this and the asteroid scheduled to (maybe) hit Earth in 2032, I’m beginning to think that we’re in for a rough time.