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PSP Scripted Series Lab 2023, UBC MFA 2019, The Beaverton, Satan’s Lawyer Podcast. Sydney (Australia) Vancouver (Canada) The Internet (derogatory)
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Love how every single liberal party strategy is “moving right wins elections” then when moving right repeatedly fails to win elections cause they’re running against OPENLY RIGHT-WING PARTIES they just go “Well clearly we didn’t move right enough.” Like even a child could tell you what’s wrong

There it is: Speaker of the House says Elon has already started running your Social Security through his AI.

yes one thing we've learned about this white house is they stand on decorum

I remember when the war started people were shocked that Zelensky, once a crossdressing comedian, would stand up to Putin, a muscle-bound big game hunter, but it will always take more strength to defy masculinity than abide by it

What’s interesting about the Oval Office fiasco is that it was Trump who repeatedly claimed during the campaign that he would end the war in ‘24 hours’ and that he was a master negotiator. Did the guy sulking, then berating Zelensky, then kicking him out, look or sound like a master negotiator?

You know what happens to American businesses when russia bombs a city in Ukraine? They are bombed, just like the rest of the city.

It's amazing that Russia was able to take control of the U.S. before it could take control of Ukraine.

I have never lived in New York or indeed the US, but based on my extensive research, these are required characteristic that need to be locked in before anyone is even considered for NY mayor, are they not?

Zelensky pretty sure disgraceful meeting could have been disgraceful email

[fruit naming committee] BOSS: what is this one called WORKER: grapefruit BOSS: we already have a grape that’s a fruit what else you got WORKER: *checks list* pamplemousse BOSS: grapefruit is fine

You: Oh my god the house is on fire! Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,

Small men always grow angry when they are confronted with the type of man they wish people saw them as, but can never be.

There’s a real level of genius the greatest filmmakers have where people can write essays and produce documentaries about the symbolism in The Shining and then you see a clip of Stanley Kubrick talking about it and he’s like “yeah I thought it’d look creepy idk”

People saying “never again” about Trump NOW feels like at this point they’re protesting too much. I mean, I know third terms are currently illegal or whatever, but… like… from my POV in the adversarial nation of Canada… Possibly Again, right?

Before everyone decides this is some kind of menswear guy level takedown of us stiffs in our monkey suits, the Ukrainian word for suit is “костюм” The dig was after, when he said to the reporter that in peace time he’d wear one “maybe like yours, maybe better than yours”

Some personal news: I learned today that my Washington Post column, “I Hate Personal Liberty,” was inexplicably canceled. If you know an editor who hates freedom as much as I do, please dm.

I think it’s okay for a Canadian broadcaster to lean towards one side of an issue, if the side is Canada’s.

i would simply reason with Reacher and defeat him in the marketplace of ideas

"Resigning in protest" as a concept is really coming up against its greatest weakness "sweet jobs opening up for completely unethical shitheads."

Bezos destroying the post opinion pages is just another reminder: Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want.

But if you want to hear about the great taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, talk to me.

This is so wildly inaccurate, The Pitt is NOT derivative of ER just because they’re both emergency room procedurals! It is derivative of 24!!

i keep seeing the right argue that the nazi salutes are "trolling." i think there's some truth to that, but know what exactly is being mocked. they aren't mocking the idea that they could be nazis, they're mocking the idea that they should care one way or the other.

These parentheticals are only creating the need for more parentheticals, I’m sorry.

Hopefully when the dust settles everyone involved “can has” some jail time

I love leaving voice mails for my senators where I say things like "the USPS is very important to our country" as if I'm helping a small child with a book report or describing our civilization to an alien

Their every suggestion for how it could help me out is always just stuff my own brain already does “but either uselessly cliche/generic or explicitly stolen!” Yes, uh, thank you for this.

God, I can’t even imagine what it must be like to have your voting system be so neutered that for your democracy to function you have to take to the streets and “organize” and “it’s up to us” and “call your congressman” every time he should be working, or the wheels just come off, Jesus Christ

Virtually Imperceptible Facial Expression Sends Shock Wave Through ‘White Lotus’ Fan Base theonion.com/virtual...

Curating the Dad Timeline(tm)

It must’ve been crazy during Covid when all the severed employees had to work from home

Looking for Canada on this list like some kind of desperate 1920s gambler rifling through today’s paper for the results I bet my paycheck on

Dolphins.

This is the thing: What is a gesture other than that? If it resembles the gesture in every way, then what prevents it from being the gesture? Can a gesture ever *be?* Can it only *resemble* some platonic ideal of itself? Many philosophical questions arise from legacy media cowardice.

I suspect this is a HUGELY underestimated factor in radicalization. If you look at, say, QAnon boards, it’s not really folks looking for scapegoats for their dire material circumstances. It’s middle-class people with boring lives who want to imagine they’re in The Parallax View.

this is where millennials have a huge advantage coming of age as the internet was

Trudeau invites Zelensky to friendly pick-your-brain coffee chat about being invaded by warmongering neighbour

“Moving forward our priorities have shifted. We’re making shows as shows that can exist as annual releases, more like television,” -Head of Marvel Television Brad Winterbaum, presumably exhaling a massive cloud of Marijuana smoke (Yes, that is a real interview quote)

he is so swagless he has somehow achieved negative drip. this image is like a vortex, i can feel the swag being drained from my own body as i view this

I honestly think it would be hilarious if there was one family on White Lotus that was having just the best time, like we get two miserable storylines and then occasionally cut to this family going “We saw three dolphins!”