Oh hey I have a debut novel out today.

"No, I haven't seen two hobbits. Why would I have seen two hobbits? Hobbits are a tremendous people by the way. They invented golf. Their golf swing isn't as good as mine but they're still very good. Very good at golf."

obsession was the first of the modern "horror movie as simple literal moral fable"s I've seen that honored each side's perspective and responsibility for the phenomena in question, rather than being one-sided and therefore overly political and narrow. great film, great work of art, great

This was posted and immediately deleted. What is going on?

Not one member of Metallica ever appeared on sesame street. Master of puppets my ass.

The problem with callout culture is the fact that people normalize the idea of gathering shit for the purpose of maliciously damaging their reputation, and not actually protecting the people that were potentially hurt by them

I mean it’s basically Rugby with more commercial breaks?

so a trillionaire is now a thing. incredible. i think americans are fine with that if they feel they have opportunities for themselves and their children. a big if.

"The world has changed, believe me, that I can tell you. Folks are saying they feel it in the water and the earth. You can smell it! In the air! Oh what a smell, folks, what a smell. So much that we once had is lost. But we're going to bring it back, okay?"

Elon Musk was able to become a trillionaire because he doesn’t spend $5 on coffee everyday

Elon Musk didn’t become a trillionaire until age 54 Relax, you still have time

I always wonder why an OF girl would follow me. Then I remember that I’m a super handsome and powerful evil sorcerer.

I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.

Man I hope they went with this casting. She's perfect.

I, personally, will not be satisfied until we get a reference to the infamous Eagle's Nest episode claiming He-Man is a gateway to demonic possession.

They were always pretty subversive and I loved them for it. I remember being a kid and watching She-Ra interact w giant scary monsters but instead of fighting them, she befriends them and those monsters help her a ton later on. Never letting purely aesthetics determine morality

Insane take from Fable 5

Okay, Masters of the Universe had no business being that good.

Released in 1975, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was an animated television special directed by legendary animator Chuck Jones and based on the classic story by Rudyard Kipling. The story follows a brave mongoose who takes on two deadly cobras to protect the family that rescued him. For a generation of kids, it was one of those rare animated films that felt genuinely intense. The stakes were real, the villains were terrifying, and you couldn't help but root for Rikki-Tikki every step of the way. More than 50 years later, it's still remembered as one of the finest animated adaptations ever put on television. Did you watch Rikki-Tikki-Tavi growing up?

This is precisely the kind of intellectual Manichaeism that I think we have to reject. Surely there has to be more to intellectual inquiry than the friend/enemy distinction.

Hi, “certain kind of liberal” here. Always good to see people engaging on the specifics. A quick summary of my view here: People learn at different rates. It is overwhelmingly clear that some portion of this variance is genetic; I leave the specifics of what is genetic and what is early childhood to domain experts. Every time I see a successful intervention to increase someone’s rate of learning, I’m thrilled. But people learn at different rates. Like many, I was drawn to this at first because I did well on tests and was bored in school. It’s not flattering because it’s scandalous, it’s flattering because it’s nice to find something you’re good at! But over time, I became obsessed with a disconnect: People learn at different rates. But virtually every time politicians talk about school, and every time you look at what’s happening in education policy, you see flat baselines. What percent are “proficient” or “at grade level”? Below a flat line? Crisis. Above it? Privileged; no concern. Everyone knows kids learn at different rates. And for generations, education policy has been obsessed with burying that, centered around a goal of flattening learning rates. This has distorted research, it has distorted policy, and it harms countless kids in countless schools every day. Because—forget about anything to do with genetics, and just test kids. Is someone ready for algebra? Teach algebra. Are they ready for novels? Give them novels. Do they need basic phonics practice? Give basic phonics practice. Are they struggling with addition? Teach addition. Some kids will progress faster. Some will progress slower. The question is not “are they going at the same speed?” but “are they being challenged appropriately? are they being productively taught to their level?” I would love to shut up about ability differences. But the trouble is, I’m not wrong on the facts. The people who work to flatten education into a one-size-fits-all mess because they refuse to say kids learn at different rates are, and until liberals get serious about it, they will continue to pursue intellectually bankrupt policies that hurt the kids they claim to help, at all levels.