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I need to make a distinction here between conservatives and conservative jerks. I’m not saying all conservatives are jerks — just some subset. I don’t know how big the subset is, but it’s big enough that it’s having a big effect on this very popular website. I have been using IMDb for a long time […]
The dodo has been the exemplar of an animal that went extinct because it was too stupid. Scientists found out much more about the dodo after 2005 when some bones were discovered. The myths about the dodo, in other words what we heard about it as kids, are not true. Here’s the story from PBS […]
{4.5/5} “‘You know what you’re doing? You’ve done this before?’ ‘I’m going to let you think yes.’” Ghosted, released in 2023 Cole, a farmer, and Sadie, who says she’s an art curator, have a first date that goes very well. Cole texts her a bunch of times the next day but he doesn’t hear back. […]
What happens when people believe that they should have a gun to defend their home, and they believe that crime is rampant and someone coming to their home is likely there to kill them? Here’s Chris Hayes on MSNBC: Fox News and the right-wing paranoia problem Homeowners hopped up on paranoia are shooting innocent people […]
Most people in the US think they have to vote for the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, although Ross Perot won 19% of the vote in 1992. Ones who are logical and are paying attention to what’s going on have certainly abandoned the Republicans, but there are many Americans who know less about what’s […]
{5/5} “You’re only ever really as good as those around you. Your crew become a part of you. Complete you. They lift you up to accomplish the things you never could do alone.” Star Trek: Picard season 3, aired in 2023 Jean-Luc Picard and Laris are moving to Chaltak Four. Neither Picard nor any of […]
{4.5/5} “I volunteered because I thought our enemies killed him. I volunteered because of a lie.” Jason Bourne, released in 2016 Nicky Parsons has hacked into the CIA in order to reveal the black ops projects like Treadstone to the world. But the CIA caught her, and they’re tracking her every move. She also found […]
{5/5} “You were given a Ferrari and your people treated it like a lawnmower.” The Bourne Legacy, released in 2012 Aaron Cross is part of a top-secret CIA program that requires him to swallow pills every day. He’s lost his pills so he’s heading back to civilization — the first person he meets is a […]
{4.5/5} “I want to bring the audience to a place that seems real but where the rules have changed.” Penn & Teller: Fool Us season 9, aired in 2022-23 Jon Mobley catches a bullet in his teeth that Allison fires from an invisible gun. The Van Hargen Twins from Britain are able to send each […]
{4.5/5} “You know what they say, when one door closes make lemonade instead.” Run the Burbs season 2, aired in 2023 When Andrew gets an interview for his dream job with the city, he takes them on a tour. When the person he was going to replace decides not to resign after all, he decides […]