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The British Caliphate
This was, and remains, one of the most phenomenal and sensationally brilliant animated videos ever produced to highlight the abuse and cruelty towards women in Sharia law.
— Mor Edge Insight (@MorEdge_Insight) August 28, 2026
Whoever has not yet watched it, I absolutely recommend you do.
Massive praise and credit to… pic.twitter.com/PsF2sJuJXr
A Sad Day
RIP, Dolly Parton.
Hard to think of anyone more universally beloved–and deserving of it. RIP Dolly, and woe is we. https://t.co/k5FLH4Bsio
— Joel Engel (@joelengel) August 25, 2026
[Update a while later]
Apocalypse Draws Near As Last Remaining Universally Beloved Human Being Passes Away https://t.co/FNeIqbDq6p
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 25, 2026
More details and reactions.
Your Television
Do you have the right settings for it?
A home theater installer has calibrated over 3,000 TVs in 12 years from $400 budget sets to $15,000 flagship OLEDs in custom media rooms.
— Eric Smith (@Eric_Smith08) August 3, 2026
He walks into people's homes, looks at their TV for 5 seconds, and can tell them exactly what's wrong.
He told me: "Almost every TV I see…
It’s True
Actually, the same can often apply to "NASA-developed." https://t.co/g6WKTjGYhl
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) July 26, 2026
A Golden Oldie
From twenty-one years ago on this date. A lot of comments there from commenters who may no longer be with us.
First Starship V.3 attempt was on the anniversary of the launch; today’s will be on the anniversary of the landing. I’ll be discussing that and Evoloterra on The Space Show at 7 PM PDT.
The Odyssey
Christian Toto reviews it.
I’m still on the fence about going to a theater for it.
[Friday-afternoon update]
Here is Peter Suderman’s review.
[Bumped]
[Saturday-afternoon update]
I just watched Christopher Nolan’s #TheOdyssey and I left the cinema with a deep sense of disappointment.
— Herod Priovolos (@herodpriovolos) July 17, 2026
I entered expecting Homer’s world to breathe: salt in the air, darkness over the sea, gods watching from a distance, and a wounded man struggling to return home. Instead,… pic.twitter.com/qeoryve9b6
[Monday-morning update]
Another review, from John Podhoretz.
[Bumped]
…and another, at Tablet magazine.
Regardless of faithfulness to Homer, it sounds like quite the visual spectacle.
Joanna Pettet
RIP. I had the hots for her when I was a kid.
Groundhog Day
Why it continues to resonate:
Groundhog Day is one of the most beloved films ever made. And yes, Andie MacDowell is cute and charming. But that is not why it hits a chord thirty years later with people who can’t quite explain why they keep rewatching it.
— Krzysztof Szczawinski 🇵🇱 (@Kristof_Poland) July 16, 2026
The reason is Aristotle. And almost nobody knows it.… https://t.co/8lBK7PGfzT pic.twitter.com/mfaRCZn8gK
Customizing Netflix
A very useful thread for subscribers:
A woman had Netflix for 6 years.
— Alvin (@Alvin1492840) July 14, 2026
She opened the app. She scrolled. She picked something after 25 minutes. She fell asleep during episode 2. She repeated this every night.
Her friend, a former Netflix UI engineer, sat on her couch one evening and opened Settings on her account.…