I’m not skeptical because Chopra is brown, but can I be skeptical because most movie/teevee-star relationships/marriages are bullshit cooked up by their publicity teams?

haha, we’re all fucked.

David Frum, in discussing his book Trumpocracy with Vox:

Once the indictments start getting unsealed — and there are reportedly “dozens” of them, so we’re talking 40-80 people targeted — that last row is going to need to get a lot bigger to keep the circles to scale.

Fun (?) Fact: Epstein was known to have videotaped what transpired at his house with those girls. Remember that one of the victims sued That Asshole in the WH for this very thing, and that she alleged in her affidavit that one of the other girls “disappeared” and was used as a warning to the other girls to keep quiet.…

You must count the trees carefully. The 11th tree is a Mistake. Do not look at it. Do not let it enter your imagination.

In the UK they refer to them as “Scandi crime dramas,” and I can assure you, after seeing a few, that they definitely have a mood. Quite well-done, usually.

Both Moana and Coco are great films without much (or any) trauma. Moana cured my depression. Also, Steven Universe and the new She-Ra are great. I’ve heard The Good Place is pretty great.

Now would probably be a good time to have a conversation about ratifying the ERA, maybe?

Well, shit. Now I have to run out and buy some Plantains =/

Lies! The Mummy was actually pretty great, played by a phenomenally good physical performer. Shoving her to the side to make room for Cruise’s rewrites is what made the film suck.

$5 says a chemical analysis will show it only marginally distinguishable from tap water.

This thread is deeply instructive:

So … still nothing from the OSC? Fuck this, I’m losing my goddamn mind over here.

I am heartened by this picture:

Turns out this very site ran an article two decades ago (in 2014; jeezus I’ve aged fast since the election), and it includes pictures:

Well, NRA, if you really believe that voters have been misled, then the best course of action would be for you to mount a public-relations campaign to persuade them of your— OH WAIT YOU CAN’T BECAUSE YOU’RE BROKE.

Another FL election fuckery update: Broward County apparently submitted its recounted results two minutes past the deadline, and now those results are being tossed out.