Only S1 is (which is very good with some notable episodes when there was a noticeable pivot from No Reservations to more CNN-style political content, especially Libya, Myanmar, etc. I think they gained a different level of access and budget and it shows).

Smollett has continued to assert his innocence in the case.

FWIW, within the last two weeks, Kanye was hanging with Elon Musk and Pete Davidson is reportedly in talks to go up with Jeff Bezos so we can’t be far from Kayne trying to attack him in space somehow.

Yeah, unless this is being set up for some Sopranos-style reappearance later when we have presumably forgotten about it, it is a huge plot hole.

This tracks with what many people think about the writing:

The one thing that makes me feel a little better (not that I feel at all good about what Putin will or won’t do) is the more I read about/watch/listen to the “news” that the majority of Russians are exposed to. When viewed through the lens of state controlled media, it’s alarming that they have a very solid majority…

Ah, I clearly haven’t spent enough time in any of these places. I just found this, on the aesthetic topic:

Nor I. I always thought is was this:

Spokespeople from Hinge, Grindr, and Bumble each told Jezebel their respective apps use a combination of machine learning technology, moderators, and user reporting to detect violations and issue bans.

I’m ready for building of walls...between states. It shouldn’t come to this but when it does, the wealthy progressive states need to just states rights themselves out of supporting the debtor conservative states. Oh, what’s that Senate? You want Federal intervention now?

Ah, the old resisting detainment premise for said detainment.

To me it’s the “social or cognitive technologies” (maybe enabled by AI and/or quantum computing) that will create a real alternate reality. The concept of objective truth truly seems fleeting at this point. It’s easy to see how what has already started to happen with state, corporate, and private entities will…

People who go in blind may be expecting something different based on the title and Adam Scott’s presence. There is some dark humor but Office Space it sure ain’t. I found it initially more like a Michel Gondry episode of Black Mirror but I’m very curious to see where this goes—I wonder if it will become more of a dark…

Have you watched it? This show and her behavior have little to do with reality, as least not the one you’re seemingly holding the description of this scene to.

I think part of the problem is that “in the snow” is pretty broad. There’s a competing argument to yours, which is that you want the weight of the vehicle concentrated as narrowly as possible to pass through the snow and make contact the road as traction comes from rubber on pavement (i.e., the treads, not the space…

I don’t doubt this analysis but if they are so effective, I’m curious why there don’t seem to be many (or any?) mascots employed by younger brands. It seems like most of the ones we know are a product of 50s-60s advertising (I guess the California Raisins, Chester and maybe some cereal ones are as recent as the 80s—I…

There was at least this one (maybe the first one that I can think of): https://www.als.org/stories-news/ice-bucket-challenge-dramatically-accelerated-fight-against-als

I thought CODA was...fine but I’m shocked that it is nominated for Best Picture and reasonable people think it deserves it. The performances were also...fine and the novelty of the deaf family was a moderately interesting layer but that doesn’t change the fact that I’ve seen a version of this film 20 times and didn’t…

The Ye of things aside, I think someone or someones challenging the status quo among streaming services and tech device manufactures is healthy. I’m also delighted that he did this so I never have to passively hear any of it since I haven’t be interested in the slightest in any of his music in over a decade (I do not…

The Boardwalk Empire one is fine for a modern-era drama but I agree that it’s not at all related to the show and very generic (if I had heard it now for the first time in years without the context I probably wouldn’t have been able to place it).