Um, hello? Has everyone given up on Kinja?

Basically, it’s an AfricaCom dealio, where we have been stepping up our support for local military, as well as doing special forces and intelligence activities to try to prevent radical extremist groups (like Boko Haram) from completely destablizing regions and forming some sort of symbiotic relationship with…

It’s possible that Spacey thought he was older. But here is the Playbill from Precious Sons, with Rapp’s picture at the time:

There are some reports that Netflix had already decided that the 6th season would be the last for House of Cards, but I guess they may have moved up the announcement in light of the current revelation.

Yes, he is. He also did a season or two of HBO’s Looking before that, so he hasn’t been off the acting grid.

There’s a genius little pasta place in Pioneer Square in Seattle that included house-made mafalda/mafaldine among its rotating pastas. So very good. I miss it so.

This is all a fair cop. I loved Lucifer’s unraveling, but the case of the week was too central to ignore and too weak to revel in. The open with the judge, though ... loved it. Also, very glad Ella didn’t see Amenadiel doing the Lucifer thing.

I’m on vacay and prepping for a seminar on Tuesday, so not much pop culture today. Earlier this week, I finally steeled my loins and watched John Wick. Given that I Tivo’ed it from basic cable, there’s not telling how much gore and blood I missed, but once I got past the bad part, it was pretty fun. I enjoyed the…

Oh, she totally is, but if this is her first serious relationship since Michael died, I can see her taking her time introducing Adam and Mateo, let alone really assessing if Adam is equipped for stepfatherhood.

Rogelio as Judy - that was life.

Cool. This was at a law school tech forum, so I’m sure the upcoming law review article (that was the subject of the speaker’s talk) will be much drier than The Atlantic article.

Coincidentally, just yesterday, I heard the Trolley Problem (with the bridge iteration) used as an analogy to talk about how autonomous vehicles and other AI will be programmed for real-world situations. The takeaway: self-driving vehicles won’t be taught robot ethics, they’ll be trained and programmed on the basis…

I remember when a lot of the early fans of the show were aghast at the idea of Jake and Amy being a thing - and I hope they have gotten over it because last night was a thing of joy! Their relationship works and it hasn’t crashed the show. So suck it! (Or, you know, don’t ...)

Yes, Twitter can be truly awful.

I have far-too-fond memories of that show. Jan was very strait-laced and married a banker or stockbroker or something, and Marcia married a Deadhead (not literally, as I recall, but possibly literally?) after knowing him for a week. Maybe two.

That needs to be a Halloween costume.

That SNL sketch may be a parody of a specific movie: Dr. Goldfoot & the Bikini Machine, starring Vincent Price as Dr. Goldfoot, a mad, maniacal genius who created bikini-clad fembots to seduce powerful men and take over the world, and Frankie Avalon as a secret agent among the Malibu set. Annette Funicello did a cameo…

You are not alone.

This sounds more intriguing, personally, than Baumbach’s previous films. I may have to seek this out.

Thank you! And I became a Peter David fan for a while after reading Q-In-Law - Q-Squared sounds even better. Sounds like I should continue any ST read with all of the David novels and include The Return. But first, the DS9 stuff.