The question, unfortunately, is what are you willing to trade trans participation in high school/college sports for? It’s an absolute stinker of an issue politically (69% are anti, and even Democrats are split), Republicans are doing a very good job of keeping it in the news cycle, and it will cost Democrats at the…

It’s the left wing’s version of abortion for the right, the issue the other side really really hopes we keep obsessing over and taking the bait on.

Bluesky is going to have an even more lax moderation policy than Twitter. Once the walls come down it’s going to become extremely toxic.

What I find so galling is how the trade mags keep publishing editorials from below the line folks who are shouting about their livelihoods being ruined by the strikes. If you’re in IATSE and you’re pissed at the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, look to your own fucking union. THEY played ball with the companies that want you to not…

For every wealthy actor, there are hundreds if not thousands of working actors who dont make that much. Plenty of them waiting tables and working odd jobs to scape by.

Many countries with performer’s unions (i.e. most of the big foreign markets) have reciprocal agreements with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA. For that matter, many of those country’s big stars are also members of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, and have a vested interest in this. The UK is the obvious example, whose unions have already…

Looks interesting. But going referential is a dangerous road, as it can date the hell out of your movie faster than you think.

Indeed. Perhaps we’ll all come to realize that insurance is a lot like the police, fire department, roads, soldiers to shoot people who don’t give us their oil, etc. - “common good” services that are best run by governments, instead of profit-seeking corporations.

I’m not seeing how this connects to Dobbs or Roe. Plus it takes place in California, which hasn’t changed its policies on access to abortion rights or healthcare. If anything it has strengthened those rights.

Jezebel looked directly at the kind of content that got Splinter cancelled (literally, not figuratively), and said “Now that they’re gone, let’s get some of that!”. Boggles the mind a bit.

I’ve heard that if you get up on your roof and shout loudly at the approaching storm that climate change isn’t real, it will divert around your house and only hit liberal homes.

I’m so mad that I just might vote in November!

Additionally, it’s bizarre that Musk et al seem to believe they are entitled to enrich themselves via the App Store/Apple ecosystem, which are huge products that require a ton of resources to run, without having to pay anything back to support the ecosystem.

Yeah had the same thought. This doesn't read to me like an in-app payment, which is what the rules are set to address. Could be wrong of course.

Negative engagement is engagement!

Yeah, the person who responded to you above is definitely troll-y, but he’s got a point on this one. If this was her father, we would all have zero hesitation in calling him a rapist and a pedophile, and that he should be thrown in jail forever. I don’t think anyone can in good faith deny that.

Agree - Clone Wars become the Ashoka show. And for good reason, she was the best character.

Looks really good, but I still don’t think Dawson “gets” the Ashoka character. Which is odd since she’s clearly such a huge fan. Ashoka, even after she returns, isn’t an emotionless robot. Her whole thing is that she’s passionate and truly cares/truly loves, which is why she repeatedly got in trouble as a Padawan and…

I’ll take Zuckerberg 1000 times over Musk. Zuck can at least be shamed into doing the right thing. Musk actively wants to do the wrong thing.

If you want to read the real critical response, go to Rotten Tomatoes and select Top Critics. That way you get all the real, vouched-for, major-media critics, not just the yahoos with a webpage.