triptrapper

Sure, exposition has always been a thing, especially in low-effort media. But I would say movies and TV are at a historic low-point in visual storytelling. For a growing portion of it, the picture might be pretty to look at, but it's not where we get any important information about the plot. I'm not saying it's good or bad, but it's definitely become a feedback loop.

My wife works from home. She'll frequently put an amazing movie on in the background while she works, then say the movie was "just okay" and never watch it again because she's "already seen it." Why would any producer waste their effort on the visual part if half the audience isn't watching?

That's what I thought also. Maybe she thinks DHS is itself a cabinet and she's leading the meetings.

Another nitpick I'm surprised I haven't seen: she said The Dow was up to 50,000 DOLLARS. She even hedged for a bit because she doesn't know what units we use to measure the Dow.

I just started leaving my car unlocked for this reason. There have been a few times over the years that I left it unlocked and someone rifled through my shit, but last week they smashed the window. It's amazing what a mess it makes.

I saw a guy at a music festival a few years ago that had a HUGE lostprophets tattoo across his upper back. Poor guy.

If you're into movies at all, Team Deakins is a casual conversation between GOAT cinematographer Roger Deakins, his wife/creative partner, and an actor or crew member. It's very pleasant. There's no agenda, so they just chat about life and the film industry. Sometimes it's incredibly technical, and other times it's funny or philosophical. For technical, the Matthew Libatique episode. For philosophical, Frances McDormand or David Dastmalchian.

I've been thinking about it for a long time. Does the installation wipe everything stored on the phone? I don't mind installing apps individually, just wondering about files and photos. Also can I run Action Launcher on Graphene?

Minneapolis Public Schools has been offering a remote option since Jan. 9th, and nearby districts have done the same or are discussing it. It's safer but presents the same issues as the pandemic, i.e. strain on teachers and requiring a parent to be home with the kids.

The other day I there was a request for rapid response by my work. When I got there, several school buses were idling in the street, with parents lined up to meet them, for like 25 minutes. School policy is that kids stay on the bus until ICE has left the area.

There was an SUV with 3 masked up agents just sitting there, heckling observers. They said, "If you guys would leave us alone, we could do our job." I said, "Oh yeah? What's your job?" and they said, "Catching the criminal illegal aliens and pedophile predators. Don't you want us to protect the kids?" These smug fucks spend their weekday afternoons looming around bus stops, and if they miss a chance to snatch someone, they'll settle for scaring little kids. The worst of the worst. There were about 50 parents, teachers and neighbors at the intersection by the time they gave up and left.

They're not winning the war, but they're laying siege against our time, money and mental bandwidth. It's exhausting.

Aside from revenge against Walz... one theory is that we're a functioning community that's ethnically diverse, relatively progressive, union strong, and very friendly to queer folks. Fox News would have you believe that any one of those features creates a godless hellscape, but we're doing pretty good. Minnesota grew a huge budget surplus under Walz, and then we invested it in schools and social programs. The Republican tradition is to destroy something (see: the federal government) and say, "See? Told you it was broken!"

What's the story here exactly? That someone isn't supposed to laugh while they're grieving? How many days have to pass before they're allowed to giggle? That's not how grief works.

Haven't we all, at some point, had to put on a face even when we feel like shit? I know these people are terrible, but it's not because of this.

You couldn't go 60 seconds in that crowd without someone asking, "Do you need any hand warmers? Are those gloves warm enough? I have an extra pair." When we reached the Target Center there were half a dozen Somali neighbors handing out free, hot sambusas.

One interesting thing is that the route for the march made several turns, so it was hard to gauge the size of the crowd without one long, continuous view. I was about 150 people from the front, and it wasn't until I watched a timelapse that I realized how fucking massive the march was.

Wherever you are, I hope you have a chance to march this Friday. Don't wait to find out if there's "a lot of people" before you decide. You're not attending the march - you are the march. We're going to make it through this.