Candidate for sainthood. “The opinion of 10,000 people is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.” -Marcus Aurelius
Hobart, Tasmania
Joined January 2009
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All of us who were assiduously taught “Brave New World” & “1984” in school now have TVs, cable boxes, shopping assistants and mobile phones that tell the authorities what we’re saying, what we’re doing and where we are at all times. YOU HAD ONE JOB. Great effort, everyone.
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No disrespect to Josh O’Connor but we’re looking for spy, not a chef being controlled by a tiny rat under his hat
The four finalists for James Bond are:
• Callum Turner
• Josh O’Connor
• Jack Lowden
• Mystery Actor
Final screen tests are set to take place next week.
🔗 deadline.com/2026/10/james-b…
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Talk to me about Anne Carson. What’s the best thing to read? Had you heard of her before? (I hadn’t.) Is she measurably better than David Sedaris or Dave Barry? Be as expansive as X allows.
Talk to me about Anne Carson. What’s the best thing to read? Had you heard of her before? (I hadn’t.) Is she measurably better than David Sedaris or Dave Barry? Be as expansive as X allows.
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What mix of background and experience produces an armed rebel in a democracy?
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I wrote a novel about wealth, privilege,
NYC, the 24 hour news cycle, the internet, racism, fashion, exploitation, family, the apocalypse, then put it in a drawer,
and forgot about it for over 20 years.
Reading it was hilarious, horrifying, and like, this how we got here...
I remember seeing “Avengers: Endgame” in the theater when it came out. When the credits came up I could see about ten nerds sobbing piteously in their seats because Tony Stark / Ironman had sacrificed his own treasured life for that of the whole world, indeed all worlds. Atheists are cute!
It’s “Eat your cake and have it, too.”
What the hell does saying it backward even mean, you cretinous ninnyhammers?
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For no reason in particular. youtu.be/en8HZ6X20Og?is=7EbX…
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If you're friends with James Taylor, tell him he looks just fine without a hat.
When men of good sense broke their longstanding and hugely productive compact of only wearing black shoes with suits, that’s the day everything in the world let go and we’ve been hurtling toward the precipice ever since.
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The dear Sam Neill aka @TwoPaddocks was someone who joined the fun Twitter gang in the days before the site’s whole focus shifted. Newcomers cannot believe that there was for many years here a thousands strong writers room that did little more than riff jokes all day. Sam was part of it and was genuinely fun, funny, warm, thoughtful and engaging. He sought us out for an increase in his delight and in turn he boosted ours. Will we ever see such times and such a one again? I will seek him out at the winery in paradise, where he will doubtless be overseeing the harvest.
The dear Sam Neill aka @TwoPaddocks was someone who joined the fun Twitter gang in the days before the site’s whole focus shifted. Newcomers cannot believe that there was for many years here a thousands strong writers room that did little more than riff jokes all day. Sam was part of it and was genuinely fun, funny, warm, thoughtful and engaging. He sought us out for an increase in his delight and in turn he boosted ours. Will we ever see such times and such a one again? I will seek him out at the winery in paradise, where he will doubtless be overseeing the harvest.
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I doubt time travel happens in the future because I know you would've come back and fixed the recording levels on your podcasts by now.
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Just got the new @tobyhuss book.
I love his photos and his writing and him. Beautiful, sweet, real and funny.
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Prepare yourselves for the imminent arrival of aliens who will roundly denounce sola scriptura.