Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind. -Vonnegut
And it's absolutely tied to this geriatriocracy we're living through in terms of our politics. They'd rather politicians die in office than give political power to anyone under 75.
I hope we look back on this as the weekend the film industry changed. I hope the studios realize audiences are no longer satisfied with sloppily written, poorly green-screened movies filmed in warehouses. I hope audiences realize that all this time we could’ve been eating steak.
And what’s exciting about movies like Barbie—a subversive brand film by a director of rare gifts—and Oppenheimer—based on a 700-page biography where seemingly every word of the book appears onscreen—is that their success signals a shift towards more nourishing fare.
Remote work risks wiping $800 billion from the value of office buildings in major cities worldwide by 2030 as the post-pandemic trend pushes up office vacancy rates and drives down rents, according to a new report https://t.co/C9LTXhzdzb
I'm not saying this is smart behavior, but I've been on social media since it existed so...idk, my info is out there. And I'm too old and tired to figure that out and try to then get all my family to change platforms and one billionaire isn't better than another...