I keep being asked what I make of the UFO thing in Congress yesterday, so here it is: I watched a few clips and saw some people who seemed to believe stuff saying extraordinary things without presenting extraordinary evidence. Therefore I have nothing more to say, other than: It would be great if true - it would take a bit of the pressure off our civilisation if we weren’t the only means within the Milky Way by which the Universe understands itself. Sadly, as of today, I still feel that pressure, so can we perhaps focus on not messing our world up rather than hoping that, to paraphrase Sagan, someone will float down to save us from ourselves.
Welcome back, Todd Field. The writer-director's first film in 16 years, TÁR, opens tomorrow. A caustic study of the intoxication and abuse of power, it stars a blazing Cate Blanchett as an artist both magnificent and monstrous. My @THR review
https://t.co/ySAf8BSm9K
Lying awake at 1:50 in the morning when I’m meant to be up by 545am, thinking about subcultural meaning-making and identity-building. Haaalllp. #punkphd