…on why he doesn’t talk about politics: “Actors are pretty stupid.”
Mark Ruffalo would seem to be a poster child for that proposition.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Misanthropy
At the Space Settlement Summit a few weeks ago, I pointed out that there are some people who will oppose space settlement not because of the cost, but because they think that humanity is an infestation that must not be allowed to spread beyond the planet of its birth. Here’s a good example (for anyone who was a fan of Momoa before).
And Now For Something Completely Different
I give you Pachelbel’s Canon played with train horns.
Support For NASA
Both parties support it, for different reasons.
Lori Laughlin
She should certainly be punished, and made an example of, but this to me would cry out for jury nullification. There is way too much prosecutorial overreach, particularly with feds.
Blade Runner
It’s no longer a movie set in the future.
When I was a kid, I thought we’d be a lot further along, technologically, by now. Though maybe we’re getting close to flying cars. And while the world of 2001: A Space Odyssey is decades late, it looks like it’s finally approaching as well.
Drag
Why is it acceptable, when black face is not?
Most of all, why is it acceptable to show to middle schoolers?
An Oldie But A Goodie
I love this: A cat watching and reacting to Psycho.
Fraying
Thoughts from Sarah Hoyt on the Cold Civil War.
The Real China Threat
It is a clash of values, and ours may not win out.