A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 33mPeople with zero inner lives, imagination or curiosity, playing out their god complexes. This is basically a child journaling with the expectation that his fantasies become real. And from what I can tell, every membership of the leadership/exec class is on this spectrum of AI psychosis. 020
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 1hThe reveal at the end of the first episode made me literally laugh out loud with disbelief. The MCU-fication of absolutely everything. 000
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 14hCongrats, been anticipating this a while. Hope it hits NYC theaters soonish. 010
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A truly lovely little show. Melancholy and hilarious with tonal shades of Detectorists. 000
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The cross-industry (and -government) conviction at the leadership level that Silicon Valley is the model to emulate is going to turn out cataclysmic. Process is well on its way already. Everyone wants to be a goddamn SV CEO. 010
Reposted by A. DasAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"To fight back, Americans need to learn the counterspy techniques of C.I.A. officers: using multiple sources to check information; testing those sources regularly for reliability; never getting complacent and trusting one source without thinking." 1122064
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My friends and I still find a way to work "Cui bono, who benefits" "Cui who gives a shit" into conversations about national politics. 030
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The 24/7 background drone of sociopaths playing wronged victim as they run away with the wiring in our collective walls could neuter dogs at a 100 yards. Some days, it is more mentally exhausting than the policy-related damage. Some days. 0161
Reposted by A. DasIndrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Many thanks to the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for the lovely award, & to @subpress.bsky.social for kindly shipping it to me in India (& publishing the book it's for!). THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR is a book I'm very proud of, with a v small readership, so I'm truly grateful for the recognition. 124913
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The center and left don't understand this *within* borders. They don't even understand it on a dinky little website with twelve people on it. 0211
Reposted by A. DasLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026Bold stance from the crown prince of people who don’t believe they should accept being forced to hoard even a single dollar less of their stolen gains for the benefits of humanity 1019643
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In my experience it was generally the former. Mainly because I have managed to keep my life very separate from the sort of people who rant against foreign films. 080
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The single most overrated movie of the last few years. I got so tired of trying to explain why I did not, in fact, light up every time someone told me they loved it. 180
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Man, for some reason, I thought that had been overturned. Ugh. 100
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What is the mechanism they've leveraged to reduce naturalizations by that much? Surely they're not rejecting that many N400s, given that LPRs are the most vetted people around and the apps are generally legit? 760
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So great. I wish he'd find better dramatic projects to star in these days. Much as I'd happily watch him do Alan Partridge shows till the end of time. 000
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Loving watching every single 20th century pop culture dystopia come to pass www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJEl...youtube.comRekall - For The Memory Of a LifetimeYouTube video by garak0410 030
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everyone loves dunking on his funny Dune outfit but he is also quite good in a host of wonderfully odd movies. His performance in Brimstone and Treacle still sticks with me. 040
Reposted by A. DasMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Expect projects like this to become rare. WB and Paramount are being folded into Skydance. Evidence of their unique corporate identities will get scrubbed, as when Disney took over Fox. And the recent execs who were barely interested in history are being replaced with people who have zero interest. 416166
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026TCM missing is bad enough but, on top of that, there's going to be some sort of Harry Potter *network*?! 2130
Reposted by A. DasMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 02/10/2026Again, buy as much physical media as you can now, before it's adulterated and/or censored 0124
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My newly-rightwing relative recently told me the mainstream media is all propaganda and opinion now and he wants just facts and not to be told what to think. Then sent me a YT video of a *documented* Russian propagandist speaking to a *convicted fraud* about how the EU will/deserves to collapse. 010
Reposted by A. DasJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the funniest thing about the "we don't trust the media" people is that they will trust literally anyone else. like, if you have an image and text, they'll buy it. shaking keys at babies type logic. 352360389
Reposted by A. DasSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026it is very cool to have the livelihood of every creative person on earth obliterated by people who don’t understand what art is for 33936143
Reposted by A. Dasae @aelkus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026populism reaches its apotheosis by treating a machine as an unimpeachable source of knowledge 3330160
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026First episode strong. Second episode ok. Third episode so offensively cringe I almost bailed. Fourth episode last straw. Cast innocent. 020
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They held everybody up in the slow-ass queues at Katz's, trying to figure out whether or not to get pickles/mustard/cheese with their sandwich or no! 101
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This shit all designed to appeal to one of AI's biggest target demos - people who want to seem cool/look like experts without putting in the passion nor the effort. 0391
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not an expert on industry insiderism but I think Karen Berger and the Vertigo label were the key to them cornering that market. 000
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And then there's the figure of the father-in-law. An absolute monster. 250
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think the cheapest tickets available here were 350 plus. Good things only for rich people over here! 010
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So envious. Tickets are a thousand dollars plus over here. Would cost the same to go see him in Amsterdam! 110
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEP7...youtube.comI sense injuries. The data could be called pain | TERMINATOR 2YouTube video by Best Quotes 010
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Breaking Bad should really be replaced with Deadwood on this list. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s FallFour TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart. 000
Reposted by A. DasAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There are any number of facile quips you can make about archvillain and wannabe-Thanos Peter Thiel, but this violent and cruel philosophy is not uncommon in SV: that you cannot be competent/successful without hurting and destroying people. See ‘move fast and break things.’ 44519
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Front to back and then make sure to wad the paper into a bullet and leave it up there to safely dissolve. I'm sorry, you're right, I made a mistake. Please let me try again. Take a wad of steel wool and..." 000
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hmph well I'm rejecting prima facie any 'Best TV of the 21st C' list that preemptively disqualifies The Sopranos. Whether it started in 1999 or not. Agreed on all your points though. 150
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I love that he thinks his wardrobe is the thing about him that may freak people out. 11732
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Couldn't agree more. To the point that I never watched the series finale because I didn't want it to be over and also it was already too heartbreaking by the penultimate episode. I guess I should finish it up someday. 000
Reposted by A. DasJames Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 25/09/2026But the show I want to single out—the one on my personal 10-shows ballot that did not make the list at all—is this beautiful, and apparently now largely forgotten, creation. Do yourself a favor and seek it out. (86 Ted Lasso to make room for it.) www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/a...nytimes.comIn ‘Rectify,’ Life After Prison and the Chance to Be Reborn (Gift Article)The final season of the SundanceTV series uses deep Christian themes in telling the story of an ex-convict who is unequipped for freedom. 2113839
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thank you and consider doing this for other kinds of shows too? Stevie Wonder tickets at MSG sold out even though they were $300 and up and are on resale for $1000 plus. Working people used to afford seeing their favorite bands multiple times a year! Now we're selling kidneys for annual nosebleeds. 110
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Unless I'm misreading, it looks like people who have bought tickets to the opera in the past will not qualify. Unfortunate. Agree with all your points though. 000
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Prime Original almost always guarantees the dogshit look these days, followed closely by most Paramount releases. Greatly excited for Warner to join the list so I can just detach from all my subscriptions and retreat to a cabin with my physical media collection. 020
Reposted by A. DasLucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Jesus Christ, these pathetic bastards, genuinely proud of outsourcing their intelligence and unable to articulate what, if anything, we are supposed to be gaining in exchange 57813
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A raft of glorious neo-noirs in which gormless guys meet alluring young women in random towns they're passing through - Red Rock West, After Dark My Sweet, U-turn...it's a long list! 240