Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Kennedy doesn't get nearly enough shit for his self-sabotaging strategic retirement. Seems like people have really let him off the hook. 1141
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026As long as any new attacks don't happen until Democrats are in charge, I doubt they care. Heck, it would not surprise me if they're trying to provoke a response to justify a stronger anti-Arab/Muslim immigration crackdown. 000
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Tough to top "All the wizards were wazards" but my man found a way. 020
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Had me in the first half, thought this was going to be about all those racist hate crimes. 010
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Don't interrupt" "Don't stand there awkwardly looking at us in anxious anticipation" Make up your mind, people! 030
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026But how is this *always* true? Why is OC always arguing the wrong point, proposing a nonsense standard, or citing irrelevant cases? It can't be that I'm the only competent one, can it? And, most importantly, why don't I win every time it happens? 230
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I would be all for this if it didn't mean everyone would just switch to phone calls and meetings instead. 060
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Says whom? Some expert with the left-wing Cato Institute? Those commie Koch brothers hate America! Pepsi is better! 000
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Of course. When something is just the way it is, it doesn't occur to us to be unhappy that it isn't a different way. Once you know things could be different and there is someone to blame for all of it, it's harder to accept things as they are. Ignorance is bliss. 060
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026And older folks have no reason to bother getting a diagnosis. Especially older folks with autism who are not going to call up their doctor and ask to come on down to be tested. What, they're going to get accommodations for bingo? Maybe if the model train store gave autism discounts or something. 060
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The rattling. I think the diaper throws them off. Makes them think Trump would be really into rattlles too. 000
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026You'd think if there was anyone who would be easy to distract with a new hat it would be this guy but here we are. 040
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I did find a Vulture interview where she talks about watching a lot of Nolan movies and muses on whether The Odyssey will break from his usual formula, agrees with the interviewer the female characters are often flat and is interested in seeing how Nolan handles them www.vulture.com/article/the-... 100
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This is separate from what I raised, but I similarly feel like I am missing some key context. Did she release a movie-cover edition of her translation or print a quote from Nolan on the cover or something? How/when did she use his endorsement to help her sales? I couldn't find anything on Google. 200
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Right, I think I understand your point but my question is what specifically you identify as problematic. You read something in the review as elitist and dismissive of the masses. I have been unable to identify what that might have been. Avoiding it requires knowing what it is beyond a general tone. 100
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Okay, but it's the other half I'm most interested in, the mens rea component, where you said she intentionally chose to mistranslate with the motivation of making her mark on the original which is distinct from just having a genuinely different interpretation. 100
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I am not sure how it connects to your original point regardless. Are you saying her critique of his tendency to write women poorly or his general problems with unnatural dialogue was her holding the masses in contempt? These are common critiques of his films. 100
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Refrencing common critiques of his filmmaking would have make a lot less sense if no one ever heard of him before, so probably not, no. Was there anywhere she commented on his general filmmaking skills without connecting it to a specific critique of The Odyssey? 100
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Where in the review do you think she held the masses in contempt? If anything, the most common response I have seen to the review is to say "Of course she hates it, Nolan had to dumb it down for the public. What did she expect?" I did not see that take in her review itself. 100
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026What did she mistranslate with the intent of making her mark on the original? 100
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Am I doing regular guy pushups? Presidential Fitness Test Day pushups? Marine boot camp pushups? Is someone checking how flat I'm keeping my back or how up my knees are? How close to the ground does my chest have to get? This is tricky, I might never see any of that illicit pushup money otherwise. 020
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Yeah, if I'm your lawyer and I say 50% it usually means there is a critical (perhaps near dispositive) gap in the facts and I cannot predict which way it will go when filled or a disputed fact with only equivalent evidence for both parties. It means "I cannot say one of you has the better case." 020
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Consequences are so boring! I've already done the fun part, can't someone else handle the clean-up? 040
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I dunno, as a lawyer, I think the big problem with the framing is that the 50% is not reliable. It relies on the actions and decisions of multiple individuals and the judgment of the attorney making the estimation in the first place. It's less predictable than a coin flip. 140
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Some say they were contained in the section mysteriously erased by the large sauce stain. Alas, we will never know what rights we lost due to Jacob Shallus's abiding love of spaghetti and meatballs and his tendency to pile his plate just a little too high. 010
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026It's not unlike the cycle of violence. The next Dem will be pressured to wield the powers to undo what Trump did and protect against the next Trump then next Repub needs them to undo that and do other stupid things and on and on it goes. 000
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The quote is somehow worse "Most every guy I know did what he’s being accused of at one point or another with their girlfriend at some point after a night of drinking” "I’m drunk, I’m horny, I weigh 50 pounds more than you, we’re gonna have sex, it’s not really rape because we sleep in the same bed” 110
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026This is a fair and reasonable take, but also one I would find easier to swallow pre-November 2024. 010
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026One Man, One Vote. Trump is the Man; he has the Vote. 000
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026But in exchange the sun won't set until at least 5 pm during winter. 000
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Betteridge's law of headlines! It didn't have a name when I first learned it in J-school twenty years ago. 020
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Nobody saw maintaining the status quo coming! Would you believe that, despite it only being issued like a week ago, being born in the US is ALREADY the number one way of becoming a citizen? 020
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026If he used that Ramones song for his campaign he'd be unstoppable! 010
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Yeah, vilifying the MSM and making the problem investigating Platner so hard they found something terrible is certainly a choice. Come to think of it, it's the same defense a lot of MAGA used for Trump's prosecutions. It's an invalid witch hunt because they're investigating him extra hard. 010
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Good luck finding one who isn't a nutter by then. 000
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Who would watch soccer more often than once every four years? 150
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Probably a lesson about being careful who you throw your weight behind here. Like, if you want a progressive in Maine, start by finding a candidate who is not a rapist with a Nazi tattoo. Recognize there is a problem by the second or third red flag. 1150
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026When superiors model bad behavior, those under them follow. It's insidious. 000
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Really telling on themselves too if alleging he could rip two feet of sealant from the bottom of the pool with his bare hands. I'm not a sealant expert, but I'm fairly confident it's supposed to be stronger than that. 031
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026But it's the way everyone who follows the Gregorian or Julian calendars choose to tell time. I don't disagree it literally is the diety in the document and counters the article in a lawyery sense, but is using AD or BC a reliable sign of how central Christianity is to your worldview? 010
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Well, let's hope the ones that took all that power aren't also the ones without any meaningful system of accountability for their actions and decisions and, at least practically, only removable from office if they become unalive. Ha. Ha. Yessiree, that would be asking for trouble. 000
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Though there will also be a multistage dragnight as a fundraiser and sting operation. I hear Trump and Guilliani will be performing. 020
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The best part is that the only example ever cited is congressional appropriations. 110
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Wait, why not? Oregon knows I voted when the ballot hits the first mail sorting facility. So, once the ballot is postmarked then knowledge of its existence could be made available to CA. 100
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"Did you see what they are saying about us on CNN, sir?! I cannot believe how unfair American media is to you when you are kicking our asses!" -Iran, apparently. 000
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Maybe that will help keep its resident awake for an entire meeting. 010
Kevin D. @xstreamblugoo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026When we got this rule, I switched to "exchange of email correspondence" and block billed emails were back on the menu. Don't ask me why. 120
