hollowmines

the one with the most relevance to the broader hexbearverse would seem to be avi lewis, who is married to naomi klein.

the dockworker guy sounds interesting on paper but painful to watch. cartoon villain vibes.

it seems like there's a glut of left-leaning candidates with questionable charisma levels, the kind of situation an establishment candidate could cruise through

under the guise of getting more housing built, of course. grim grim stuff. I have to imagine this is a preview of where every province is headed.

https://deadline.com/2025/10/david-chase-limited-series-project-mkultra-hbo-1236594283/

The project, which would make Chase’s first series since his groundbreaking HBO mob drama, will be based on the non-fiction book Project Mind Control: Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the Tragedy of MKUltra by author John Lisle. Chase has optioned the book and will write the adaptation which falls under the first-look deal his company Riverain Pictures has at HBO.

Project: MKUltra is a dramatic thriller centered on the infamous chemist and spymaster Sidney Gottlieb, often known as The Black Sorcerer, who headed the CIA’s MKUltra Psychedelic program which conducted dangerous and deadly mind control experiments on willing – and unwilling – subjects during the height of the Cold War. Gottlieb is also known as the unwitting godfather of the entire LSD counterculture.

I think its generic title and weird availability (audience network??) doomed it to obscurity but there's a lot in it for slop enjoyers.....incredibly deep bench of character actors in the main and guest/recurring cast for starters. frank grillo, paul walter hauser and jonathan tucker alone being in so much of it makes it worthy. uh nick jonas is there also

I would basically describe it as a kind of a douchebag hot couch take on a prestige drama. lots of fighting, lots of betrayal, lots of alcoholism, lots of melodrama. but also for long stretches, some of the most realistic unflowery dialogue I've ever seen on tv? the non-male characters are mostly not embarrassing from what I remember? the second season is twenty episodes long, and then the third is the hottest mess imaginable?

this is as good a clip as I'm gonna find. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4QZ9fjgoHM

Interesting if true.

had a couple of v pleasant movie watching experiences with others and realized I have been missing out on one of life's utmost pleasures, watching movies in a group setting. to remedy this, I am starting to screen movies on a schedule, two evenings a week, for myself, my neighbors (I live in a small apt complex), and select others to drop in on when they feel like.

seeking recommendations along two lines:

1. What movies have you watched in a group setting that have absolutely killed?

2. Every month will have a theme, and for November the theme is "just to feel" - v emotional movies. Doesn't have to be super sad, it could be joyful, but preferably not a children's/family film or an anime (sorry just not my thing, though there are exceptions of course - you can't do an emotional movies program without Grave of the Fireflies)

......man I could have gotten SO much reading and writing done if only someone had simply thrown me in prison as a teenager

(I'm only 50 pages in)

Anyone else read this or other Deutscher work? Fans? Haters?

is woke back?

the first is the better known of the two but still pretty obscure - six piece from atlanta that makes a chaotic, sassy and funny blend of alt-metal, metalcore, and fall out boy-ish emo along with a few other unexpected genre experiments and sonic gags I will leave you to discover. I have listened to this an absurd number of times over the last 48hrs.

https://thecallousdaoboys.bandcamp.com/album/i-don-t-want-to-see-you-in-heaven

the second ambushed me outta nowhere, a quartet from south korea that churns out a spicy blend of space-rock, post-hardcore and doom metal that lands somewhere between hum, and so I watch you from afar, torche, and city of caterpillar among other bands I thought of. this one can be purchased from bandcamp for only a buck - totally worth it.

https://baan1.bandcamp.com/album/neumann

side question: are there actually any good ones?

question was prompted by seeing a "trumplestiltskin" variant that actually crammed a second pun in there and caused psychic damage. my brain has oublietted the specific phrase but maybe you've seen it too

Majority vs minority still TBD at the moment.

a daily challenge with a leaderboard a la Slay the Spire with randomized run parameters would be so fun. that would become my subway crossword.

I guess it would have to be "unlockable" so as not to spoil any of the unlocked cards etc? that's the only bit of friction I can think of - StS has "rare" cards but nothing the player needs to unlock.