What does South Vietnam do for us, I keep hearing people ask:
Without Diem, Vietnam falls to the Viet Cong, Laos falls to the Pathet Lao, Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge, the CPT links up with the Pathet Lao to threaten Thailand and gears up to dominate Malaysia, the PKI take
What does Israel do for us, I keep hearing people ask:
Without Israel, Lebanon falls to Hezbollah, Jordan falls to Islamists, the PA falls to Hamas, Hamas links up with the MB to threaten Egypt, Iran gears up to dominate Iraq, the Houthis take over Yemen and along with the new government in Jordan threaten Saudi Arabia, and so forth. 1/
Inflation adjusted, Fahrenheit 9/11 had about double the opening box office and per screen average, but it’s worth noting that Michael Moore was coming off Bowling For Columbine and F9/11 subject matter was considerably more hot button in 2004 than Theranos is today.
Nathan Fielder’s “You Can See Everything,” the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, opens to a huge $15 million at just 855 locations. That’s $17,544 per theater. For comparison, the biggest domestic debut ever for a traditional documentary was “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which opened to $23.9 million in 868 theaters.
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“Whenever a program says ‘I,’ it’s a deception,” Turkle writes. “That is the original sin of artificial intimacy.”
"Pretending is part of being human. We start as children, receiving emotional support from teddy bears … - from @JamesGleick
nybooks.com/articles/2026/11… via @nybooks
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I enjoyed watching the movie but I apparently wrote what may be the only critical comment of "You Can See Everything” in America. ms.now/opinion/elizabeth-hol…
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ok ok we finally found a benefit associated with locating a data center in a town--it converts nearby voters into Ds
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when you’re the one guy in the chat who couldn’t make it to the show, the scroll back is like reading a Beckett stage play
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I have looked upon Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS in all its uncensored, sacrilegious glory.
As the restoration hits theaters, here is my deep dive on the desecration and resurrection of a masterpiece, for @letterboxd, featuring interviews with those involved. boxd.it/3qO
