Morgan. @datdrey

August, honey, you are mine!

The substance 419’ers and fraudsters use on their victims to make them very suggestible to their demands, of which a lot of Nigerians believe to be a charm/juju is actually a drug called scopolamine or devils breath.

These are the kinds of conversations we should be having. Yes “respect” is fine but how has our respect helped our society progress? How has it aided problem solving? It’s possible that progress isn’t a valid social goal & “stability” is preferred but we sha have to have to talk

Ben X @Benn_X1

a month ago

First culture shock for me was when people were reacting with 👎 in a virtual meeting while the CEO was talking. Less than 1 year later, I also became bold enough to make my opinions public. I remember my manager was saying something in a meeting and asked, "Does this make

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We are overstimulated and we don’t even notice. Netflix while eating. Reels int bathroom. Music while cooking. Podcast on walks. We consume by default, not by intention. You keep filling every gap then wonder why you feel foggy and unmotivated. Boredom & silence

Inertia!

I’ve been telling people this for years. GRRM pissed off millions of customers but he don’t give a shit. He got his bag. But his legacy is being such an epic bum ass bum that he crippled an entire genre, ruined consumer sentiment, and killed off an entire generation of epic fantasy authors. Romantasy and LitRPG grew as a direct result of filling the smoking crater George left in the industry. New writers could no longer get deals to write epic fantasy unless the entire series was in the bag, and nobody can afford to gamble that much time to write that many books they may never sell. Publishers no longer took chances on new series because customers had got burned by lazy shirkers like George and Pat. Agents wouldn’t represent new epic fantasy unless the whole thing was done. It hurt Indy because dudes had to convince customers that they weren’t bums too. Except when book one makes $50 total, because customers said Im not starting a new series until it’s done! they sure as shit ain’t writing book two. So it’s a self fulfilling prophesy of suck. In the comments Dunning-Krugerands are saying this isn’t true. Look at guys like Brandon Sanderson. Wrong. Guys like him, or me, who already had established names, reputations, and fan bases were fine. We had enough customers who trusted us we could still do new things and people would come along to make it economically viable. For example, the only reason my epic fantasy series got picked up is because I was already successful and could guarantee a viable level of sales off my existing fans. Newbs don’t have that. And over the ten years it took for me to write the six books to finish it, the entire time I heard from potential customers, nope, not gonna start a new series that might not finish because of George. I am fine during this because I’m still gonna make a couple hundred grand off each of those just off my existing fans. Newbs make two bucks an hour, say to hell with being a writer I’m going back to my day job, and you all missed out on the next great author and his absolutely brilliant series, because you were too mad at billionaire George shoving twinkies in his mouth instead of writing. Nope. Guys like me and Brandon are fine. George’s profound laziness screwed over the new guys. Customers and the industry quit taking chances on new guys. We will never know how many excellent fantasy series we missed out on, robbed by George’s laziness burning so many customers. Some writers gave up, but others moved into different genres. Which is good. But it sure does suck if epic fantasy is your jam. LitRPG is close but different enough it blew up during this time frame because that’s where the talented went. Being such a pretentious, bloviating bum that you damage an entire industry and strangle a generation of aspiring artists is quite the legacy. Kal (who is a good writer btw, check out his books) asks what can we do about this? For me personally I’m just gonna continue mocking George’s work ethic in the hopes more normies realize what an outlier he is, and how they should expand their horizons to read other authors who aren’t stuck up, know it all, dickheads. And before anybody starts barking at me that I’m such a hypocrite because I’ve not finished all my series, sorry I’ve only finished three of eight so far, and have only written THIRTY books since George’s last one, the next MHI comes out in December, and the last two books are next year, and I’m not planning on retiring anytime soon (if ever).

Kal Spriggs @KalSpriggs

3 months ago

Many Fantasy readers will not start a series until all the books are completed. GRRM's failure to finish caused many to quit the genre. Problem is, authors won't write a complete series if the first books don't sell. Tradpub says Fantasy is dead. What do we do about it?

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we both up now

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani

6 years ago

never thought I’d be more hopeful about socialism than arsenal and yet here we are.

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The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

Les Nubians - Makeda (1998)

"Zombie way na one way jo ŕa joʻ" These guys did justice to the choreography of Zombie by Fela. They took the dancing personal. I never expected the ending.

The first trailer for Kenji Tanigaki's ‘THE FURIOUS’ has been released. The action thriller follows a tradesman who must fight through a criminal empire to save his kidnapped daughter. In theaters on May 29.

The first trailer for ‘DUNE: PART 3’ has been released. In theaters on December 18.

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The first trailer for ‘BEEF’ Season 2 has been released. The series follows a couple (Charles Melton & Cailee Spaeny) who witness & record a fight between their boss and his wife (Oscar Isaac & Carey Mulligan). Releasing April 16 on Netflix.

‘MY FATHER’S SHADOW’ wins Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer at the 2026 BAFTAs.

The new trailer for the ‘PEAKY BLINDERS’ movie has been released. Releasing March 20 on Netflix.

First clip from Gore Verbinski’s new film ‘GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DONT DIE’ The film follows a man who takes patrons of an LA diner hostage, saying that he is from the future and must save them from AI. In theaters on February 13.

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Jamaican scam rap is diabolical 🔥