Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. ― Mel Brooks


I really enjoy Matt Stoller’s newsletter, BIG, and the one from last week was not an exception.

Something changed this week. I’m not sure what, but it feels more and more like significant policy action against big tech is inevitable, probably break-ups but certainly restructurings of their business models. Though it’s impossible to pinpoint a shift in the political consensus, the signs are unmistakeable. It’s not just the constant drumbeat of announced investigations and leaks of potential antitrust suits. It’s the change in opinion leaders. Two days ago, Joe Scarborough on MSNBC went on a seven minute rant straight to camera on Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, accusing them of destroying American democracy in return for money, and screaming into the camera that Congress needed to stand up to billionaires in Silicon Valley. Scarborough is as close as you can get to representing Washington, D.C. conventional wisdom, his morning show often sets the terms for legislative action and political chit-chat. Scarborough’s rant is part of a broader upsurge of rage at Google, Facebook, and interestingly for the first time, Apple.


Having quit Facebook, I reactivated my Feedly account. Feedly is an RSS reader/content discovery service, which so far has been a good replacement for the late Google Reader.

I follow them.us on Feedly and that’s how I first heard about Disclosure. If you haven’t heard about it, and it’s likely that you have not, it’s a really fantastic documentary, telling a story of transgender people representation in American cinema and pop-culture. You will learn a lot, you will understand their issues better and you will never look at the transgender roles in cinema the same way. Oh, and you can see it on Netflix!


If you think 2020 is bad, think again! Apparently it’s nothing when compared to 536, which was named “the worst year to be alive”.


The Poe’s law states that:

Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won’t mistake for the genuine article.

Please, can anybody tell me if this is genuine: IT’S TIME TO STOP COLOUR THEORY?


Since finishing Xenoblade Chronicles 2, I cannot find a game that would keep me glued to the screen for long. I absolutely adore XC2.

Xenoblade Chronicles 1, which I was hoping would fill the hole in my heart, unfortunately doesn’t really cut the mustard. NieR: Automata, while philosophically and story-wise interesting, doesn’t work, due to the gameplay being totally not fun. Dammit. That’s why I hate finishing video games.


After watching some more The Last of Us 2 videos, I decided against buying it. As a matter of fact, I will pretend it has never been released and the story ended with the first game.