orson & the welles

People are mad at me about this. First, I cannot imagine ever in my life saying "Aim for the moon so if you miss you hit a star." I just...I can't figure out any circumstance where those words would leave my mouth. It's 2025 not a 1992 after school special. But maybe I said it...if I did it /must/ have been sarcastic. I have however many times advised people that even though formal education can cost a huge amount of money, it's easy to forget that there are other ways of spending money to learn. Trying to execute a personal project is worth spending money just like paying for school is because project-based learning kicks ass. That can cost an order of magnitude less than a semester of college and will deliver skills you just won't get otherwise. Student loans won't pay for it, unfortunately, but if you can do it, I think it's a good thing to keep your mind open to even though society can make you feel like it's foolish. I learned a lot spending money on things that failed. In a country where people spend $150B on sports bets last year, "spend some money trying to do something interesting" is a message I hope a lot of people hear. If you'd like some examples of projects like this I spent money on: 1. I got a website and domain and tried to build a tool to build databases out of email surveys. 2. I bought $500 of PBR and threw it to people tubing by in the Clark Fork River because I wanted to make a video about it but this was before YouTube and I didn't know how to edit video. Made a lot of people happy, though. 3. I paid for translations of an unreleased anime so that a small team including myself could subtitle it. 4. I bought a dying website for $800 from a person who didn't think it had any opportunity and then I worked really hard to discover they were right. 5. I hired a dev to work with me on a website that let people review and rank hosting services to try and get affiliate income. I think this one turned a profit but barely. OK, I hope that all provides some useful context.

It's like a Choose Your Own Hatch Act Violation.

Hakeem Jeffries again declines to endorse Zohran Mamdani, saying: "He's going to have to demonstrate to a broader electorate - including in many of the neighborhoods that I represent in Brooklyn - that his ideas can actually be put into reality."

This is a difficult time for our city. As we recover from an unprecedented natural disaster, many in our community are feeling fear following recent federal immigration enforcement actions across Los Angeles County. Reports of unrest outside the city, including in Paramount, are deeply concerning. We’ve been in direct contact with officials in Washington, D.C., and are working closely with law enforcement to find the best path forward. Everyone has the right to peacefully protest, but let me be clear: violence and destruction are unacceptable, and those responsible will be held accountable.

BREAKING: The FDA is planning to end most of its routine food safety inspections, according to CBS News.

*taps the sign*

I got a little too mouthy and loose at the bar last night and said “People who like marvel movies should be put in concentration camps” and instead of a laugh i got really uncomfortable looks and total silence

If you didn't vote for kamala you should live in shame every day for the rest of your life.

my take on chappell roan's political opinions is that she's stupid. it's not a complicated metapolitical display of conservative morality. she's just dumb and uninformed and talks without thinking. many such cases among good artists, in fact

Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?

🚨 IDENTIFIED: Jason Silber is an executive at Infospectrum in NYC Watch his reaction to someone wearing a keffiyeh:

Ellen DeGeneres should have never been canceled!!