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Uncle Dynamite

@UncleDynamite

Candidate for sainthood. “The opinion of 10,000 people is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.” -Marcus Aurelius

Hobart, Tasmania Katılım Ocak 2009
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Uncle Dynamite
Uncle Dynamite@UncleDynamite·
All of us who were assiduously taught “Brave New World” & “1984” in school now have TVs, cable boxes, shopping assistants and mobile phones that tell the authorities what we’re saying, what we’re doing and where we are at all times. YOU HAD ONE JOB. Great effort, everyone.
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Uncle Dynamite
Uncle Dynamite@UncleDynamite·
Ok, first impressions of Project Hail Mary: There couldn’t be a better, more faithful visual re-telling of the book imaginable. It’s really quite beautiful and very moving when it’s supposed to be and hilarious and exciting all the other times. But the visuals! It leaps off the screen with color and light and astonishing detail besides. Easily the best thing @philiplord and @chrizmillr have done in their already astonishing careers. Go see it in a movie theater. Trust me. And try the popcorn.
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Diana Dukic
Diana Dukic@diana_dukic·
Went from scrolling 24/7 to not even wanting to log in. X just hasn’t been hitting the same lately.
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Uncle Dynamite@UncleDynamite·
Who else is sitting in a movie theater waiting for Project Hail Mary to start?
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DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican·
Ok, I'm apparently not good at writing parables, because nearly everyone interpreted it wrong. I used a parable because I want to respect others' service records, especially when not all the facts are out yet. So let's pivot to a much more direct analogy. In 2016, career intelligence professionals, people who had genuinely spent their lives fighting America's enemies, became convinced that a foreign power had compromised the incoming president. They had data points. Real ones. Trump had business dealings in Moscow. He said nice things about Putin on camera. People in his orbit had meetings with Russian nationals. A dossier appeared with salacious claims. Each data point individually was... a data point. But they were looking for Russia. So they found Russia. Everywhere. They were so certain they were right that they leaked to the press. They used classification authority to spy on American citizens. They presented unverified opposition research to a FISA court as intelligence. Peter Strzok texted about "insurance policies." Andrew McCabe authorized leaks. They were experienced professionals who genuinely believed the republic was in danger. Their service records were real. Their concern was sincere. And they were wrong.
DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican

I'm a Smurf. I've been hired to run counter-intelligence operations at Smurf Village. My role is political; I've personally gone up against the evil wizard Gargamel. But once I'm on the inside, I discover that Smurf Village has a relationship with a goat-riding human boy called Peewit. Peewit isn't a Smurf. He's caused a lot of damage with his antics over the years. Why is he even here? I start digging. I pull up Papa Smurf's history with Peewit. Papa Smurf has been collaborating with this kid for years. Protecting him. Making excuses for him. Why? Peewit is reckless. Peewit makes messes. But Papa Smurf keeps letting him back in. The more I dig, the more Peewit I find. He's everywhere. In every file, behind every favor, connected to every mess. A picture forms in my head: if I'm looking for Peewit everywhere and I keep finding Peewit, the only logical conclusion is that Peewit is the one controlling Papa Smurf. Then a prominent Smurf gets assassinated. They say Gargamel's people did it. Case closed, move along. But I get access to the dead Smurf's private messages. And there's Peewit. Right there in the chats. The same Peewit I've been laser-focused on all year. Pressuring him. Making demands. I bring this to Papa Smurf and his inner circle. I bring it with alarm. Papa Smurf looks at me funny. And then — just like that — I'm kicked out of the investigation. No explanation. Just... out. This is the final proof that Peewit is controlling the Smurf Village. I know what I saw. I have to get the truth out there. So I do the unthinkable. I leak the information.

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Elon Musk
Elon Musk@elonmusk·
I don’t even smoke lol 💨
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WAG@wag____·
It takes a Nathan of Fillions to hold us back
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Uncle Dynamite
Uncle Dynamite@UncleDynamite·
@philiplord I’m catching the first local show tomorrow night after flat-out MANY MANY MONTHS of anticipation. Expect immediate songs of praise to follow. If there’s an unexpected silence in the hours just after, don’t worry: it’s possible I just died of extreme happiness. Ora pro nobis, etc. Your pal, Uncle Dynamite
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Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc
Seriously though if I went to Boston and just walked around the streets, would the dudes there really be talking in that accent? like that's not really a thing is it
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Uncle Dynamite@UncleDynamite·
@YuvalKordov Au contraire! It means that at some level, you will always be needed by your loving family and this is how they covertly show you. See also: locking the doors at night; shutting off all unnecessary lights; and monitoring the thermostat.
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Yuval Kordov
Yuval Kordov@YuvalKordov·
Woke up to this in my kids' bathroom today. It's days like these that I wonder if I have failed as a father.
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Uncle Dynamite
Uncle Dynamite@UncleDynamite·
A fig for your confounded Substack.
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Uncle Dynamite@UncleDynamite·
If only Einstein had lived to see the Tortilla Challenge!
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Uncle Dynamite@UncleDynamite·
This opera/ballet thing is turning out to be Chalamet’s “very fine people” moment and I hope he appreciates how the people who irrationally wish him ill will never - even unto the end of recorded time - scan two paragraphs back to understand his actual inoffensive meaning. Life is a PSYOP, auld chum.
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Uncle Dynamite
Uncle Dynamite@UncleDynamite·
I have no proof, but I’m reasonably positive the sudden and illogical rise in gas prices is due to the implacable enmity between Tucker Carlson and Zero Mostel.
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Uncle Dynamite
Uncle Dynamite@UncleDynamite·
I never read your Substack.
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