John Woo’s career hit a wall when his formula of “charismatic dudes shoot at each other but can’t deny they kinda like each other” ran out of charismatic dudes. Looks like things haven’t improved in the decades since and now he has to resort to spraying NPCs like everyone else.

These mofos 540’d their way into dusk

A queer HIV+ reporter making a real difference, so angry and sad about this. One of his last posts:

ITS CONFIRMED!!!!! TUX IS HOME!!!! and palash is out for justice!!!

It’s been an entire decade since I’ve seen a fight scene that’s not against NPCs.

It felt like after 2000 suddenly everyone could backflip? That used to be a thing even Bruce Lee had to get a double for.

I think they're trying but they're bad at it; a company built on avoiding liability would not be very good at suddenly assuming responsibility even if they tried

Wait what that is very very funny

Best summation of the AI crowd

September 30th October 1st

Goddamn it someone should teach Chinese landlords to text like white people so when they engage in their sketch landlord shit, their race wouldn’t so immediately traceable, this shit is so shameful lol

I walk around lake Merritt 3-5 times a week. I also volunteer to hand out food. The people in tents are kind people. There’s not many. The lake is beautiful and totally family friendly. Come over and walk around it yourself. It’s safe and gorgeous. Pelicans. Fairyland. Picnics.

Chili crisp mapo lobster night at Anajak Thai, in my buddy Justin's tiny kitchen - which feels cramped even when it's empty, but also seems to magically fit in however many cooks and stations required at any given time. it's chaotic but efficient. I wanna run my sets like that.

There's a decent likelihood that Target is getting demolished by online retail and doesn't want its investors to be spooked by these closures, so it's blaming them on roving bands of criminals that don't exist in relative proportion to their publicity.

Gary Tan talks about the future and acceleration while trying to steer San Francisco back to the Reagan era of failed drug, housing, and economic policies that his friend London Breed has been favoring for years. They are the past. They failed.

SCORSESE: I am going to die soon. Despite what many say, I don't think there's a way to make peace with that. One day, sooner rather than later, I will be forced to stop creating, and I need more time. There just isn't enough time.

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The owner of a neglected Mission building that burned in a lethal fire now stands to make a killing developing the site.

What should the city of San Francisco do? And, more to the point, what *can* it do?

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