Just finished Beverly Hills Cop (1984) on Paramount+. I don’t think I’ve seen the whole thing since it was in theaters. While it isn’t a particularly sophisticated film, it was pretty good. Murphy really is charismatic, and the talented supporting cast pull their weight. 🍿

@ProPublica Everyone who values this work—and the hosting—should remember that ProPublica is a non-profit organization. Donate here.

I enjoyed the first (and only) season of The Brothers Sun—it was a fun and interesting take on some organized crime cliches. It is too bad that Netflix didn’t renew for a second season. 📺

@counternotions @hotdogsladies Rec Diffs FU

@w7voa The headline reads differently

But if I use “remind me to,” now it goes into the default Reminders list, which it didn’t used to do. This is an improvement, but I cannot figure out why this happened, nor did I expect to find (eventually) my to dos in Notes.

Before this week, I would ask Siri to “remember to” something, and she would enter a Reminder in my default “Inbox” list, which Omnifocus would read and add to my OF inbox, deleting it from Reminders. Now when I use the “remember” command, she copies the information to Notes, which I do not want.

If folks are interested in supporting Harris’s candidacy, there are opportunities to reach out to others and build support:

https://mobilize.us/s/rQQIfU/r

I hope to make ten calls everyday for the next 96 days: a small goal that I can increase as we get closer to Election Day.

@shiorireads Classic work. Had a class with Akasha Gloria Hull a million years ago and still regard it as one of my most important undergraduate courses.

@danhon PADD hosts are not impacted.

@kevbob Has never worked anywhere

@kitt Ar-kan-sass is how Kansans pronounce the name of the Arkansas River. I imagine the folks in Arkansas call it the ar-kan-saw.

@galad Now that would be progress

@NanoRaptor Dunno. $250 buys a lot of camera vandalism.

Finished reading: Banjo by Claude McKay 📚This twentieth-century American classic is well worth reading. The vernacular style can be a challenge for some folks, but McKay delivers a celebration of African and African-American people and culture.

@NanoRaptor 2002: a Mac SE that I gave away.

@cygnoir That episode was helpful, I agree.

@stevepbrady History makes a compelling case as well, for change.

In two different airports, I’ve seen children ride four-wheeled roller bags like fast-moving scooters or body boards. The adults around them seem charmed by the novelty…for now.

@dmoren That’s how my mother-in-law moved in to her retirement community. In the end, it may not have been exactly as promised.

@rscottjones I believe that is correct. One way to confirm is check Libby and Kindle on, say, your phone.

@heyloura Looks like Molly Pitcher

@Mikehendley That’s fantastic

Finished reading: My Guru and His Disciple by Christopher Isherwood 📚I found this to be a surprisingly engaging spiritual memoir. Isherwood’s devotion to Vedanta is sincere, as his attraction to the world.

@ec Finally authoritative documentation

@jamesenge However, January Sixth makes this manifesto more of an actual plan than a wish list.

@pratik If we were talking about”rights,” wouldn’t the rights of the party’s electorate—who did vote for their candidate—also matter?

@patrickrhone This is not an unreasonable perspective, and a positive to sticking with the President.

@pratik But this also sends the message that the other party defines your party’s strategy, that they’re correct, think well, and the best at leadership.

@dangillmor He’s wrong.

@scottjeffries It’s like Mean Girls with cars.

@jonhendry For the win.

@hotdogsladies There’s a Waymo joke here somewhere.

I’m surprised no one mentioned shared AirTags in the report card. sixcolors.com/post/2024…

A kind of wonderful mural of Rick and Morty as Cheech and Chong. On a vape shop in Sarasota, FL.

Rolling. 🐶

The Chanticleer, Ithaca, New York ✈️

It’s a sign with a lot of character.

The Chanticleer, Ithaca, New York

Finished reading: A Morning at the Office by Edgar Mittelhölzer 📚 The novel’s accessibility masks its complexity. I found the novel stylistically reminiscent of some of Henry Green’s later work. Mittelhölzer’s depiction of the characters' inner thoughts and feelings drives the narrative, but the work in... www.bilharrison.com

Finished reading: The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard 📚

I find my responses to this novel echo Paul Graham Raven’s review: the second half unimaginatively relies on racist stereotypes that were fairly retrograde in 1962.

Currently reading: A Morning at the Office by Edgar Mittelhölzer 📚

Currently reading: The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh 📚

Currently reading: The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard 📚

Finished reading: Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K. Gann 📚 This was a really interesting, ironic memoir of the early days of passenger flight, before the adoption of jet engines. I can see why it is an aviation classic.

While I’m not at Petco Park, this is still a decent summer 🍺

Sad to hear that Al Jaffe died. He did make a dent in the universe, though. www.progressiveruin.com

Sunset, Anna Maria Island, FL

Good at business. 🐶

📺 Wrapping up S1 of Avenue 5 on the HBO+. Not sure how I feel about it. There’s a lot to like, but I also find myself frustrated with some of the plot and character logic.

Just finished the second and last season of Detroiters on the Paramount+ 📺

I know Seth Meyers was intending to be complimentary when he called it “stupid” (well, “brilliantly stupid”), but it is also a very sweet and sentimental show, particularly towards the city in which it is set.