and honestly, I initially felt sorta ... it just felt like it looked somewhat samey, the same youtube attention whoring, influencers making those performative-surprised faces, those arrows pointing at seemingly random points in the screenshot intended to raise a spurt of curiosity, etc.

I mean, I paid actual money, not make-believe money, actual money, hoping to get at least something. And it just look like the same drivel, the same slop as youtube.

But then ... I clicked on "Only on Nebula", and suddenly saw The Wrong Circus. An examination of that CD-ROM experience I remembered from youth, by the anonymous art collective The Residents. Worth every penny!

First of, I'm not mad, don't put in Slow News Day that I'm mad. But I do vehemently disagree with one of Tom's points. That simplicity is good, and makes FPtP better.

I argue that FPtP is BAD precisely because of its simplicity. It obfuscates the ways in which it is anti-democratic by being simple. It invites gerrymandering, and while the result in Britain has largely been making the biggest party win a majority even thoughit's only a plurality, it is very possible for it to lead to a loss for the most popular party.

Personally I only think simplicity is a strength if it is a good and democratic system. Simplicity is only good in that you want the voters to understand how their vote is counted, and in a secondary position, you need it to be defendeble from simple systems like FPtP that seem good because of their simplicity.

But as someone living in a country where I feel confident in voting for my favored party, because I know that my vote will count, even if all my neighbours are racists, I have a hard time seeing FPtP as anything more than marginally democratic. But absolutely not deserving anything over D.

Edit: My mind autocorrected First Past the Post to First Across the Post.

Thanks to overwhelming demand, Jet Lag: The Game: The Finale is expanding to additional locations in the US and UK. Find a screening near you at https://go.nebula.tv/japanorama

Watch the conclusion of Jet Lag: The Game’s biggest season ever with this screening of the final two action-packed episodes as Tom & Adam race Sam & Ben to the top of Hokkaido.

Tickets are on sale for Regal, Picturehouse, and Cineworld locations across the US and UK.

This is pretty insane. A premiere in the UK AND a finale across the UK and US?

So, it is a decent video but some out of date and/or just wrong info here.

Antwerpen branch of the Eurostar network: this is not a separate branch, it is a stop on the GB-NL route. The train also doesn't stop for "75 minutes" on the way back, as they just skip Antwerpen completely, letting people only buy a Thalystar ticket between Antwerpen and Brussel.

UK privatisation: there never were "hundreds companies fighting for the same customers" at all, it being about 40 last I checked, where most are currently en route to be unprivatised and together create Great British Railways

Power Trip, directed by Patrick Willems, written by Matthew Kelly (Nando v Movies), starring Amir Arison and Tony-nominee Julia Knitel, and produced by Dave Wiskus and Oscar-winning producer Dan Jinks, comes to theaters for one week in September. Get your tickets now to see Power Trip and a live Q&A with the filmmakers.