New 'Starship Troopers' Movie in the Works from 'District 9' Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp

Borys Kyt at The Hollywood Reporter:

Blomkamp’s take is not a remake of the Verhoeven movie, and sources say the goal is to go back to the source material.

Not my favorite Heinlein. I guess I’ll see if if it looks good.

I’d love to see a movie or prestige miniseries of my favorite Heinlein: “Citizen of the Galaxy," “Starman Jones," “The Star Beast,” “Double Star” and “Methuselah’s Children.” “Orphans of the Sky” wasn’t a great book but it could be a great movie or series.

You want to bring back American ingenuity again? Make education and healthcare accessible to everyone. Make “right to repair”...

You want to bring back American ingenuity again? Make education and healthcare accessible to everyone. Make “right to repair” codified in the Constitution. Make Net Neutrality the law of the land. A person’s chance of surviving and having a roof over their head shouldn’t depend on “generational wealth”. Once those things happen, American ingenuity will return in full force again. It’s not Canada, Mexico, or Europe’s fault we’re here. It’s our own fault. But we can still do better.

— Scott Williams
@vwbusguy@mastodon.online

Lawmakers in red states are angling to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage (Associated Press / The Times of...

Lawmakers in red states are angling to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage (Associated Press / The Times of San Diego)

It Isn’t Just Trump. America’s Whole Reputation Is Shot (David Brooks / NYT) — The world now sees the US as a dangerous rogue...

It Isn’t Just Trump. America’s Whole Reputation Is Shot (David Brooks / NYT) — The world now sees the US as a dangerous rogue superpower, Brooks notes. “I don’t care if Abraham Lincoln himself walked into the White House in 2029, no foreign leader can responsibly trust a nation that is perpetually four years away from electing another authoritarian nihilist,” he says. But Brooks ends his column on a hopeful note; when Trump and his movement inevitably self-destruct, that will be “an opportunity and rebirth.”

Helly vs. Helena, the Most Brutal Battle on ‘Severance’ (Maya Salam / NYT) — The Helly vs. Helena storyline is a metaphor for...

Helly vs. Helena, the Most Brutal Battle on ‘Severance’ (Maya Salam / NYT) — The Helly vs. Helena storyline is a metaphor for women’s self-loathing, Salam says. Great point — but men feel it too, in the real world outside the TV show.

You Are Not Free to Move About the Country (Lisa Schmeiser / So What? Who Cares?) — Southwest Airlines' announcement to start charging for...

You Are Not Free to Move About the Country (Lisa Schmeiser / So What? Who Cares?) — Southwest Airlines' announcement to start charging for luggage points to more significant issues in the U.S. Lisa quotes NYT reporter Nelson D. Schwartz, who coined the name “Velvet Rope Economy;” for everything from getting coffee to going to Disneyland, the top 10% get to pay to cut the line ahead of the rest of us.

Carr’s anti-DEI crusade is a ridiculous waste of FCC resources. By my colleague Diana Goovaerts on Fierce Network, who notes that 73% of...

Carr’s anti-DEI crusade is a ridiculous waste of FCC resources. By my colleague Diana Goovaerts on Fierce Network, who notes that 73% of the telecommunications workforce is white, and 70% are men.

In my lunchtime web wanderings, I stumbled across this 1900 historical image from the town square in Newton, New Jersey. I know that area...

In my lunchtime web wanderings, I stumbled across this 1900 historical image from the town square in Newton, New Jersey.

I know that area very well—I lived a two-minute walk from that very spot for four years in the late 1980s, and worked as a reporter at the New Jersey Herald, whose offices were behind the courthouse.

Nearly 90 years later, the view from that spot was the same as in this photo, and I’m told it looked the same six years ago, too.

I got a follow request from a woman on Mastodon who wants me to be her sugar baby. I’m up for that.

I got a follow request from a woman on Mastodon who wants me to be her sugar baby. I’m up for that.

The missus and I watched another episode of “Columbo” last night. The guest stars were Eddie Albert as a heroic Marines general...

The missus and I watched another episode of “Columbo” last night. The guest stars were Eddie Albert as a heroic Marines general who murders a fellow officer to cover up embezzlement, and Suzanne Pleshette as the sad, ditzy woman who witnesses the crime. I was unable to suspend disbelief — every second they were onscreen I thought, “That’s the guy from Green Acres and Bob Newhart’s wife.”

Also, Suzanne Pleshette’s character seemed sexist in a low-key ambient 1971 sort of way. She lives alone with her mother; they are both sad and the mother is bitter. It seemed to be the assumption that two women over 30 living alone without men would lead of course lead empty and sad lives. I am possibly overthinking this.

We’re slowly watching a few 1970s crime shows that were massive hits in the day, including “Columbo,” “The Rockford FIles,” “McMillan & Wife” and “McCloud.” Of them, my favorite by far is Rockford. I want to be Jim Rockford when I grow up and live in a trailer on the beach and go fishing off the pier with my father, whom I call “Rocky.”

Trump’s FBI wants to criminally charge groups including Habitat for Humanity with fraud for accepting grants for work on climate...

Trump’s FBI wants to criminally charge groups including Habitat for Humanity with fraud for accepting grants for work on climate change. (Malcolm Ferguson / The New Republic) — More criminal stupidity from the Trump administration.

RFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’ (Leigh Kimmins / Daily Beast) — He is a dangerous lunatic.

RFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’ (Leigh Kimmins / Daily Beast) — He is a dangerous lunatic.

“Please stop calling newsletters ‘Substacks’" (Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon.social): The vast majority of...

“Please stop calling newsletters ‘Substacks’" (Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon.social):

The vast majority of blogs are created using WordPress software. No one calls their blog a “WordPress” for the very good reason that there are other ways to create and publish blogs.

[Substack] was funded by Trump supporters and is run by people who have no problem helping right-wing extremists spread and monetize their bile.

Google is adding Gemini large language models to make robots more versatile and advanced (Ina Fried / Axios) — A few years ago I would...

Google is adding Gemini large language models to make robots more versatile and advanced (Ina Fried / Axios) — A few years ago I would have thought this was wonderful but now I think these resources would be better spent on universal access to housing, healthcare, education and living wages.

A clearer picture of Covid’s lasting effects on the body: Covid’s long-term effects on the lungs, gut, brain and more. (Dani Blum, Nina...

A clearer picture of Covid’s lasting effects on the body: Covid’s long-term effects on the lungs, gut, brain and more. (Dani Blum, Nina Agrawal and Alice Callahan / NYTimes) — I have seen these effects firsthand in people close to me.

Good tips for using AI at work. axios.com

Good tips for using AI at work. axios.com

"Fascism always fails. It is destructive and it is awful and not everyone lives to see the other side, but it always, always fails."

A brief history of George Dale, who fought a quixotic battle against the Ku Klux Klan in Muncie, Indiana in the 1920s — and won.

The Klan had millions of members and controlled whole states in the 1920s, spewing racism, anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism and other hatred. But decent, courageous Americans like Dale pushed back.

What Felt Impossible Became Possible dansinker.com/posts/202…

The More You Have, the Less You Fight.

Institutions — businesses, the Democratic Party, the courts and universities — won’t oppose Trump because they have too much to lose.

Grassroots movements made up of regular people are where the resistance has to happen…. If you and I sit around waiting for all of those Respectable Institutions to take the lead, we will be spending the next few years doing nothing except being crestfallen by the inaction from above. I guess we might as well get to it, then. Don’t be sad you’re not rich. Be happy that you’re free."

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-mor…

“I knew how these tariffs were going to go because I studied the classics.” www.jwz.org/blog/2025…

“I knew how these tariffs were going to go because I studied the classics.” www.jwz.org/blog/2025…

Bluesky is not billionaire-proof. By Dave Winer — Bluesky could be bought up by the next Elon Musk, despite management claims to the...

Bluesky is not billionaire-proof. By Dave Winer — Bluesky could be bought up by the next Elon Musk, despite management claims to the contrary. scripting.com/2025/03/1…

Apple Readies Dramatic Design Overhauls for iOS 19, iPadOS 19, macOS 16. By Mark Gurman. bloomberg.com. I don’t want to learn to use...

Apple Readies Dramatic Design Overhauls for iOS 19, iPadOS 19, macOS 16. By Mark Gurman. bloomberg.com. I don’t want to learn to use my phone and computer again.

Musk’s Empire Is Looking Even More Shaky: He’s sabotaging his own business by insulting and alienating customers, even as...

Musk’s Empire Is Looking Even More Shaky: He’s sabotaging his own business by insulting and alienating customers, even as competitors catch up with his companies' leads. “… if you don’t like Musk … get ready to enjoy a rich harvest of schadenfreude.” ianwelsh.net

I have a reminder to prepare for a meeting to prepare for another meeting to prepare for a project. I have reached a kind of corporate...

I have a reminder to prepare for a meeting to prepare for another meeting to prepare for a project. I have reached a kind of corporate nirvana here.

“An Incomplete List of the Animals my Grandpa brought home over the course of his 67-year marriage to Gandma.”...

“An Incomplete List of the Animals my Grandpa brought home over the course of his 67-year marriage to Gandma.” gallusrostromegalus.tumblr.com

Toward a unified taxonomy of text-based social media use. By Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge. I don’t recognize myself in any of these...

Toward a unified taxonomy of text-based social media use. By Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge. I don’t recognize myself in any of these categories.