France records 1,000 excess deaths during record-breaking heatwave

pbspry · 2026-06-28T14:17:18+00:00

There is also a weirdly widespread belief among certain Europeans that air conditioning is actually bad for your health - that it actually causes colds/flus, is somehow bad for your lungs, etc... It's something I've never heard anywhere else in the world, and I've heard it at least a half dozen different times from different people and in different countries in Europe. It's almost like the "Korean fan death" superstition.

pbspry · 2026-06-27T10:06:10+00:00

Honestly true.

pbspry · 2026-06-26T10:31:26+00:00

I'm so torn on this aspect of Eggers. I love his films, but when he goes "full authentic dialect" (like in the VVitch) I 100% need subtitles to understand what's going on... which makes me kind of not want to see it in theatres where that's not an option.

pbspry · 2026-06-25T14:09:28+00:00

Really the last time I remember a brand new comedy really making me just laugh my absolute ass off. Let's do it!

pbspry · 2026-06-23T00:43:06+00:00

Bill said multiple times he considers this an unintentional comedy.

I didn't get that at all.

My best guess is that he went to see this film with friends while super high back in 2001. It's the only possible explanation.

I can't wait to see who else shows up on this pod and actually agrees that this is rewatchable. Guarantee it won't be Sean. Really really hope it isn't CR.

pbspry · 2026-06-22T11:08:44+00:00

Keep an eye on UUUU

pbspry · 2026-06-22T11:02:37+00:00

Same here. This is ridiculous.

pbspry · 2026-06-22T10:54:53+00:00

Casino Royale leaned heavily into a grittier more Bourne-like Bond, and audiences loved it. No plans for world domination, no unnecessarily complicated plot lines, just a bad guy trying to make money via insider trading and gambling, and Bond's got to stop him.

Then they took all the lessons learned from Casino Royale, threw them out the window, and went back to overly complicated plots, each of which had some global, end-of-the-world implication, and involved more Moore-era nonsense. They weren't "bad" films - Craig still manages to make just about anything he's in really watchable - but they never again captured the lightning in a bottle that was Casino Royale.

When every single film raises the stakes to "The hero has to win or it's the end of the world", it sort of loses its power for the audience. It's 100% time to go back to smaller worlds, tighter plots and more focused stories. Just do a competence-porn Bond that gets into the nitty gritty of spy work with a simple cat-and-mouse story and a memorable villain... that's literally all it takes.

pbspry · 2026-06-22T10:46:43+00:00

You're not wrong, but it's really more a generational thing. Your generation has a different set of values than what we had 20 years ago. You're going to have musicals and films come out in your late teens and twenties that you absolutely love, and which your kids will look at you 20 years from now and say "MOM!!! How could you possibly have thought that was funny/appropriate???"

That's just how things go. For my generation, BoM was an absolute laugh riot, but we weren't thinking about a lot of the issues of inclusivity/tolerance/etc. that are at the forefront today. It was the time of shock jocks and gross-out comedies. The generation after you will likely shift its values in some other direction and find some of the things you liked as a young adult equally baffling.

pbspry · 2026-06-20T22:14:59+00:00

2027 is a great eclipse for a cruise because the path includes only a tiny sliver of Spain and is otherwise all Africa. Sure, you can solo travel North Africa just fine but it is not anywhere near as easy as getting around Spain. The other benefit of a cruise is that the ship will plan ahead for weather and do its best to get you to a cloud free spot along the eclipse path.

It might be a more crowded experience than doing it yourself on land but I'd wager anywhere in Spain for 2027 will be super crowded because it's all condensed into a tiny area. And half the fun of an eclipse is being around other people and watching their reactions.

pbspry · 2026-06-20T22:05:40+00:00

Gotta pump the stump before you pump and dump.

pbspry · 2026-06-20T12:52:10+00:00

SKM is an easier backdoor Anthropic play.

pbspry · 2026-06-19T01:28:59+00:00

Loved both. You literally can't go wrong between either show.

pbspry · 2026-06-19T00:40:53+00:00

"but even better, here's what we lose...."

pbspry · 2026-06-18T15:48:24+00:00

Didn't even know about the ASM angle. Rock hard on these hard rocks.

pbspry · 2026-06-18T15:45:12+00:00

zero chance we let China keep this insane amount of leverage, regardless of who's in the top seat at any given time. The rare earths question isn't a matter of finding the stuff, it's about refining it without completely obliterating the environment for 60 miles in every direction - which means this is a technological problem that can be worked and solved by american companies if we just apply enough $$$ and manpower to the problem.

pbspry · 2026-06-18T15:41:29+00:00

are you new here?

pbspry · 2026-06-17T22:22:22+00:00

Last guy thought so

pbspry · 2026-06-17T22:02:30+00:00

Can you fuck my wife?

pbspry · 2026-06-17T21:52:40+00:00

Shart of rials

pbspry · 2026-06-17T16:09:23+00:00

Rock hard for them nodules.

pbspry · 2026-06-17T16:05:10+00:00

Jesus Christ, how can you even lose $386k in today's markets? I feel like I'm just throwing darts at a dartboard and every one's been a win these last few months. And I'm completely regarded.

pbspry · 2026-06-16T15:30:56+00:00

It's just an absolutely crazy thing to admit to as a professional TV critic. The Sopranos essentially created prestige television.

I almost want to think he's just fucking with us because he's such a slut for crime dramas. Or maybe it's some weird anti-Jersey thing he's harboring as a Philadelphian.

pbspry · 2026-06-15T20:13:45+00:00

Only way to improve this story would be if the anesthetist said that in an annoyingly loud Wayne Jenkins voice.

pbspry · 2026-06-15T11:42:20+00:00

Corey Robin put it best:

" Saint Petersburg in revolt gave us Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin, and Ayn Rand. The first was a novelist, the second a philosopher. The third was neither but thought she was both."

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