Pirates is pretty bad. None of the actors are particularly entertaining and the female lead (Jesse Jane) is terrible. The sex does not redeem anything. Barely worth the effort of tracking it down for the novelty. The costumes and sets are kinda fun though.

All that to say: throwing lots of money at something can make it shiny but doesn’t necessarily improve it as “artistic expression.”

All the tech fascists steal words. Palantir is from Lord of the Rings.

Born and raised in the PNW, it’s a combination of climate change and more development of green spaces. Trees and wetlands do a LOT to keep the local temperature down, high-rises and parking lots do the opposite.