$1,200 per person, per day, minimum three day, two night experience — Disney to Permanently Shutter Star Wars Hotel in Florida Last March, Disney launched Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, an interactive, highly immersive three-day, two-night…www.thewrap.com I’d do a Star Wars hotel if it was just that, a hotel. I think all the interactive crap (that skyrocketed the price) they forced guests into doing for an “experience” didn’t help, and it’s the main reason why I never had a desire to go. There’s no way I…

Nothing but lawyers all the way down — David A. Graham, writing for The Atlantic, has the story regarding the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit, and it’s a big one. Fox News has agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5m to avoid a defamation trial it expected to lose. The case centered on Fox News’ broadcasting of lies and…

Where’s the money? — I had a Substack email for a bit. It was easy to use but lacked a lot of the functionality I wanted. It also was so restrictive in how it looked. Everybody’s Substack looked exactly like everyone else’s. So, I dropped it but held onto an account just in case…

Duh… — Is the GOP becoming the American fascist party? Friends, I hate to say this, but America no longer has two parties devoted to a democratic system of self-government…robertreich.substack.com The whole piece is good, but this is the main point: We are witnessing the logical culmination of win-at-any-cost Trump Republican politics — scorched-earth tactics used by Republicans to entrench their power, with no justification other than that they can.

He finally won a vote. — This seems like it’s been a long time coming. I don’t think anyone outside the truly delusional had any qualms about saying Donald Trump is a con man who has committed many crimes. I would characterize Trump as a criminal. He’s like the mob boss everyone knows is not doing…

Nothing is going to change — Is it epic? Well, yes. Sort of. Stewart does what most Americans want done to our politicians and leaders who have stupid ideas-call them out on it. Hey, look at all of this hypocrisy. The thing is, nothing is going to change because of this viral video. The people…

Hopes, Dreams, and other Various and Sundry — I did not love Star Trek Picard seasons one or two. They were trying to recapture lightning in a bottle and purposely not make a starship adventure story, but it fell flat. …

I want to break free — Every day I see a new story about Musk and Twitter or Zuckerberg and Meta. None of these stories are positive. They are always negative. …

Home, where my thoughts escapin’ — I always find it fascinating how others set up their iPhones. Do they use widgets? Are they minimalist, or do they just have a springboard of icons in no discernable pattern? Do they use wallpaper from Apple or one of their pictures? …