Favorite Rejects 2022-02-22

Cabel @cabel

For years I have heard stories of talented new composers writing 99% of a film score and then landing just an "Additional Music By" credit because the studio hired a big name (that you love) and they outsourced it. Nice to see this dirty laundry aired.

vanityfair.com“The Minions Do the Actual Writing”: The Ugly Truth of How Movie Scores Are MadeThe streaming revolution is changing the way film composers get paid and exposing the flaws of a system where big names farm their scores out to uncredited “ghost composers.” Now, the artists actually writing the music are demanding recognition—and a fair share of the profits.

Thomas van Linge @ThomasVLinge

If you're gonna listen to any speech about #Ukraine 🇺🇦, let it be this one. The Kenya ambassador to the UNSC perfectly explains how people across Africa understand Ukraine, and what the Kremlin's acts of aggression mean in our post-colonial world.

Ben Adler @badler

politicians trying to put the remote work genie back in the bottle are wasting time they should instead spend adapting to the new reality. Especially ludicrous in NYC, where commutes are among the longest in the country

Ross Barkan @RossBarkan

NEW: Eric Adams is still begging corporations to bring their workers back, but he must acknowledge soon remote work has a future and begin reimagining midtown, as NYC did for downtown after 9/11. My latest, for @CrainsNewYork https://t.co/UORsZyClXY

Aaron 🥑🚈🚰🏀 @aceckhouse

I think anabolic steroid use may be a generally underdiscussed force in US culture (and beyond?)

Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins

The most alarming theory I currently hold is that Putin, like several other rich and powerful men, is a fairly heavy anabolic steroid user https://t.co/908hQxvsZr

Noah Smith 🌐+🧦=🐇 @Noahpinion

France's big nuclear buildout came later than most people seem to think...

non functional tubule @meatspacemaxima

RETVRN https://t.co/FVhT753ld0

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Just from a strict Russian nationalist viewpoint, I don’t think backing Russia into being the isolated junior partner in an alliance with China is very smart.

Randall Munroe @xkcd

Today’s date will never happen again

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Something we struggle with as a society is how to convey the idea “it is bad that this thing happened” without lapsing into overstatement. It’s genuinely hard! Calling it the fifth-greatest threat or whatever would sound very odd. https://t.co/HVRgQUBox9

Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC

“Greatest threat to the security of Europe since World War II”—Blinken just now.

Noah Smith 🌐+🧦=🐇 @Noahpinion

A) Tolkien never said there *weren't* dark-skinned elves and dwarves B) Tolkien did explicitly say his fantasy races weren't to be taken as allegories for real-world races C) We're Americans and we do whatever we want, suck it haters 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Will Not Comply Witt @thewillwitt

The new Lord of the Rings show should not have black actors as elves/dwarves. Tolkien made Middle Earth as a mythos of English history, and he described in detail what the characters look like. If you want black elves/dwarves, go make your own story. Dont bastardize the original.

Noah Smith 🌐+🧦=🐇 @Noahpinion

We made a movie where a Russian guy played a biblical Pharoah. We make shows where the Romans all speak in British accents. We even made a movie where Motoko Kusanagi was played by Scarlett Johansson! We can do ANYTHING WE WANT