Data Center Christmas Movies + Phetasy Digest
The RFK Impression is Back, AI is much smarter than Kim Kardashian, Parental Surveillance is Getting Serious, The Constitution is BASED, AI Gifts for the Looming Robo-pocalypse
How do you guys feel about me writing about movies in the Phetasy Digest for the rest of the year? This last leg of the year is always perfect for a good cinematic experience. This week, I’ve been obsessed with two very different movies: Eddington (2025) and The Bishop’s Wife (1947). Both are outstanding and worth your time.
Eddington is an A24 film that stars Joaquin Phoenix as a BASED small-town sheriff facing off with cucky incumbent mayor played by Pedro Pascal. Eddington is what happens when Ari Aster directs a Western—Aster is known for his artsy Horror films. It taps into our collective COVID trauma and the political insanity that has followed, including the rise of data centers.
Then, after confronting the horrors of data centers, you can hop into Christmas with The Bishop’s Wife, which stars Cary Grant, who plays an angel whose intentions aren’t always entirely clear. The beautiful Loretta Young plays the Bishop’s wife. The Bishop is David Niven, who portrayed James Bond…in Casino Royale, the James Bond parody. The Bishop’s Wife is a lovely Christmas movie, very wholesome, fun, exciting, lovely. Lots of similarities to It’s a Wonderful Life, so if you’re looking for a good alternative, here you go.
Stay safe out there, Pham.
DUMPSTER FIRE - EPISODE #267
Happy Birthday ChatGPT, Please Don’t Destroy Us
Happy birthday to ChatGPT, an anniversary humans will celebrate for millenia, as AI transforms us into AI-worshipping followers devoted to the different AI platforms. Kim Kardashian was the OG OnlyFan, AI psychosis is getting crazy, and Uncle Ted was right about everything.
REAL AMERICA WITH BRIDGET PHETASY
Is Parental Surveillance Messing Up Your Kids?
This week on Real America, you guys talked about parental surveillance, with guest the lovely Lenore Skenazy, Founder of the Free-Range Kids movement. Another great episode with excellent questions and commentary from you guys.
AFTER PARTY WITH EMILY JASHINSKY
Why Kids Can’t Handle Free Speech
On this episode, Bridget does the RFK impression lol Bridget and Emily discuss the good and bad of social media, how it can distort reality, and why it’s important to learn how to distinguish real vs fake news. Emily and Bridget then have a conversation about the spectacle that is the Olivia Nuzzi/Ryan Lizza debacle – and if what Lizza is doing really is ‘revenge porn’ as Nuzzi alleges.
WALK-INS WELCOME - EPISODE #367
Real Men Read The Constitution - Dan Hollaway
Drinkin’ Bros podcast host Dan Hollaway joins Bridget for an uncensored conversation about all the third rail topics you could ever ask for, from why we should probably just invade Mexico, to how 20 million illegals and BlackRock turned 29-year-old home-buyers into 40-year-old renters, the reality behind the horseshoe theory that brings together “Queers for Palestine” and actual Islamists, and Zohran Mamdani’s “brown guilt.”
DUMPSTER FIRE - EPISODE #268
Black Mirror Gift Guide
All the weird AI gifts you can get your loved ones for the holidays that you can use to turn their lives into a top-rated Black Mirror episode.
THE SPECTATOR
It’s the cost of living, stupid
The MAGA agenda will only succeed if Americans feel material relief.
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TRADING PLACES is the greatest Christmas movie of all time. That is all.
“It was a stone groove my man…”
“The Bishop’s Wife” is a go to movie for me every year. I watch it 2 or 3 times! I’m obsessed with it. My second go to movie for the holidays is just that - “The Holiday”, with Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz. Also obsessed with that one, and watch it all throughout the year! Of course any Scrooge movie is always playing throughout the Christmas season as well. My new tree should be arriving today, so definitely time to throw on some fabulous Christmas movies while I deck the halls!