James Mackinnon

@jamackinn

Parenting through an age of nihilism. "Disoriented" "Alienation" "Reality" He/him

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James Mackinnon@jamackinn· 2d

There were still clothes in the dryer when I moved into my new house and uhhhhh

A red wool nightgown with what appears to be large sperm with bowties swimming across the garment, which is splayed overtop a washing machine

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· 2d

I have a plan

Teofim Lysenko black and white portrait. Looks like a Russian Daniel Craig

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· 4d

This was in response to test screenings. Audiences didn't want to see sex in the Sex Purge movie, apparently. His view on why is kind of interesting to me.

How does that change your approach as a filmmaker?

Once I've learned that, which was all through the editing process for my last movie, I applied it to this movie. But even so, I didn't apply it enough. I cut out so much. There was so much nudity in this movie that we shot on the streets. I felt we needed to show the world that way. As we started to show it to audiences, we felt it takes you out of the movie. You're engaged in the characters and what's going on, and then you pan over and there's two naked people having sex, and you watch the audience ... it's a physical thing. They turn to who they're with and ... the benefits do not nearly outweigh the negatives of it. So we just kept editing it out until we got a balance, and those comments went away.

Recent studies have found that Gen Z and Gen Alpha don't want to see sex on screen. Was that a concern while making this movie?

The answer is 100% yes. I went through this on two movies. I have long pages of empirical data about it. The only thing is I don't think it's just Gen Z and Gen Alpha. I believe it's been a societal shift from taking nudity in adult situations and putting them on your phones at home for everybody. Now it's more of a private, intimate thing that people don't want to see when they're in a shared experience. Whenever people now see nudity or very adult situations in a big theater, they get uncomfortable.

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· 13d

This guy gets it

Facebook post by Abdul El-Sayed: Any day with breakfast at the Original Pancake House in Southfield is going to be a GREAT day

Two photos: one of the candidate and wife after finishing a delicious pancake breakfast inside and one of them outside under the sign on the building saying The Original Pancake House

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· 14d

CNBC are you printing lies in the news? www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/07/...

Federal law does not mandate a minimum operating level for the SPR, a Department of Energy spokesperson told CNBC. The operational minimum needed "to safely manage the caverns, is around ten percent of capacity - about 70 million barrels," the spokesperson said.

(2) Petroleum products from the Reserve may not be drawn down under this subsection-

(A) in excess of an aggregate of 30,000,000 barrels with respect to each such shortage;

(B) for more than 60 days with respect to each such shortage;

(C) if there are fewer than 252,400,000 barrels of petroleum product stored in the Reserve; or

(D) below the level of an aggregate of 252,400,000 barrels of petroleum product stored in the Reserve.

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· 15d

If this is going to be the claim, there better be a pretty good example of a "hit" and not just some vague hand waving at "Big Pharma"

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· 20d

These are the sirens!? Ahahahahaha

Ladies in bright yellow dresses standing on rocks and sea spray while two wet men stare

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· 21d

The sailor said, "Brandy, you're a fine girl (You're a fine girl)

What a good wife you would be (Such a fine girl)

But my life, my love, and my lady is the sea"

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· 21d

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jul 13

This is when Hank knew

Alleged proof of life picture of Mitch McConnell but with yellow lines trying to trace the directions his eyes are pointing. They are not pointing in the same direction.

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jul 9

Did AI write this graphic?

Older man Podcaster in red shirt with caption :

Sit down

The extraordinary capabitlities of AI

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jul 7

During Detroit's loss to Green Bay this Thursday, St. Brown suffered a low ankle sprain. Fans are convinced it was karma for doing the "Trump Dance" in the nation's capital.

"Amon-Ra St. Brown cursed the Lions when he did the Trump celly vs. the Commanders," a fan wrote on X. "Love to see it."

"Season was over when the Tigers did it," a second fan pointed out. "Now we are seeing it with the Lions."

"The Trump dance curse is real. Tigers hit the Trump dance to honor politician and they lost 11 straight," a third fan added. "Amon-Ra St. Brown hit it, now the Lions are finished and he got injured. Don't do it."

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jul 6

Sure, the squeaky clean international image of the US is forever tarnished now. Also, at least know what day the game is going to be played.

Really can't understate just how damaging the blatant corruption with the world cup is to the image of the US. The entire world is going to be rooting for us to lose tomorrow and I don't blame them.

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jul 4

Happy 4th! Can Check

Pint glass half full of a red beverage next to an empty can of Blake's cider Imperial Strawberry Blush

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jul 4

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Machine

Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

Live Updates: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Are Officially Married, With Star-Studded M.S.G. Bash Underway

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jul 2

Biology too! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Dr. Adamala named her creation SpudCell, after its potato-like appearance. Rather than patent it, she and Dr. Endy are organizing a community of scientists to focus on making SpudCells more fully alive and adapting them to new kinds of experiments

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 25

Detroit and its surroundings have so many

An 88 foot tall inflated tire with a fake nail sticking out of it, in front of green trees on the side of the high way

A large golden halo on a median between to 4 lane roads

A large fist hung from a tripod in downtown Detroit

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 22

Ajar at least

Some oil has been flowing. On Thursday, 25 ships moved through the waterway, including 14 tankers, higher than the average of recent weeks, according to Kpler, a maritime data company. Some appeared to be carrying oil out of the gulf, and one of the tankers was carrying liquefied natural gas. Several empty oil tankers were returning to the gulf, presumably en route to load oil that had accumulated in storage there. Fewer ships moved through the strait on Friday amid the bursts of regional violence.

Analysts at JPMorgan Chase said in a report on June 12 that the strait was "starting to creak open," with an estimated 5.1 million barrels of oil flowing through it a day, compared with 2.9 million barrels per day in May. Such a rebound was "meaningful" but still left flows at about 25 percent of levels before the war, the report said.

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 21

Had to zoom in to make sure this wasn't him dropping dice

Brad lander pretending to be hexed with a red circle near his left hand over a black and white looking object that is actually a person's hat

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 21

The Internet was a mistake

Skeet by Kate (@katewitko.bsky.social) happy 4th
Image of red sphincter looking image (meant to be a red firework) on a tank top marked down from $21 to $16

And a subsequent comment statement by OldManGrim (@OldManGrim.bsky.social) The seller, "darklordpug"? That's the racist Naz Scottish dude who got his pug to react to Nazi germany videos. The guy is a big big piece of shit.

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 18

Can someone check my math? Is 30 days greater than 4 weeks?

Trump says oil reserves would run out in 4 weeks without Iran deal, risking 'bedlam'

The traffic of commercial vessels will immediately start, and considering the need for removing the technical and military obstacles, and demining by the Islamic Republic of Iran will be instated within 30 days. The Islamic Republic of Iran will conduct dialog with the Sultanate of Oman to define the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz in discussion with other Persian Gulf littoral states in line with the applicable international law and the sovereign rights of coastal states of the Strait of Hormuz.

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 16

Not a bad way to start the day

Bougie bucolic image of a sunrise from the balcony of a fancy farmhouse

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 15

Anyway off to vacation

Sopranos scene in hospital, Big Pussy saying "positive vibes only" to Drea

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 13

We're all trying to beat the heat in our own ways #caturday

A fluffy black cat fitting into a Barbie Dream House pool, surrounded by Barbies with a mermaid tail and an owl children's book in the foreground

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 11

This is insane. None sane. Non compos mentis

US stocks climbed after the US struck Iran in a major escalation of the war, setting up for a rebound from the market's latest sell-off as investors weighed the latest moves in the conflict.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose nearly 0.7%, and the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) moved up by 0.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) climbed 0.5%.

Chart showing Dow Jones market climbing 858.82 points

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 11

Do they have money in their pockets if debts 90+ days late keep rising, though?

A chart showing the percent of balances for various debts (student loan, credit card, mortgage, car etc) that are 90+ days delinquent rising to peak or near peak levels for the last 20 years

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 10

Has this ever happened to your country?

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 10

If this kicker is actually supposed to kick, it leads to a very dark reading of what this implies. To me. Or maybe that's just the nature of reading anything about Epstein.

The Epstein crisis had exposed something that some of Trump's closest advisers spent months refusing to see. The president could break institutions, redirect the federal government against his enemies and bring the world's richest men into the Oval Office bearing tribute. But he could not, it turned out, make Jeffrey Epstein disappear.

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 10

Lucky for Trump he's got a good handle on those other things

In an internal memo circulated to roughly a dozen Trump advisers in late March 2026, the president's pollster, Fabrizio, summarized findings from two nights of focus groups conducted that month. Fabrizio's memo listed the "Epstein files" as the sixth most important issue raised in the focus groups, behind inflation, the economy, foreign policy, immigration and health care - but ahead of data centers, military issues, crime and safety, and being "pro-working class." In the section on "key takeaways" of the focus groups, Fabrizio's memo stated: "There is also a consistent mention of the Epstein files, which came up in every group and is

a real negative with some of these voters."

James Mackinnon@jamackinn· Jun 10

"a federal prosecutor told a colleague that Trump had flown on Epstein's private jet far more than anyone knew."