This might sound small by comparison but I would like to be able to visit the usually-locked basements and rooftops of the buildings at the local university.

Call me Ishmabill@billjank.bsky.social · yesterday

I like the idea that every citizen should get to use one thing their tax dollars pay for that otherwise they wouldn’t have access to I’ve done most of the military stuff I’d like to do; I think that my request would be to go change batteries at a weather monitoring station somewhere deep in Glaicer

Q) What’s something that might be said by both a nostalgic millennial and Tarzan commuting to work in the big city?

I think a lot of modern folks *drastically* underestimate how powerful newspaper comic-strips were in the first half of the 20th century.

Dalton@daltonherriott.bsky.social · 4d ago

Fun fact: It took until Thor: Love and Thunder for the MCU to have more comic book film adaptations than the newspaper comic Blondie

new hat, who dis?

Oh, that’s easy.

Nick Walker@dr-nicky.bsky.social · 7d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli. (I'm cheating a little on the "no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli" rule, because I personally regard this film as a Star Trek prequel.)

trying out an idea for a new hatband

I have a great fondness for the moments—in any narrative art, but especially comics and movies—depicting the first meeting of two (or more) characters that later become iconically associated with each other.

Watching the Internet starting in the 90s has been like a multigenerational, 100 trillion dollar, galaxy-sized "this is why we can't have nice things."

and Rohancy shall answer

I was able to break in but there was a big aquarium in the lobby and I just couldn’t stop staring at the axolotl. I felt compelled to look directly into its eyes for a long time. Eventually the police showed up and arrested the burglar who was staring at me, so now I can sit in my aquarium in peace.

Richard Kadrey@richardkadrey.bsky.social · 2w ago

This one is for you, you nerds

Kings and queens and prime ministers come and go, but Cat is eternal.

Glonzo In Exile 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇬🇱@glonzo-in-exile.bsky.social · 2w ago

You now have to open a drop down to see the list of Larry's PMs on Wikipedia

One of my favorite bits of Oz dialogue—Dorothy and Princess Langwidere in Baum’s _Ozma_of_Oz_ (specifically the Marvel Comics adaptation of it, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young)

Fact about me that sounds made up but is actually true: I once spent an afternoon explaining algebra, geometry, and computers to Ronald McDonald, a couple of pro football players, and a few reporters.

meanwhile here’s me delighted to realize how easy it is to turn title cards into speech bubbles for screenshots of silent movies

seriously what were they even thinking not doing this as standard protocol

Another masterpiece brought to you by the Crossovers Nobody Asked For department

Questions for all my fellow comics history folks (I know you’re out there): I’m trying to track down the earliest use of the light bulb as a visual symbol for “idea!” The oldest I’ve found are Barney Google (1922) and Mutt & Jeff (1923). Can you find any older examples?

If I had a nickel for every time a Republican in Congress was mysteriously missing for multiple weeks due to unexplained medical reasons, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t much, but it’s REALLY FREAKIN WEIRD THAT IT HAPPENED TWICE THIS YEAR.

Are the Democrats simply going to *survive* their way into a Senate majority?

Garfield Minus 1000 Years

Sam Antics@dsoart.com · last mo.

Garffeld

me, looking at sidebar: “oooh, ‘Wizards’ is trending??” me, clicking the link: “oh, it’s just a sports team”

Physics fun fact: “negative energy” doesn’t mean some sort of cosmic sci-fi weirdness; it just means that the amount of energy in the system is less than the reference point we choose to call zero.

Well that’s interesting: a newly-(re)discovered letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to a fan, confirming that the giant “Tree-men” that Sam’s cousin Hal claims to have seen in _Fellowship_ Chapter 2 really were ents—and moreover that “Gandalf had asked one or two of them to keep a watch on the Shire”!!

the best one in the series

A friend of mine who teaches high school once told me that one of the most important but least-talked-about duties of teachers is, when necessary, to protect children from their own parents, and I think about that every time the phrase “parents’ rights” is mentioned.

One of the easiest ways to boost self-confidence is to acquire a really magnificent hat, and wear it. Bonus points if you have a fancy way to put it on when you step out the door in the morning. Right away you know you’re cool. And the “hey, nice hat!” compliments from strangers really help too.

Physics teachers have the best toys.

I was re-watching some classic Star Trek and was suddenly struck by how much Mirror Universe Spock looks like Ming the Merciless, and *specifically* like Ming as portrayed in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940).

By fire and forge, this is every bit as powerful as any episode of Original Series. Go watch it. (content warning: sexual assault and slavery) (In particular, this story directly confronts the injustice of “Orion slave girls” in a way that Original Series really should have but never did.)

Star Trek Continues E02 "Lolani"

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NEW PROPOSAL: make state flags more awesome by merging them with state fossils