And as I stand before you all today, I make you this promise: [pounding podium as crown rises] I will NEVER learn the names of ANY characters in “House of the Dragon” [crowd going nuts]
Chuck Edwards: At night when I look into the stars, I see your name written among them. I cannot bear to think of you in the arms of another, for you have captured my heart and soul. 23 year old staffer: you're highkey freaking me out rn periodt
Not being able to say we shouldn’t cancel Thanksgiving is such a stupid own goal, come on
The Global Wife Council has ordained that the Sunday gaming window can be extended by two hours
Taking a stroll along the Erie Canal and I love discovering the relics of abandoned bridges and other industrial detritus: it’s the closest America has to having Roman ruins.
A senior U.S. military official warned the Pentagon that there are not enough naval forces to continue defending Israel against ballistic missiles.-WaPo
Remember when people on here said AES was toast when the McMorrow oppo started to drop lol
I agree with this. The Odysseus in the movie is troubled but the Odysseus in the poem is far more troubling and interesting. Maybe not a character you can focus a summer blockbuster on, but Nolan could have done a lot more with him
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · last wk.7. The film centers Odysseus's guilt over his war crimes, but never shows us the POV of his victims, and instead glorifies the perpetrator for feeling bad about himself. I found this unsatisfying ethically and worse, imaginatively, because Damon's character is given only one mood (Troubled).
7. The film centers Odysseus's guilt over his war crimes, but never shows us the POV of his victims, and instead glorifies the perpetrator for feeling bad about himself. I found this unsatisfying ethically and worse, imaginatively, because Damon's character is given only one mood (Troubled).
I’ve come around on it and Emily Wilson is 100% right about The Odyssey
Boy George says he created his new pro-Israel reggae song with AI
Boy George Says He Used AI To Create His New Pro-Israel Song
Boy George recently revealed he’s using AI to re-record his old hits. He’s also using it to create new songs in support of genocidal regimes. “We Will Dance Again,” the reggae song Boy George posted t...
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Shy suitor at the feast spending years petting Odysseus’ cat
we got self-described "Hardcore Democrats" out here making genocide jokes (This account in on here too)
At a certain age I think it’s unseemly for a man to be on trend with his clothes
The Van Ness Giant is basically an RPG dungeon where you have some kind of movement penalty
If a librarian aired me out like this I’d dedicate the rest of my life to ruining theirs
British settlers in India on independence: well, the jig is up, time to start writing short stories and get really into cricket French settlers in Algeria on independence: I am going to form white people ISIS
Reading Mary Renault’s The King Must Die (it’s a historicized retelling of Theseus’ life) and she truly is one of the great historical fiction writers
Hope Nolan’s Odyssey starts a revitalization of the sword and sandal genre. Here’s some movies I’d like to see made: -Villeneuve adaptation of Mary Renault’s Alexander novels -Cronenberg version of The Bacchae -black comedy about the Year of the Four Emperors
I was waiting for someone to make this totally ignorant comparison of DSA to the Militant tendency. DSA is not infiltrating small party meetings under the discipline of democratic centralism to select candidates. They're winning primaries. They don't have those for MPs in the UK.
Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2w agoThe DSA Is a Parasite The left-wing faction is hijacking the Democratic Party. by James Kirchik www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Eating chili two days in a row is so dangerous if you’re approaching 40
Gotta be honest, if AES can’t win this primary I don’t see how how AOC can win a presidential race
After all that I still don’t understand who ishowspeed is