This happens to be at the top of my functionality wish-list, but only if it includes going back in time and retaining my memories of things I would avoid.
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · yesterdayTurritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again
California voter tip: one way I simplify voting on ballot initiatives is to go down the lists of people/groups behind arguments/rebuttals for/against, siding against the ones I know are typically wrong. For example, the "Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn." is usually flaming wrong...
Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 3mo agoExperts aren't always right. That's why I put my faith in morons who are never right
True! If they could have imagined it, the Constitution would have a shitload more restrictive language concerning the Executive branch...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoBessent: "President Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton could not have imagined the economy that we would have created. It is the envy of the world."
And, simultaneously, Elon is proof that white "supremacy" is a fallacy.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d agoElon Musk is a white supremacist
Nothing a person has achieved - high political office, widespread acclaim, great personal wealth*, whatever - signifies that the person in question is not capable of being (occasionally, even mostly) an idiot.
Donating blood, plasma, or platelets is an incredibly simple way to increase your good karma.
Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 6d agoYou can find your local blood donation site here: www.redcrossblood.org/local-homepa...
Film you've watched more than 6 times, with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli. Pro Mode: more than 6 times IN A CINEMA.
2001: A Space Odyssey - Bone to Spaceship
Alt: 2001: A Space Odyssey - Bone to Spaceship
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Ragnarok Lobster@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than 6 times, with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
"Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything." - Bob Dylan
Darcy James Argue@darcyjamesargue.com · last wk.I don’t know where this idea came from that if a famous person compliments your work, you are honor-bound to say nothing negative about theirs in return. I would have thought the problems with this as a norm would be fairly self-evident.
Does anyone know if @criterionchannl.bsky.social has switched out their version of "Eno", the generative documentary? They promised a new one every month... www.criterionchannel.com/eno
I am very disappointed the @ms.now is airing this speech. At the very least, they should be MST3K-ing it.
I was at the Northpoint in SF for Last Temptation's first showing. Lots of protesters. One guy had a lacquered cross of 4x4s reading THIS BLOOD'S FOR YOU down its spine. Naturally, I started singing. "For all you do, you know the King of Jews is comin' thru..." And that's why I'm going to Hell.
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 3w agoIn a new book, Isaac Butler goes back to the 1980s to trace how battles started against the arts, from Piss Christ to Mapplethorpe, and looks at what we can learn for today
What is this "normal" I keep hearing of?
bonzo dog doo dah band - we are normal
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I Care Very Deeply, and look forward to @theonion.com acquiring Meta...
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4w agoI’m trying to care. Truly, I am. But, so far, nothing is working . . .
In which my favorite contemporary playwright engages with one of my favorite albums to muse over the "trolley problem". #EthicsMan
Pink Floyd with Tom Stoppard Darkside.
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This needs someone to dub in the White Zone argument from "Airplane!" "Look, Betty, don't start up with your white zone shit again. There's just no stopping in a white zone." "Oh really, Vernon? Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion!"
amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · last mo.“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.
