CURSE BOWL (look it up)
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Okay, THIS is a well-written criticism of Nolan's Odyssey and not just two articles furious that Nolan didn't adapt the writer's own vision of the story. Gift link, I think:
Artful Weaving | Daniel Mendelsohn
The most authentic thing about Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is its densely braided narrative, but its tormented hero sounds like the heroes of Christopher Nolan movies.
nybooks.com
Yet again, this is why you block red triangles on sight. They contribute absolutely nothing worthwhile to anything.
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 4h agoWe got the first "El-Sayed won Rochester Hills because he's a Zionist" take in the wild.
Sure, sock it to me! And if you don't want to wait for the likes to reach a certain number, drop a number and I'll answer that one. ✶
uh oh, did we know that Imaginary Authors sells art prints of some of its fragrance labels?
UNTAMABLE - ART PRINT
SYNOPSIS: Have you ever had a love so wild that you couldn’t hold on? At its core, Untamable is a love story born in the springs, waterfalls, and Indian Paintbrush covered fields of Texas Hill Country...
imaginaryauthors.com
A retirement home for depressed millennials betrayed by the internet they once believed in.
These colors!!!!!
XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore@xingwu.bsky.social · 7h agoIn Chinese #mythology, Penglai(蓬萊山) rises from the Bohai Sea as the dream of immortality itself, a radiant island where wonder never fades. Emperors such as Qin Shi Huang and Han Wudi sought its sacred herbs and hidden sages, hoping to claim eternal life. There, 1/2
Yep!! This is the man of many ways we know and love!
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 7h ago"The Odyssey heightens this fascination by putting this unconventional hero in situations that we might expect more conventional heroes to face. What happens when you take a Walter White or Saul Goodman-type character and lock him in a cave with a man-eating, one-eyed giant?" Hey AMC lets find out!
How beautiful are these handmade creatures by kinetic artist and paper sculptor Lucy Jean Green! #beautifulbizarre #papersculpture #art
Someone at the bar last night guessed that I was 29 (I just turned 42), and I love that for me but I sure wish I could function the next day on under six hours of sleep
Reminder that Current Affairs staff attempted to unionize but Nathan Robinson union busted them. Carl Tuckerson looking douche
what level of parentheses are we on when we’re talking about EDM being degenerate art in service of the Israeli government
Current Affairs@currentaffairs.bsky.social · 2d ago
We should not be surprised that stuff like this is getting written THIS SHIT IS WHY YOU DON'T CREATE ONTOLOGICAL EVILS AND OMNICAUSES Y'all getting it yet?
Current Affairs@currentaffairs.bsky.social · 2d ago
You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
These hand made lamb plushies from northwest China in regional traditional outfits have gone viral on Chinese social media, dubbed as the next Labubus. It makes sense, next year's zodiac being the Sheep. 1/ #popculture
Surely this couldn’t mean Black voters made an informed choice and said “no thanks”………… WILD to publish this with your full name attached.
I do not like that we have to keep putting out these stupid, racist fires in local elections across the country. Bodes ill af for everyone.
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · yesterdayDepicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.
How is harassing minimum wage workers progressive in any way?
Climate Defiance@climatedefiance.bsky.social · 4d agoOops we thought this was Haley Stevens's office
happy 30-50 feral hogs day the post was 7 years ago today
Eleanora Folan is "Stats For Lefties" by the way
James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · yesterdayA party that was actually anti-racist would be kicking this person out, not allowing them to run for the Governing Committee. There are many decent Greens who will be disgusted by this and I wish them all power fighting back against it. We know from experiance how hard that is.
"I felt like I’d burst through a new door only to find myself in the same room." Hooooo boy, the breath I breathed. At least I can't consider myself uniquely cursed in this regard, but friends, if you knew the full of it... I am really, really cursed in this.
The Great Romance Slump
Why are so few young people finding love?
theatlantic.com
One thing you gotta love about The Odyssey is how often the Ithakans get up in someone's business about how they got to the island and who are they, and they finish off with "For surely you did not come on foot!" You've got to imagine them thigh-slapping every time — got him with that one!!!
Again, if you want to criticize Israel for things they're actually doing, be my guest. There's a lot to choose from! But if you want to criticize them for everything happening in the world that you don't like, you're a gutter anti-Semite.
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 3d agoAnd lest anyone think this is just fringe voice, Al-Jazeera ran a column linking Israel to Moroccan migrants into Ceuta - citing no evidence of any Israeli involvement. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202... This is not a good way to be! This is an epistemic collapse on the left.
i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
who was going to tell me that Daniel Mendelsohn has translated The Odyssey and published it with UChicago Press????
The Odyssey
The most accurate and poetic translation of the world's greatest epic, which is now a film by Academy Award winner Christopher Nolan! "This may be the best translation of The Odyssey yet."--Edith Hall...
bookshop.org
