dogwelder
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I teach middle school kids how to make weird pictures & movies. Sometimes I ride my bike. Sometimes I take pictures. Blog: https://www.ga2so.com/blog/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dogwelder Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dogwelder
Today is my friend's 60th birthday, and it's also @jamesgunn.bsky.social 's 60th. James was nice enough to make this completely real video to celebrate.
It turns out The Devil Wears Prada 2 is the perfect length for one session of platelet donation.
You might thing the reason I couldn't fall back asleep this morning was stressing over the start of a new semester. Nope! It was obsessing over the plot holes in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
I used to make a lot more silly things with Photoshop. I should do that some more.
A thing I learned today: Guinan on Star Trek: The Next Generation was named after a speakeasy operator who also had Mae West as a protege. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_G...
Texas Guinan - Wikipedia
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@jessethorn.bsky.social , I just listened to you talking about Kanopy, so I thought you might like this tip: you can get more tickets by joining more libraries. LAPL tickets gone? Switch to your LA County library card, or Burbank, or pretty much any other library.
Hey @elliottkalan.bsky.social : I know you're not covering this for months, but It's at the Academy Museum tomorrow and it's only five bucks. www.academymuseum.org/programs/det...
Out of Africa in 35mm
Out of Africa in 35mm at DGT on Aug 2. Sydney Pollack’s Oscar‑winning epic stars Meryl Streep and Robert Redford in a sweeping romance set in Kenya.
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I just like that this looks like a Chick Tract.
DrWeb@drweb2.bsky.social · 2w agoTechCrunch: “Librarians are Hosting Viral ‘Avoiding AI’ Workshops For People Who are Fed Up With Big Tech” From TechCrunch: [Charlie] Bailey [a librarian in South Philadelphia, PA] stands at the front of a library classroom that’s outfitted for children – the focal point is the vibrant rug he’s…
I’m at The Last Bookstore in Downtown Los Angeles, and they have a whole section devoted to Star Trek movies and television currently in production!
Help! My symbolism! It's so overt! And very explicit!
Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop
Scuttled German WW2 warships have reemerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe.
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No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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The State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
I'm going to have all of my digital media students make production company logos to put in front of their movies. Do you recognize which eighties action B movie studio I'm "referencing" (AKA "ripping off") for a sample intro?
there's plenty of restaurants in this town, but the owner of the sandwich shop downtown hates me, says he's gonna kill me, and has a sign up on the wall saying that 5 cents out of every sandwich order will go towards buying bullets to shoot me with.
There's nothing like someone conflating intelligence and taste when they have neither.
Jeff Tischauser@jtischauser.bsky.social · 6d agoHell of a pitch from Eric Orwoll, the leader of Return to the Land, a white nationalist group creating a whites-only community in Arkansas. "Come live with us and eat flavorless bland food because we are smart whites."
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Buckaroo Banzai Peter Weller
Alt: Buckaroo Banzai and Perfect Tommy (Peter Weller and Lewis Smith)
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯@mcmjolnir.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
I'm watching one piece of media for each Walk of Fame star awarded for motion pictures. There are 1237 (right now) and I'm down to my last 50! Today I watched The Mark of Zorro. That Tyrone Power sure wore some tight pants! letterboxd.com/film/the-mar...
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on the other, he is the masked avenger ...
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What about a CItizen Kane style story, where it's a single Bugs story told through the eyes of others? Another support cast heavy story, I know, but it might work.
Tacomaster Studios@tacomasterstudios.bsky.social · last wk.Eric Bauza has an idea but again it DOES involve his enemies
On the one hand: this is unsurprising and sad. On the other: technically, the students are giving him exactly what he asked for. www.techspot.com/news/113243-...
Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI
In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students' midterm. It was about the...
techspot.com
The best film adaptation of the Odyssey, wrong answers only
Eurotrip Party Scene
Alt: Eurotrip Party Scene
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batkaren@batkaren.bsky.social · last wk.The best film adaptation of the Odyssey, wrong answers only
I like that the robot looks like it has a knockoff Adobe Illustrator logo.
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2w agoAt libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
I currently have this song stuck in my head, and I thought you might like it stuck in yours. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv1Y...
Debbie Gibson - Shake Your Love (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
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Cool! We need another giant corporation destroying local businesses! www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-is-te...
TikTok is testing a rival to Amazon Prime as it looks to create a US e-commerce giant
TikTok is testing a new membership program for shoppers called TikTok Shop Plus that includes free shipping and exclusive discounts.
businessinsider.com
…so they didn’t actually die?
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago“.. the Trump administration decided to remove four service members killed this past weekend from the list .. because their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
