The Seattle Symphony sometimes does this thing where they'll show a beloved film and play the score to it live. I went to see them do Jaws, and I'm certain that everyone in that room had already seen it plenty of times and knew everything that would happen, but there's SOMETHING about the live music

Boner Vivant@dougtilley.bsky.social · last yr.

Got me thinking.. What's the strongest reaction you've seen an audience member have to a scene in a cinema? During the birthday party scene in SIGNS I saw a whole row of young women literally throw their popcorn in the air like a cartoon.

The goal has been updated for what HAD BETTER BE the last time. Three nights in the hospital, six different medications, one EXTREMELY BRAVE GIRL, one deeply frazzled and exhausted and very not brave human. $12,680.

G.D. Annin@gdannin.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hi, everybody. I know that, like. No one is doing okay right now, none of us have jobs, etc etc. But my beautiful baby girl who's been in my life for nearly 17 years needed to be hospitalized last night and there's no way I can pay the bills myself. gofund.me/6e4117e91

When the gabapentin hits

Going home TAKE TWO

Okay well we have gone BACK to the emergency vet, and I hope beyond hope it’s nothing and I’m just being anxious, and I wanted so so badly to be able to stop begging, but here we are. 🫠

G.D. Annin@gdannin.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hi, everybody. I know that, like. No one is doing okay right now, none of us have jobs, etc etc. But my beautiful baby girl who's been in my life for nearly 17 years needed to be hospitalized last night and there's no way I can pay the bills myself. gofund.me/6e4117e91

SHE'S HOME!!

Excuse me while I crumble to dust because the BBC article on the computer issues grounding flights has to explain what floppy discs are. 💀

LMAO

They’re taking her blood pressure one more time and if it’s good, she gets to come home with me in 30 minutes ❤️❤️❤️

G.D. Annin@gdannin.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hi, everybody. I know that, like. No one is doing okay right now, none of us have jobs, etc etc. But my beautiful baby girl who's been in my life for nearly 17 years needed to be hospitalized last night and there's no way I can pay the bills myself. gofund.me/6e4117e91

How you know she’s feeling better! 😂

G.D. Annin@gdannin.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hi, everybody. I know that, like. No one is doing okay right now, none of us have jobs, etc etc. But my beautiful baby girl who's been in my life for nearly 17 years needed to be hospitalized last night and there's no way I can pay the bills myself. gofund.me/6e4117e91

Air to Ground Message: GOOD LUCK GRAB A REDBULL Area: Valparaiso, IN, USA A: #acf575eb258 F: #fd1b9506af7

How it started. How it's going..

Mango's bill as of this morning is $8,351, so I have bumped up the fundraiser goal just a bit, but I absolutely cannot believe how much has been donated already. I said to my mom last night, I thought it would bring in one or two thousand, tops. Thank you. THANK YOU. THANK YOU!

G.D. Annin@gdannin.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hi, everybody. I know that, like. No one is doing okay right now, none of us have jobs, etc etc. But my beautiful baby girl who's been in my life for nearly 17 years needed to be hospitalized last night and there's no way I can pay the bills myself. gofund.me/6e4117e91

Best baby. She’s doing well and as long as her labs continue to trend towards normal, she can come home tomorrow. ❤️

She is doing all right today, thank goodness. Her ultrasound didn't show anything that requires surgery or aggressive treatment. We still don't know WHY she got so bloated and sick, or when she'll get to come home, but at least for now she is getting round-the-clock care & is comfortable and safe.

G.D. Annin@gdannin.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hi, everybody. I know that, like. No one is doing okay right now, none of us have jobs, etc etc. But my beautiful baby girl who's been in my life for nearly 17 years needed to be hospitalized last night and there's no way I can pay the bills myself. gofund.me/6e4117e91

YOU ARE ALL. ANGELS. I can't believe my eyes. Or, I wouldn't, if I could see anything through the tears of relief and joy. Already over 65% of the way to the goal and it's been, like, four hours. You have already lifted such a massive weight off of my shoulders.

G.D. Annin@gdannin.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hi, everybody. I know that, like. No one is doing okay right now, none of us have jobs, etc etc. But my beautiful baby girl who's been in my life for nearly 17 years needed to be hospitalized last night and there's no way I can pay the bills myself. gofund.me/6e4117e91

Hi, everybody. I know that, like. No one is doing okay right now, none of us have jobs, etc etc. But my beautiful baby girl who's been in my life for nearly 17 years needed to be hospitalized last night and there's no way I can pay the bills myself. gofund.me/6e4117e91

Donate to Help with Mango's Hospital Bills, organized by Tracy Carrithers

Mango came into my life on Valentine's Day of 2010 and has been the light of my life… Tracy Carrithers needs your support for Help with Mango's Hospital Bills

gofund.me

If you need to give people a reason not to support Harry Potter anymore, JK Rowling is actively stripping queer spaces away from vulnerable students who need them. All of the money from her books goes to this.

Oh hey it's that time of year again. Check in with your ancestors. Not your recent ones who might have Opinions on who or whether you married, the Ancient ones. The squeaky little mammal thing who would be so damn proud of you for having enough food in your cupboards and staying warm.

If Mums for Biberty taught us anything, it’s that thirty weirdos with free time can fuck up an entire public system and we must push back on them right out of the gate.

Craig Schaefer@craigschaeferbooks.com · 4d ago

Cannot stress enough that this isn't even about porn. "Collective Shout" is against freedom, period, and using porn as a wedge to exert control, which so far has worked totally in their favor because people don't stand up for sex workers.

Do not— let me say it again: FUCKING DO NOT— let alex fucking "democracy should die and technofascism is good, actually" goddam KARP try to REHABILITATE HIS FUCKING IMAGE.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d ago

TechBros seeing which way the wind is blowing. Palantir CEO Alex Karp is signaling he might shift his support towards the Democrats in 2028 following their midterm victories, Politico reports.

PREACH

Mo Ryan@moryan.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is the most important thing I've written in a long time. I hope you'll read and I really hope you'll share it. What do we do about the new HBO Harry Potter show? Some thoughts & context for anyone thinking about watching it, covering it or assigning coverage. www.moryan.com/what-do-we-d...

Wow. Someone should really consider making a game for this! Just imagine! A whole game starring Wonder Woman, one of the big three tentpole characters of DC! Wouldn't that be cool?

IGN@ign.com · 4d ago

DC Studios' new boss is reportedly planning to prioritize more mainstream characters like Batman and Wonder Woman going forward. https://bit.ly/4zGbfSZ

There is an active outbreak of avian flu (H5 influenza) in dairy herds in Washington State, particularly the Yakima Valley. A number of dairy workers have been infected, with at least one death. Speaking with workers, we believe the official case numbers are a vast undercount. 1/

MY TURN - dashare.zone ADMIN

Game development has five distinct steps: ideation, pre-production, invent god, production, and post-production.

julie muncy, calamity's augur@julie.radiantarray.io · 5d ago

figuring out game architecture is so stupid. like, yeah, okay, my game has different days, so i'm going to need to make, like, a day manager to keep track of what day it is. gotta fucking invent god over here

They really should make a Lando TV show where the entire premise is Billy Dee Williams as old Lando bullshitting at a sabacc table and (unreliably) narrating Donald Glover as young Lando showing how things actually went down

☀️ Starshine@starshine.bsky.social · 5d ago

I still can’t believe they didn’t rewrite the entire script to be a young lando movie two minutes after hiring donald glover

Unfriendly reminder that the idea of "five love languages" was invented by a conservative christian pastor to assert that his wife should be doing all the housework and always be willing to have sex. It is in no way based on real psychology.

Super-important skill, and I think you can roll it up into my favorite broken-record topic: Distress tolerance for the messy business of dealing with other humans. Learn to be okay being uncomfortable. You don’t have to like it, but lots of toxic behavior is actually trying to immediately flee.

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · 2y ago

An important life skill they should teach in schools is being able to stop doubling down. To learn what it feel like to think and then say "woah yeah you're right, what I said was fucked up"