it'll save everyone some time if you just pretend i went through the list of 20 questions and put "the making of the atomic bomb by richard rhodes" down every time. for questions like 2 pretend i wrote "the making of the atomic bomb by richard rhodes" 5 times. you can extrapolate the joke from there
Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago1 like = 1 book question 📚💙
In honour of #InternationalOwlDay. (It may be a bit niche [or maybe not, seeing the popularity of #TheOdyssey], but it's my favourite of any memes I've made.)
Animal Kingdom a superb movie, but the world it depicts pales compared to the reality (outlined in article). Funny to read Kath hated her portrayal by the great Jacki Weaver.
Andrew Nette@pulpcurry.bsky.social · 2d agoVale Kath Pettingill, the inspiration not only for the character of Janine Cody in David Michod’s 2010 film, ANIMAL KINGDOM, but Shirl Hennessy on the incredibly under seen Australian crime drama, JANUS. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making this up?” “Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog.
Movie night with eldest. What to pick? "I liked Grand Budapest and that robber one with Clooney" (Out of Sight). Options: Royal Tenenbaums, Talented Mr Ripley, Quiz Show, Grosse Pointe Blank. Picked Ripley. Verdict: creepy (it is tbf), expected it to be a comedy from Tiktok clips 🤷🏼♂️
My "Irish Measurement Systems Flowchart" was warmly received by r/Ireland so I'm reposting it here having fixed one error, but without many smaller additions suggested, might do a v2 some time later! #speirgorm
I know there are people who claim not to like anchovies, but they are untrustworthy savages.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5d ago‘Intense, salty, foul’: the best (and worst) supermarket anchovies, tasted and rated
They said they couldn't entertain me They said they simply had too many
Roses are red, Depp's In Ebeneezer,
Is Eddie Howe the first Premier League manager to be sacked for whom the phrase "he got the axe" requires further clarification?
Because you don’t save, Mr Deasy said, pointing his finger. You don’t know yet what money is. Money is power. When you have lived as long as I have. I know, I know. If youth but knew. But what does Shakespeare say? Put but money in thy purse.
a must read gift link here 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? (Gift Article)
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last wk.BOUIE: ".. Musk spends a large part of his free time fomenting violence and spreading .. hateful ideology .. ".. It is that fact, and not the cars he builds or the rockets he launches, that ought to define his place in public life." @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Here incidentally is what the cover looks like in French
"Unfairly seen as lesser Mann, Miami Vice is simultaneously ridiculous and exciting, shot with a sumptuous eye for texture, clarity and mood.."
Tim Pelan@johnneyred.bsky.social · last wk.Did somebody mention Miami Vice? cinephiliabeyond.org/miami-vice/
*Trojan historian watching as the Achaeans break down the gates* Wow, my civilization is undergoing a complex transformation from a heavily centralized and stratified administrative society to a more socially-fragmented modality of living in which material culture is dispersed amidst smaller sites.
Adaptations of The Odyssey, is it? Time to re-up this one.
Re the Emily Wilson discourse - her Dad (A N Wilson) was the king of literary feuds. A good family tradition. Best one was his feud with Bevis Hillier who hoaxed him into including a fake letter in his biography of Bejteman where the first letter of each sentence spelt "AN Wilson is a shit".
Hang on, 2001: A Space ODYSSEY? It's got a fucking cyclops in it!
As a lifelong Marty stan this was a big gap. Finally got to it last night. *What* a movie. Central performances (Dafoe, Keitel, Hershey) are immense. I know the experience nearly broke him, but how did he get it made??
What my neighbour is saying right now and for the last 30min
Is A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977) thr most quintessential dad film ever made? The all star male cast and the sheer logistical grandeur of this film makes it impossible to dislike. This is despite its somewhat bloated narrative and the sheer bloody British stiff upper lip of it all.
