Keir DuBois
@keirtography.bsky.social
Imagination made me whatever I am today
Dunno why I used the phrase "historically accurate" in there when it obviously doesn't belong, but everything else is fine
Keir DuBois@keirtography.bsky.social · yesterdayMary Renault's 1950s-era takes on (respectively) Theseus as an insecure Napoleon-complex headcase and Alexander/Hephaistion or Alexander/Bagoas as toxic yaoi were definitely not historically accurate, but I'm sure none of my suburban OC male peers were reading that stuff in 1992
I think one of the best things I did for myself as a young teenager was read romanticized historical fiction novels written by expatriate lesbians
Adrian 'buy HAIR SHIRT' Sobol@yoadrianididit.bsky.social · 2d agoExcuse me?
More, because in several ways I've regressed to that personality completely. I hope it's not self-infantilization but it's certainly real. keirdubois.com/the-regressi...
Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 2d agoAs you've gotten older, have you become less or more sympathetic toward your teenage self?
Not gonna do the engagement-farming thing about three albums in a row but I will say that the new Shearwater album is pretty dang good so far
We meet again, San Luis Rey River trail. Your course was level & pleasant as always, but alas I could only get 16ish miles today (instead of the usual 18-21) because of onshore winds slowing me in the home stretch. That and it was 82 out there, plus the steady yet punishing climb at ride's end.
Folks, you don’t have to gripe about politics on here 24/7. I personally enjoy digging into the motivations for why bands comprised of non-technically-proficient musicians try to briefly become cover-band jukeboxes like U2 did from 1988-91
jw 🌞@farwent.net · last wk.You guys, I don't know how or when exactly it happened in the last 34 years, but I think we were wrong and this actually fucking slaps.
Witnessed a bonafide Fernando Tatis Jr. home run robbery in the first inning, but the Padres could only score once against Robbie Ray, which wasn’t enough. SF 4 SD 1
That one movie question meme about seeing a film multiple times really needs a “hard mode” more complicated than “no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli”
Clearly the Pickles have made glorious leaps and bounds since I visited them about 9 years ago!
Nthn Ldtk@nthnldtk.bsky.social · last wk.Keir, it is Golden Retriever night at the Portland Pickles.
Good day to see the Padres sweep a short two game series against Colorado. Tomorrow will be game 1 of 4 against SF and (likely) our final in-person game of the year
I’d be on my way to quitting law school and becoming a law book salesman
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · last wk.Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
Dammit I'm gonna have to mute the word "Odyssey" aren't I?
The thing people do on here about "Twitter cooking the brains of everyone still there" might be true for this or that media or political or celebrity figure being dunked on, but I know for a fact it's not true for some people in my life.
looks like it was a great Padre game to be out and about on a bike in the sunshine today
Great thread of carpentry. Nailed all the things to several walls.
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 2w agoThere is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.
Successful ball players OUT of the media, funny journeymen IN
Ryan Boyd@ryanboyd.bsky.social · 3w agoRoger Clemens sucks so much in the booth
I once saved a goal in AYSO, as a fullback, with my face. Not anything like Merino just now, but it was still probably my most heroic youth soccer moment. I also broke my toe and collarbone later the same season, so it was kind of a wash. I played hard at age 15-16.
Not trying to put Brendan on blast here but I feel it's important to note that a character in Nolan's Odyssey movie did actually utter the phrase "our age of bronze" at one point. And my ears are still paying for hearing it.
Brendan Buhler@thebuhler.bsky.social · 3w agoAhh, shit. But I heard about a payment for the bronze age and it sounds dumber than a dead mule.
No, person inquiring about a cutesy map project of the kind I do not do, I did not endure two years of sharing a given name with the hopelessly milquetoast UK Prime Minister to be called "Keith."
Unsolicited Odyssey review: the writing is appallingly simplistic and it sinks the whole thing. All those beautiful and talented people, all that lovely scenery and professional presentation, is wasted on absolutely shit-stupid writing. Just laughably bad. Definitely as bad as the 2004 Troy movie.
Definitely on board for this new QOTSA single. It was described to me as "Homme does a solo David Byrne impression" (laudatory) and that's not wrong. I also dig lines like "Sorry for your loss, but you lost." youtu.be/6gm9IWUuus0?...
Queens of the Stone Age - Easy Street (Official Video)
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it's not played for a laugh, but it's so predictable it's funny: the bit in Dunkirk where the random Highlander tries to plug the bullet hole in the leaking trawler hull with his fingers and immediately gets his fingers shot off by the Germans taking target practice at the trawler
tweety fish@sifu.tweety.fish · 3w agowhat are peoples' favorite big laughs in nolan movies
performatively validating someone else’s outrage is no way to go through life, son
Lotta fun tonight with Nation of Language at Ventura Music Hall.
At today's Conejo Oaks game my wife won me a new hat by knowing the answer to 4th inning trivia: "which MLB player hit his 300th career HR this week?" It's Shohei of course
"it's too bad he won't live, but then again who really does?"
Nick (derogatory) ✨@slothropsmap.bsky.social · last mo.Haven’t seen anyone ask the real question at the heart of it all: was Mitch McConnell ever really alive?
