So I've been scrolling on Bluesky for at least half an hour, and I am as unmotivated now as I was when I started. Thanks a lot, Bluesky.
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Film you've watched more than six times, with a gif.
Blue Velvet: Man Shouts 'Let's Fuck!'
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Shannon | Editor of Words | Writer of Words | Lover of Words@editorshannon.bsky.social · 6d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Many agree with him that the DC suburbs of VA are quickly deteriorating because of hateful people, but instead of complaining about it on X, they give the finger to hateful people when they see them.
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6d agoLike water to the Wicked Witch of the West, a middle finger is to this sexual assaulter.
I wonder if there's been any pressure in Amir Hassan's party for him to run as, I don't know, Ted Hassan, or Nicky Hasbro, or Bill Hasselhoff.
LGBTQ Nation@lgbtqnation.com · 6d ago“NO MUSLIMS IN OFFICE PERIOD!” MAGA rages at Trump’s endorsement of Black Christian candidate - buff.ly/KUP1RcG
I hadn't realized how ahead of the curve Bob Odenkirk was: I'm
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
SHE COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH. IT KINDLY STOPPED FOR HER. Coming Halloween 2027, it's THE CARRIAGE
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
Once again, English has been FUBARed beyond all recognition.
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · last wk.PIN Number ATM Machine UPC Code LCD Display We regret to inform you that this phenomenon has a name: RAS Syndrome. Redundant Acronym Syndrome…Syndrome.
There's no good Way to transmit to People in General, in a Way that will sink in, that they should stop capitalizing Nouns for no Reason. The best I can do is create a Sentence that illustrates the Awkwardness and Dissonance that can arise from such unexpected Capitalization.
Anyone else think the order of these actions is fucked up? Hunt them down and arrest them and THEN decide if they should be jailed or deported. That's not how law is supposed to work. You don't arrest first and then decide whether they've broken the law.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2w agoTrump ended TPS overnight. Deporting 350,000 Haitians is a different story. "The US government has to find them, arrest them, take them into custody, process them, then determine whether they are subject to detention or not.”
It was bad enough that, for reasons beyond my control, I had to start back over from zero on Wordle, but now I feel like the NYT is giving me the finger every morning.
People have been hitting pieces of wood to make music for millennia, but the word “xylophone” is fairly recent. Get a little music and etymology in our latest In a Word column. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/07/in-a...
In a Word: X Is for Xylophone | The Saturday Evening Post
Some etymology and music history that you didn’t eXpect.
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The idea of Ebenezer as an analogue of modern, selfish, super-wealthy men makes sense, but the inevitable conclusion — that we can get out of this only with the help of supernatural beings — is depressing AF. Still, I look forward to the phrase "Malthusian nightmare" in reviews, then headlines.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w agoFirst poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”
The new Ebenezer origin story ought to be called "The Phantom Menace." It's still just "A Christmas Carol" though.
Lotus Prince@lotusprince.bsky.social · 2w agoThe funny thing is that we already have a Scrooge origin story. It's called the Christmas Carol.
The US will never host another World Cup. At this level, we shouldn't get any more Olympics, either.
LGBTQ Nation@lgbtqnation.com · 2w agoTrump forcing Spain to pay US taxes on its FIFA winnings is another wrecking ball to US institutions - buff.ly/TOHq3pM
BREAKING NEWS: World leader looking for an excuse to attack adversary offers excuse to attack adversary and then attacks adversary.
Complaining about other drivers. You know, the ones who learned how to drive from Grand Theft Auto. Who believe that a light turning red means they have two more seconds to get through the intersection. The ones who think "only" is a mere suggestion on a "Right Turn Only" sign.
Black Aziz Anansi@blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 2w agoWhat's your old person trait?
Aaah, that bittersweet feeling of having finished a good novel. 📖
The difficulty of fighting impostor syndrome is knowing about the Dunning-Kruger Effect. But, really, what do I know?
I agree! It's a great time for him and only him to spend a week camping and hiking in northern Michigan.
Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 3w agoMAGA cultist Eric Metaxas was outraged by seeing an air quality alert triggered by the Canadian wildfires that suggested people limit outdoor activity: "How dare they say that. Who has the right to tell me or you or anyone anything? It's a free country. I can do whatever I want."
"If you think Betamax tapes are going away, you're stupid!" says man trying to sell you Betamax tapes.
Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 3w agoCEO said a thing!
We can't be far from the complete elimination of the armed forces' cryptology departments, because they're just a bunch of nerds who don't do any actual fighting.
Man, I wish this was real.
Esther Schindler@estherschindler.bsky.social · 3w agoA New STD Was Just Named In Honor Of Donald Trump "The disease, scientifically classified as Trumporrhea trachomatis, is a mushroom-shaped bacterium that infects primarily one’s urethra, and turns the surrounding skin surface area orange." thehalfwaypost.medium.com/a-new-std-wa...
Trent Reznor's Thomas the Tank Engine toy collection Nine Inch Rails
James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh.bsky.social · 3w agoTrent Reznor uses his shrink ray on snooty judges who cheat at golf and get dyspeptic when Rodney Dangerfield mocks their hat. Nine Inch Smails
Gotta disagree here. With only the one comma, it's clear this is three people. With the Oxford comma, (Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante, and Shah of Iran featured...) Plath is "only" a NY vigilante. This editor did a good job of, I'm sure, removing a comma before "featured."
Sean Marshall@seanyyz.bsky.social · 3w agoWhy I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
Screwworms and cyclosporiasis caused by the withdrawal of invisible-to-the-public federal monitoring is a bad-timeline situation, of course. But it does create an easily understood analogy when advocating for the importance of editors. We are the "invisible monitoring" of the literary world.