An aside, but if I had a neo-Nazi character in something set in contemporary Britain and gave him the surname "Bonehill-Paine," my editor would want a word with me.
Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 11h agoIt's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.
And every time the use the term 낙엽, they always pair it with words like 부서지다 (crumble) or 시들어가다 (to wither away) so even when they use 낙엽, they're also evoking the title. It is peak HYYH Bangtan writing awesome, slightly melodramatic metaphors about sad things. +
I know I have more feelings about Athena than most people but lowkirkenuinely I have never seen someone miss the mark so profoundly
"In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock! As if it were afraid that nobody would... ...Today is August 4, 2026, the city of Allendale, California.” Yeah, so happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" day?
There are two wolves. One always lies. One controls the lever of trolley track. They're in a state of superposition inside a box. On the trolley are infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters going to an infinite hotel. The trolley must first travel halfway, but before that a quarterway, and so on...
the biggest and best movie of the year revolves around the perils and horrors that come with sacrificing a trans life in the name of a short term victory
has anyone unpacked christopher nolan casting a trans person to be the distraction sacrifice for a trojan horse to enter, and then destroy, civilization
Someone should make an Isadore Blumenfeld biopic because his story was Super Interesting, but not right now because the US is not in a good place to talk about the historic past-tense Jewish mafia in the Midwest
Jake Berman@lostsubways.com · 3d agoThere was, however, one exception to this: Minneapolis-St Paul. There, a finance bro, the mob, and a crooked lawyer really did buy the trains and sell them for scrap - but that was the exception, not the rule. 12/12
There are known knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns, Minnesotans, and trans and queer shitposters
Hey, fellow burqueños. If you’re looking to expand your personal library and support our public libraries at the same time, the event is almost upon us.
Downplay a book or movie: The Russian Novel Length but Eventually Ending Story
Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 3d agoDownplay a book or movie: Covalent Blonde
Most things have always been crap. That’s my theory. Most of it has always been crap and will always be crap and the stuff that isn’t crap will last longer and people will forget about all the crap that was made next to it, like it was never there.
I’m completely normal about this … yes I am 🙃🫠
Add a shit ton of patches and spikes, obviously 😉
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4d agoIn my halfass pursuit of fitness, I've been pondering getting one of those weighted vests. I walk my dogs 3-5 miles a day regardless, I might as well get a little more cardio/strength benefit out of it, right? Problem: I don't want to look like a giant fucking dork. Is there a solution to this?
running deep into the thickest part of the woods to speak all the names of the bear
regrettably he would probably think the UFC weigh in at his memorial was tight
Not being able to shut up about niche interests works incredibly well. And by incredibly well I mean thinking “why are we making out, I wasn’t even done explaining how the invention of railways changed humanity more and on a deeper level than any other invention in history, down to how time works.”
Adam@adam35.bsky.social · 5d agobringing her back to my place but to show her all my out of print intelligence books and antique civil war unit histories
One time I went over for Netflix and Chill (back when Netflix came in the mail) but my pal had chosen Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World for the evening and my mood instantly pivoted to “Oceans are now Battlefields please remove your face from my lap”
Adam@adam35.bsky.social · 5d agobringing her back to my place but to show her all my out of print intelligence books and antique civil war unit histories
I for one would not approve a sale of Public Utility to Professional Vultures That Will Strip It For Parts
My biggest mission in life is to spread the word that El Paso is in Mountain Time. Tell a friend!
Now that we have some resolution BTS' Grammy plans this year, let me dig more into how insultingly worded this new category is 🧵 Text from the website www.grammy.com/news/2027-gr...
When I am Benevolent Emperor, dates will be YYYY-MM-DD. We will follow the International Fixed Calendar except the spare days will be put between XMas and New Year’s Eve.
Nick (derogatory) ✨@slothropsmap.bsky.social · 7d agoIf I’m granted universal dictation power with time enough to issue one immutable edict, I am renaming years 0-99 the zeroth century and fixing the whole goddamn problem for good.
Hardly the point, but it’s also clear he’s never ever read to the end a story about a mythological creature that offers you wishes.
enjoying imagining the discussion among editors in which they determined if this ought to be pluralized as Spider-Mans, Spider-Men, or Spiders-Man
