Tom the Dog
@tomthedog.bsky.social
Likes: ROBOCOP, The Who, capybaras, ROBOCOP, libraries, GrimJack, ROBOCOP. Dislikes: horses, oceans (beaches are fine, oceans are bullshit)
The Seattle library levy is on track to pass with 80% voting yes. The Seattle Times came out against it and was resoundingly ignored. Seattle voters want nice things and are willing to pay for them.
So far, voters overwhelmingly approve Seattle library levy
A property tax levy to fund the city's public library system over the next seven years is solidly ahead after the first release of vote totals Tuesday evening.
seattletimes.com
I was so thrilled to watch the Dodgers win the World Series but with that cursed visit they can pretty much fuck off forever
Andy Kindler@andykindler.bsky.social · 8h agoAt a restaurant watching Tyrone Taylor get a hit and the Cubs leading the Dodgers 6-1. It’s pure joy. I guess the Dodgers are still tired from visiting the Fascist White Hiuse. @mets.com
Picking my five favorite John Huston movies is just picking my favorite Humphrey Bogart movies that aren't CASABLANCA, plus THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
MidCenturyCinema@midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 13h agoBOTD John Huston!!! MCCT5 omits 5+ gems: 5)Fat City 4)Key Largo 3)The Dead 2)Asphalt Jungle 1)Maltese Falcon More: @theflyingartist.bsky.social: moremovies.co.uk/our-top-5-jo... David Thomson: www.theguardian.com/film/2006/de... James Medd/The Rake Magazine: therake.com/default/stor...
CURRENT READING Robert Jackson Bennett, THE TAINTED CUP. Book 1 in a series of fantasy murder mysteries, with the two leads getting favorable comparisons to Holmes & Watson. The fantasy aspect is almost overwhelmingly unusual to me (except the part that's totally ATTACK ON TITAN). Good so far
CURRENT READING @gunnerkrigg.bsky.social GUNNERKRIGG COURT VOL. 2. I really like this. Ghosts and robots and trickster gods mix together in this sometimes whimsical, sometimes dark fantasy/sci-fi webcomic with a deep cast and rich back story. Plus it's funny!
Tom the Dog@tomthedog.bsky.social · 3d agoCURRENT READING GUNNERKRIGG COURT VOL. 1 by @gunnerkrigg.bsky.social I don't know how much of a commitment I'm making getting into what seems to be a pretty lore-heavy webcomic that began in 2005 and is still going, but 150 pages in and I like it. The below reference made me laugh, so good start!
One facet of tape cassettes that no other format of music (that I know of) has ever replicated: the silence, often long minutes of silence, when side A or B was longer than the other. You could stop or eject or ff, or you could just sit and listen, as the spools turned and the blank tape ran out
One facet of tape cassettes that no other format of music (that I know of) has ever replicated: the silence, often long minutes of silence, when side A or B was longer than the other. You could stop or eject or ff, or you could just sit and listen, as the spools turned and the blank tape ran out
I always like songs that reference other songs by the same artist. I find it charmingly self-indulgent. "You hear that? That's good, right? THAT WAS US, we did that!" At 2:43, "O My God" by the Police quotes "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by the Police. "Do I have to tell the story..."
O My God
YouTube video by The Police - Topic
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Two weeks ago I had never heard of Sophie Cunningham and two weeks from now I hope she will have vanished to wherever Hawk Tuah Girl went. In the meantime she is an increasingly pathetic disgrace to the Cunningham name
I love actors with complete sentences for names. What does Jeremy do when his clothes are wrinkled? Jeremy Irons. Did you tell Amber? Amber Heard. Where did Norman get that bruise? Norman Fell.
Sitcom People@sitcompeople.bsky.social · 4d ago
CURRENT READING GUNNERKRIGG COURT VOL. 1 by @gunnerkrigg.bsky.social I don't know how much of a commitment I'm making getting into what seems to be a pretty lore-heavy webcomic that began in 2005 and is still going, but 150 pages in and I like it. The below reference made me laugh, so good start!
More left-handed handshaking. GUNNERKRIGG COURT vol. 1, by Tom Siddell @gunnerkrigg.bsky.social
Tom the Dog@tomthedog.bsky.social · 4w agoHaven't done one of these for a while. More left-handed handshaking. SUMMER OF SUPERGIRL SPECIAL #1, story "Lost Girls," w. @gailsimone.bsky.social a. Emma Kubert (a very fun story in a very fun comic!)
You know how much I love The Who! To no one's surprise, this is a slamdunk answer for me: TOMMY, WHO'S NEXT, QUADROPHENIA
Mia Murphy 🏳️⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d agoWhat's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)
*angry goose voice* which institutions Ken
Ken Jennings@kenjennings.bsky.social · 3d agoAnyone who knows me even a little, or has even followed me long on social media, already knows this about me. Our institutions are literally trying to erase trans people right now, and it pisses me off. A snarky reply to one bad take on Bluesky doesn’t mean that’s changed at all. ⬇️
RECENT READING THE NEFARIOUS NIGHTS OF WILLOWWEEP MANOR, w. @shaenon.bsky.social a. Christopher Baldwin. A very fun follow-up to the very fun DIRE DAYS. Our heroes' Gothic Novel pocket universe is invaded by refugees from a Murder Mystery universe. Everyone's a suspect... EVEN THE CHICKEN
Tom the Dog@tomthedog.bsky.social · last wk.RECENT READING DIRE DAYS OF WILLOWWEEP MANOR, w. @shaenon.bsky.social a. Christopher Baldwin. I enjoyed this tale of gothic novels & pocket dimensions a great deal. Wonderfully charming & funny characters w/ excellent art, from the precision of the manor's layout to the silliest of facial reactions
Libraries are indeed awesome and I borrowed this just now because the Hulk is awesome too
Stergios Botzakis@stergbot.bsky.social · 4d agoAll the Hulk Feels is a fantastic book for exploring feelings with younger readers. It won a well deserved Eisner Award, and the story/art by @dansantat.bsky.social are incredible!
To those who post AI slop with the Peanuts characters, please watch this video of Charles M. Schulz drawing this comic strip by hand which he did for 50 years and then go fuck yourselves afterwards.
How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy | BBC Global
YouTube video by BBC Global
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I vaguely recognize all of these but the bottom two panels are definitely from the ALTERED STATES film parody
Alfred E. Neuman ( MAD Magazine )@alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social · 4d ago
I saw SUPERGIRL, and don't have much to add to what's already been said. I like Milly Alcock, David Corenswet and Eve Ridley. David Krumholtz is a pleasant surprise. Krem is a big nothing. Momoa is wasted. But overall, it's a pretty good movie, right up to the exact moment it turns to complete shit
Seattle police chief who lives in Chicago finally kicked the fuck out after horseshit response to Bite of Seattle shooting
Seattle police chief resigns under pressure from mayor over response to festival shooting
Seattle’s police chief has resigned amid criticism that the city was slow to release key information about a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend.
apnews.com
I feel like the list for 1970 is trying to tell me something. -anxiety disorder -borderline personality disorder -control freak -erectile dysfunction -unmacho I can't even say they're gaslighting me because IT'S THERE TOO
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 6d agoFind the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
My deepest shame! My only comic bags with resealable dots instead of scotch tape are the ones I got at comic stores (and very very many of those from comic stores also came pre-taped)
Mike Sterling, Funnybooks Guy@mikester.bsky.social · 5d agoSEALING UP COMIC BOOK BAGS WITH TAPE HOW VERY DARE YOU
