Trying to keep the politics reposts from overwhelming the usual stew of film, food, art, science, books, & cats (w/ occasional French) and mostly failing at the moment. Support libraries, [⬛️⬛️] Nazis, and eschew AI "art" wherever and whenever you can
I may have actually said in the past two weeks "Scylla is not a spoiler, it's a common metaphor!"
Gabrielle A. Perry, MPHY’all CANT be hollering about spoilers for The Odyssey, which is based on a book that has been out for 3,000 goddamn years.
Holy shit. This is a real « things were different before the internet » moment. I’ve never seen this quote before.
Marcus 🏳️🌈🇧🇧My beef with Morrissey runs all the way back to 1986 when he said this about Black artists. Nineteen Eighty Six, while the Smiths were still active. It’s not a “later phenomenon” don’t try and lie to me www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...
This thread is up there with « camels are dying of heat stroke » on my climate change horror list this week. 😭
Dave VetterI join you from the Blaenavon wildfire in Southeast Wales, brought to you by BP, Shell and Equinor. Though it does not look dramatic, the fire has been out of control for days - for a very particular reason. 🧵
It’s a banner week for « not all men, but definitely THIS fuckin’ guy »
Scott LemieuxThis is the same "we have to confirm him because they say this about all our nominees" Republican defense of Kavanaugh, except that of course "they" didn't say it about Alito, Roberts, Gorsuch, Coney Barrett, etc. etc.
Well, this looks amazing!
Shelly KraicerThe Beijing-based experimental animation artist Sun Xun's first feature MAGIC ATLAS will premiere at the Locarno Film Festival. Sun & team spent 10 years hand-carving, then animating woodblock prints. I was fortunate to be invited to work on the subtitles. www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/pro...