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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 20h

*frying their worms

josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 20h

He was probably able to do so at the time he married her. The value of money in Victorian England was very unstable, and he may have expected raises over his career.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 20h

I don't love the word "intended" here, there's no suggestion in Dickens that Cratchit is assuming airs above his station by having a family without first seeking promotion. "Capable" might be better.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 21h

If the intention of those ideas was to sabotage Mamdami they wouldn't have given him warning or veto.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah, what does it get him compared to a modern? Possibly a bigger house, and if he didn't have so many children he might afford a domestic servant. Otherwise, worse food, cleanliness, healthcare, education, information, entertainment, bedding; worse everything.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 22h

Three times before the cock crows he will deny Trump.

josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 1d

Nah, Dooku is committed to the Sith by then. No way is he going to accept a life of peaceful contemplation.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 1d

Okay but what about Dooku? Do we have a situation where the Jedi sit the war out but the Separatists are still led by a Sith?

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 1d

Is that all full-contact combat sports, eg boxing, or specifically the UFC?

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but her husband is still incapable of using first-person pronouns.

josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 2d

You think Boss Nash cares about the Ghor? No chance. Amidala did right by the Gungans, and Palpatine was Amidala's mentor, so the Gungans stand by Palpatine.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 2d

Can't be a plot point on Andor because it prominently involves aliens.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 2d

You honour, exhibit C ^^

josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 2d

It makes sense that Naboos prosperity could come with Gungan oppression. Or the Gungans could be prominent nonhuman Imperial supporters. Either way works.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 3d

Horus tricks Magnus into panicking and sending his father a message, whose reciept inadvertently exposes the Emperor's good health.

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sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · 3d

outstanding.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 3d

You forgot to include a link to the track! Here's one:

C://peepeepoopoo/Downloads/scape_main.avi

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 3d

Weasley and Alexander beat the command crew in a wargame, then lock them in the Holodeck...

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, like a cartoon.

josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 4d

Didn't they say the opposite, that the top of the class goes into logistics so they can jump into the private sector?

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 4d

Killing Newt may have been a mistake, the film could have been helped by another sympathetic PoV running around.

The later part of the film is a bit weaker. The Alien just had so little interest in actively hunting the remaining survivors.

josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 4d

I hadn't seen any other cut of Alien 3, so I can't compare. I know there is an Alien 4, not sure how. I know that Joss Whedon was very enthusiastic about the limited nature of his involvement.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 4d

If Paul McGann had been playing the Doctor, he'd have had whatever pheromone was protecting Ripley synthesised and sprayed on everyone. But instead he played a lunatic, and this alien conveniently doesn't attack lunatics.

Doesn't coccoon the egg-bearers any more either.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 4d

Surprisingly sympathetic to the fundamentalist cult, I've never seen fundamentalists treated so kindly in horror. I guess they're the only people who hate science as much as the Alien franchise.

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josephzander.bsky.social @josephzander.bsky.social · 4d

I just watched the Alien 3 Legacy Cut. A good film, not excellent. The character drama is great atmosphere, but doesn't have much substance. Atmosphere is hard to get right in space, but it's what holds the film up.

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