Darrell Bucket
@dbucket.bsky.social
Bucket is pronounced just like it sounds so shut up
🇫🇷 At home in southern France
🎥 Classic film lover né 𝕋ℂ𝕄𝕔𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕙
🍺 Hop-headed beer taster
🎢 Coaster roller
🌱 Retired botanist
🏳️🌈 Pretty gay
🇫🇷 At home in southern France
🎥 Classic film lover né 𝕋ℂ𝕄𝕔𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕙
🍺 Hop-headed beer taster
🎢 Coaster roller
🌱 Retired botanist
🏳️🌈 Pretty gay
Pinned
Darrell Bucket
@dbucket.bsky.social
· Sep 25
The activation energy is so high right now.
The New York Times crossword published in the Seattle Times today has a big error in it, so it’s not you (this time).
NY Times Crossword
Play the most prestigious crossword in the country.
www.seattletimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The New York Times crossword published in the Seattle Times today has a big error in it, so it’s not you (this time).
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This is one of my favorite paintings, from any painter, ever.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.
August 17, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This is one of my favorite paintings, from any painter, ever.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
There’s a fire in the house and we’ve all gathered in the living room to complain about it.
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There’s a fire in the house and we’ve all gathered in the living room to complain about it.
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The most important post on Bluesky today
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The most important post on Bluesky today
Now watching:
Playtime (1967)
A million details and each is important to the story. Love this movie.
Playtime (1967)
A million details and each is important to the story. Love this movie.
December 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Now watching:
Playtime (1967)
A million details and each is important to the story. Love this movie.
Playtime (1967)
A million details and each is important to the story. Love this movie.
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"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results." ~ James Dean
December 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results." ~ James Dean
To help me remember the order of the three rhyming letters in ChatGPT, I just think of the word gypped.
December 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
To help me remember the order of the three rhyming letters in ChatGPT, I just think of the word gypped.
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This is a great expression of the thing I keep saying about text-generating algorithms: “Hallucination” isn’t some kind of glitch. ALL their responses are hallucinations. Sometimes they align with reality, sometimes they don’t.
December 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This is a great expression of the thing I keep saying about text-generating algorithms: “Hallucination” isn’t some kind of glitch. ALL their responses are hallucinations. Sometimes they align with reality, sometimes they don’t.
Rewatching Northern Exposure. I’d forgotten how much I love this show!
December 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rewatching Northern Exposure. I’d forgotten how much I love this show!
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SAGAFTRA Foundation posted a 35-minute 1997 interview with Sylvia Sidney on YouTube a couple of days ago, and it’s pure gold from beginning to end!She’s one of my all-time favorite classic film actresses, and I adore her as a person too. So blunt, charming, and vivacious!
youtu.be/-GVLrtywfo0?...
youtu.be/-GVLrtywfo0?...
Sylvia Sidney Career Retrospective | Legacy Collection | Conversations at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation
YouTube video by SAG-AFTRA Foundation
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
SAGAFTRA Foundation posted a 35-minute 1997 interview with Sylvia Sidney on YouTube a couple of days ago, and it’s pure gold from beginning to end!She’s one of my all-time favorite classic film actresses, and I adore her as a person too. So blunt, charming, and vivacious!
youtu.be/-GVLrtywfo0?...
youtu.be/-GVLrtywfo0?...
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“By reading this plaque, you have made a valuable addition to the number of people who have read this plaque” … an important heritage moment on the streets of Toronto (by artist Sarah Lazarovic).
December 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“By reading this plaque, you have made a valuable addition to the number of people who have read this plaque” … an important heritage moment on the streets of Toronto (by artist Sarah Lazarovic).
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Per Craig Ferguson: When you're about to say something, ask yourself
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
I’ve been trying very hard to not be an asshole as I get older. Often, that just means keeping my mouth shut and nodding along.
December 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Per Craig Ferguson: When you're about to say something, ask yourself
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
Pizza and a beer for dinner? Yes, please!
December 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Pizza and a beer for dinner? Yes, please!
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You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check
Now watching (this Christmas and every Christmas):
White Christmas (1954)
White Christmas (1954)
December 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Now watching (this Christmas and every Christmas):
White Christmas (1954)
White Christmas (1954)
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Cunk spittin Christmas cheer
December 20, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Cunk spittin Christmas cheer
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My Mardi Gras mask is finished! First time I've managed this before Christmas. Anyway, it's maybe still not possible to guess what this costume is -- a zombie-esque person, sure; a clown-type fella, yup. ("But doctor--" Nope.) Some remaining pieces will make it clear.
December 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My Mardi Gras mask is finished! First time I've managed this before Christmas. Anyway, it's maybe still not possible to guess what this costume is -- a zombie-esque person, sure; a clown-type fella, yup. ("But doctor--" Nope.) Some remaining pieces will make it clear.
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This time of year I always think of this deliciously unhinged photo shoot with Truman Capote & Andy Warhol for High Times magazine's 1978 Xmas issue, with Capote soused to the gills & Warhol gamely playing along as Santa. I want someone to write an extended oral history of this photo shoot alone
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This time of year I always think of this deliciously unhinged photo shoot with Truman Capote & Andy Warhol for High Times magazine's 1978 Xmas issue, with Capote soused to the gills & Warhol gamely playing along as Santa. I want someone to write an extended oral history of this photo shoot alone
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my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
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Terrible traffic at LAX as people head out of town. Spoiler alert: this is also how LAX looks on every other day of the year.
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Terrible traffic at LAX as people head out of town. Spoiler alert: this is also how LAX looks on every other day of the year.
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Gang, we are not watching the Kennedy Center Honors tonight. Watch a Rob Reiner movie instead.
December 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Gang, we are not watching the Kennedy Center Honors tonight. Watch a Rob Reiner movie instead.
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I've seen over 700 Pre-Code movies, and hands down Sing and Like It (1934) has to be the funniest so far. A cast entirely made up of character actors, which may have something to do with how good it is. But the script by Marion Dix and Laird Doyle is chock full of gems I'll share in the next days.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I've seen over 700 Pre-Code movies, and hands down Sing and Like It (1934) has to be the funniest so far. A cast entirely made up of character actors, which may have something to do with how good it is. But the script by Marion Dix and Laird Doyle is chock full of gems I'll share in the next days.