Ben Buckingham
@dissolvedpet.bsky.social
Sharing debris.
Swamped by cats.
Cinema, society, terminal identity, anthropophagy. Viewer of THINGS!
Pro-Jesus Franco & Andy Milligan account.
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1cwB
Swamped by cats.
Cinema, society, terminal identity, anthropophagy. Viewer of THINGS!
Pro-Jesus Franco & Andy Milligan account.
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1cwB
Fuck, this was good.
Face in the fire and distraction all at once, which could describe either the book or the podcast.
Face in the fire and distraction all at once, which could describe either the book or the podcast.
This month's bonus episode is about Olivia Nuzzi: her rise to the top of political media, her FaceTime sex with RFK Jr., and her awful new book.
Olivia Nuzzi's "American Canto" | If Books Could Kill
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January 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Fuck, this was good.
Face in the fire and distraction all at once, which could describe either the book or the podcast.
Face in the fire and distraction all at once, which could describe either the book or the podcast.
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Shout-out to Maintenance Phase for forever making my brain go "ol' Fucksaw Bailey?" every time I see this guy's name
@yrfatfriend.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
@yrfatfriend.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Shout-out to Maintenance Phase for forever making my brain go "ol' Fucksaw Bailey?" every time I see this guy's name
@yrfatfriend.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
@yrfatfriend.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Liberal Party politicians of Australia are an electorally transmitted disease, and there is no cure.
January 29, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Liberal Party politicians of Australia are an electorally transmitted disease, and there is no cure.
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Love this book. The Rainbow Serpent. A great amount of my love for folklore, mythological creatures & cryptids, & the strange beauty of Australia grew from this.
Alexis Wright on its significance:
Alexis Wright on its significance:
With The Rainbow Serpent, Dick Roughsey shared the spirit of our country. His work is a gift to us all | Alexis Wright
Miles Franklin-winner Alexis Wright pays tribute to the first book that visualised this powerful ancestral being from an Indigenous imagination
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Love this book. The Rainbow Serpent. A great amount of my love for folklore, mythological creatures & cryptids, & the strange beauty of Australia grew from this.
Alexis Wright on its significance:
Alexis Wright on its significance:
Ready to be sonically obliterated by Nailbomb & Soulfly live.
Something chill compared to the noise in the world.
Something chill compared to the noise in the world.
January 28, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Ready to be sonically obliterated by Nailbomb & Soulfly live.
Something chill compared to the noise in the world.
Something chill compared to the noise in the world.
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It’s so funny that Wuthering Heights stars two Queenslanders. POV you’re at Big Day Out on the Gold Coast 2009
January 24, 2026 at 12:55 AM
It’s so funny that Wuthering Heights stars two Queenslanders. POV you’re at Big Day Out on the Gold Coast 2009
I thought the foster cat was carrying on a lot today, so much miaowing. Realised it was coming from outside. Good news I didn't have to climb on my car to rescue the stray kitten from the garage roof, only had to climb a fence & part of a tree it was then stuck in. So many stray cats.
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I thought the foster cat was carrying on a lot today, so much miaowing. Realised it was coming from outside. Good news I didn't have to climb on my car to rescue the stray kitten from the garage roof, only had to climb a fence & part of a tree it was then stuck in. So many stray cats.
We need the directors cut of Welcome to Woop Woop.
Elliott's audio commentary is a must listen. So many anecdotes, so much disappointment, and so much love for a crazy film that Australia'a cultural "elite" abandoned along with the producers because it wasn't "Priscilla 2".
Elliott's audio commentary is a must listen. So many anecdotes, so much disappointment, and so much love for a crazy film that Australia'a cultural "elite" abandoned along with the producers because it wasn't "Priscilla 2".
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
We need the directors cut of Welcome to Woop Woop.
Elliott's audio commentary is a must listen. So many anecdotes, so much disappointment, and so much love for a crazy film that Australia'a cultural "elite" abandoned along with the producers because it wasn't "Priscilla 2".
Elliott's audio commentary is a must listen. So many anecdotes, so much disappointment, and so much love for a crazy film that Australia'a cultural "elite" abandoned along with the producers because it wasn't "Priscilla 2".
The death cult vibes of late-stage capitalism are really showing through this week.
Not a good ant hill to die on, kids.
Not a good ant hill to die on, kids.
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
The death cult vibes of late-stage capitalism are really showing through this week.
Not a good ant hill to die on, kids.
Not a good ant hill to die on, kids.
The outer suburbs of Melbourne smell like a smoked sauna.
Maybe overthrow anybody who works in favour of our future of heat death...?
Maybe overthrow anybody who works in favour of our future of heat death...?
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM
The outer suburbs of Melbourne smell like a smoked sauna.
Maybe overthrow anybody who works in favour of our future of heat death...?
Maybe overthrow anybody who works in favour of our future of heat death...?
Is there more than 1 road leading in & out of Beveridge yet?
An estate surrounded by bush & grasslands that sprung up with few resources & less accessibility than a noghtclub. Beveridge in Victoria is a place people are going to die in a coming summer.
An estate surrounded by bush & grasslands that sprung up with few resources & less accessibility than a noghtclub. Beveridge in Victoria is a place people are going to die in a coming summer.
Outskirts of Australian cities at risk of catastrophic fires on scale of deadly LA blazes, study finds
At least 6.9 million residents on Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth and Hobart fringes exposed as dry summer follows years of vegetation growth
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Is there more than 1 road leading in & out of Beveridge yet?
An estate surrounded by bush & grasslands that sprung up with few resources & less accessibility than a noghtclub. Beveridge in Victoria is a place people are going to die in a coming summer.
An estate surrounded by bush & grasslands that sprung up with few resources & less accessibility than a noghtclub. Beveridge in Victoria is a place people are going to die in a coming summer.
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PM Albanese is a stooge to the violent pedophilic fascists in the US and Israel.
Saying things like "we've always been concerned about human rights and democracy" as the Empire flattens both is gaslighting and propaganda.
Australia needs a strong, moral leader. We have a toad.
Saying things like "we've always been concerned about human rights and democracy" as the Empire flattens both is gaslighting and propaganda.
Australia needs a strong, moral leader. We have a toad.
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM
PM Albanese is a stooge to the violent pedophilic fascists in the US and Israel.
Saying things like "we've always been concerned about human rights and democracy" as the Empire flattens both is gaslighting and propaganda.
Australia needs a strong, moral leader. We have a toad.
Saying things like "we've always been concerned about human rights and democracy" as the Empire flattens both is gaslighting and propaganda.
Australia needs a strong, moral leader. We have a toad.
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More and more AUKUS as a defence policy is essentially “our best way to stop being invaded is to keep bribing the USA”
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
More and more AUKUS as a defence policy is essentially “our best way to stop being invaded is to keep bribing the USA”
Same as it ever was
January 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Same as it ever was
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Statement on US aggression in Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Statement on US aggression in Venezuela
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"this is only happening because of Trump" shut up. Please just shut the fuck up. This is literally the entire history of this wretched fucking empire.
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
"this is only happening because of Trump" shut up. Please just shut the fuck up. This is literally the entire history of this wretched fucking empire.
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Seth Harp: 'The unit that abducted President Nicolas Maduro was Delta Force, an organization filled with cokeheads and pervaded by drug trafficking. You can bet that the only narcotics involved were the ones that they were on.'
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Seth Harp: 'The unit that abducted President Nicolas Maduro was Delta Force, an organization filled with cokeheads and pervaded by drug trafficking. You can bet that the only narcotics involved were the ones that they were on.'
Lapdog Albanese has officially snuggled up for another American 'police action' beginning with V.
I wish this surprised me more. The ease with which Australian politicians just waved this away....
I wish this surprised me more. The ease with which Australian politicians just waved this away....
"We urge all parties to support dialogue and diplomacy"? What kind of nonsense statement is this? The US just bombed them with no cause, kidnapped their president and his wife, and declared that they would be running the country in order to secure its oil for themselves.
January 4, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Lapdog Albanese has officially snuggled up for another American 'police action' beginning with V.
I wish this surprised me more. The ease with which Australian politicians just waved this away....
I wish this surprised me more. The ease with which Australian politicians just waved this away....
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If the feral cats are chanting in Latin, notify security immediately.
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
If the feral cats are chanting in Latin, notify security immediately.
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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Palantir slithers in
"Aust, faithful golden retriever of global tech trends, promptly threw open its security apparatus to this cheerful little CIA-spawned contraption..nothing says national sovereignty like importing your intelligence tools from a co. the CIA incubated"
theaimn.net/the-seeing-s...
"Aust, faithful golden retriever of global tech trends, promptly threw open its security apparatus to this cheerful little CIA-spawned contraption..nothing says national sovereignty like importing your intelligence tools from a co. the CIA incubated"
theaimn.net/the-seeing-s...
The seeing stones: Australia and its new CIA-made friend
“Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.” Nikolai Berdyaev (Also, apparently, Palantir’s unofficial mission statement.) I. Enter the Magical Spy Orb, Stage Right In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, the pala...
theaimn.net
January 3, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Palantir slithers in
"Aust, faithful golden retriever of global tech trends, promptly threw open its security apparatus to this cheerful little CIA-spawned contraption..nothing says national sovereignty like importing your intelligence tools from a co. the CIA incubated"
theaimn.net/the-seeing-s...
"Aust, faithful golden retriever of global tech trends, promptly threw open its security apparatus to this cheerful little CIA-spawned contraption..nothing says national sovereignty like importing your intelligence tools from a co. the CIA incubated"
theaimn.net/the-seeing-s...
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𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗥'𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗜𝗧
Long before 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙇𝙔𝙒𝙊𝙊𝘿 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙇𝙀𝙍 𝙈𝙀𝙀𝙏𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙆𝙄𝘿 𝙍𝙊𝙒 𝙎𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙃𝙀𝙍 or 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝘿 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝘼 𝙃𝙊𝙏 𝙑𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙍𝙀 Ray Dennis Steckler made the original promo for Jefferson Airplane's WHITE RABBIT, using his then-wife Carolyn Brandt when Grace Slick wasn't available!
youtu.be/FssDTsIlin0
Long before 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙇𝙔𝙒𝙊𝙊𝘿 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙇𝙀𝙍 𝙈𝙀𝙀𝙏𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙆𝙄𝘿 𝙍𝙊𝙒 𝙎𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙃𝙀𝙍 or 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝘿 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝘼 𝙃𝙊𝙏 𝙑𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙍𝙀 Ray Dennis Steckler made the original promo for Jefferson Airplane's WHITE RABBIT, using his then-wife Carolyn Brandt when Grace Slick wasn't available!
youtu.be/FssDTsIlin0
Jefferson Airplane - WHITE RABBIT - Original Promotional Film
YouTube video by Capri Show World [CapriShowWorld.com]
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗥'𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗜𝗧
Long before 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙇𝙔𝙒𝙊𝙊𝘿 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙇𝙀𝙍 𝙈𝙀𝙀𝙏𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙆𝙄𝘿 𝙍𝙊𝙒 𝙎𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙃𝙀𝙍 or 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝘿 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝘼 𝙃𝙊𝙏 𝙑𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙍𝙀 Ray Dennis Steckler made the original promo for Jefferson Airplane's WHITE RABBIT, using his then-wife Carolyn Brandt when Grace Slick wasn't available!
youtu.be/FssDTsIlin0
Long before 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙇𝙔𝙒𝙊𝙊𝘿 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙇𝙀𝙍 𝙈𝙀𝙀𝙏𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙆𝙄𝘿 𝙍𝙊𝙒 𝙎𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙃𝙀𝙍 or 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝘿 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝘼 𝙃𝙊𝙏 𝙑𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙍𝙀 Ray Dennis Steckler made the original promo for Jefferson Airplane's WHITE RABBIT, using his then-wife Carolyn Brandt when Grace Slick wasn't available!
youtu.be/FssDTsIlin0
Watched Wake Up Dead Man & it did nothing to stop Knives Out being the worst film in the series. They are getting better, but also feel more like the increased tension of classical & modern-faux-classical filmmaking grinding against each other are going to cause some kind of rift & explode every TV.
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Watched Wake Up Dead Man & it did nothing to stop Knives Out being the worst film in the series. They are getting better, but also feel more like the increased tension of classical & modern-faux-classical filmmaking grinding against each other are going to cause some kind of rift & explode every TV.