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@jjr222.bsky.social

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(he/him/his) - NC based film lover, Star Wars fan, artist, gay dad, Mister Rogers wannabe

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · Nov 18

okay here's a thread of some of my favorite pieces from the last 4-5 years (presented in no particular order):

digital painting of Gene Kelly in Singin' In The Rain (1952)

digital painting of Kong (Andy Serkis) and Ann (Naomi Watts) in King Kong (2005)

digital painting of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince.

Text superimposed on the planet the prince is sitting on says "What is essential is invisible to the eye"

Finn and Jake's treehouse from the Cartoon Network show Adventure Time

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 13h

Right??? Like, I think it's really cool, but that price is outrageous.

JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 14h

I'm really tired of conservative white evangelicals acting like they have a monopoly on Christianity.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 15h

I'm feeling stressed about money today. I hate it. 😬

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 15h

The LEGO Fish Tank I want vs. The LEGO Fish Tank I can afford:

Lego set # 10366 Tropical Aquarium

A large, expensive-looking LEGO set depicting 4 brick-built fish swimming in a rectangular aquarium with lots of colorful plants and corals around the tank.

Lego set #31122 Creator Fish Tank

A small--but very cute--LEGO set of a fish tank with 5 brick-built fish and a number of small, colorful plants. The set is a 3-in-1 set, so it can also be built into an artist's easel or a treasure chest.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Aug 30

It's never a bad time to bring up that we

a b s o l u t e l y

have the resources and ability to provide housing, food, clothing, healthcare, and education to everyone at no direct cost to the individual; and we just choose not to do it.

Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Aug 30

People should just get paid six thousand dollars a month to exist. You may have counterpoints and things to consider about this idea but let me just get ahead of them: shut up

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 21h

If you look closely, you'll see my digital camera sitting next to me. Remember those?

JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 21h

Post you from a different era

college days!

the author as a young college students poses with a statue of a monkey crouched on a bench

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 21h

a woman is holding a sign that says `` hot '' over her head .

Alt: Pam (Jenna Fisher) from The Office holds up a cardboard sign that says "HOT"

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 21h

It's #LetterboxdFriday! Here are my #LastFourWatched! 🎞️👻

Recent Activity on a Letterboxd feed:

- Creature From The Black Lagoon (3.5/5 stars)
- Coraline (5/5 stars)
- Ed Wood (5/5 stars)
- Jennifer's Body (3.5/5 stars)

JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 21h

good morning, bloomfies

Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) is seen through her apartment window in a scene from Batman Returns (1992). A neon sign on her wall that originally said "HELLO THERE" now reads "HELL HERE"

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Quinn Ellis @outside2344.bsky.social · 1d

Mocking the fascists is an extremely effective strategy:
1. It wrecks their propaganda of the protesters being violent.
2. It subtly undermines their perception of power (who can be that powerful if a frog is mocking them).

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

So glad to hear this! Congratulations!!!

JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

💀💀💀

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I sometimes forget that even though he's anti-Trump, he's still very conservative.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

I feel an angry journal entry springing up in my soul.

JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

Right? I feel like he's telling on himself a bit there. 😬

JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man, I just got off the phone with my dad, and at one point during the conversation he made some comment about "these pro-women, pro-divorce, pro-everything churches that don't even believe the bible" and I found myself at a loss for words. 😑

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

As one does.

JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

Ours was called "Russian Prayer Meeting," and it was somewhat similar--although I don't remember anyone having guns (loaded or unloaded), and if you were "captured" you were just out of the game (no prison or chances to be released).

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

It's fascinating how some of them are and some of them aren't.

JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

It makes me think that maybe she actually believes in a lot of the evil stuff she's supported? As opposed to just being an opportunistic gifted with no belief in anything beyond money/power?

I mean, both options are still bad.