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Happily married sci-fi geek/writer/blogger, political junkie. Halloween is the greatest holiday. Vaccinated AF. Closet optimist. He/him, LGBTQ+ Ally. DMs are OFF. Check out my column "Musings of a Middle-Aged Geek": https://musingsofamiddleagedgeek.blog

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · Nov 13

Any fellow old school sci-fi/horror geeks on BlueSky?
I have a column called "Musings of a Middle-Aged Geek" where I examine movies, TV shows, sci-fi/horror conventions and other geeky stuff, with no mandatory subscriptions or paywalls. Live long and prosper, folks! 🖖
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Musings of a Middle-Aged Geek

... observations from a lifetime of geekiness.

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 3h

Oh yes, fear and uncertainty within the ranks is a great morale booster... #WhiskeyLeaks #PeteHogshit

Hegseth’s firing of Navy official compounds ‘culture of fear’ inside Pentagon

“It’s better just to keep your head down,” said one senior defense official.

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 6h

Lots of sky drama this afternoon made for a gorgeous sunset. 😊🌅

Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 7h

Just following your.........thread.

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, sew?

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 8h

If we wanted a Nobel "Peace" Prize, he might not want to attack his own country.

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 8h

Anyone else not believing that lying bastard Trump will help facilitate peace in Gaza when he's attacking his own people in the US without provocation?

What we know about the 'first phase' Gaza peace deal

Israel's security cabinet are expected to meet at 17:00 Israel time (15:00 BST) to formally vote on the first phase of the plan.

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 9h

I love that movie.
I realize the caricatures are (badly) dated, but Albin and Renato made me wish I had parents like them.

Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 13h

Wish he'd take his own advice and get the fuck out.

Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 13h

From the same Reagan-worshipping party that once pretended to be all about "state's rights," too.

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Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social · 1d

I will never get used to military in our streets. I will never be a Christian. I will never get used to people claiming to be Christians putting military in our streets.

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 13h

There is no fucking Antifa "organization" unless you count US troops who fought the Nazis in World War 2...

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Noem: “We are hoping…we will get more and more information about the network and how we can route them out and eliminate them from the existence of American society…Antifa is just as sophisticated as MS-13, as TDA, as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of them. They are just as dangerous.”

Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 13h

Not how science works.
He'd know that if he were an actual scientist, and not a conspiracy-addled heroin addict who eats roadkill and reads The National Enquirer for 'research.'

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 14h

ANY censorship of books in the United States is unacceptable.

I was 9 when I read "JAWS," I was 11 when I read "Helter Skelter," and I was 12 when I read Joseph Wambaugh's "The New Centurions."

You put a sophisticated book in a kid's hands and they might just rise to meet it.

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 1d

The level of censorship in the United States remains at an alarmingly unacceptable level, as PEN America’s recently released banned-books report reveals. ffrf.us/48UPvYS

New report exposes the ongoing scourge of book-banning

The level of censorship in the United States remains at an alarmingly unacceptable level, as PEN America’s recently released banned-books report reveals. We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation are deeply familiar with the awful history of censorship — and the recent trendline is profoundly troubling.

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 14h

That's what I call them here on BlueSky because 'skeets' sound they're made of clay and I should be shooting them.

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 14h

I barely know where to begin with that one. So many.

Gojira (1954)

The Seventh Seal (1957)

La Cage aux Folles (1978); dated, but it still had a loving queer family.

Roshomon (1950)

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Let the Right One In (2006)

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Solaris (1972)

Stalker (1979)

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 14h

Trump is their abusive sugar daddy; he gives the RepubliKKKan Party freedom to embrace all of the dark, racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic shit they've been dreaming of for years.

All he asks is their self-respect and their souls.

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 14h

Not as long as they can hide behind Mike Johnson's skirt.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

When/if we ever do have a vote in the House on releasing Epstein files, it will get more than 218 votes. Probably many more. That’s because Republican cowards are happy to hide behind Mike Johnson’s obstruction now, but when it comes time to vote many won’t dare vote no.

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 14h

What the fuck is our resistance coming to...??

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 15h

Welcome to the resistance, uh...

[squints]

...Marjorie Taylor Greene?

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 14h

I don't vote for anyone brandishing a fucking machine gun who looks more like they're running to lead ISIS.

Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 1d

Assuming the midterm elections aren't cancelled for some bullshit reason by this a$$hole...

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 1d

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My old review of Mario Bava's #BlackSabbath here:

Retro-Musings for Halloween: Mario Bava’s “Black Sabbath” (1963)…

Lobby card for Amicus’ “Tales From The Crypt” (1972), starring Ralph Richardson, Peter Cushing and Joan Collins. Both this film and the later 1990s TV series were inspired from the same EC Comic Bo…

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Sebastian2 @sebastian2.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight I did my annual rewatch of #MarioBava 's "Black Sabbath" (1963), with #BorisKarloff. The three segments are “A Drop of Water” (the scariest), “The Telephone” and “The Wurdulak” (beautifully filmed). Great flick for Halloween. And the group got their name from the movie, not vice versa.😜👻 1/2

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