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Mary Jones

@tlachtga.bsky.social

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Amateur medievalist, host of “Mary Versus the Movies”, drummer for Deth Elf. She/her. http://maryjones.us

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · May 15

It’s time to bring that 80s/90s revival into your home and clothing. Return to the Global Village. Return to New Jack Swing. Return to Memphis Milano.

A cafeteria decorated in the Global Village style—bold colors and squiggly lines.

A promotional still from Miami Vice, with neon lighting, glass block walls, and a sharp contrast of pastels and black.

A black woman wears a colorful (purple, green, yellow and pink), oversized jacket over black clothing, with large, gold chunky jewelry; the background is bright yellow.

A living room designed with Memphis Milano furniture—simple lines with very bold colors, and a simplified art deco design.

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 6h

“Gimme the ‘Vincent Price Villain’.”

“Yes, sir. Looks wonderful on you.”

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Owen Lloyd @owenhlloyd.bsky.social · 13h

Ten minutes of shooting, belies months of planning and working with these swans by @nicolerayner.bsky.social for this shot. One AD200.

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 6h

Some day, when all this stupidity is gone, I will get up to Nova Scotia.

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 6h

LOOK AT THAT BEAUTY

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 6h

Look, I’m a sucker for glossy special interest magazines. Makes me feel like it’s 1998.

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 6h

Did i black out and officially join a birding society? Or does my reputation just precede me? Either way, I’m thrilled and surprised. 🪶

A copy of a glossy magazine named LivingBird, with a whooping crane on the cover, walking through an orange marsh on the Texas coast.

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 7h

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 7h

Connections catering to a very particular kind of person today

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 7h

no one played this Connections today but in 20 years it will be hailed as a masterpiece

Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 7h

Connections catering to a very particular kind of person today

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 7h

I know, I know, but what exactly does he think western countries eat if not flat bread with meat and vegetables? Pizza, strombolies, pitta, fajitas… or are we back to The Swarthy Mediterraneans Are Not White?

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

going by the decor, is this not TGI Fridays?

Someone on Twitter posted a photo of themselves doing a happy dance as they receive a hot plate of fajitas. Then "Raw Egg Nationalist" on Twitter retweets them, writing: It's incredible that these people exist, but they really do. These are the people who justify the demographic replacement of Western countries in terms of the variety of street food and how many different kinds of fried-meat-and-vegetables in flatbread they can buy.

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Cheeky Alpha Monkey @alpha-aurora.bsky.social · 16h

This cannot happen. Most animals and insects are nocturnal. We’ve already lost >70% of insect biomass in last 30 years. They’re a foundational creature for life on this planet!

Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 19h

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
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A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

theconversation.com

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 19h

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social

A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

theconversation.com

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 9h

It’s so sad that French has no term for the idea of “I’ve seen this before, why is this so familiar”.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 9h

BREAKING: France’s President Emmanuel Macron re-appoints Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister aje.io/9nocb2

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 12h

So we just have mountains of feed soy we can't sell, and a lack of cows internally to even feed them to, and those that we are feeding in border states where lots of beef production is are at risk from screw worm as it weasels it's way up north lol

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12h

peter thiel (clutching chrome plated human skull) tell me oracle... does the world end in fire, or ice? the passionate flames of the activist thunberg, or the frozen doom yudkowski demands?

chatGPT: ✨ What a great question, Peter! ✨

Let's break that tough Q down 🕺, in your favorite epic style:

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 12h

She supports Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Nobel Peace Prize winner hailed Trump as ‘visionary’ just days before her victory

Maria Corina Machado was given the award for promoting democracy in Venezuela and says that the US president is the country’s best chance for regime change

www.independent.co.uk

Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 13h

Gonna need three for lunch after last night’s losses.

Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 13h

I mean, yeah.

Baudrillard Warned Us @baudrillardwarned.us · 13h

"1968 is dead, repeatable only as a phantasm of mourning."
- Simulacra and Simulation

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 13h

What the fuck is wrong with you

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 15h

lol. cool, cool. Good job, everybody.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 16h

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Maria Corina Machado, has praised Donald Trump as a "visionary" and approves of his military attacks on Venezuelan civilians

Nobel Peace Prize winner hailed Trump as ‘visionary’ just days before her victory

Maria Corina Machado was given the award for promoting democracy in Venezuela and says that the US president is the country’s best chance for regime change

www.independent.co.uk

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 15h

NOBEL PEACE PRICE COMMITTEE: WE GIVE THIS AWARD, FOR PEACE

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15h

Machado issues her first statement since being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and makes a thinly-veiled appeal to Trump for US intervention in Venezuela:

María Corina Machado ©
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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 16h

HENRY KISSINGER???

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Mary Versus the Movies @maryvsmovies.bsky.social · 1d

A group of girls headed to an elderly aunt’s haunted house are quickly consummed by the past. This cult classic is one of the strangest films we’ve covered, full of wild video effects and a guy who turns into a pile of bananas.

Episode 205 - House / ハウス (1977)
sites.libsyn.com/398906/episo...

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Dennis Fangg @zizpa.bsky.social · 1d

Me watching the Phillies.

Finally watched House (1977), it was everything I hoped. Wizard of Oz meets Tetsuo The Iron Man. Anyway, watch it, then check out these two manga promos: www.tsundokudiving.com/house-by-wat...

Girl’s flaming face. I don’t know how else to describe it.

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 20h

If I get up and do something, I’ll wake up the dog who will wake up the house, so I just lay here, thinking about all the ways I screwed up my life.

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 20h

It’s 5:22. I’ve been awake since 2:30. Brain refuses to turn off. I’m absolutely starving, but I put on 50 lbs and feel physically uncomfortable even laying down. In three hours I start another work shift and will have to work overtime again. Everything is miserable.

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