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Books (mostly fantasy/sci-fi) Music (mostly metal) Movies (mostly horror/fantasy) Trekkie (mostly TNG/DS9) Politics nerd (mostly trying to stay hopeful)
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.

Us: Across your entire career?

Reiner: In a 6 year period.

Us: That sounds-

Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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All I want for Christmas is for everyone to begin using the Oxford comma.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Early ‘90s Earthsea paperbacks, art by John Jude Palencar.
September 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Just a reminder that generative AI is theft of labor and intellectual property, uses vast amounts of energy/ water, provides at best mediocre results (if not outright lies or misinformation), actually affects your ability to think over time (mind duh), and is in general a really fucking bad idea.
June 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Happy Captain Picard Day! 🎉

“I’m a role model.” - Jean-Luc Picard
June 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening

historians: that thing is definitely happening

star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it

news outlets: these protesters are out of control
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Available now on Bandcamp now and coming to other streaming services very soon.

ghostconduit.bandcamp.com/album/anamne...
June 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Another new friend made at lunchtime today 💙 she wanted all the fuss
May 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New friend made on my lunchtime walk today 🥰
April 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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God, yes. Thank you Lora Mathis.
March 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Lie after lie has been told this week about how the Ukraine war started, from the Kremlin and the White House.

Here's our News Agents video essay which explains the truth, and spells out why Trump clings so close to Putin and lives in his warped reality.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufM...
Ukraine War: The New Trump & Putin Axis Explained
YouTube video by The News Agents
www.youtube.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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February 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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From Mary Oliver
January 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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A girl I knew in college saw David Lynch speak at an event. When it ended, she found a way to get to the front to tell him how much his films and shows meant to her.

His response was “Thank you. And remember, the universe is in your basement.”
January 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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This letter in the New Statesman a couple of years ago seems even truer now.
January 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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ME: and the hell, is it fresh?

2025: oh yes, the freshest
December 30, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Christmas book haul 🥰 feeling very spoilt #booksky
December 26, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I've had my fair share of medical procedures this year and I have to say how extremely grateful I am for the NHS, everyone works so hard with limited time and resources. We should never take this incredible service for granted 💙
December 13, 2024 at 11:21 AM
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This is... actually a fairly reasonable takeaway from this year.
December 10, 2024 at 4:25 AM
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Books.
December 8, 2024 at 7:44 PM
BOOKISH CHECKPOINT!

📖 last book you read: Record of a Spaceborn Few - Becky Chambers
📖 your current read: Prophet Song - Paul Lynch
📖 last book added to TBR: The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon
📖 next anticipated read: Bleak House - Charles Dickens
#booksky 📚📖
November 18, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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they should make a horror movie where a guy accidentally gets into a machine with a fly, and the movie follows the fly as he slowly becomes human and is forced by the hand of capital to get a job, crying when he can't remember the last time he rubbed his hands together while standing on a windowsill
October 16, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Another friend made whilst out walking today - look at those feets!
August 26, 2024 at 4:03 PM