Rev. Col. C.A. Martin, PhD
@pataphysicien.bsky.social
Dilettante & bon vivant | Professional historian of dope, rock'n'roll, and fucking in the streets | Amateur 'pataphysicien
I only know the original from MST3K, and now I have to see this, if only to ensure that the remake respects the central role of potatoes
thought Steven Kostanski's Deathstalker was a blast. like a Frank Frazetta fever dream seen through the lens of Sam Raimi. a super fun homage to (and spoof of) '80s & '90s fantasy - kinda like if The Sword and the Sorcerer had jokes and gags
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I only know the original from MST3K, and now I have to see this, if only to ensure that the remake respects the central role of potatoes
Crazy it took Epstein emails to end his career after he screwed up everything from arguing against action to combat climate change to supporting the repeal of Glass-Steagall. I mean, good riddance, but Larry Summers should have been on the trash heap of history long ago.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Larry Summers steps back from public role after Epstein emails emerge
The former US treasury secretary says he is "ashamed" of his emails to Jeffrey Epstein.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Crazy it took Epstein emails to end his career after he screwed up everything from arguing against action to combat climate change to supporting the repeal of Glass-Steagall. I mean, good riddance, but Larry Summers should have been on the trash heap of history long ago.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
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The craziest thing about this is that Charlotte is literally the most boring, normal place you can imagine. Charlotte makes Indianapolis look like Victorian London at its most dynamic. Charlotte almost perfectly conveys the experience of Locked-In Syndrome. Charlotte is an amiable void in spacetime.
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The craziest thing about this is that Charlotte is literally the most boring, normal place you can imagine. Charlotte makes Indianapolis look like Victorian London at its most dynamic. Charlotte almost perfectly conveys the experience of Locked-In Syndrome. Charlotte is an amiable void in spacetime.
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy:
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy:
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God these Epstein emails are so gross and depressing. Here’s Harvard literature professor and Poetry in America host Elisa New, who is married to Larry Summers, casually chatting with Epstein about the novels Lolita and My Antonia. 🤮
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
God these Epstein emails are so gross and depressing. Here’s Harvard literature professor and Poetry in America host Elisa New, who is married to Larry Summers, casually chatting with Epstein about the novels Lolita and My Antonia. 🤮
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‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
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Reply with a shoddy compilation that’s also the artist/group’s best album.
I’m going with the obvious answer.
I’m going with the obvious answer.
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reply with a shoddy compilation that’s also the artist/group’s best album.
I’m going with the obvious answer.
I’m going with the obvious answer.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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*John Carpenter sighs, breaks out the synth*
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
*John Carpenter sighs, breaks out the synth*
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The beginning to every Morrissey lyric
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The beginning to every Morrissey lyric
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Dear @rweingarten.bsky.social and @aft.org: Please cancel your partnership with this evil company and stop pushing “A.i.” on teachers and students.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Dear @rweingarten.bsky.social and @aft.org: Please cancel your partnership with this evil company and stop pushing “A.i.” on teachers and students.
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Pulitzer Prize photo right here.
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Pulitzer Prize photo right here.
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shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now
Mamdani opens with a Eugene Debs quote!
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Mamdani opens with a Eugene Debs quote!
Dick Cheney is waterboarding angels in heaven now.
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Dick Cheney is waterboarding angels in heaven now.
Ernst Stavro Blofeld has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Ernst Stavro Blofeld has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
I appreciate a Quisling reference as much as the next guy, but I think of him more as a Pierre Laval, a born political opportunist.
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I appreciate a Quisling reference as much as the next guy, but I think of him more as a Pierre Laval, a born political opportunist.
I used “Punishment Park” in class for years. You want to get a student discussion going? Show them a Peter Watkins film - as provocative now as when they were made. RIP
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Peter Watkins: an English film-making revolutionary from a tradition of uncompromising radicalism
In films such as The War Game, Culloden and Punishment Park, Watkins pioneered the mock-documentary form and used it to make his historical dramas and up-to-the-minute dystopias all equally immediate ...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I used “Punishment Park” in class for years. You want to get a student discussion going? Show them a Peter Watkins film - as provocative now as when they were made. RIP
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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RIP Adam Greenberg
He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:
He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
RIP Adam Greenberg
He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:
He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch