Peter von Elling
@pvonelling.bsky.social
Family man. Filmmaker. Designer. Maker. Too many interests, too little time.
“History has its eyes on you”
- Hamilton the Musical
- Hamilton the Musical
July 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“History has its eyes on you”
- Hamilton the Musical
- Hamilton the Musical
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Wilhelm Reich’s 1933 book - The Mass Psychology of Fascism - concluded that a key characteristic of fascism is the ability to derive joy from inflicting cruelty.
July 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Wilhelm Reich’s 1933 book - The Mass Psychology of Fascism - concluded that a key characteristic of fascism is the ability to derive joy from inflicting cruelty.
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Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3
May 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3
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April 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is how you go electric, baby.
March 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is how you go electric, baby.
It’s Thursday night after 9 pm. Time to watch The Pitt.
!!!!
!!!!
March 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It’s Thursday night after 9 pm. Time to watch The Pitt.
!!!!
!!!!
“As the polls close like a casket
On truth devoured, silent play on the shadow of power
A spectacle, monopolized
The camera's eyes on choice disguised
Was it cast for the mass who burn and toil?
Or for the vultures who thirst for blood and oil?”
— Rage Against the Machine “Guerilla Radio”
On truth devoured, silent play on the shadow of power
A spectacle, monopolized
The camera's eyes on choice disguised
Was it cast for the mass who burn and toil?
Or for the vultures who thirst for blood and oil?”
— Rage Against the Machine “Guerilla Radio”
February 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
“As the polls close like a casket
On truth devoured, silent play on the shadow of power
A spectacle, monopolized
The camera's eyes on choice disguised
Was it cast for the mass who burn and toil?
Or for the vultures who thirst for blood and oil?”
— Rage Against the Machine “Guerilla Radio”
On truth devoured, silent play on the shadow of power
A spectacle, monopolized
The camera's eyes on choice disguised
Was it cast for the mass who burn and toil?
Or for the vultures who thirst for blood and oil?”
— Rage Against the Machine “Guerilla Radio”
Starting a list of where you can spend your money and not put it in the pockets of the oligarchs. Please add to it:
Amazon -> independent web sites with often better prices (just wait 1-2 more days)
Amazon -> Bookshop.org and support local bookstores as well.
Tesla -> Rivian, Ford, GM, VW
….
Amazon -> independent web sites with often better prices (just wait 1-2 more days)
Amazon -> Bookshop.org and support local bookstores as well.
Tesla -> Rivian, Ford, GM, VW
….
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
Bookshop.org
February 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Starting a list of where you can spend your money and not put it in the pockets of the oligarchs. Please add to it:
Amazon -> independent web sites with often better prices (just wait 1-2 more days)
Amazon -> Bookshop.org and support local bookstores as well.
Tesla -> Rivian, Ford, GM, VW
….
Amazon -> independent web sites with often better prices (just wait 1-2 more days)
Amazon -> Bookshop.org and support local bookstores as well.
Tesla -> Rivian, Ford, GM, VW
….
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I'm not doomscrolling, I'm just doing Apocalypse Tourism
February 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I'm not doomscrolling, I'm just doing Apocalypse Tourism
On the same day we visit the Anne Frank house my oldest informs me that two modules from his humanities class — racial and climate justice — have been nixed because of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI policies.
These are warning signs. We ignore them at our peril.
These are warning signs. We ignore them at our peril.
February 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
On the same day we visit the Anne Frank house my oldest informs me that two modules from his humanities class — racial and climate justice — have been nixed because of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI policies.
These are warning signs. We ignore them at our peril.
These are warning signs. We ignore them at our peril.
I love that @arstechnica.com has started compiling a list of products, services and sites on the path of enshitification or fully arrived. Still saying Pinterest is on its way too.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders
Ars staffers take aim at some of the web’s worst predatory practices.
arstechnica.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I love that @arstechnica.com has started compiling a list of products, services and sites on the path of enshitification or fully arrived. Still saying Pinterest is on its way too.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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Please Participate If You Can. Kindly Repost! 💙😎
February 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Please Participate If You Can. Kindly Repost! 💙😎
Miles Lewis-Skelly doing the zen meditation pose after he scored against Man City is the purest kind of trolling.
I love Erling Haaland, but I’m sure he knows who MLS is now!
I love Erling Haaland, but I’m sure he knows who MLS is now!
February 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Miles Lewis-Skelly doing the zen meditation pose after he scored against Man City is the purest kind of trolling.
I love Erling Haaland, but I’m sure he knows who MLS is now!
I love Erling Haaland, but I’m sure he knows who MLS is now!
Well. That Arsenal game went far better than I could have ever dreamed.
February 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Well. That Arsenal game went far better than I could have ever dreamed.
“Yeah, sometimes the fire you founded
Don't burn the way you'd expect
Yeah, you thought that this was the end”
— Olivia Rodrigo, “You Can’t Catch Me Now”
Don't burn the way you'd expect
Yeah, you thought that this was the end”
— Olivia Rodrigo, “You Can’t Catch Me Now”
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
“Yeah, sometimes the fire you founded
Don't burn the way you'd expect
Yeah, you thought that this was the end”
— Olivia Rodrigo, “You Can’t Catch Me Now”
Don't burn the way you'd expect
Yeah, you thought that this was the end”
— Olivia Rodrigo, “You Can’t Catch Me Now”
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You're not overwhelmed. You're under attack.
February 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
You're not overwhelmed. You're under attack.
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Trump just launched a trade war against Canada over fentanyl. The US seized - wait for it - 43 pounds at the US-Canada border last year.
43 pounds.
43 pounds.
February 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Trump just launched a trade war against Canada over fentanyl. The US seized - wait for it - 43 pounds at the US-Canada border last year.
43 pounds.
43 pounds.
Wait until they change their sentence to keep them working until the Death Star is completed.
February 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Wait until they change their sentence to keep them working until the Death Star is completed.
Trump Administration says that fewer Americans dying from Fentanyl deaths will get the newly imposed tariffs removed.
I call bullshit. It’s an excuse that is so vague they will keep them on as long as it’s politically feasible.
We should sticker everything with how much those tariffs cost people
I call bullshit. It’s an excuse that is so vague they will keep them on as long as it’s politically feasible.
We should sticker everything with how much those tariffs cost people
February 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Trump Administration says that fewer Americans dying from Fentanyl deaths will get the newly imposed tariffs removed.
I call bullshit. It’s an excuse that is so vague they will keep them on as long as it’s politically feasible.
We should sticker everything with how much those tariffs cost people
I call bullshit. It’s an excuse that is so vague they will keep them on as long as it’s politically feasible.
We should sticker everything with how much those tariffs cost people
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This is what "merit hire" means to them
February 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is what "merit hire" means to them
Contrast the calm professionalism of the NTSB who do not speak until the facts support their statements and the Trump Admin leadership who wildly and recklessly speculate
January 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Contrast the calm professionalism of the NTSB who do not speak until the facts support their statements and the Trump Admin leadership who wildly and recklessly speculate
Severance time!!!
January 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Severance time!!!
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I bought @chrislhayes.bsky.social new book “The Siren’s Call” on Bookshop.org so:
1: I won’t get distracted with other stuff on my iPad; and
2: money goes to local bookstores and not the pockets of the broligarchy.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
1: I won’t get distracted with other stuff on my iPad; and
2: money goes to local bookstores and not the pockets of the broligarchy.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
bookshop.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I bought @chrislhayes.bsky.social new book “The Siren’s Call” on Bookshop.org so:
1: I won’t get distracted with other stuff on my iPad; and
2: money goes to local bookstores and not the pockets of the broligarchy.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
1: I won’t get distracted with other stuff on my iPad; and
2: money goes to local bookstores and not the pockets of the broligarchy.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...