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Loves books, video games, comics, and other joyful pastimes. Commedia DellArte teacher, mask sculptor, actor, director, non-profit arts and culture administrator.
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“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol.
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol.
December 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol.
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol.
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As it’s Christmas, I thought I’d share with you a painting by the Low Countries painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c1525-1569) who painted one of the most atmospheric artworks in 1565; The Hunters in the Snow. I’ve used software editing to bring the image back to how it might have originally looked.
December 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
As it’s Christmas, I thought I’d share with you a painting by the Low Countries painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c1525-1569) who painted one of the most atmospheric artworks in 1565; The Hunters in the Snow. I’ve used software editing to bring the image back to how it might have originally looked.
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‘Good bread and good drink, a good fire in the hall,
Brawn, pudding, and souse, and good mustard withal.
Cheese, apples and nuts, and good carols to hear,
As then in the country is counted good cheer.’ ~ Thomas Tusser, ‘Christmas Cheer’, 1557. #Caturday #BookWormSat
Brawn, pudding, and souse, and good mustard withal.
Cheese, apples and nuts, and good carols to hear,
As then in the country is counted good cheer.’ ~ Thomas Tusser, ‘Christmas Cheer’, 1557. #Caturday #BookWormSat
December 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
‘Good bread and good drink, a good fire in the hall,
Brawn, pudding, and souse, and good mustard withal.
Cheese, apples and nuts, and good carols to hear,
As then in the country is counted good cheer.’ ~ Thomas Tusser, ‘Christmas Cheer’, 1557. #Caturday #BookWormSat
Brawn, pudding, and souse, and good mustard withal.
Cheese, apples and nuts, and good carols to hear,
As then in the country is counted good cheer.’ ~ Thomas Tusser, ‘Christmas Cheer’, 1557. #Caturday #BookWormSat
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As ever @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is brilliant.
"My most daring idea is to refuse."
Yes. Absolutely this.
And I feel like reading BARTLEBY prepared me for this moment.
"My most daring idea is to refuse."
Yes. Absolutely this.
And I feel like reading BARTLEBY prepared me for this moment.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
As ever @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is brilliant.
"My most daring idea is to refuse."
Yes. Absolutely this.
And I feel like reading BARTLEBY prepared me for this moment.
"My most daring idea is to refuse."
Yes. Absolutely this.
And I feel like reading BARTLEBY prepared me for this moment.
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All these "I've been discriminated against as a poor helpless white man" posts are just proving these guys are made out of fucking glass.
December 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
All these "I've been discriminated against as a poor helpless white man" posts are just proving these guys are made out of fucking glass.
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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The Superman of Palestine. Photo by Fadi Al-Hawari, 2024.
This is the meaning of Superman, captured better than any photo I've ever seen.
This is the meaning of Superman, captured better than any photo I've ever seen.
January 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Superman of Palestine. Photo by Fadi Al-Hawari, 2024.
This is the meaning of Superman, captured better than any photo I've ever seen.
This is the meaning of Superman, captured better than any photo I've ever seen.
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Of course, the men of Gondor were unable to protect Middle-Earth, and the threat of Sauron was only stopped when hobbits and men teamed up with those of other races and cultures, and worked together for the betterment of all.
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Of course, the men of Gondor were unable to protect Middle-Earth, and the threat of Sauron was only stopped when hobbits and men teamed up with those of other races and cultures, and worked together for the betterment of all.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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What a delight to learn that most people aren't in fact raging LGBTQ-phobic shitweasels
1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.
Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.
Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.
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Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.
Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To
After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
What a delight to learn that most people aren't in fact raging LGBTQ-phobic shitweasels
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Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.
h/t @tisserand.bsky.social
h/t @tisserand.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.
h/t @tisserand.bsky.social
h/t @tisserand.bsky.social
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There are people who should be making atonement and asking for forgiveness today who absolutely will not and never will and who think that this deficit in their humanity is somehow a virtue.
October 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
There are people who should be making atonement and asking for forgiveness today who absolutely will not and never will and who think that this deficit in their humanity is somehow a virtue.
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It's Don't Argue Inside Your Head With Other People Friday. Today, if you find yourself arguing inside your head w/someone who's not present, or whom it's not safe or not fair for you to argue with, gently move your mind away. Do this as many times as you need.
September 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It's Don't Argue Inside Your Head With Other People Friday. Today, if you find yourself arguing inside your head w/someone who's not present, or whom it's not safe or not fair for you to argue with, gently move your mind away. Do this as many times as you need.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Watch. That is all. vimeo.com/445459902
Urgh! A Music War
Opening credits The Police – "Driven to Tears" Wall of Voodoo – "Back in Flesh" Toyah Willcox – "Danced" John Cooper…
vimeo.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Watch. That is all. vimeo.com/445459902
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"Personality, knowledge, and emotion are the three things that need to exist [in art] — and I'm sorry, they don't come from a fucking app." Del Toro sums it up 🫡
July 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Personality, knowledge, and emotion are the three things that need to exist [in art] — and I'm sorry, they don't come from a fucking app." Del Toro sums it up 🫡
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I love @vidiots.bsky.social so much.
In a night of pure magic with the incomparable @thejoedante.bsky.social and some gremlin friends, we had the best time at our sold out screening of GREMLINS 2 on 35mm (big shout out to our projectionists who helped make the night so unforgettable)
July 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I love @vidiots.bsky.social so much.