Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.

"We spent six years thinking about a fascist takeover of a galaxy far, far away. Six years thinking about ordinary beings as an authoritarian regime comes in for the kill. Many people saw parallels between Andor and the real world. I see them as well, particularly in the events of the last week."

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Now that Dragon Con is over, we have a list of changes and upgrades for Bender! #futurama

Recently acquired a new (to me) bandsaw that allows enough height for re-sawing planks. Combined woth my drum sander I made quick work of some Walnut I’ve been wanting to turn into an acoustic guitar or two!

A couple days after her wedding my daughter asked me if I could somehow preserve some of the flowers from her bouquet in resin. I consulted youtube and here’s what I came up with. The flowers had started to wilt somewhat but I think it still turned out pretty good. #resinart

Saw @jamesgunn.bsky.social Superman on Monday with my wife. Just got back from seeing it today with my adult daughter. Made me well up with tears several times at both showings. Love this take on big blue. Compassion and kindness should always win out! I guess I’m just a big mush too. 😊

Have friends everywhere, I’m a punkrocker yes I am! #IYKYK

The richest family in the United States, the Waltons, made money by not paying Walmart employees enough. This forced employees to seek government assistance for food and healthcare. Republicans’ response is to take away that assistance because the Waltons aren’t rich enough.

i know i'm preaching to the choir on Blue Sky, but if you think wearing a mask to prevent disease is tyranny, but kidnapping Latinos off the street is safety, then you are stupid

“Trump can often seem cartoonish at times, with his rambling speeches, baseless braggadocio, and awkward invocations of God. But then the veil drops, as it did this week, and we see Trump for who he truly is, and what he truly represents.”

Here’s a look at the two single-cut ‘Goldie’ models (4-string bass and 6-string guitar) together. The other two in the background are also my work as well! #woodworking #luthier #guitar #handmade

Here’s the final 34” scale bass build completed. All hand made. - flame birch top - roasted maple neck - swamp ash body - ebony fretboard - custom Righteous Sound Diadem pickup - Hipshot hardware - custom knobs #guitar #luthier #woodworking #diy

Making Wylder's Shield from Elden Ring Nightreign

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best"

Pretty close to finishing up semi-hollow this 34” scale bass. The top is natural flame birch finished in wood oil. #luthier #bassguitar #diy

Bustin out this sword

My thanks to @unclegrambo.bsky.social for asking me to write about Val Kilmer for @deciderdotcom.bsky.social: decider.com/2025/04/06/v...

Val Kilmer was a genuine movie star. He was also a killer supporting actor - his performances in "Tombstone", "Heat", "Top Gun" and "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" are performances for the history books. Those movies were blessed by his presence.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

ECCC cosplay part 1! So many amazing costumes!

We filmed so many INCREDIBLE costumes at @emeraldcitycon this year! Amazing intro music by the 8 Bit Brass Band. youtu.be/bNZAVNm1jNA?...

Man, if you're an 80s movie kid, things are hella confusing right now. - Were the Wolverines right to defend their middle American town? - Should we have let Drago get away with breaking Apollo? - Should we have ignored the super stealthy submarine piloted by Sean Connery??

Sometimes it just fun to print something you think is fun and makes you smile. I will always be impressed with print-in-place modeling as well. Design by (@3dmieks on Insta) #3dprinting #TakingOutTheTrash #3ddesign #polymaker

A Predator movie where the Predator shows up in Washington DC, but gets all bummed because there are no spines for him take as a trophy.

Gene Hackman dying seems a good time to tell you that Sam Raimi made a western called The Quick and the Dead, absolutely every cool actor is in it, Hackman destroys in every scene as the Big Bad, and for weird reasons 1995 America decided it was bad and erased it from memory

“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (2023) is now playing on Netflix. It’s a very good movie. You should watch it if you like to watch good movies.

I mean this with all sincere respect. No one played a total bastard as well at the great Gene Hackman. I kinda grew up hating him as an actor due to that fact. Later in life, I came to respect all of his work. #ripgene

ANDOR is one of the very few prequels that both a) is better than the original thing, and b) makes the original thing better

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

Just finished @scottderrickson.bsky.social ‘s The Gorge. A fun and often times tense genre mashup. I’m not into horror but this was sprinkled with just the right amount. Not wholly original in concepts but well told and the leads have genuine chemistry. Not sure what the naysaying has been about.

fantasizing about a world where an opposition congress responds to trump’s attempts to usurp legislative power by defunding the entire white house staff

I know I’m probably preaching to the choir here, but in any case, don’t believe a single word coming out of Trump and Musk’s mouths, or the mouths of their sycophants (i.e., Fox News, Republican officials).

seems like it is a big deal that the unifying ideology of the doge team is neo nazism

Spoken like a true wannabe dictator. Source: x.com/realDonaldTr...

I recently made this coaster set for a guitar friend (Jones’n Music) as a thank you for helping me out with a project. Made from 100+ year old Chestnut wood. Considering taking custom orders with you brand/name/whatever lasered on em. HMU if you have any interest.

FYI, if you still have Prime Video, they just added To Live and Die in L.A. which has been unavailable anywhere for years. A William Friedkin joint with young William Petersen and young Willem Dafoe in an 80s movie about revenge and counterfeit money. Moody and featuring one of the best car chases

The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.

Drama between DOGE & the Treasury, a timeline: Monday, January 27, 2025, Scott Bessent was made Treasury Secretary by President Trump. Bessent is a former hedge fund manager and investor, he was a partner at Soros Fund Management and the founder of Key Square Group.

Anyway, Hundreds Of Beavers is the TRUE micro-budget indie film to mainstream success story that we should be supporting.

Seeing the auction for Blade Runner 2049 props brings me back to the prop blaster version I made. This is K’s blaster finished similar to Deckard’s original version. This was the first fully 3D printed prop I ever made. Fdm print with modeling by Juri aka 3D Workbench (not on BS).

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

"Why Does OLD MOVIE's Visual Effects Still Hold Up?" http://fxrant.blogspot.com/2025/01/why-does-old-movies-visual-effects.html

i simply cannot understand, on any level, how these folks are just bursting with hatred for their fellow human beings. so keen to be cruel. so gleefully eager to watch other people suffer and die. it is the most un-Christlike behavior imaginable.