There’s only one “good” #RoboCop movie, and what Verhoeven brought to it cannot be recaptured. But I’m surprised at how much I enjoyed my binge watch of the weaker and/or creatively compromised sequels. Each cleared my (admittedly very low) expectations and had something to like on its own merits.

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this is in fact amazingly good

Found this in my phone notes from 2021. Is this still of interest to anyone?

Congratulations to #Banksy on this very happy occasion. ❤️

I scored this book at the local op shop for a dollar! #booksky #bookstagram #bookshop #thriftshop #thriftfind #rarebooks #danbrown #davincicode #auntyshaz

What's your most precious book? #booktok #bookstagram #booktube #booksky

How far would you travel for a book? #books #bookstagram #booktok #booksky

The definitive millennial song is clearly legend_of_zelda_System_of_a_down(1).mp3

Another sick stunt from THE ORIGINAL PRANKSTERS 🍕

Going to a job interview soon. Should I tell them that James Sherry, host of the Australian 1990s children's TV game show 'A*mazing', left a nice FB comment underneath this video? Or will that make me look overqualified?

we all know I have no life, so:

Tonight feels off. Truth be told, I haven't been quite at ease with Wednesday evenings since 2001, when it stopped being the night The X-Files aired on Australian network television.

Hey, what’s the name of that PG Wodehouse novel? It’s about an upper-class Englishman who’s quite silly.

14-year-old me would be STARSTRUCK to learn he would one day help write (a tiny bit of) a children's TV pilot with a theme song by #Regurgitator. @larrikinpuppets.bsky.social poured heart and soul into this. Check it out — especially if you happen to be a commissioner for a major streaming network.

brb, making "comically innocent cishet friend" my permanent bio description.

One of two delightful surprises I just uncovered in this secondhand copy of The Wee Free Men. #TerryPratchett #Discworld

UPDATE on @alastaircraig.bsky.social after the movie: he sent me a picture of a cheeseburger 🤭 a real one is he!

Not seeing anywhere near enough posts about how the Brontë Sisters’ brother (who inspired their most fucked up characters) was a dead ringer for John Lennon.

BREAKING #OLYMPIC NEWS: Jamaica has a bobsled team.

“Some hits, some misses, a solid B,” I say to myself, overcome and weeping openly.

This year I choose chaos. #Goodreads

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

What’s more annoying? 🤷 The word “reboot” misused to describe a continuation of a story 🤷🏻‍♀️ The word “prequel” misused to describe a film released before a sequel 🤷‍♂️ Feeling powerless as a global neighbour openly embraces fascism in a way media literacy could have prevented 🤷🏻 The word “threequel”

“Doctor Poo”. Is this anything? #DoctorWho #Jokes #Humour #Funny #Puns #Wordplay #Wit #Droll #Japes #Goofs #Jests

I saw this John Candy film on TV as a kid, but got sent to bed before the end. Who IS Harry Crumb? The mystery has haunted me for decades. The whole film's right there on YouTube. I could easily get the closure I seek. But perhaps there is more beauty in not knowing. #WhosHarryCrumb #JohnCandy

In times of trouble, remember that there is always beauty to be found in the laughter of a baby, the setting of a sun, or your local cinema's seating map for its one and only daily screening of #Melania.

This machine yub nubs fascists.

JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled

It’s thrilling to see Frodo betrayed by the ring in a moment of panic. It’s EVEN MORE THRILLING to read the book as a dull middle-aged dad and learn he actually tumbles performing a jolly 13-stanza tabletop jig, written by Bilbo and implied to be the historical precursor to ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’. 🤘

David Farrier, as ever, writes extraordinary words. I’m half a word away, but for a few vital, urgent minutes I felt the bite of the cold, the sting of the tear gas, the warmth of community solidarity, the certainty that something vital was about to break.

Watching #TheNightManager season two, I am once again struck by how much Tom Hiddleston resembles a young Tim Curry. It’s wild. Tell me this isn’t literally the same picture, flipped and cropped, of the exact same actor. #TomHiddleston #TimCurry #TwinCurry

I once had a job moderating comments from conservative white Australians who were VERY annoyed when Fraser Island reverted to its traditional name, K’gari. They said the name they knew and grew up with was being changed for no good reason. So many people SO CLOSE to an epiphany, yet so far.

*has sex with you in a way that both advances the plot and reinforces the themes of your narrative arc*

Just a well-adjusted reader being super normal with his hobbies, enjoying an entertaining summer read, only lightly alternating with two reference guides, two atlasas, an art book, a travel copy and an audiobook synced to a soundscape. #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #HealthyBehavior

Happy third year anniversary to this banger @roccobotte.bsky.social tweet

As Pratchett said:

Getting a lot of very normal replies to this joke over on Threads. #TheBeatles

Let’s spare a thought for the many people who really, truly, not-a-jokingly live at 69 Butt Street. All the rideshare requests and pizza orders dismissed as pranks. The “don’t hang up”s before they spell it out. The “yes, really”s after. The sighs of inattentive new homeowners as the penny drops.

Protestors have disguised large stacks of dynamite as BUXOM WOMEN, causing ICE agents to SMOOCH them as the fuse runs out. Our brave boys are unharmed but sooty-faced and FUMING. Disgusting.

Excellent (if depressing) post covering the new reality we're in from @garbageday.email/@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social: "I can’t help but wonder what a protest can even accomplish when those in power do not think they will ever have to lose that power....The lesson here is clear: We’re on our own now."

Ten years ago, after the death of #DavidBowie, I went for a long walk and wrote this short piece. I remain very proud of it. www.facebook.com/519946625/po...

Before you scroll on to more grief and rage, take a moment to lock eyes, and perhaps share a smile, with this Tom Bombadil distractingly modelled on Peter Jackson. (From John Howe’s wonderful art book “A Middle-Earth Traveller”.) #Tolkien #LotR #MiddleEarth

this is a thing that has happened organically among readers of the book and I feel so blessed to have listeners who engage with what I do in such creative ways. thank you all, I work hard at what I do and you make it deeply worth it

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...