another banger year for the nobel peace prize going to a real piece of shit, part of a long tradition of the award being fucked it was awarded to a venezuelan opposition leader, maria carina machado, solely it seems for opposing maduro

a good tip for running a social media site, is not to have your staff just kinda shooting the shit of their personal opinions on site moderation in public

never sewed before, but i did a tiny amount yesterday (to re-attach a button to my nice winter coat) and it was satisfying hopefully it sticks around and doesn't fall off within a couple of weeks so i can feel more smug

i may have the speed and confidence of this game, of a geriatric turtle with an anxiety disorder, but it's an achievement for me :)

instead of wasting your time debating made up "slurs", consider playing flagless minesweeper i had this one in the bag, i had just forgotten to clear one tile that didn't have a mine under it (circled), so when i was using counting to break the bottom left i thought i had two mines in play not 3

tonight's watch: taste of cherry (1997) fascinating film, the film making is for the most part very restrained, particularly in the first half i could describe the shots as boring, yet this is a deliberate choice, to provide space for the three dialogues of the film soldier, cleric, labourer,

loyal followers two of your number recently recommended 'dusk' to me, and this has wetted my appetite to expand my range of interests in the 'boomer shooter' genre please recommend for me the best and brightest boomer shooters

really cool found a little postcard written by stéphane gal in one of his books that i own

come to me my pretties...

[watching a film] wow, this is all so realistic and life like [the film moves to a scene focusing on the one topic i am a specialist in] what the hell! how did this nonsense egt in here! they were so on point with everything else!!

after five months of playing this fucking thing, the first ever game of the blisters diplomacy variant ends in a draw i'm proud of what we accomplished as the italians,

hilarious intro spiel for a movie released in 1988 the cosmic explorers include.... a woman!! holy shit!!

one of the articles i wrote accidentally got nominated as a 'good article' (a special standard of wikipedia article) and then quickly un-nominated lol apparently someones bot did it by mistake when they were trying to upgrade it from c class to b class

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tonight's watch: deux jours, une nuit (2014) when yuo watch a dardennes brother film, you're going to get radical working class cinema, this is no exception, its a brutal, but also beautiful exploration of working class solidarity, and the attempts of management to destroy it

i'm now at the point in the 1563-1567 article writing process where i'm really excited to finish the fucking thing so i can get back to nice easy biography articles only trouble is, these articles i'm working on at the moment are very hungry, and they demand i integrate another 60+ books into them

blobs top 3 obsessions, number 1 will shock you!!

wolfenstein 3d, doom, quake father, son and holy shooter i have such a soft spot for them,

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tonight's watch: scenes from a marriage (1974) there is so much to like in this 5 hour film/mini-series liv ullman might be one of the best actors to ever live, and she delivers a tour de force as marianne in this film, bringing such a raw intensity to the role, as she always does

my guy's head looks like a golf ball on a tee

very excited because i just discovered several new releases i am interested in from classiques garnier i really need to subscribe to publishers' mailing lists to learn about these things la reine margot dropped 5 months ago!

This bill has no chance of passing and sharing posts without that context is making people panic. Making people panic without giving them tools to take action is irresponsible. It drains energy that they could be using to either help themselves or others.

i've chosen the film i'm going to watch next saturday, and its a fun one its also five hours long, but details details

you can read my full review here :)

tonight's watch: ashes and diamonds (1958) dir. andrzej wajda narratively, the film is a misfire for me, ideologically the film is a bit of a mess, the romance our protaganist pursues has not aged great and the film doesn't take advantage of the plot beats it establishes

proposal for a harder version of this quiz that also combats those who use the skip function to tackle harder countries last after you make the correct guess the outline doesn't stay on the map every guess looks like your first

let's fucking goooo 54/54 babyyyy

trying an african map quiz at the moment where there are no borders on the map, and if you get a single guess wrong, you lose its brutal best i've managed so far is 12,

you know what will make you look truly dignified for your portrait sir? no, pray tell! a massive red bow tie what an idea, bring for one at once!

american sniper? lmao fuck off

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i predicted i was going to like it i adored it, what a film, it will stay with me for a long time

not in the picture

guide to making a film that gets the 10/10 rating from me 1) have it be about women 2) have those women be gay 3) have it be unceasingly bleak 4) have nothing happen during the films run time 5) don't move the camera during a shot 6) have the asl be 10 minutes + boom, you've got a winner,

my birth year sure was when lesbianism was invented, let's goooo

looking into postgraduate study at the moment, and weeping as i realise how woefully unprepared i am financially, mentally, educationally, other 'lly's

what an amazing dress...

I cannot overstate just how awful this stupid fucking bill proposal is - adding backdoors into encryption on OS level - "sniff" every single message before it gets encrypted AND SAVE IT CENTRALLY - let a goddamn hallucinating "AI" mark people as criminals it needs to be stopped, post haste

as a sourdough lover, and a proud wokiste, she's right

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tonight's watch: procès de jeanne d'arc (1962) dir. robert bresson it can't reach the majesty of la passion de jeanne d'arc, but it makes a damn good effort like its 1928 forebear, very minimalist and tight, always a win in my book, but unlike its forebear, this is a film devoted to the procedure

i think i am going to start blocking trans people who spread unchecked panic by posting every wild thing that fascists say on twitter without context.

I get that there's lots of scary, terrible shit going on but I think there's a responsibility to be careful about the line between "sharing scary sounding headlines/posts by right wing crackpots" and "real thing to be concerned about"

this trans woman was taken into ICE custody tonight over a 3-year old weed charge. she faces torture in men’s detention centers or self-deportation and leaving behind everything she knows (if she can afford that option). please support if you’re able

i swear to god i hate german aristocratic inheritance stop dividing your lands between your children, it makes it a fucking nightmare to keep track of who's being referred to in sources

i refuse to ever have an opinion on the aesthetics of a corporate logo

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tonight's watch: secret ballot (2001) 2am, going back to the fridge for more iranian cinema, this is an ambitious film, it combines its exploration of women's rights and electoralism with a sly humour,

its so cool how youtube channels can now be automatically dubbed and as the viewer theres no way to turn it off you have to beg the creator to disable it thats such good design