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That dude who does all the yelling. Marxism, maths, mirth, mTrek. https://www.idfc.co.uk/

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · Apr 1

Plus, the first Infinite Diversity, Finite Combinations book is out in paperback, if that's the sort of thing you think you might be into (and you live in the UK).

www.idfc.co.uk/product-page...

Infinite Diversity, Finite Combinations Volume 1.1 (paperback+1st class postage) | Infinite Diversity,

The first volume of IDFC in weighty paperback form! Contains essays on every episode of Season 1 of The Original Series (including "The Cage"), along with pieces on The Motion Picture, James Blish's S...

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely wiped out already today. Might be because of the flu jab I had this morning, but also might be the more general exhaustion that led me to pour bran flakes into my lemonade yesterday morning. WHO CAN SAY?

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1h

obviously what was being said in that chat was vile but the most reputation-destroying fact about any member of any Republican organization should always be that they are Republicans, a white supremacist gang waging war against democracy and the U.S. citizenry

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1h

did you guys hear that the adult leaders of the hitler youth were using slurs in their group chat

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, the grand old duke of york
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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 3h

I really loved it when it came out. A lot of what it was doing has soaked into modern horror more generally, which might limit its impact a bit 15 years on, but I'd definitely recommend giving it a go. Apparently the series gets amazingly weird as it goes on, too (not seen past the first sequel).

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 13h

Missed this at the time, but my answer, OBVIOUSLY, is find a pub which still has chilled cider and drink myself to death.

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 13h

This motherfucker right here.

Micah from Paranormal Activity, AKA Worst Boyfriend in Recorded History.

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 13h

Somwehre in Douthat's attic is a picture of him, getting ever younger and less of a reactionary stool sample.

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 13h

Absolutely flawed to learn Douthat and I are the same age, mostly because he's been the Platonic ideal of past-it cloud-yelling prick for every one of the twenty-odd years I've had to be aware of his existence.

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Woltergeist II: The Other Side @wolter.bsky.social · 13h

He’s four fucking years younger than me?

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20h

just found out ross douthat is only 45? genuinely thought he was like 60.

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 15h

I'd like to say I've never gone near that film again because of all the racism, but really it's DEFINITELY the corridor scene. Even typing that last sentence out made me feel physically sick.

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 15h

I guess you could also count Temple Of Doom, which at age ten turned me from being fascinated by insects to being absolutely fucking terrified of them; a phobia I still haven't conquered thirty-five years later.

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 15h

DAMN, that's a bad time right there.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 16h

Zohran Mamdani Refuses To Share Plan For Making Rich Richer

NEW YORK—Casting doubt on the mayoral candidate’s ability to effectively carry out the duties of the office, critics assailed New York State Rep. Zohran Mamdani Friday for refusing to share his plan t...

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 15h

Gods, hundreds; I just got that kind of brain. I guess my party trick answers are "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by REM, and "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies, but give me a karaoke machine and it's either "1979" by the Pumpkins, or "The Myth Of Fingerprints" by Paul Simon.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 17h

Name a Song you can Sing from Memory.

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 15h

Scream. Changed me from a horror-avoider to a horror-obsessive. I've never looked back (because what if some dude with a knife is standing behind me?).

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 17h

Name a Film that Changed your Life.

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing a suggestion on here that Nazis can't be punks

Sadly this is not true

There's a whole song about what they should do

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𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖆 𝖓𝖊𝖚𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖎𝖘𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗 🏳️‍⚧️ @neurosismancer.gay · 1d

“i was married, but i’m not married anymore. women don’t like the vehicle.”

A UFO shaped vehicle on a Brooklyn street, made of stained and slightly rusty metal panels. A door on the side has a wheel to open it.

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Dave Probert @daveprobert.bsky.social · 2d

Principal Skinner meme saying "Do people not like Jared Leto? No, it's the Tron franchise that has failed"

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 2d

Extremely good cat.

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 2d

(Personally, I'd put the line between those capable of internalising criticism and those who aren't, but I'd imagine the correlation between my formulation and that of the OP's is pretty damn high.)

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 2d

Being me, I'd modify this slightly into "people who care about others no matter how they differ from themselves", but otherwise, this is a pretty damn good place to draw the line.

jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 2d

“More than at any other time — I'm finally realizing that the world is simply divided into people that care about others, and those who don't — but don't want to be shamed for it.”

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!!

Tulika Bose @TulikaBose_
More than at any other time — I'm finally realizing that the world is simply divided into people that care about others, and those who don't — but don't want to be shamed for it
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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 2d

I've said this elsewhere, but every single "zero tolerance" policy I've ever come across eventually revealed itself to be "zero recognition" - a commitment has been made to not accept something, so heaven and earth is moved to claim said something isn't, in fact, actually happening.

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 2d

This is true so often, in so many (ostensibly) different circumstances: power doesn't decide what to do in response to an outrage, it decides how to frame the outrage in such a way that they don't have to do anything.

Wanly Made Mailman @basicchunnel.bsky.social · 2d

We still have to call them "white nationalists", because "the country is run by white supremacists" is too spicy of a statement. Like obviously if the latter were true, something would really have to be done

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 3d

O’Flaherty’s intervention on trans rights and protest rights centers on the necessity test, not proportionality.

In the simplest terms, it’s the question of “is it going to help?” If a law achieves nothing good and only interferes with our freedom, it violates human rights.

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