Douglas Hardy 🏳️🌈
@douglashardy.bsky.social
just a handsome older man with a cute personality⚡️pithy, yet degenerate⚡️
December 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Happy Saturnalia, the ancient Roman festival honoring Saturn
Romans During the Decadence (1847)
Thomas Couture
Romans During the Decadence (1847)
Thomas Couture
December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Happy Saturnalia, the ancient Roman festival honoring Saturn
Romans During the Decadence (1847)
Thomas Couture
Romans During the Decadence (1847)
Thomas Couture
And now, back to the bottoming in the Roman Empire discourse…
It's so funny when people idolize Roman aristocrats like Cicero, Caesar, and Sulla, because reading the primary sources about them makes it clear they were catty bitches who insulted each other by gossiping about the shame of a rival's grandpa owning a rope-making business and a bakery
December 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
And now, back to the bottoming in the Roman Empire discourse…
Attention content creators…
Teens turn to a variety of online platforms, but YouTube continues to stand out. Roughly nine-in-ten teens report ever using it. TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the next most widely used platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Attention content creators…
Perfect for my holiday party theme, Christmas 1962: JFK is president, the Swinging Sixties era begins, the world just survived a potential nuclear war, the Beatles sing Love Me Do, James Bond debuts in Dr No, Lawrence of Arabia premiere, and we’re excited Judy Garland is getting a TV show next year.
December 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Perfect for my holiday party theme, Christmas 1962: JFK is president, the Swinging Sixties era begins, the world just survived a potential nuclear war, the Beatles sing Love Me Do, James Bond debuts in Dr No, Lawrence of Arabia premiere, and we’re excited Judy Garland is getting a TV show next year.
A lyric in Connie Francis’s “I’m Gonna Be Warm This Winter” from 1962 reminds me of my favorite unconventional Christmas song from Sade in 1985: every day is Christmas, and every night is…New Year’s Eve.
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A lyric in Connie Francis’s “I’m Gonna Be Warm This Winter” from 1962 reminds me of my favorite unconventional Christmas song from Sade in 1985: every day is Christmas, and every night is…New Year’s Eve.
Hey! It’s that holiday special from 1964 that reminds us to be careful who you ostracize for their nonconformity because their nonconformity just might be the thing that saves your Christmas, saves your teeth, or puts the star on the top of your tree.
#RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer
#RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Hey! It’s that holiday special from 1964 that reminds us to be careful who you ostracize for their nonconformity because their nonconformity just might be the thing that saves your Christmas, saves your teeth, or puts the star on the top of your tree.
#RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer
#RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer
Great Lobster and Bird
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Great Lobster and Bird
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century
File under: When you know the leadership has given up
When they don’t know how to control something that’s gotten out of control or how to fix a problem, they focus on something they *can* control or fix, in this case, it’s fonts
When they don’t know how to control something that’s gotten out of control or how to fix a problem, they focus on something they *can* control or fix, in this case, it’s fonts
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
File under: When you know the leadership has given up
When they don’t know how to control something that’s gotten out of control or how to fix a problem, they focus on something they *can* control or fix, in this case, it’s fonts
When they don’t know how to control something that’s gotten out of control or how to fix a problem, they focus on something they *can* control or fix, in this case, it’s fonts
This is what bothers me: that the authoritarian clans have poisoned the well to create mistrust & pessimism, and a fear that every four years a change of administrations can just gut all we hold dear (democratic values) and upend our way of life (after all this time, still no universal healthcare)
I’m optimistic by nature, and my own pessimistic thought lately has been that Trump has destroyed trust among marginalized communities for generations to come in ways that can’t easily be rebuilt (if at all, in the medium term).
I get accused of cockeyed optimism from time to time and it’s not totally unfair.
but I am very pessimistic about the ability of red state publics to maintain either academic integrity or academic quality while the primary concern of their boards and legislatures is culture war.
but I am very pessimistic about the ability of red state publics to maintain either academic integrity or academic quality while the primary concern of their boards and legislatures is culture war.
December 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is what bothers me: that the authoritarian clans have poisoned the well to create mistrust & pessimism, and a fear that every four years a change of administrations can just gut all we hold dear (democratic values) and upend our way of life (after all this time, still no universal healthcare)
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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...
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Eve
From: Beth Jarrett
who’s hoping for a Christmas in London that’s just out of Dickens
#TCMParty #OrdinaryPeople
From: Beth Jarrett
who’s hoping for a Christmas in London that’s just out of Dickens
#TCMParty #OrdinaryPeople
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Eve
From: Beth Jarrett
who’s hoping for a Christmas in London that’s just out of Dickens
#TCMParty #OrdinaryPeople
From: Beth Jarrett
who’s hoping for a Christmas in London that’s just out of Dickens
#TCMParty #OrdinaryPeople
Well, here’s some good news.
All European Union countries must recognize same-sex marriage.
All European Union countries must recognize same-sex marriage.
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Well, here’s some good news.
All European Union countries must recognize same-sex marriage.
All European Union countries must recognize same-sex marriage.
You probably recognize Bruce Glover as one of the bad guys in the James Bond pic #DiamondsAreForever
#TCMParty #Chinatown
#TCMParty #Chinatown
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
You probably recognize Bruce Glover as one of the bad guys in the James Bond pic #DiamondsAreForever
#TCMParty #Chinatown
#TCMParty #Chinatown
For symbolism nerds, lots of horse imagery associated with Jake Gittes, and a lot of fish imagery associated with Noah Cross
#Chinatown #TCMParty
#Chinatown #TCMParty
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
For symbolism nerds, lots of horse imagery associated with Jake Gittes, and a lot of fish imagery associated with Noah Cross
#Chinatown #TCMParty
#Chinatown #TCMParty
Thanks to #DoubleIndemnity, who wants macaroni and cheese?
Oh. And I think that @gayerthanthou.bsky.social has some pasta left over.
#TCMParty #Chinatown
Oh. And I think that @gayerthanthou.bsky.social has some pasta left over.
#TCMParty #Chinatown
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Thanks to #DoubleIndemnity, who wants macaroni and cheese?
Oh. And I think that @gayerthanthou.bsky.social has some pasta left over.
#TCMParty #Chinatown
Oh. And I think that @gayerthanthou.bsky.social has some pasta left over.
#TCMParty #Chinatown
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“All the way to the end of the line”
Straight down the line. To the cemetery!
#TCMParty #DoubleIndemnity
Straight down the line. To the cemetery!
#TCMParty #DoubleIndemnity
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“All the way to the end of the line”
Straight down the line. To the cemetery!
#TCMParty #DoubleIndemnity
Straight down the line. To the cemetery!
#TCMParty #DoubleIndemnity
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM