Kafkaesque
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Recovering lawyer & former historian, turned fragrance critic. #ExPostie. Love: German shepherds; history; space; photography; art; science; TV; Star Trek; Top Chef; Camus; animals; nebulae; cooking; gastronomy; & yes, fragrances.
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Joseph Heller's Catch 22 words on the surrealist, absurdist, and Twilight Zone transformation of black into white and up into down describes the Trump administration to a T, but I'm especially struck by the "Brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice" bit today. It's Stephen Miller's mantra.
A quote from Joseph Heller's book, Catch 22, that reads: "It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character."
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That Bee Gees falsetto gets me every time, no matter what context it appears in. It's like a little sprinkling of.... je me sais quoi.

Kids these days will never really understand the unique, special 70s experience that was growing up in the age of nonstop Bee Gees hits. 😆
a man is singing into a microphone while playing a guitar .
ALT: a man is singing into a microphone while playing a guitar .
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Danny Elfman's whimsy is unique.

Ex # 37: after tiny demon Danny DeVito is zapped into a stupor, Monica Bellucci's stunning face & body-parts staple themselves (Borg Queen-style) into a slinking goddess.

All set to... 🎶 *wait for it* 🎶 THE BEE GEES (!) falsetto, "Tragedy." 😂💙 #Movies #Beetlejuice2
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I hope his recovery is painless, smooth, and quick. And that you get some rest if you can!
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I wish I could have seen it, L. 😆
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He really put a "but I'm different" in his eulogy. What a mind.
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Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."
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Not even the British would eat this.

Excuse me while I hurl.
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So fantastically atmospheric. Gorgeous! Love the chiaroscuro effect.
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Stunning. Magical. Dreamy. #Space #Astrophotography #Photography #MilkyWay
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Having been awake since 3am I thought I better say good morning to you all, only 3 hours and 41 minutes later.

#bluesky #insomnia #milkyway
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I thought it was fascinating. On top of all that, it delved into issues of identity, trauma, family, race, Blackness, adoption, and what defines us -- not topics normally dealt with, let alone all at once! That's why I kept posting abt it & its great characters!

Then,
KABOOM, it fell off the cliff.
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Mockery through comedy is an act of resistance in and of itself.
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Very much so.

And yet, the show's "first few years* were a brilliantly scathing horror-drama indictment of the health care system, for-profit hospitals, doctors' God complexes, and even the whole way chemo works! It was like Dorian Grey's portrait being on display. It was so unusual in that regard
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Have you guys seen the naked bikers? They're my favourite yet! 😂
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Portland's "Antifa" terrorists strike again, this time NAKED with flaccid weenies and sagging breasts or buns. Everything is hanging out and down, naked, in the cold rain, defiantly harmless under ICE's steely gaze & guns.

I honestly have no words for you, Portland. You have outdone yourselves. 👏
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Portland’s Emergency World Naked Bike Ride arrives at ICE
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Portland's "Antifa" terrorists strike again, this time NAKED with flaccid weenies and sagging breasts or buns. Everything is hanging out and down, naked, in the cold rain, defiantly harmless under ICE's steely gaze & guns.

I honestly have no words for you, Portland. You have outdone yourselves. 👏
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Portland’s Emergency World Naked Bike Ride arrives at ICE
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Was being silly also. :)

Have a good night.
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So they need beans in condoms?

Or are the condoms going to be used in some kinky food sex thing?

It's the condom part that has me... perplexed. So many possibilities, so much funkiness. Or am I nuts? Lol
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And in the cold rain as well! 🤯
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And ye chickens shall come home to roost, in a cavalry helping the frogs:
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The Chicken Cavalry arrives, joining Portland's Frogs on the front lines of this "war-ravaged, burning" city.

The nightly Theatre of the Absurd is the only thing keeping my spirits up right now. Every outfit is a glorious F* You to Stephen Miller & Kristi Noem. #RibbitRibbit #PortlandICE
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I'm amazed by the degree to which this show just falls completely off a cliff after a truly fantastic opening. It transforms into 2 different soap operas by the start of S5, both terrible.

Gone: nuanced, complex, unusual characters & explorations of trauma, race, adoption, Blackness, what is family
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Random #TheResident S5 observations: They keep bringing in new characters who, judging by Reddit & other sites, NOBODY cares about.

Don't know which of the pouty millennial Devi twins is more annoying, or why their insipid storylines are dominating the show.

Grey's Anatomy has a lot to answer for.
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I may be mistaken but I think the naked bike ride is an annual Portland affair? So, technically, it's not being done solely to embarrass ICE.

That said, I doubt ICE members have the capacity for embarrassment or shame. MAGA blocks out anything that would cause cognitive dissonance re their beliefs.
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I buy roughly five 5 lb bags a week, that's how much I give Apollo in addition to his kibble. And it's been effective. I've gotten his weight down multiple times from over 100 or even 105 down to the low 90s.