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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 4h

Pokémon GO re-leveling day was fun! Made the jump to level 70 automatically, discarded 1000+ reward items overloading my storage, and now I’m chipping away at the next set of level requirements.

This game is perfectly shaped for my particular flavor of ADHD.

Pokémon GO notification screen of a golden badge: “Legacy 50: Achieved level 50 by October 15, 2025.”

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 18h

Very silly, but I'm wondering which of the other streaming platforms with a plus will follow suit. The big ones are AMC+, Disney+, and Paramount+.

I bet Disney will be the holdout.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d

Apple TV+ has rebranded to Apple TV

It's their 'vibrant new identity'

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Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder that my book about Castrovalva is available now! obversebooks.co.uk/product/77-c...

A meme of Anakin Skywalker and Padme talking, with subtitles.
In Panel 1, Anakin says, 'I've been learning about recursion.'
In Panel 2, Padme says, 'It's easy to understand, right?'
In Panel 4, Padme has a confused reaction.

Panel 3 is the entire four-panel image recursively shrunk to fill Panel 3. Within it, we can also see another, smaller, Panel 3, with the entire image repeated again, in the Droste effect. It continues in smaller and smaller recursive panels.

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 1d

If you see this, post a robot.

Mother from Raised by Wolves is my favorite Ridley Scott android by a mile, beating out so many other great milk-blooded androids and replicants. Amanda Collin deserves more love.

Scene from Raised by Wolves (2020–2022) showing a feminine android with short-cropped hair (Amanda Collin) in a silvery unitard in a t-pose against a desolate, dusty alien planet backdrop with a sun behind her.

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 1d

One of those days where a comment by the leader of an infamous cult shows up in my Facebook Memories.

If I had a nickel for every cult leader I knew before they led a cult, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?

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ceej @ceej.online · 2d

any culture, at any point in history, could have invented darude’s sandstorm. the fact that they didn’t is just further proof that old times were busted generally

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 2d

Aferah, for a personal project, 2017

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 3d

Nine movies into my October movie marathon, and still no nightmares!

#SpookySeason #HorrorMovies

Grid of nine movies posters: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Host, Nosferatu (2024), The Vourdalak, The VVitch, Watchers, Lilies Not For Me, Suspiria (1977), and Suspiria (2018)

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 5d

I dearly love this imperfect platform, but I do wish the Discover feed was purely people I don't follow (yet).

I understand the value of a catch-all, but it's untidy!

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 5d

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 6d

What is the name of your least favorite child?

In what year did you abandon your dreams?

What is the maiden name of your father's mistress?

Nihilistic Password Security Questions

What is the name of your least favorite child? In what year did you abandon your dreams? What is the maiden name of your father’s mistress? At what...

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 5d

It would be very funny if Dolly Parton weighed in on this and said, "I love this cartoon, Elon Musk. When I'm a ghost, I will haunt YOU."

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 5d

Dead End: Paranormal Park was an absolute treasure, by the way.

It's about a haunted Dollywood where the Dolly Parton is voiced by Miss Coco Peru.

Poster for Dead End: Paranormal Park showing two teenagers, a pug, and a demon in front of a spooky amusement park.

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 5d

Getting mad about a show that ended in 2022 because it had a trans protagonist is really, really embarrassing behavior.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/elon-musk-...

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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D2 Postin' ⬛️⬜️🟪 @destinythememe.bsky.social · 6d

Cats are better than children because i cannot in good consciousness name children after unethical science. Thanks for coming to my ted talk

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 6d

should I start a bsky book club? one book a month, say, and then we do a big megathread to discuss it.

rainmanbun (Anocracy Zone) @rainmanbun.bsky.social · 6d

the more people talk about it, the less confident i feel that i know how to read. where do i learn to read? ugh lol

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 6d

You love the things you love so well that it's a joyful experience to read your thoughts about them.

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Nichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 6d

Watching Psycho (1960) from my sickbed. It’s my favorite film ever and I think the scariest part is how Marion turns on the shower while standing directly under the spray. No warm up, no temp check. Just raw.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 6d

1) every year we all get to vote on which classic story gets made into a muppet movie

2) every year you guys make that muppet movie

3) we will ALL go see every one of these

4) you will never not profit from this

5) why are we not doing things this way

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 6d

Most of the peoples of Hyrule seem incredibly adaptable to ecological change, evolving rapidly, but Gorons never change from Skyward Sword all the way to Wind Waker.

They're the giant pandas of the Zelda series, always teetering on extinction.

Illustration of a Goron merchant with a giant backpack, a straining button-up shirt, and a hat pulled down over his face.

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 7d

While we all wait years for the next #KDH, Ejae, Audrey, and Rei should just start recording new songs and touring as IRL Huntr/x to fill out the fictional back catalog.

youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 7d

genuinely squealed like I saw a celebrity

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 7d

And now I'm reminded of The Last Airbender (2010), where different members of the cast pronounced “avatar” as AV-uh-tar (ævətaɹ), AHV-uh-tar (avətaɹ), and UHV-uh-tar (ʌvətaɹ) for no reason.

Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 7d

When two characters occupy the same narrative and are *related*, but they pronounce words differently for no given plot reason, I get derailed and need to know whyyy.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...

Special (TV series) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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