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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...

www.idfc.co.uk

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 4h

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 · 4h

This motherfucker right here.

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

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 4h

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

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 4h

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 · 4h

He’s four fucking years younger than me?

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 11h

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

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 6h

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 · 6h

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 · 6h

DAMN, that's a bad time right there.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 7h

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 · 6h

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 · 8h

Name a Song you can Sing from Memory.

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 8h

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 · 1d

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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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 3d

Count me among those unhinged and incapable of textual analysis, I guess.

Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 4d

Watched Terrifier. What an ugly, unpleasant film.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 4d

Some of those who say I quit
Are the same who talk bullshit

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 4d

We’ll need a followup story on each of these cops a few months into Mamdani’s term to see if they made good on their vows to leave the force

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 4d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · Oct 31

Book cover for Pet Cemetery featuring an angry cat’s face hissing as a silhouette of a man stares off. Text and title read:

I just
FED YOU
Stop yelling at me...

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Squidsommar @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 5d

That book is an absolute trip.