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@valondar.bsky.social
@VK_HM on twitter, Val (or valondar) most places. Autistic. Trans woman. (she/her) Dublin, Ireland.
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The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.
He won a Grammy post cancellation. This is my one note here.
“Cancellation limbo”: when you’re definitely not cancelled but not as celebrated as you used to be. This is one reason why “cancel culture” discourse is so tiresome: a lot of people are using it to mean “my life was affected in some negative way by my actions”
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November 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
He won a Grammy post cancellation. This is my one note here.
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People will say anything on here. “We used to be a proper country,” no we didn’t. That’s not true.
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
People will say anything on here. “We used to be a proper country,” no we didn’t. That’s not true.
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when i witness someone singing Safety Dance
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
when i witness someone singing Safety Dance
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RIP Tom Stoppard
Dazzling talent obviously but I loved that this was the line he wished he’d written.
Dazzling talent obviously but I loved that this was the line he wished he’d written.
a man is making a funny face and says i don 't care !
ALT: a man is making a funny face and says i don 't care !
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November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard
Dazzling talent obviously but I loved that this was the line he wished he’d written.
Dazzling talent obviously but I loved that this was the line he wished he’d written.
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Ireland needs a state construction company. It won't solve our problems on its own, but it's part of the solution.
I firmly believe the government are refusing to establish one because it will take more time to establish than they have left as leaders. #spéirgorm
I firmly believe the government are refusing to establish one because it will take more time to establish than they have left as leaders. #spéirgorm
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ireland needs a state construction company. It won't solve our problems on its own, but it's part of the solution.
I firmly believe the government are refusing to establish one because it will take more time to establish than they have left as leaders. #spéirgorm
I firmly believe the government are refusing to establish one because it will take more time to establish than they have left as leaders. #spéirgorm
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Double Indemnity (1944)
dir: Billy Wilder
dir: Billy Wilder
November 29, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Double Indemnity (1944)
dir: Billy Wilder
dir: Billy Wilder
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Really fascinating which one of these the media has seized upon
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Really fascinating which one of these the media has seized upon
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So much about how FF & FG have run this country is far from best practice.
Four-year delay to major upgrade of Dart network 'flies in the face' of best practice jrnl.ie/6886810
#spéirgorm
Four-year delay to major upgrade of Dart network 'flies in the face' of best practice jrnl.ie/6886810
#spéirgorm
Four-year delay to major upgrade of Dart network 'flies in the face' of best practice
It was hoped construction could begin on Dart+ South West next year – that’s now been pushed out to at least 2030.
jrnl.ie
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
So much about how FF & FG have run this country is far from best practice.
Four-year delay to major upgrade of Dart network 'flies in the face' of best practice jrnl.ie/6886810
#spéirgorm
Four-year delay to major upgrade of Dart network 'flies in the face' of best practice jrnl.ie/6886810
#spéirgorm
Pete is Cao Cao
disney throwing things at the wall to try to appease china when the obvious solution is to do Romance of the Three Kingdoms with mickey, donald and goofy as Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Pete is Cao Cao
Not my business but there has gotta be a free left adjacent word they can use. Socialist Party, Worker’s Party, Left Party etc. the fact they have a shortlist comprised entirely of names that have the same vague sentiment of their existing name… well.
Bloody hell man
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Not my business but there has gotta be a free left adjacent word they can use. Socialist Party, Worker’s Party, Left Party etc. the fact they have a shortlist comprised entirely of names that have the same vague sentiment of their existing name… well.
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Typical, they leave the good stuff til after the Black Friday saled
they're auctioning Blake's Tyger next week
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Typical, they leave the good stuff til after the Black Friday saled
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I just realised that I've barely made any 3D art set in the OG movie era, despite that being my favourite Star Trek era aesthetically! And NONE featuring the refit Enterprise!!1
I think these three might be it…
I think these three might be it…
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I just realised that I've barely made any 3D art set in the OG movie era, despite that being my favourite Star Trek era aesthetically! And NONE featuring the refit Enterprise!!1
I think these three might be it…
I think these three might be it…
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Millie Bobby Brown's full real name is Millie Bonnie Brown Bon Jovi, which means if she married Billy Bob Thornton, he could take her names, and be Billy Bob Bonnie Brown Bon Jovi.
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Millie Bobby Brown's full real name is Millie Bonnie Brown Bon Jovi, which means if she married Billy Bob Thornton, he could take her names, and be Billy Bob Bonnie Brown Bon Jovi.
This really is Buckley’s film far more than it is Mescal’s. Like how Die My Love is more Lawrence than Pattinson (though that one more starkly.)
HAMNET 📽️ makes plain the endlessness of Paul Mescal's talent but this is Jessie Buckley's movie as a woman who comes to understand how essential art is in building connections with others, especially after loss movieswetextedabout.com/hamnet-film-...
'Hamnet' Film Review: A Triumph Soaked in Sadness
The trouble with the concept of Hamnet is twofold. On the one hand, one of its central characters is one of the most famous artists who ever existed. His life has been mined for every possible scrap o...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This really is Buckley’s film far more than it is Mescal’s. Like how Die My Love is more Lawrence than Pattinson (though that one more starkly.)
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Probably the weirdest piece of lost media I know about. There exists a guide to using word processors by the creator of lupin the third that I have never seen mentioned anywhere. I bet it uses green screen & has super low budget animation on top of how to videos or something. Shame we can't see it.
November 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Probably the weirdest piece of lost media I know about. There exists a guide to using word processors by the creator of lupin the third that I have never seen mentioned anywhere. I bet it uses green screen & has super low budget animation on top of how to videos or something. Shame we can't see it.
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ME: yeah... if you call that livin'
MY FRIEND VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN: hey man seriously can you stop saying that
ME: honestly, no
MY FRIEND VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN: hey man seriously can you stop saying that
ME: honestly, no
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
ME: yeah... if you call that livin'
MY FRIEND VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN: hey man seriously can you stop saying that
ME: honestly, no
MY FRIEND VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN: hey man seriously can you stop saying that
ME: honestly, no
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Just been reading a piece in the Examiner about billionaires moving into Kinsale & building helipads against the objections of the locals and one of them's James Dyson, and wasn't he very very Brexit? I wonder why he and his helipad are moving to an EU country?
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Just been reading a piece in the Examiner about billionaires moving into Kinsale & building helipads against the objections of the locals and one of them's James Dyson, and wasn't he very very Brexit? I wonder why he and his helipad are moving to an EU country?
s07e03 “ Afterimages”
Garak: I honestly thought my panic attack was obvious to you all.
Garak: Next time I'll put more effort into it.
Garak: Next time I'll put more effort into it.
November 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
s07e03 “ Afterimages”
“Time travel doesn’t work”
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
“Time travel doesn’t work”
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"So we ended up doing a lot of experimentation with Demetrius. We did a special recording session with him to create all kinds of vocalizations and we even made a Yautja choir with him at one point, which finds its way into some of the cues. It was just a whole process of discovery."
How Predator: Badlands Composers Created a "Yautja Choir" for Dan Trachtenberg's Sci-Fi Sequel
Benjamin Wallfisch is living the sci-fi dream. Over the last two years, the prolific composer has found himself crafting music for two of the most iconic genre franchises on the planet: Alien and Pred...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"So we ended up doing a lot of experimentation with Demetrius. We did a special recording session with him to create all kinds of vocalizations and we even made a Yautja choir with him at one point, which finds its way into some of the cues. It was just a whole process of discovery."
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Imagine journalists asking MPs what problem this is intended to solve and not letting them weasel out of an answer.
This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Imagine journalists asking MPs what problem this is intended to solve and not letting them weasel out of an answer.
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LucasArts had so many internal tools, but to make levels their FPS games "Dark Forces" and "Outlaws" they just used the good old AutoCAD. Here are shots of "Outlaws" maps being worked on in AutoCAD R13 for Windows:
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
LucasArts had so many internal tools, but to make levels their FPS games "Dark Forces" and "Outlaws" they just used the good old AutoCAD. Here are shots of "Outlaws" maps being worked on in AutoCAD R13 for Windows: