Jim Burlingame
@jimburlingame.bsky.social
Artist, writer, Humanist, dad to medium-sized people and milky-pawed attack cat, multifaceted community dude about town
… are the only true guide to what any two individuals enjoy (and are capable of doing together). So: the more kids (of all sexes, but especially boys) are taught communication skills and to be comfortable with vulnerability, etc, the better their attitude toward & experiences with sex will be. (2/2)
December 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
… are the only true guide to what any two individuals enjoy (and are capable of doing together). So: the more kids (of all sexes, but especially boys) are taught communication skills and to be comfortable with vulnerability, etc, the better their attitude toward & experiences with sex will be. (2/2)
Agreed - but also: that still doesn’t address the part about getting kids to be aware of how unrealistic (and now also straight up fake) most porn is. I don’t know the answer there, except to try and convey that at this point much of *all* of the internet is now fake. And that consensual IRL (1/2)
December 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Agreed - but also: that still doesn’t address the part about getting kids to be aware of how unrealistic (and now also straight up fake) most porn is. I don’t know the answer there, except to try and convey that at this point much of *all* of the internet is now fake. And that consensual IRL (1/2)
Like the end of “The Fountain”
December 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Like the end of “The Fountain”
What’s he building up there 🤔
December 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
What’s he building up there 🤔
Dude’s got a disabled sense of morals - by his own logic, he shouldn’t be married!
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Dude’s got a disabled sense of morals - by his own logic, he shouldn’t be married!
I’m amazed this is happening under the Trump administration.
December 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I’m amazed this is happening under the Trump administration.
It’s like the Chief of Staff interview: they’re rubbing it in our faces (here, literally) that they don’t care that they know know what we think should be their downfall - by owning it (like Trump laughing off being called a fascist when Mamdani was next to him), they control the narrative.
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
It’s like the Chief of Staff interview: they’re rubbing it in our faces (here, literally) that they don’t care that they know know what we think should be their downfall - by owning it (like Trump laughing off being called a fascist when Mamdani was next to him), they control the narrative.
Go yoke or go broke (and become a hermit!)
December 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Go yoke or go broke (and become a hermit!)
Straight up Kurt Vonnegut/Joseph Heller territory at this point 😒
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Straight up Kurt Vonnegut/Joseph Heller territory at this point 😒
Oops, they forgot a sentence: “Delusional men under the sway of mass psychosis create hard times.”
December 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Oops, they forgot a sentence: “Delusional men under the sway of mass psychosis create hard times.”
It’s Freud’s death drive writ large 😔
December 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It’s Freud’s death drive writ large 😔
BINGO. All the technical stuff posted above this comment, while true, just invites myriad openings for right-wing trolls to dive into the weeds arguing over details.
The same as with a pro-abortion stance that gets long-winded about different contexts and impacts, etc: It’s a woman’s body, period.
The same as with a pro-abortion stance that gets long-winded about different contexts and impacts, etc: It’s a woman’s body, period.
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
BINGO. All the technical stuff posted above this comment, while true, just invites myriad openings for right-wing trolls to dive into the weeds arguing over details.
The same as with a pro-abortion stance that gets long-winded about different contexts and impacts, etc: It’s a woman’s body, period.
The same as with a pro-abortion stance that gets long-winded about different contexts and impacts, etc: It’s a woman’s body, period.
I was 25 then. And that’s when it hit me how odd it is that we elect state Supreme Court justices (for limited terms), but do not elect federal Supreme Court justices (for lifetime terms).
December 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I was 25 then. And that’s when it hit me how odd it is that we elect state Supreme Court justices (for limited terms), but do not elect federal Supreme Court justices (for lifetime terms).
That opening shot has clearly influenced so many filmmakers who came after - but in particular, I’m looking at you, David Fincher 😄
December 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
That opening shot has clearly influenced so many filmmakers who came after - but in particular, I’m looking at you, David Fincher 😄
Like Thekla, the gay dance club Olympia had in the 90s, that had a sign on the front saying “Enter in rear” 😅
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Like Thekla, the gay dance club Olympia had in the 90s, that had a sign on the front saying “Enter in rear” 😅
“Look at me. I’m the mad man now.”
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“Look at me. I’m the mad man now.”
AKA work lunch — RUN, Run back to the office from the grocery store! There’s a meeting starting at 1:00 and you forgot it was your turn to facilitate. [Dear reader, t’was me: the guy who thought he could take just ONE damn minute to film the dirty, foamy high tide for mysterious creative purposes]
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 AM
AKA work lunch — RUN, Run back to the office from the grocery store! There’s a meeting starting at 1:00 and you forgot it was your turn to facilitate. [Dear reader, t’was me: the guy who thought he could take just ONE damn minute to film the dirty, foamy high tide for mysterious creative purposes]
I see what they did there 🫡
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I see what they did there 🫡
… and if they feel the need to comment or just during the film, they just lean in and whisper (2/2)
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
… and if they feel the need to comment or just during the film, they just lean in and whisper (2/2)
Maybe I get so absorbed in movies that I simply don’t notice such behavior near me? But if people were using their phones l, I’d see the screens light up 🤔 Also, as to the demographic stereotypes, are those really true? My kids are teens (16 & 19) & they never look at their phones during films (1/2)
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Maybe I get so absorbed in movies that I simply don’t notice such behavior near me? But if people were using their phones l, I’d see the screens light up 🤔 Also, as to the demographic stereotypes, are those really true? My kids are teens (16 & 19) & they never look at their phones during films (1/2)
… of course, many old and new films on my tv at home. Where I live, I never hear/observe other theater goers being loud/rude. And if I eat in a theater, it’s just snacks I’ve brought in. I love the communal experience of taking in big audio-visual stories and that’s not available at home (2/2)
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
… of course, many old and new films on my tv at home. Where I live, I never hear/observe other theater goers being loud/rude. And if I eat in a theater, it’s just snacks I’ve brought in. I love the communal experience of taking in big audio-visual stories and that’s not available at home (2/2)
I’m at the other end of the spectrum: a hardcore cinephile. This year, I saw One Battle After Another three times in the theater, Weapons three times in the theater, Sinners twice in the theater, and many by other films once (at both the corporate chain and local art house cinema). Plus (1/2)
December 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I’m at the other end of the spectrum: a hardcore cinephile. This year, I saw One Battle After Another three times in the theater, Weapons three times in the theater, Sinners twice in the theater, and many by other films once (at both the corporate chain and local art house cinema). Plus (1/2)