Mark Parsons
@piratelibrarian.bsky.social
Pirate, librarian, ersatz occultist.
Pinned
Fried Green Tom Clancy at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy's The Feminine Mystique
Tom Clancy's The Feminine Mystique
August 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Fried Green Tom Clancy at the Whistle Stop Cafe
What's a movie that is wildly considered bad but you love it proudly?
February 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
What's a movie that is wildly considered bad but you love it proudly?
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There's a Black radical left critique of Kendrick's performance—it's revolutionary cosplay. I take on that idea in my new Substack.
February 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
There's a Black radical left critique of Kendrick's performance—it's revolutionary cosplay. I take on that idea in my new Substack.
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We could’ve elected Bernie
February 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
We could’ve elected Bernie
Daughter and I (and Trenchcoat the cat) self evaced & hunkered down at Motel 6, who provided this bath towel swan set that I found rather touching. Thus far I hear the Altadena library still stands. This is staggering and heartbreaking, all across the city/county. #wildfires #altadenibrary
January 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Daughter and I (and Trenchcoat the cat) self evaced & hunkered down at Motel 6, who provided this bath towel swan set that I found rather touching. Thus far I hear the Altadena library still stands. This is staggering and heartbreaking, all across the city/county. #wildfires #altadenibrary
Me at the start of 2024 / me at the end of 2024
December 29, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Me at the start of 2024 / me at the end of 2024
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A recent dialogue with Peter: youtu.be/OLuPLQK8e-g
Mind, Reality & Nature w/ Bernardo Kastrup & Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
YouTube video by Voicecraft
youtu.be
December 20, 2024 at 3:18 AM
A recent dialogue with Peter: youtu.be/OLuPLQK8e-g
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Chauvet Cave was discovered on the 18th December 1994.
30 years ago today. To many it is the most arresting expression of cave art in the archaeological record & it is one of the oldest examples in Europe.
Here are four of my highlights.
archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/chauvet/en
#AncientSky
🦣🏺
30 years ago today. To many it is the most arresting expression of cave art in the archaeological record & it is one of the oldest examples in Europe.
Here are four of my highlights.
archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/chauvet/en
#AncientSky
🦣🏺
December 18, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Chauvet Cave was discovered on the 18th December 1994.
30 years ago today. To many it is the most arresting expression of cave art in the archaeological record & it is one of the oldest examples in Europe.
Here are four of my highlights.
archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/chauvet/en
#AncientSky
🦣🏺
30 years ago today. To many it is the most arresting expression of cave art in the archaeological record & it is one of the oldest examples in Europe.
Here are four of my highlights.
archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/chauvet/en
#AncientSky
🦣🏺
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He's hiring a ship
He's packing his cloak
He's moving to England
To follow some bloke
Dracula is coming to town
He's packing his cloak
He's moving to England
To follow some bloke
Dracula is coming to town
December 14, 2024 at 6:35 PM
He's hiring a ship
He's packing his cloak
He's moving to England
To follow some bloke
Dracula is coming to town
He's packing his cloak
He's moving to England
To follow some bloke
Dracula is coming to town
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It blows my mind that Image's "1963" comics are now older than the comics they were lampooning at the time. In 1993, Lee, Ditko & Kirby's early 60s Marvel comics seemed to belong to something almost as old & alien as the Victorian age (in my juvenile eyes).
December 13, 2024 at 1:01 AM
It blows my mind that Image's "1963" comics are now older than the comics they were lampooning at the time. In 1993, Lee, Ditko & Kirby's early 60s Marvel comics seemed to belong to something almost as old & alien as the Victorian age (in my juvenile eyes).
How can say i have lived for the last 27 years without this in my life?
youtu.be/va6nPu-1auE?...
youtu.be/va6nPu-1auE?...
Fat Les - Vindaloo (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by UnionSquareMusic
youtu.be
December 11, 2024 at 5:16 AM
How can say i have lived for the last 27 years without this in my life?
youtu.be/va6nPu-1auE?...
youtu.be/va6nPu-1auE?...
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I think people worry a little too much about immediate reviews/reactions. it takes time for a real, enduring opinion to form about something. and that goes both ways -- stuff that's praised the day of released is quickly forgotten, stuff that's pilloried becomes a classic collection.
December 10, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I think people worry a little too much about immediate reviews/reactions. it takes time for a real, enduring opinion to form about something. and that goes both ways -- stuff that's praised the day of released is quickly forgotten, stuff that's pilloried becomes a classic collection.
Current mood RE suffering fools:
“I have come to sing Air Supply and kick ass. And I’m all out of love…”
“I have come to sing Air Supply and kick ass. And I’m all out of love…”
December 7, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Current mood RE suffering fools:
“I have come to sing Air Supply and kick ass. And I’m all out of love…”
“I have come to sing Air Supply and kick ass. And I’m all out of love…”
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Astronomer Harriet Witt argues that it is our scientifically outdated language that leads us into thinking of the sky as a remote reality ‘up there,’ instead of a felt experience ‘in here.’
www.essentiafoundation.org/the-sky-is-i...
www.essentiafoundation.org/the-sky-is-i...
The sky is in here, not just out there: How outdated language insulates us from reality
Astronomer Harriet Witt argues that it is our scientifically outdated language that leads us into thinking of the sky as a remote reality 'up there,' instead of a felt experience 'in here.' She argues...
www.essentiafoundation.org
December 6, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Astronomer Harriet Witt argues that it is our scientifically outdated language that leads us into thinking of the sky as a remote reality ‘up there,’ instead of a felt experience ‘in here.’
www.essentiafoundation.org/the-sky-is-i...
www.essentiafoundation.org/the-sky-is-i...
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Sketchbook Gorey homage
December 5, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Sketchbook Gorey homage
Dyad is one of the most insightful SW commentators ever. Should be on the SW story team.
#starwars #skeletoncrew is off to a powerful start. The set up is very adventurous. Question is, what is the barrier and is it keeping this planet hidden from prying eyes purposefully? Check my review!
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NNkXdH/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NNkXdH/
#starwars #skeletoncrew premiere thoughts and initial theories
TikTok video by Dyad in the Force - Element7
www.tiktok.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Dyad is one of the most insightful SW commentators ever. Should be on the SW story team.
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#starwars #skeletoncrew is off to a powerful start. The set up is very adventurous. Question is, what is the barrier and is it keeping this planet hidden from prying eyes purposefully? Check my review!
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NNkXdH/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NNkXdH/
#starwars #skeletoncrew premiere thoughts and initial theories
TikTok video by Dyad in the Force - Element7
www.tiktok.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:37 PM
#starwars #skeletoncrew is off to a powerful start. The set up is very adventurous. Question is, what is the barrier and is it keeping this planet hidden from prying eyes purposefully? Check my review!
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NNkXdH/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NNkXdH/
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Remember when the biggest threats to society were jewel thieves and quicksand? A simpler time.
December 2, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Remember when the biggest threats to society were jewel thieves and quicksand? A simpler time.
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Our weekend sales are… substantially lower than last year, and I know we’re not the only indie bookstore that’s struggling this year.
Find your local indie and buy something small if you can, 2025 is going to be /a year/ for many of us.
Find your local indie and buy something small if you can, 2025 is going to be /a year/ for many of us.
November 30, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Our weekend sales are… substantially lower than last year, and I know we’re not the only indie bookstore that’s struggling this year.
Find your local indie and buy something small if you can, 2025 is going to be /a year/ for many of us.
Find your local indie and buy something small if you can, 2025 is going to be /a year/ for many of us.
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jk rowling funded a case going before the supreme court that argues it should be legal to discriminate against and persecute trans ppl.
yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’.
no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.
yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’.
no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.
November 26, 2024 at 10:14 AM
jk rowling funded a case going before the supreme court that argues it should be legal to discriminate against and persecute trans ppl.
yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’.
no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.
yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’.
no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.
Introduce yourself as a TV 📺 character.
November 13, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Introduce yourself as a TV 📺 character.