Fascism appear to thrive in & feed on 'democratic', party-political systems. Should we not therefore question the very political, economic, & social systems we take for granted? When fascism shows us it can take our systems over as easy as pie, why should we be thinking about 'business as usual'?

The Film That Explains Contemporary America The Sorrow and the Pity has lessons for how authoritarianism takes root—and how to fight against it.

A four-hour documentary from 1969 about life in Nazi-occupied France chronicles the way that many ordinary citizens simply lived their lives as if nothing had changed, @dgraham.bsky.social writes. "The Sorrow and the Pity" is more relevant than ever:

Apple Inc.: Thank you. Here's your cheque.

There is Nothin' Like A Dame YouTube video by Rodgers & Hammerstein

There is nothing like a dame,
Nothing in the world...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljm9...

I have.

Monty Python - Whicker Island YouTube video by rylxyc

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8P...

Actually, as we're doing Bible verses, I would like to see a mashup with 2 Kings 20:1:
"Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die and be late... as in the late Arthur Dent."

mhm.

DM me, I'll tell you about the project.

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Heeeeyyyyy!

King:
Poe:
Koontz:
Barker:
even Shelley for once:
King:
King: why do I feel
King: like we're all characters in
King: THE TYPEWRITER IN THE SKY
King:????

Bitter Karella: Anyway Mars is out
Karella: It's like the zone in Stalker

Atsa Matta YouTube video by Sam

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je1d...

Egon Toast actually follows me on Twitter.
ikr.

Why doesn't Lithgow just ask the Big Giant Head?

Ten Pole Tudor: never mind who bloody killed grip
Tudor: WHO KILLED BAMBI?

I kid you not, that book is going to feature in the final chapter of my next monograph. I seriously kid you not!

FORD v FERRARI | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX YouTube video by 20th Century Studios

Carroll Shelby: sup guys
Shelby: time for a trailer
Shelby: oops, wrong thread
Shelby: oh never mind
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYg...

Michael | Official Trailer YouTube video by Universal Pictures

Michael Jackson: Hey Joanne
Jackson: time for a trailer!
Jackson: AAAOOOWWW!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zOL...

Underworld - Dark Train YouTube video by Underworld

Dark train (dark train) dark train (dark train) dark train...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUuV...

Gonnae no dae that.
-- Book of Scots 1:1

Fjords.

Didn't happen in my case. Didn't happen in shed-loads.
Took me more than half a century to get the last laugh, by which time I didn't care.

I go off line for a couple of weeks and you go full-on Cthulhu!

I love this one! 19c Innsmouth.

Our doubts are traitors...
#Shakespeare

Time for another bookshelfie.
Please feel free to ask questions or make comments.

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DARK IN HERE, ISN'T IT!