The world is a more dreary place today. Celebrating Marianne Faithfull (1946-2025) on the day of her passing . She wouldn't have liked "Rest in Peace". More like "Rave On in Perpetuity". www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Nx...

Our best wishes for a happy, peaceful Holiday Season. It's time to regroup for the New Year. C.G. Jung's drawing of a Navajo mandala that evokes the solstices.

Solstice 2024_Warmth is on the way.

Land doesn’t vote. Stop pretending it does.

Film Clip of the Day...A Page of Madness _ a 1926 Japanese horror film by Teinosuke Kinugas_set in a mental institution. Let's overcome naturalistic representation!

‘AI Jesus’ takes confessions at Swiss church Some churchgoers describe a spiritual experience within the confessional booth, though others labelled it a gimmick

I'd imagine there are quite a few of us who have seen the film THX 1138. Remember the confessional scenes? Well, here is reality today. www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-jesu...

How to Potty Train Your Cat: A Handy Manual by Jazz Musician Charles Mingus Charles Mingus, the innovative jazz musician, was known for having a bad temper. He once got so irritated with a heckler that he ended up trashing his $20,000 bass.

Charles MIngus's manual tells you how to potty train your cat. Thanks to Daisy Fay who sent me this article from Open Culture. www.openculture.com/2024/11/how-...

R.I.P.Andy Paley.

In the light of yesterday's events the accuracy of this prediction overwhelmes me.

Sending out our thoughts for your quick recovery. Love from C&C.

Aargh! Ear worms! It's tough when it's something I'm writing is the source but it's not particularly pleasant when something else appears.

Meet the people who believe angels speak to them through their shopping receipts Are ‘angel numbers’ merely the next step in spirituality? Or a load of nonsense? Ellie Muir talks to devotees of a movement that’s already won fans in Katy Perry, Jennifer Aniston and a rising number ...

A novel misuse of Numerology has been discovered. "Angel Numbers". www.independent.co.uk/life-style/a...

I think that you can go to "edit profile" and then click on the blue avatar up at the top left. Then you can upload a photo. It's worth a try.

Well..that may be how to get rid of Trump. The trouble is that in politics, like in the entertainment industry when they get rid of one terrible chief executive there is no reason to rejoice. The one that comes in to take his place is usually infinitely worse.

With music you can express any emotion, you can paint pictures..
#SunRa

'Viruses Are Our Friend'— 10 Off the Wall Video Clips from RFK Jr. Resurface on Bluesky Past comments include denying AIDS and calling vaccinated children "damaged"

A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Red Room Pictures is now on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/redr...

A page from the 1951 edition of Manning’s Ithaca (NY) Directory, showing Vladimir Nabokov’s home address (802 East Seneca Street).

New life goals:

1. Invent a time machine.
2. Flee to Ithaca, New York in 1951.
3. Become Vladimir Nabokov’s wacky next-door neighbor.

One of fascism's main tactics is to physically and mentally exhaust you. To flood the zone with outrageous bullshit, to make you bite on a dozen pump-fakes — so that when the real shot comes, you're too worn out to react.

We need to pace ourselves. It's only been a week. Alert fatigue is dangerous

An AI-generated image of himself by Elon Musk in his position at the US Department of Government Efficiency. It's a spooky thing that looks like it belongs in the film Idiocracy as well as being a disgrace to the black leather jacket. Sorry. My mistake. It is in Idiocracy and so are we.

Watch a Screen Test of 21-Year-Old Orson Welles (1937)

www.openculture.com/2020/05/watc...

I'm glad to have found this platform.