Hey Everyone, is the General Strike starting on May Day? #GeneralStrike #MayDay

I used to do this in a favorite coffee shop in my college town. Must’ve gotten 20-30 people all in a circle at one point. I guess these things don’t happen in person anymore with random strangers, huh?

a purple background with the words " i am just checking on you are you okay " on it Alt: a purple background with the words " i am just checking on you are you okay " on it. Cookie Monster slowly comes on to the screen to check on you. He cares. He really cares.

What do you mean off topic?

The most recent Blu-ray I bought: Superman 2025. Physical media rocks.

#SinglePayerNow

Just had a dream I was working for a textbook company for studying for advanced exams. I had to edit books with names such a “Dominating Your Sl*tty Little GMAT” and “How to Threaten and K*ll Your ACT.”

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@JamesGunn.bsky.social, your Superman has brought me back to my joyful cinema-loving youth. The punk-rock late nights with earnest weirdos and above all kindness, acceptance and fun. Thank you.

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Immediately after coming home, I made my roommates experience such films as #TromeoAndJuliet, and eventually other films as we got access to them: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hellboy, Bounce Ko Gals, How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog, and more.

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I’m sure none of these people remember me. But I hope each of them know/knew the kindness, fun, and love they showed to a lowly volunteer has stuck with me for the past 20+ years.

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I took a writing class from Shane Black, a directing class from Robert Downey Sr. (RIP) I even got to participate in a show called Thor the Barbarian and watched a 3D adult film with Guillermo del Toro (@realgdt.bsky.social) and John Cameron Mitchell.

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In another life, cinema was central to who I was. I volunteered at the Lake Placid Film Forum (now Festival) for a few years in college. I met amazing people and one year, a had a great time with #Troma folks.

4 year old daughter watching me paint the ceiling of the porch light blue: Why don’t you want it black?
Me: Nana likes blue. People are generally happier around lighter colors. Would you want to have a light mood or a dark mood?
Daughter: Dark mood!
Child, you make this aging goth’s heart sing.

I actually saw an arcade game cabinet of a game called “typing of the damned.” You had to fight zombies by typing words as fast as you could.

Sleeping baby cuddles ikea shark while dreaming he and the shark are exploring Atlantis … or downtown Atlanta. I’m not a baby, I don’t know these things.

Sleeping baby hugs fuzzy baby penguin toy while clearly dreaming of being on a pirate ship that can fly to the moon.

This little guy has officially been out of my belly longer than he was in it. I love you

I feel like Google Translate was getting better, then suddenly got less helpful, and if I had to guess, it’s AI related.

To be clear, pure guess. It’s just I can imagine it assuming context it hadn’t previously to be “helpful”.

What RFK jr. said about people with autism was ignorant, insulting, and harmful. Then it occurred to me that the only person that he knows personally who openly lives with autism is Elon Musk. It’s true that guy will never play baseball, write a poem, hold down a real job…

April 20th—
Trusted Cardinal to the Pope:
“It wouldn’t kill you to meet with JD Vance”
April 21st—
“Well, I’ll be damned.”

Outside a train station in Japan, we pass by an idol girl group performing.
My 3 year old: what are those princesses doing?
Me: They’re singing and dancing.
3YO: Why?
Me: it’s their job.
3YO: IT’S THEIR JOB?!
So, my daughter has a new career ambition.

Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...

Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.

“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.

Wide leafed flowers with elegant white teardrop shaped blossoms grow in a swamp-like setting.

A tiny stream runs through a small patch of forest. Wide green leaves surrounding lily-like flowers sprout here and there in the clear water.

Went out with my family and mother in law to see the “mizubasho” blooming. What lovely flowers! I wonder what they are in English. The kanji is “water banana/plantains”….Asian skunk cabbage -_-

To a toddler, going to the mall might as well be going to Disneyland. Heck, they might even see their favorite characters there.

I was at the pharmacy and recognized “Breaking the Habit” playing on the Muzak. I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel about this.

Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.

Call these reps NOW and tell them to vote NO on any budget that includes cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, Or SNAP: Don Bacon (NE), Rob Breshnahan (PA), Nicole Malliotakis (NY), David Valadao (CA), Tony Gonzales & Monica delaCruz (TX), Juan Ciscomani (AZ), Nick LaLota (NY), Gabe Evans (CO). (202) 224-3121

A three year old in a stroller is barely visible behind her boots, Bluey pants, and a parka that is worn backwards to cover her face and body. It essentially looks like a pile of clothes and boots getting pushed around in a stroller.

The wind was rough in Boston this weekend. This was the only way we could walk outside

February 28th: Economic Blackout. No purchasing from any business unless it’s local. Let’s also stay off social media that day. Our attention makes internet companies money.

We could seize $6,472,200,000,000 from the billionaire class without reducing the number of billionaires. We could eradicate hunger for 216 years, use 5% of that to halt climate change by 2030, and still not take a penny from people with “only” one billion dollars. This information is from a person with a spreadsheet and Forbes 2019 rich list.

This makes me worry where my peeps are at.