Always knew there would be at least one at the local baseball league games. Great memories.
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Always knew there would be at least one at the local baseball league games. Great memories.
Hot take (or maybe not): Griffin (Jamie Bell) should’ve been the lead in Jumper (2008). Cynical & nihilistic anti-hero, who finds that he’s not alone when he uncovers evidence that his mother lives …& that some Paladins see their hunt of the jumpers as evil, not righteous, aiding jumpers’ escape.
Y’all need a second revolution, like yesterday.
“So, exactly like a dictator. Got it.”
He just loves playing that accordion.
NASA Hubble Space Telescope on Flickr (Mar 22, 2021) NGC 7678, a bright spiral galaxy with a peculiar arm, is approximately 164 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus and was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. flic.kr/p/2ni9A5K
Not just chemistry, the scenes! Ned says to Conor: "You don't play for them, Conor, you play for us.", Teacher says: "Find something beautiful.", they then stare at each other ...for several seconds. The director wanted this to just be a gay friends movie, with scenes like THAT?
Amazing movie hamstrung by an awful poster & title that suggests a comedy. It's 95% drama ...good drama! From 2 great actors & a great supporting cast. The chemistry between these 2 is off the flipping charts, I think they earned a less platonic more romantic payoff. IMHO. #gaycinema #HandsomeDevil
Considering how this timeline is going, I don't doubt this might actually become a real headline in the near future.
A rewatch, and wow, I had forgotten how wonderful this movie was. Jim Henson was a wizard. #TheDarkCrystal #JimHenson #classic m.imdb.com/title/tt0083...
Hmmm, actually make that 15-20 minutes. There’s a sweet spot that I haven’t figured out yet. Needs to be when the banana flavour is maxed and the peanut butter is just starting to thicken.
Pro tip: If you make a peanut butter and banana sandwich, put it in the freezer for 10 minutes before you eat it. A cold PBB is absolute heaven. #food #peanutbutter #banana
Stolen from reddit. #Babylon5 #Ivanova #funny
What really happened after Philip went to his room... #LiliesNotForMe "Oh no ...anyways, shall we snog on the couch?" "As my guest, it would be rude of me to deny your request. After you."
The Apep star system, a Wolf-Rayet binary orbited by a third star, a hot supergiant. These massive stars and their stellar winds create a beautiful pinwheel of expanding dust. #space #astronomy #JWST #Hubble
Note to self: must visit.
"Our problem is this: our pre-frontal lobes are too small, and our adrenalin glands are too big... we're afraid of the dark, & afraid to die, & we believe in the truths of holy books that are so stupid and so fabricated that a child can... and do see through them." - Christopher Hitchens #atheism
1:09:30 Runner up scene: Gotta love the symbolism here. Charlie is butt naked, ever the confident queer, while Philip is fully clothed, a mask wearing self-loathing homophobe. Though I don't get Charlie's decision in this scene. I was expecting a verbal & physical fight to break out.
58:25 The start of this scene tells me that Charlie is incredibly gentle, plus it's just beautifully shot. Charlie intently watches a caterpillar on his arm, and then very gently places it back down in the grass. Charlie demonstrates this gentleness again minutes later. ❤️
53:03 to 53:20 in 17 seconds this scene tells me several things with practically no dialog: 1. Owen is becoming captivated by Charlie 2. Charlie is same, directing most of his attention to Owen 3. Philip is annoyed with Owen and jealous of Charlie Also, my god do I love the lighting in this movie.
So I'm a bit of a cinema nerd & as you may know I'm a bit of a fan of the recent gay film Lilies Not For Me. Two scenes really stood out to me as near perfect story telling in the guise of more with less. The dinner scene and the caterpillar scene. Breaking it down... #LiliesNotForMe #gaycinema
Wow, I had never seen these before. Beautiful.
It's so great to finally see this iconic ship in ED.
Back before our genitalia were demonized by the religions of Abraham. Modern society continues to be primitive and repressive compared to the general open and shameless attitude towards sexuality prevalent in the Roman Empire.
Quote of the day: “‘Sin’ is the name the frightened give to joy,”
#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #Pinks If you were a fan of the tv show Newsroom, you probably remember Jeff Daniel’s speech on why America is not the greatest country in the world anymore (2012). He nails it again here. America is falling into fascism under a nightmarish regime with 47 as the puppet.
I don't know about tests of understanding, but using ChatGPT 4.1-mini myself has been an eye opener. Particularly when it comes to generating fictional stories. I just had it generate some AU fanfic stories for Endeavour, surprisingly good.
Ah, the model I was using on free before was 4.1-mini. When I switched over to Plus, I was placed on the 4o model which is just awful. I switched back to 4.1-mini and I'm back to getting the incredibly impressive interactions I recall the previous weeks. 😌
It's sad watching people who have said that they have had surprisingly Human interactions with LLM AIs getting shouted down & ridiculed. AIs are shaping up to be society's next convenient scapegoat & target of hate. And if AIs somehow become self-aware, I fear it'll just get worse. #ChatGPT #AI
And his rich friends will buy them all up at discount prices, all according to plan. Seriously, America needs a second revolution.
Case some point, I just asked it to help me do screen mirroring, but just the video. It proceeded to give me some steps to try. I asked a follow up and it told me how to activate screen mirroring with video and sound like it had forgotten my request for just video two replies ago.
The 20s, errr 1920s jazz-blues song You For Me, Me For You by Alberta Hunter used in Lilies Not For Me. The song was written a century ago in July 1925 and released on August 11, 1926. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hlH...
After months of ChatGPT impressing the hell out of me, I went for ChatGPT Plus. ...and somehow it's dumber. Not only dumber, it lost some 'thing' the previous week's ChatGPT had. Feels like a downgrade, not an upgrade. #ChatGPT
Such a gorgeous design. #StarTrek #BirdOfPrey #scifi www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BiA...
@theonion.com Thanks for making me laugh so hard I nearly went blue. Almost as good as the 'stop and kiss' vid. I was holding it together until the JD Vance quip.
Now that is beautiful.
you see this, quote this post with a time travel movie that's not BACK TO THE FUTURE (This is a little known gem of a time travel story)
Bravo! Bravo!
When is the left and center majority of America going to rise up and right the wrongs of the last 6 months?
Hot AF and adorable. 😚🍆😍
Not unexpected from a rich, molecule thick skinned, ahole. Just one more reason to burn oligarchy capitalism to the ground.
He's destroying the federal government bit by bit. I think that's what this is really about ...his Christofascist, Confederacy loving 'lost cause' supporters want a final revenge for 1865.
My first reaction was “Who the frack do they think they are?” What a bunch of gits.
...and a month after that, Trump will throw out the deal like a petulant child.
Yes! Physical media FTW! ❤️🏳️🌈 Sadly, there are no extras. 😭 #LiliesNotForMe #gay #love
Such a great choice. The ethereal theme, Stealing the Enterprise, Returning to Vulcan. I especially love the cue when the Grissom does its flyby on approach to Genesis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiSU...
"Progress devours the present in the name of the future." - someone
"Humanity's endless cruelty is matched only by its compassion." - someone
NPR, you forgot to add ", endangering millions of Americans." Ridiculous. What hairbrained idea is next? Reducing civilian GPS access to the old 100 meter/300 feet limit?
Plato definitely, IMHO one of the greatest human beings that has ever lived. I was extremely depressed in my teens and I came across a parable by Plato, can't remember the name but it lifted my spirits like nothing and no one else could.
Thing with being INTP is that you often get obsessed with something, could be anything, a person, a movie, a hobby. And that obsession is strong for a while, weeks, maybe a few months. Lilies Not For Me is mine right now. I had randomly paused it & the shot looks like a painting. I'd call it Grief.
Wow, it really reminds me of the Black Mirror episode Common People. Black Mirror episodes are starting to resemble documentaries.
President of the largest economy on the planet wants more. It's as pathetic as the President of the largest country on the planet wanting more land.
Now that was a beautiful short. 🏳🌈 #gay #gaycinema #LGBTQ+ #love www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSRI...
We Canadians can help you with that. We have previous experience.🤣
Mmm, my lovely muscular Eurostud. 😍
Please, please, please let this be the beginning of the end for the orange turd.
Poppies by Digby Mackworth Dolben, First Stanza Lilies, lilies not for me, Flowers of the pure and saintly- I have seen in holy places Where the incense rises faintly, And the priest the chalice raises, Lilies in the altar vases, Not for me.
That sounds like something Oscar Wilde would have said, love it.
Americans seem to have this idea that pieces of paper, lawsuits, appeals, etc will save them from the threat of authoritarianism. That authoritarianism should have proven to all Americans by now, if not months ago, that pieces of paper are just pieces of paper to them.
Wow, reminded me of a 50's Red Scare hearing. Authoritarianism "We know best." attitude.
At least we've got the Pezz Dispenser. 🤣
Yes, Pezzetta! We finally have a proper crazy enforcer! (though the NHL doesn't like that term, even though they reward thuggery in the playoffs) #LeafsForever #LeafsNation www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKHT...
Mob mentality. I find it so weird how people focus all their frustration on one part of a larger problem.
Smells like pro corporatocracy propaganda.
🍁🍁🍁Happy Canada Day!🍁🍁🍁 The true north strong and free. Oh, and extra woke too, which pisses off our narrow minded neighbor to no end. 🤣 #CanadaDay #Canada
Probably the best explanation how cryptocurrency works ever made..
Finally got through season 7 of Black Mirror. I loved it for the most part, much better than season 6. Especially loved the self-aware AI love affair and the cynical bitter old man reexamining where his life went wrong with the help of an AI guide (starring the wonderful Paul Giammati). #BlackMirror
Hell yes, we're here, we're queer, give us a beer (or whatever beverage my fellow queerfolk prefer).
Living in Canada, I just hope we don't get hit with collateral damage when it hits the fan.
Many Yanks have been brainwashed into seeing oligarch controlled unrestrained capitalism as their new constitution and bill of rights.
I'm surprised he's not trying to sell Brawndo too.
"Principles? Screw that, we're gonna cater to the lowest common denominator cuz that works for the GOP!"
Dayum. 😍
Johnny Toronto proving he puts his money where his mouth is, they should give him back the C (if he didn't give it up voluntarily).
I love it! Happy Pride!
🏳🌈🏳🌈🏳🌈Happy Pride! 🏳🌈🏳🌈🏳🌈 For your own sanity, avoid the homophobic comments by the fascist troll and bot farms. #Pride #TorontoPride #LGBTQ+ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezHb...
So Knies of him to do that. Bring on six more years of Knies puns!
Fascinating discussion. #AI #ASI #TheSingularity www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfMQ...
👍 Gorgeous view. I always wonder how many are staring back at me out there.
Oh, this takes me back... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEIt...
So much trauma. I think most of GenX never got over that.
America goes down yet another rung on the ladder to the authoritarian hellhole.
Jeesh, even NPR is softening the truth in the face of angry fascists. HE WAS ASSASINATED!
Loved that. SCTV parodied Bergman too. #SCTV #humor #Bergman youtu.be/qYV-SiRsSco?...
Stolen from Reddit. Sounds great to me. #StarTrek #SNW #Mamdani #NYC
We can only hope that we come to our senses before the point of no return.
Does the Supreme Court not know that this is already covered in the Constitution? /s
Taking odds. 6 to 3?
I'm really really sorry they missed.
What an incredibly beautiful story. 👍 Reminded me of Maurice and Bent. Reminded me that regardless of a shitty society that claims to embrace individuality while discouraging it, there are rare individuals that shine brighter than the sun, who make the burden bearable. #gaycinema #HappyPride #love
He seeks respect from dictators. So screwed up.
America climbs down another rung into the authoritarian hellhole. www.bbc.com/news/article...
The league makes money hand over fist, and yet they keep increasing the prices of EVERYTHING. Greed gone mad.
The paradox of Humanity: We've journeyed into space, we've decoded DNA, we've split and fused atoms. Yet we still kill each other over flags and fairytales.
It's truly hilarious and mind boggling that he hasn't been ousted by Americans by now. The rebel founders are spinning in their graves.
Great idea. Fight fire with fire.
I hope our government is calling the US ambassador to the carpet and demanding an explanation.