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The Chriskwansilstikkah Movies of the Season has officially begun!

First on the list to start is always King Kong.

(These are movies I only watch during The Season. I try to add 1 new one each year, but can't always, as not all new ones are Worthy.)

It's a vast list!

November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

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Coach Gowron

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It is said that you must pick your battles, but often they are picked for you. You should not give in just because you did not choose the fight. No, you must respond with all your determination and ferocity, and show your enemy they picked the wrong battle, with the wrong warrior.

November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM

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OffStageJobs.com @offstagejobs.com · 29d

#TheatreHoroscope Pisces: Blaming the "ultra-conservative prudes of this backwoods town" may make you feel better, but your all-nude "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" was a terrible idea.

October 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

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NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.

T H E W H I T E H OU S E
W A S H I N G T O N
S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 2 5
P r e s i d e n t i a l D e t e r m i n a t i o n
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions
for Fiscal Year 2026
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate
consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following
determinations and authorize the following actions:
The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during
Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise
in the national interest.
The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners
from South Africa pursuant to Executive Order 14204, and other victims
of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands.
Refugee admissions under this determination, which may reach but not
exceed the numerical limit described herein, are in all respects
subject to the requirements of other Presidential policies and
actions, whether issued prior or subsequent to this determination.
Those Presidential policies and actions include, but are not limited
to: Executive Order 14161, which mandates that refugees receive the
most stringent identification verification of any class of alien
seeking admission or entry to the United States; Executive Order
14163, which suspends the entry into the United States of refugees
other than when the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security jointly
determine that an admission is in the national interest and does not
threaten the security or welfare of the United States; Executive Order
14204, which provides for refugee resettlement of Afrikaners from
South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination; and
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October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM

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Rob Sheridan

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Nine Inch Nails “Art is Resistance” flyer (2007), with some thoughts on what it means today that came up in my recent Q&A. #NoKings ✊

Nine Inch Nails "Art is Resistance" flyer, 2007. The Art is Resistance flyer, designed by 42 Entertainment with art direction by Trent Reznor and me, was plastered around cities to draw players of the NIN “Year Zero” ARG to real-world gatherings, secret meetings of “the resistance” in the Year Zero fiction, but also a very real mechanism to plant the seeds of real-world activism into a story about what the future might look like if more people didn’t “wake up and give a shit.” Unfortunately, the future turned out almost exactly like what we imagined in Year Zero, but the message - that art is resistance, and you have a voice - is more important than ever.

Question (u/tiktock34): What do you think is the most powerful combination of art and music today, given our political climate? Im thinking of movements similar to the "Art is Resistance" type of message. Lots of
music and lots of artists but its clear you are passionate about the blend.
Also, thanks for the years! Huge fan Rob Sheridan: I think about this a lot, and wonder what the role of art should be in this particular moment of resistance. It's weird to look back at the NIN Year Zero ARG and "Art is Resistance" campaign from 2007 and see that the future took the bad path anyway, almost eerily to a tee. Not that I expected an album to change the future or anything, but at the bleakest of times I couldn't help but second-guess if art did matter anymore in terms of actually affecting change; if I should have been more involved with organizing or with direct action, if we were deluding ourselves in thinking
we were doing anything more than a cool art project. But then, year in and year out, again and again, right now included, fans tell me - more than any other project I ever worked on, by far - how much Year Zero meant to them, how much the Art is Resistance campaign inspired them, how it changed the way they viewed the intersection of music and politics. They show me the AiR flag tattoos, their numbers from the ARG, the friends they made through the process, the paths they took after - some even met their future spouses! And it reminds me that yeah, what we did mattered, because a lot of fans were radicalized by that experience to be more politically-aware and think more like activists, and a lot of
artists were emboldened to speak out more.
1/3

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/

These days artists/celebs are expected to have an opinion on everything and will even get called out for not speaking up on some things, but back in the early 2000s there was this real cynicism about music being "political." Bands would get so much backlash and told to "stick to music" if they voiced political opinions. I'm proud I helped NIN be one of the bands of the era to really break through that barrier on With Teeth and then demolish it completely on Year Zero, and help a lot of fans come around to how
fundamentally intertwined art and politics have always been. And today? I don't think there's any right or wrong way to combine art / music with message, because I think just making art - any kind of art - is a crucial part of the resistance we need right now. At the core of the fascist project is the removal of intellectual and artistic freedoms, and that tells you all you need to know about how much art matters. Between the billionaire techbros & CEOs showing how much they revile creators by racing to gut their livelihoods, and the grotesquely ugly, unfunny, uncreative anti-aesthetics of the right-wing movement, a systemic disdain
for the arts and sciences is stronger than it's ever been. In a moment like this, we all have to keep making human art and connecting around human art, whether it's aggressive music that calls the fuckers out directly or just cute drawings of cats that make people smile. I know artists who are making very direct and provocative protest art; speaking truth to power loudly and directly is important, but it's not
everyone's lane and it's not the only way to use art right now.
2/3

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/

I also know musicians who are just carrying on with their shows without really speaking out specifically, because they know how many vulnerable people are in their audiences going to their shows for strength and community, and they don't want to put additional targets on those peoples'
backs. Protecting your community matters, too. For my own part, thinking about all of this over the past year was a big motivation in doing my art book right now. The feeling of not being sure who I should be or what I should say as an artist in this moment, how much it matters, and finding along the way that some of the art I was making that was really connecting with people and helping them, was art that wasn't literal with a specific message, it just honestly evoked the way I was feeling and the way I think a lot of people are feeling. The catharsis of feeling together, of knowing you're not alone in the way you feel, of seeing artists who matter to you also feeling the same thing; that gives
strength, and strength is power. It's okay to check out to take care of yourself. And it's okay to find joy in music, art, movies, games, books, sports right now. I'd say it's crucial to find joy, more than ever. They're counting on you sacrificing joy, because
then you lose hope, and then you lose the strength to fight back. Art is resistance, and joy is defiance. If your little drawing of a cat brought you or someone else some joy today, that matters. They want you
to give up. Keep. Making. Art.
Rob Sheridan, 16 Oct 2025

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/

October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM

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Ok Bsky is temp working for me! (I need a solid 30 days of it working on my phone before I can jump from Twit...and No I don't know why this app hates my phone...this isn't asking for advice about that.) <more>

June 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM

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March 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM

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My ★★★★ review of Future Date on Letterboxd boxd.it/8SCQuj

A ★★★★ review of Future Date (2024)

I generally avoid RomComs, but this concept sounded interesting, and I love science fiction. So glad I took a chance! What a gently delightful movie with true heart at the center. The couple felt like...

boxd.it

February 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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This app rarely works on my phone so let's see if it comes thru now....

https://ilrc.org/red-cards-tarj…

February 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM

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SO. TRUE.

Anne Tifa @xanindigo.bsky.social · Jul 19

ME: So, you know what the quote marks mean?

GOOGLE: Yes.

ME: And you're going to search for all of these words?

GOOGLE: Yes.

ME: I don't want results on anything else.

GOOGLE: Ok.

ME: Good. What did you find?

GOOGLE: lol i ignored all your words here's a fucking shower curtain lmao

March 5, 2024 at 5:46 AM

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March 4, 2024 at 8:04 PM

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Dr. Jim Getz — Tofurkey Gourmand

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This is fucking awesome. No notes.

Dylan Meconis @dylanmeconis.bsky.social · Mar 5

Bees are coming out of winter hibernation all across the Northern hemisphere. Which ones are visiting YOUR backyard?

SPRING BEE GUIDe

Bee: bzz
Bumblebee

Bee: hmmrzZozm...
... bzzmrmhmm...
mmBZzhmhm.
bzzrm.

Mumblebee

Bee: Meet me behind the wisteria
in 20 miNuTes foR an ASS-KICKING

Rumbleblee

Bee: I owe it all to my Lord and savior, Beezus CHRiSt

Humblebee

Bee falling out of a flower: Ope!

Fumblebee

Bee: DaffodiLs aRe FUCKiN' BULLSHIT
PLANT SomeTHING eLse, KAREN
ugh

GRUMBLe Bee

March 5, 2024 at 1:00 AM

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I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Mar 4

The Worcester Public Library in Massachusetts announced that people who have lost or damaged a book can bring a picture of a cat this month to one of its branches and get their library cards reactivated. The program, which it calls March Meowness, has generated hundreds of returns.

Library Fees? No Problem. Just Show Us Your Cat Photos.

A program this month encourages library patrons in Worcester, Mass., who have lost or damaged books or other items to reactivate their accounts. All they need is a picture of a cat.

www.nytimes.com

March 5, 2024 at 5:37 AM

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HIM <Newbie to the group chat>: I got the Tubi and have been watching Gotham.
US/GROUP: Yay! Also lol "the Tubi"
HIM: Where is Gotham actually? It's always raining.
ME: Wales! It's actually set in Wales. Thus the rain. They just don't say that.
HIM: Oh. Okay thank you.
GROUP: Ignore her.
ME: Heh.

March 5, 2024 at 5:36 AM

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Swiped from the Other Site and shared here specifically to make sure @madeley.bsky.social gets eyes on it 🤣 #LeapDay

March 1, 2024 at 6:32 AM

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Neil Polowin

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This anecdote from @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com from an interview that ran in Comics Interview ages ago is dedicated to anyone who might currently be wrestling with a bout of impostor syndrome.

Neil Gaiman relates having called editor Karen Berger in the middle of the "Brief Lives" arc, saying "This isn't working, it's a huge mistake, I'm completely out of my depth. I'm completely lost, we should never have started this, I don't know who told me I could write in the first place and this has never happened before." Karen pointed out this had in fact happened before, that he had called her similarly halfway through the "A Game of You" arc, and before that halfway through the "Seasons of Mist" arc.

February 29, 2024 at 6:36 PM

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Evan Dorkin

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One really cool/creepy thing about writing the Peanuts/Cthulhu Mythos story was how much Charlie Brown dialog fit perfectly with the themes of cosmic horror. Dread, insignificance, isolation, being an outsider to society. Several lines in the comic are taken directly from the strips. Good grief.

February 28, 2024 at 11:40 AM

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thanks for the reddit gold, kind stranger!

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two of the lawyers that helped with the stealing are now sitting on the supreme court. plan a is still plan a

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Feb 28

If you are too young to remember and want to know what it felt like to watch the 2000 election being stolen through the courts, in part by the very folks now sitting on this SCOTUS, this is what it felt it like.

Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · Feb 28

It takes 4 justices to take a case. This will delay Trump's trial until the summer/fall at least. I think it suggests Trump has 4 justices at least open to his total immunity claim. In the least, he definitely has 4 justices who are happy to block his trial from taking place before the election.

February 28, 2024 at 10:46 PM

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ninhotline

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Can anyone tell my why my rip of this clip is going small-scale viral? Was it on a podcast or a TikTok or something? Can you jam to this on the Fortnites now?

(I'm so fucking old. I'm old enough to remember ripping this Laserdisc 13 years ago.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev6_...

Trent Reznor and Shinya Tsukamoto collaborate on a commercial for MTV Japan (2560x1920 HD upscale)

Processed with Topaz Video Enhance AI using the Artemis LQ v10 algorithm to upscale 400%As posted to http://www.theninhotline.net - Ripped from the Tsukamot...

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February 29, 2024 at 5:08 AM

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Cats of Yore

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“The hole made by firefighters to rescue Sox the cat.” 1971. canterburystories.nz/collections/...

Black and white photo of a woman's arms holding up a very large longhaired tabby cat. Next to the cat is a big square hole cut in a wall - maybe 1 foot by 1 foot.

February 29, 2024 at 6:25 AM

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Steve Lieber

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Hard to believe Emerald City Con is next week. Last year I ran out of Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen books almost immediately. This year? We'll see! But if you won't be there, I've got a few copies available by mail in my etsy shop. stevelieberart.etsy.com/listing/8778...

stevelieberart.etsy.com

February 20, 2024 at 12:27 AM

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Cats of Yore

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Traditional masculinity is in danger of disappearing forever, we need to return to a time when Real Men carried tiny babby kittens around everywhere. Ca. 1915. ehive.com/collections/...