Fondor Haulcraft
@dayuan.bsky.social
aka Jacques-Larry David/Jean-Luc Lemur. A god walking among men for being relatively handsome and taking the subway.
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Fondor Haulcraft
@dayuan.bsky.social
· Jan 7
The rewards for being clever are meager and cleverness is no guarantee you’ll be right either.
The thing with the Hertzberger building is that you only get that image from black-and-white photos of it (possibly unfinished!)—that impression doesn’t come through at all on the actual building.
So much architectural discourse happened through bad photography and we’re all poorer for it.
So much architectural discourse happened through bad photography and we’re all poorer for it.
This is a pretty good description of DC's Hirshhorn Museum building. (Even if it misspells the name.)
November 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The thing with the Hertzberger building is that you only get that image from black-and-white photos of it (possibly unfinished!)—that impression doesn’t come through at all on the actual building.
So much architectural discourse happened through bad photography and we’re all poorer for it.
So much architectural discourse happened through bad photography and we’re all poorer for it.
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
Hmm my impression at the time was that it had all the bad you could expect from a modern interpretation with none of the good of myth.
This may be Hellenic chauvinism but I think Yorgos is the only filmmaker who really “gets” myth and how it mixes the arbitrary with the absolutely necessary.
This may be Hellenic chauvinism but I think Yorgos is the only filmmaker who really “gets” myth and how it mixes the arbitrary with the absolutely necessary.
Watching Aronofsky's Noah, and why are we not all talking about this all of the time?
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hmm my impression at the time was that it had all the bad you could expect from a modern interpretation with none of the good of myth.
This may be Hellenic chauvinism but I think Yorgos is the only filmmaker who really “gets” myth and how it mixes the arbitrary with the absolutely necessary.
This may be Hellenic chauvinism but I think Yorgos is the only filmmaker who really “gets” myth and how it mixes the arbitrary with the absolutely necessary.
Ordered a cappuccino and gave my name as “[Jacques-Larry] from the North End” to distinguish myself from the other Alex here and what am I even doing (I am a Greek from the Merrimack Valley, not a Boston Italian).
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Ordered a cappuccino and gave my name as “[Jacques-Larry] from the North End” to distinguish myself from the other Alex here and what am I even doing (I am a Greek from the Merrimack Valley, not a Boston Italian).
Unintentional perfect timing to resuming rewatching the Woman Called Fujiko, which has both plots about stealing some French crown jewels and a global plutocratic child abuse conspiracy
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Unintentional perfect timing to resuming rewatching the Woman Called Fujiko, which has both plots about stealing some French crown jewels and a global plutocratic child abuse conspiracy
lol actually just did something like this with a houseguest (The Name of the Rose and a book by R. Buckminster Fuller)
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
lol actually just did something like this with a houseguest (The Name of the Rose and a book by R. Buckminster Fuller)
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People who say Big Dave can't be forgiven because they poked a catgirl are the same people who simp for these folks.
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
People who say Big Dave can't be forgiven because they poked a catgirl are the same people who simp for these folks.
The real kicker in this is about his publisher.
Also “Mr. Ferrari’s readers include his co-workers” makes me think of Croupier, which is one of the all-time great chronically underseen movies and also about whole the “writer making a living at odd hours” dynamic.
Also “Mr. Ferrari’s readers include his co-workers” makes me think of Croupier, which is one of the all-time great chronically underseen movies and also about whole the “writer making a living at odd hours” dynamic.
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The real kicker in this is about his publisher.
Also “Mr. Ferrari’s readers include his co-workers” makes me think of Croupier, which is one of the all-time great chronically underseen movies and also about whole the “writer making a living at odd hours” dynamic.
Also “Mr. Ferrari’s readers include his co-workers” makes me think of Croupier, which is one of the all-time great chronically underseen movies and also about whole the “writer making a living at odd hours” dynamic.
Just saw the woman of my dreams driving an old Acura TLX station wagon
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Just saw the woman of my dreams driving an old Acura TLX station wagon
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Can't quite get my head around what it must have felt like for fans to have somehow against all odds succeeded in saving Star Trek for a third season and then you turn on Ep 3.1 and it's "Spock's Brain."
Also I love "Spock's Brain."
Also I love "Spock's Brain."
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Can't quite get my head around what it must have felt like for fans to have somehow against all odds succeeded in saving Star Trek for a third season and then you turn on Ep 3.1 and it's "Spock's Brain."
Also I love "Spock's Brain."
Also I love "Spock's Brain."
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what else can you say but feliz jueves and possibly dudes rock
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
what else can you say but feliz jueves and possibly dudes rock
People aged differently in the past. This is what a 51 year-old looked like in 1985.
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
People aged differently in the past. This is what a 51 year-old looked like in 1985.
The fact that this is a contextless list of names is tempting me to type out a *very* niche meme but I won’t
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The fact that this is a contextless list of names is tempting me to type out a *very* niche meme but I won’t
New dentist asks if I’m “trying to stay out of trouble” and I’ve never been so scared in my life.
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
New dentist asks if I’m “trying to stay out of trouble” and I’ve never been so scared in my life.
There’s so much alpha in books from 1870 to 1930, it’s unreal
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
There’s so much alpha in books from 1870 to 1930, it’s unreal
Ever walk towards a glass door, think your reflection looks bizarre and realize there’s someone else the same height and complexion walking on the other side at the exact same pace? It happened to me.
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Ever walk towards a glass door, think your reflection looks bizarre and realize there’s someone else the same height and complexion walking on the other side at the exact same pace? It happened to me.
Staryed rewatching Peep Show a couple days before my life took a very Peep Show-ish turn, was very eerie
"Life isn't sitcoms" yeah it is
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Staryed rewatching Peep Show a couple days before my life took a very Peep Show-ish turn, was very eerie
Missed fourth morning in a row (Brazilian GP) but went to it this afternoon
Lately it’s like I can’t start the day without Selected Ambient Works 85-92
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Missed fourth morning in a row (Brazilian GP) but went to it this afternoon
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Melania Trump teams up with infantile, colonialist weeb and disgraced engineer, Kanye, in a new podcast which promises to be as shitty as you're imagining it to be.
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Melania Trump teams up with infantile, colonialist weeb and disgraced engineer, Kanye, in a new podcast which promises to be as shitty as you're imagining it to be.
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ruby rhod’s Controversies wiki page gotta be long as hell
This is what future celebrities were supposed to be, not politics streamers
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
ruby rhod’s Controversies wiki page gotta be long as hell
Third morning in a row now
Lately it’s like I can’t start the day without Selected Ambient Works 85-92
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Third morning in a row now
This should be Trek’s territory, but (even setting aside Paramount bullshit) Trek seems like it’s lost the ability to convey the sense that you’re actually on a ship—i.e. place with real limitations in space and capability, something actually built for space rather than just ease of storytelling.
what star wars really need is a HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER style submarine thriller
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This should be Trek’s territory, but (even setting aside Paramount bullshit) Trek seems like it’s lost the ability to convey the sense that you’re actually on a ship—i.e. place with real limitations in space and capability, something actually built for space rather than just ease of storytelling.
The prequels are probably the best example of a *rich* text that is not exactly a *good* text
One of the funniest things about getting older is watching people my age succumb to nostalgia about these terrible films.
God its so insane anakin admits to slaughtering a bunch of kids and it’s just a non factor for padme
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The prequels are probably the best example of a *rich* text that is not exactly a *good* text
