www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

Mufasa shows what Moana 2 was missing so badly - the genius of Lin-Manuel Miranda, brilliant movie…although, once I noticed none of the animals had testicles I was doubtful about the much discussed circle of life…

sometimes I still think about the time Vogue put Asma Al-Assad on the cover

Absolute goosebumps ! 👇

One of man's greatest creations, Beethoven's 5th rattling the core foundations of God's millennial cathedral

It's primal - sound on LOUD !
#NotreDameDeParis

If, every time you open BlueSky you start singing Midnight Oil in your head you are Gen X and definitely have ADHD, you’re welcome
#bluesky #adhd #blueskymine #midnightoil #genx

My writing process is usually:

a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread

Also, what happened to the bat woman? www.vulture.com/article/afte...

Imagine in 1945 setting out to find out what happened to Hitler & writing this classic “Now that the New Order is past, and the Thousand-Year Reich has crumbled in a decade, we are able at last, picking among the still-smoking rubble, to discover the truth about that fantastic and tragical episode.”

He watched democracy die in his home country of Hungary. Here is his advice to Americans getting ready for a second Trump term.

The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2020, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea market in southern France.

My takeaway from Gladiator II is that hairy men with thick thighs are back in style and I’m not mad about it
PS there were also weird demon baboons and a guy from Blackadder

When it comes to school emails I’m BRAT, a hot mess who has thrown her hands in the air - guess how many I’ve had from the kids’ schools so far this year? THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR no wonder I have no idea what’s going on

Lilian Mowrer witnessed the rise of Nazism and in this 1937 book, wrote that their ability “to be able to put their wild-cat program into effect, was considered generally unlikely. Intelligent observers…were inclined to discount the value of a party which talked like madmen and acted like hooligans”

I don’t have very many friends here yet, but wondering if anyone has an opinion on whether Matty Healy could be his generation’s Morrissey? Too harsh?

‘Interesting’ times for a student of 20th century fascism, here for news, analysis, history, and literature #shelfie #booksky #historybooks