Moss Elixir
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social
She/her. Interests: art films, cult films, vintage television, video art, late night radio, backlisted books, dharma bums, suburban anomie, field recordings, found footage, lost futures, words, sounds, you.
On top of every other splendid thing happening right now I gotta cracked tooth. It’s getting prepped for a crown next week but it’s interesting how your brain can just willfully tune out a constant low-level jaw pain & sinus headache until a dentist suddenly asks, “Do you chew ice cubes?” (I don’t.)
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
On top of every other splendid thing happening right now I gotta cracked tooth. It’s getting prepped for a crown next week but it’s interesting how your brain can just willfully tune out a constant low-level jaw pain & sinus headache until a dentist suddenly asks, “Do you chew ice cubes?” (I don’t.)
Since Joyce Carol Oates’ name is making the rounds, I saw her do a short story reading several years ago at IU Northwest—not exactly an “elite” big-name-writer-draw college—& she was mesmerizing, audience was laughing at the little elfin lady’s wry jokes & then boom, you could hear a pin drop.
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Since Joyce Carol Oates’ name is making the rounds, I saw her do a short story reading several years ago at IU Northwest—not exactly an “elite” big-name-writer-draw college—& she was mesmerizing, audience was laughing at the little elfin lady’s wry jokes & then boom, you could hear a pin drop.
Apropos of nothing you could do worse right now than read Henry Adams’ Democracy: An American Novel. Not only is it entertaining but if you won’t believe a descendant of two presidents, a congressman & a diplomat who says “they’re all alike & all in it for themselves” I don’t know what to tell you.
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Apropos of nothing you could do worse right now than read Henry Adams’ Democracy: An American Novel. Not only is it entertaining but if you won’t believe a descendant of two presidents, a congressman & a diplomat who says “they’re all alike & all in it for themselves” I don’t know what to tell you.
Via my mother cleaning out her cabinets I’ve inherited an old Duncan Hines saucepan & little stockpot my grandmother had back in the 1940s. She was very into the whole Diet for a Small Planet thing so in her memory I inaugurated the stockpot by making a nice dal.
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Via my mother cleaning out her cabinets I’ve inherited an old Duncan Hines saucepan & little stockpot my grandmother had back in the 1940s. She was very into the whole Diet for a Small Planet thing so in her memory I inaugurated the stockpot by making a nice dal.
Might fuck around & get really into Japanese garage & psych rock, those guys don’t mess around.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Might fuck around & get really into Japanese garage & psych rock, those guys don’t mess around.
“Son, don’t talk to me about the Democrats, I’m angry enough as it is” remaining undefeated.
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Son, don’t talk to me about the Democrats, I’m angry enough as it is” remaining undefeated.
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Long, but stick with it: this is a brilliant, inspiring story and it moves on multiple levels.
A heavy music festival in Blackfeet Nation this summer was abut more than just music – it was a protective ceremony to shelter Indigenous youth from suicidal distress.
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Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Long, but stick with it: this is a brilliant, inspiring story and it moves on multiple levels.
If you’re apprehensive about having to scroll past yet another political hot take don’t worry, I do believe I’m through with that shit for the rest of my natural days. Time to tune out & go watch Day of the Jackal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If you’re apprehensive about having to scroll past yet another political hot take don’t worry, I do believe I’m through with that shit for the rest of my natural days. Time to tune out & go watch Day of the Jackal.
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Joyce Carol Oates: “In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured.”
Darryl, Joyce Carol Oates’ friend: fuck him up, Joyce Carol Oates
Darryl, Joyce Carol Oates’ friend: fuck him up, Joyce Carol Oates
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Joyce Carol Oates: “In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured.”
Darryl, Joyce Carol Oates’ friend: fuck him up, Joyce Carol Oates
Darryl, Joyce Carol Oates’ friend: fuck him up, Joyce Carol Oates
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Desperate desire for a version of "Wichita Lineman" about the stockist of the 24/7 cake vending machines.
24/7 cake vending machine in the middle of nowhere. Maximum Poland.
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Desperate desire for a version of "Wichita Lineman" about the stockist of the 24/7 cake vending machines.
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“The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.”
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.”
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There's no way I can do this. Do you know many movies I've watched this year? And how many of them were bangers? I rewatched Vertigo on New Years' Day. I did the entire David Lynch filmography after he died. I saw La Guerre est finie a couple weeks ago. An embarrassment of riches.
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
There's no way I can do this. Do you know many movies I've watched this year? And how many of them were bangers? I rewatched Vertigo on New Years' Day. I did the entire David Lynch filmography after he died. I saw La Guerre est finie a couple weeks ago. An embarrassment of riches.
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Really excited to see how GDT handles the “Puttin on the Ritz” scene
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Really excited to see how GDT handles the “Puttin on the Ritz” scene
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Bébé!
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Bébé!
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As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
I am not allowed to buy more books until I read the ones I already own
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
Watching Fool for Love which honestly isn't that great but "Altman film with Kim Basinger & Harry Dean Stanton" isn't something I'm going to skip. The contained-set ambiance feels a little like a rural version of Trouble in Mind & the opening credits revealing it's a Golan-Globus project amused me.
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Watching Fool for Love which honestly isn't that great but "Altman film with Kim Basinger & Harry Dean Stanton" isn't something I'm going to skip. The contained-set ambiance feels a little like a rural version of Trouble in Mind & the opening credits revealing it's a Golan-Globus project amused me.
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if you believe fully autonomous robot butlers are just over the horizon you are actually one of the dumbest motherfuckers alive and we should take your money from you so we can put it towards something worthwhile
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
if you believe fully autonomous robot butlers are just over the horizon you are actually one of the dumbest motherfuckers alive and we should take your money from you so we can put it towards something worthwhile
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By the way. I’m not even really arguing with Chipman. I just think corporations acting like population is the population of 30-40 years ago is so normal that we need constant reminders of how insane it is in light of what and how much has changed.
Disagree. The mistake Target made isn’t unusual. I mean, it’s odd/unusual/notable when an American corporation acts like the US has the demographics it has not when they pretend it’s still 30 years ago. Like the “we’ll be fine, where else are they gonna go” was basically Hollywood’s motto until ‘16
My unpopular take is, while it's obviously GOOD "The boycott broke Target" connected as narrative; there's a 70/30 shot that Target went "unwoke" in the first place because they knew the more expensive big-box was bound to eat sh-- in a recession and blaming "vibes" would sit better w/ shareholders
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
By the way. I’m not even really arguing with Chipman. I just think corporations acting like population is the population of 30-40 years ago is so normal that we need constant reminders of how insane it is in light of what and how much has changed.
It Finally Happened To Me: I've seen a Johnnie To film I just didn't like at all, PTU. In fairness I did pick it as the first to knock off my "watch before they leave Criterion at month's end" list because the synopsis looked the least interesting to me so, you know, they can't all be winners.
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It Finally Happened To Me: I've seen a Johnnie To film I just didn't like at all, PTU. In fairness I did pick it as the first to knock off my "watch before they leave Criterion at month's end" list because the synopsis looked the least interesting to me so, you know, they can't all be winners.
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if you saw this pup take a steak no you didn’t
tfw you got caught trying to steal a steak right off the counter
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
if you saw this pup take a steak no you didn’t
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Look man you can do what you want, but if someone tells you "I think Sabrina Carpenter looks like she's coming this way with a gun!" you should listen.
It is okay to have opinions about the relative attractiveness of famous people but you do not actually have to vocalize those thoughts, and arguably you shouldn't
"I think Sabrina Carpenter loo--" shh, shh, there's no world in which I want to hear the end of this sentence
"I think Sabrina Carpenter loo--" shh, shh, there's no world in which I want to hear the end of this sentence
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Look man you can do what you want, but if someone tells you "I think Sabrina Carpenter looks like she's coming this way with a gun!" you should listen.
Letterboxd Friday #LastFourWatched 📽️: An ill-fated Purple Rain sequel that, I'm sorry, I liked more than its predecessor; a melancholy slice-of-life indie; a "comfortable bourgeoise in a repressive regime" tale not nearly as good as The Official Story; a fantastical blaxploitation favorite.
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Letterboxd Friday #LastFourWatched 📽️: An ill-fated Purple Rain sequel that, I'm sorry, I liked more than its predecessor; a melancholy slice-of-life indie; a "comfortable bourgeoise in a repressive regime" tale not nearly as good as The Official Story; a fantastical blaxploitation favorite.
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